The Greatest Sports Quiz 1

Answer: Menominee North End A.C.

The Green Bay Packers first started playing competitively in 1919, two years before joining the NFL. Their first game took place on September 14, 1919 where they defeated Menominee North End A.C. with a score of 53-0. They finished the season with a record of 10-1.

Answer: Museum of the American West

The first gay rodeo was held in Reno in 1976 as a fundraiser for the local Thanksgiving Day food drive. This and similar fundraisers grew in popularity and in 1985 became the International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA).

Answer: Harry Edward

Harry Edward became the first black person to earn an Olympic medal when he claimed the bronze for the 100-meter event held on August 15 and 16, 1920. The 200-meter event was held on August 19th and 20th.

Answer: Texas Rollergirls

The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) sets the international standard for the sport of women's flat track roller derby. The first championship, known as "Dust Devil". was held in Tucson, Arizona in February 2006.

Answer: Australia

Fans of the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling created a Muggle version of Quidditch at Middlebury College in Vermont.

Answer: 1955

Joe DiMaggio played his entire 13-year career with the Yankees and is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. His most notable achievement is setting the record for the longest hitting streak in baseball which still stands today.

The other 1955 inductees include Frank Baker (3B - Philadelphia Athletics), Gabby Hartnett (C - Chicago Cubs), Ted Lyons (P- Chicago White Sox), Ray Schalk (C - Chicago White Sox) and Dazzy Vance (P - Brooklyn Dodgers).

Answer: 6 seconds

If the goalkeeper holds the ball for more than 6 seconds, the opponent is awarded an indirect free kick.

Answer: maiden

When a greyhound begins a racing career, it is classified as a maiden, which means a non-winner. It advances to grade C on its first win and with subsequent wins advances up the ladder to the top grade of A. Most greyhounds begin racing at 18 months of age and continue until they are four years old.

Answer: Ronald Reagan

According to World Wristwrestling Championship's 1988 program: "Bill Soberanes met President Gerald Ford in the Oval Office; ridden horseback with Jack Hart, the last cowboy to ride the Chisholm Trail; escorted Gloria Swanson, the fabulous star of early movies; rode a freight train with Scissors Sam, the old King of the Hoboes; dined with famed comedian Bill Cosby; appeared on a radio show with author-adventurer Lowell Thomas; wristwrestled President Ronald Reagan; traveled with baseball great Lefty Gomez,; sparred with former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer; led Stan Kenton's band in Chicago; spent time backstage with actress Mae West and in a hotel room with The Beatles; gone nightclubbing with Mafia Boss Joe DeCarlo in Buffalo, N.Y., and was the last reporter to see General Hap Arnold, commander of the Allied Air Forces in World War II." (sic)

Answer: Dave Ritchie

Montreal Wanderers defenseman Dave Ritchie scored the first goal in National Hockey League history in the league's first game (one minute into the game) between the Wanderers and the Toronto Arenas on December 19, 1917. The Wanderers opened the inaugural season with a 10-9 victory, but had to withdraw from the league a few weeks later when their home rink was destroyed in a fire. Ritchie was selected by the Ottawa Senators, with whom he played the remainder of the season.