Interesting Outings Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cy Young's 500th career win

On July 19, 1910, Cy Young became the first major league pitcher to successfully earn 500 wins in a 5-2 victory over the Washington Senators. After going into the 9th inning with a lead of 2-1, the lead was blown bringing the game into extra innings. Cleveland would go on to score 3 more runs in the 11th inning and Young, aged 43, would lead them to a 5-2 victory (though some sources say the score was 5-4).

He would go on to win 11 more games in his career and retired as a member of the Boston Rustlers in 1911 with a record of 511 wins and 315 losses.

He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.

Answer: 7

In a game that news reporters were not expecting much from, the hockey world would go on to see a feat that was never matched during the entire 20th Century. Nicknamed "Phantom Joe" for his amazing stickhandling ability and ghostly weaving around opposing defenders, Malone would set an NHL record that even hockey greats such as Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard or Mario Lemieux were never able to match. On January 31, 1920, he would score a record 7 goals in a single NHL game.

The game itself resulted in 16 total goals and a final score of 10-6 (giving the Bulldogs just their second win of the season). Malone's final three goals of the game were scored during the last ten minutes of the third period (his final goal coming with just 45 seconds left in the game).

Answer: Score a goal at the FIFA World Cup

In 1928, Lucien Laurent was included on the French Olympic team but did not see any action on the field. Two years later, he would get to play in the first match of what would become soccer's greatest tournament. During the 19th minute at the Estadio Pocitos in Montevideo, Uruguay, he would score off of a cross by forward Ernest Liberati beating Mexican goaltender Oscar Bonfiglio. France would go on to win the game with a score of 4-1.

Unfortunately, France would be eliminated during the group stage with losses against Argentina and Chile. Laurent himself would not play in the third and final game due to an ankle injury.

Answer: Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller

A former Olympian himself, Lawson Robertson made a decision during the 1936 Olympic Games that is still an err of contention to the present day. Just minutes prior to the 4x100 meter sprint relay final, Robertson elected to pull Jewish American runners Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller from the race, replacing them with African American runners Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe.

The exact reason for doing so is controversial and unclear, but it has been speculated that the U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Avery Brundage wanted to avoid embarrassing Adolf Hitler at his own games (should two Jewish athletes have won medals at the games).

This would be Owens final gold medal at an Olympic Games.

Answer: Joe Louis

During a period of political tension and eventually turmoil, two bouts of boxing would symbolize the struggle between Democracy and Nazism. For the Germans, the person that was once considered their national hero would lose favour with the Nazi regime while for an American, it would be one of the first times an African-American would become a national hero. These two men would be Joe Louis and Max Schmeling. The first fight would take place in New York City and would have Schmeling win with a knockout in the twelfth round on June 19, 1936. Schmeling was declared a hero with Adolf Hitler contacting his wife to congratulate her on his victory. In the United States, millions tuned into their radio and thousands cried after the loss.

The prelude to the second match was a political conflict of economic instabilities. For Germany, they had rebuilt themselves after a grueling depression in the 1920s. For they Americans, they were still in an economic recession during the late stages of the Great Depression. Both nations looked to sports heroes to keep some balance. For the Nazi's, they used Schmeling as propaganda, something he absolutely despised as he never had ties to the regime (once rescuing two Jewish children from harm). For Louis, President Franklin Roosevelt was quoted as saying "Joe, we need muscles like yours to beat Germany". And just like that, on June 22, 1938, Louis defeated Schmeling out just two minutes and forty seconds into the first round with a consistent barrage of head shots and body blows. For the 70 million Americans listening that day, Louis became a national hero. For Schmeling, the Nazi regime ceased supporting him as a boxer and would draft him into the military as punishment for his opposition against him. Louis and Schmeling would remain friends until Louis' death in 1981, Schmeling himself being a pallbearer and paying for part of the funeral expenses.

Answer: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

It is generally agreed upon that the very first National Basketball Association game took place on November 1, 1946 in a game that saw the New York Knickerbockers defeat the Toronto Huskies by a score of 68-66 in front of over 7000 fans (those who were taller than 6'8" got in to see the game for free).

At this time, the league was called the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and composed of just 11 teams. The first basket ever scored was by Knickerbockers player Ossie Schectman while the leading overall scorer was Ed Sadowski of the Huskies with 18 points.

Answer: Maureen Connolly

Of the four major tournaments, the Australian Open was the last to allow women to compete starting in 1922. Between 1922 and 1952, no female tennis player had ever won all four tournaments in the same year. Maureen Connolly became the first when she won the U.S. Open tournament in two sets over Doris Hart 6-2, 6-4. Prior to that, in 1951, at just age 16, she became the youngest woman to win the U.S. Open as well. During her short career, she would go on to win nine Grand Slam singles titles, two Grand Slam doubles titles and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. Sadly, just two weeks after winning her third straight Wimbledon title in 1954, her career ended after she sustained a compound tibia fracture resulting from being thrown from her horse into a cement mixer truck.

She remained a correspondent for tennis tournaments and would pass away from cancer at the age of 34 in 1969.

Answer: Jack Nicklaus

In a golf match between two of the greatest legends of all time, Jack Nicklaus (E) edged out Arnold Palmer (+3) in a playoff on June 17, 1962. Following the tournament, Palmer would only go on to win one more major championship (the 1964 Masters Tournament) though during his career he would go on to win 95 professional tours. Jack Nicklaus would go on to win 17 more titles (6 Masters, 5 PGA Championships, 3 U.S. Open, 3 Open Championships). Along with South African golfer Gary Player (collectively they were known as "The Big Three"), their success on the golf course during the 1960s would both commercialize and popularize the sport all around the world.

Answer: Achieve the first perfect season

In a highly anticipated game, the Miami Dolphins would go on to defeat the Baltimore Colts 16-0 becoming the first National Football League team to go undefeated and untied during an entire regular season. The would then go on to defeat the Washington Redskins in the Super Bowl 14-7.

In 2007, the New England Patriots became just the second NFL team to achieve a "perfect" regular season, but would go on to lose the Super Bowl final against the New York Giants by a score of 17-14 and therefore not earning the prized title of "perfect season".

Answer: Daytona 500

During his illustrious career, Darrell Waltrip won 84 NASCAR Cup Series races between 1972 and 2000. Only once however, on February 19, 1989 was he able to win the Daytona 500 series race considered to be the most important and prestigious race in the NASCAR year).

He had previously come close to winning it in 1979, finishing in second place. During the final 53 laps, Waltrip and his crew chief Jeff Hammond, chose to take a risk and play on a fuel strategy technique that ended up paying off in the end. Waltrip would be the only team to not pit their car during the final laps crossing the finish line with nearly an empty tank.