Orange You Glad? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Three

Thomas drove car numbers 92 (owned by himself), 6 (Marshall Teague), 99 (Leonard Tippett) and 2 (Hubert Westmoreland) for three different car manufacturers.

His own car and the 6 were both Plymouths, the 99 was a Hudson and the 2 was an Oldsmobile.

Thomas won another NASCAR season championship in 1953.

Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers

Only the Steelers are a real NFL team among the options.

Blount, a former Patriot, rejoined the team after he cleared waivers.

He played just 11 games in Pittsburgh and rushed for only 266 yards. In five games with the Patriots he had 281 yards rushing, plus another 189 yards in three playoff games.

Answer: Basketball

Pau Gasol, an established player in the National Basketball Association was traded from the lovable losers to the Lakers and helped to lead them to back-to-back championships.

The draft rights to his younger brother Marc Gasol were among the pieces sent to Memphis in the deal.

Answer: Detroit Pistons

The Pistons were the defending champs, having defeated the Lakers in five games the season before.

The Spurs sent Malik Rose to New York in exchange for Mohammed, who came in and started the rest of the season at center for the squad.

San Antonio won the series in seven games. A year later Mohammed left San Antonio and signed on with Detroit.

Answer: no

The New York Yankees, who already had several players at his position, claimed the aging slugger to stop the division rival Blue Jays from getting him.

Canseco was barely used the rest of the season, but did appear in one World Series game, garnering a championship ring when the Yankees won it all.

He retired two years later with 462 career home runs. In 1988 he was the first player in MLB history to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season.

Answer: Nomar Garciaparra

Garciaparra was a fan favorite and a perennial all-star before he was shipped off to the Cubs in a four-team swap.

At the time it was thought to be the best move for him, heading off to the playoff bound Chicago squad.

Boston rebounded and made the playoffs, then swept the Cardinals for the World Series title. The Cubs went into a slump and missed the playoffs.

Answer: 1996

The Yankees won their first championship since the 1950's and kicked off a span in which they won four titles in five seasons in part due to the trade for Fielder.

After the trade Fielder belted 13 home runs in just 53 games to close out the season, then he hit three more in the playoffs while leading the team to the title.

His career took a sharp downturn after the championship and he was out of baseball by the end of the 1998 season.

Answer: Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup was first awarded in 1893 when Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley donated the trophy to what was then Canada's top amateur team.

Starting in 1909 professional teams competed with the amateurs for the cup. Starting in 1926 the cup was awarded to the National Hockey League's champion every year.

Answer: Yes

Beckham made a successful return to the United States, helping lead the Galaxy to the 2011 MLS Cup Championship.

Beckham was the 2011 Comback player of the year after recovering from an ACL injury suffered in Milan.

In six seasons in the MLS he score just 18 goals in the regular season and none in the playoffs. He had 40 regular season assists.

Answer: 1956

Baker drove 11 different cars made by four manufacturers over the course of the two seasons.

He drove for three owners in 1956 and two different teams in 57.
In 56 he drove seven different Chrysler and Dodge cars for Carl Kiekhaefer and a Ford for both James Satcher and John Whitford in his 48 total starts.

In 57 he drove Chevrolet's for team's owned by Hugh Babb and himself en route to 40 starts and a defense of his championship.

Baker was the first ever back-to-back champion in the series.