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Sports Geniuses Trivia Quiz

This quiz is for people who think they know everything about sports. My part is to show you that 'you're an idiot'. Your part is to prove me wrong. You people that know something, but not a lot, look in my Inquizitions for a few sports questions.

A multiple-choice quiz by mtvcdm. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
mtvcdm

Time
8 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
19,070

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
9 / 20

Plays
628

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Question 1 of 20

1. We'll start you off with a marathon question. Name the first man to win back-to-back Olympic marathons. Hint

Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakia

Abebe Bikila, Ethiopia

Waldemar Cierpinski, East Germany

Alain Mimoun, France

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Question 2 of 20

2. Moving on to college bowl games. In what city is the Humanitarian Bowl held? Hint

Minneapolis, Minnesota

San Diego, California

Boise, Idaho

Portland, Oregon

3. Staying with college sports, I need you to tell me Southern Illinois' team name. I'm going to leave this one open-ended, so you don't accidentally stumble upon it or get it by process of elimination. Need you to do some work and not get lucky once in a while. Hint

Salukis

Lincolns

Tigers

Factors

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Question 4 of 20

4. Proceeding to bowling. In its early days, what was considered a perfect game? Hint

200

250

300- I'm just trying to trick you

100

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Question 5 of 20

5. Many New York Yankees have had their numbers retired. But who was the first? Hint

Yogi Berra

Babe Ruth

Lou Gehrig

Joe Dimaggio

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Question 6 of 20

6. We'll stay with retiring numbers. Why not? It's my quiz, I'll do whatever I want. Imagine for a moment that only 6 players in the NBA have ever had their numbers retired. Those six are the only 6 to have their numbers retired by two different teams. Following? Following or not, here's your question: In this fantasy, what team has retired the most numbers? Hint

New Jersey Nets

Philadelphia 76ers

Milwaukee Bucks

Los Angeles Lakers

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Question 7 of 20

7. I'll move on to auto racing now. Tell me the first Formula 1 track ever raced on. Hint

England - Silverstone

USA - Indianapolis

France - Magny-Cours

Monaco - Monte Carlo

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Question 8 of 20

8. My America's Cup question nobody got (The cup is bottomless. Can't hold anything.) So we'll switch the question. Who was the first baseball player to earn $3 million a year? Hint

Kirby Puckett, Twins

Kevin Mitchell, Giants

Wade Boggs, Red Sox

David Justice, Braves

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Question 9 of 20

9. Back to college football. Remember Pearl Harbor? The year Japan pulled the attack, NCAA feared Pasadena may be attacked as well, so it was moved for the 1942 Duke-Oregon St. Rose Bowl. My question is, who, if anyone, had home-field advantage as a result? Hint

Oregon St.

Duke

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Neither

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Question 10 of 20

10. Did you know the International Skating Union recognizes more than 1 figure 8? Care to guess how many they recognize? Hint

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Question 11 of 20

11. Halfway home. In craps (somebody at the site where I'm getting this info considers craps a sport), if you rolled 'Little Phoebe', what did you roll? Hint

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Question 12 of 20

12. In the Olympics' Parade Of Nations in the Opening Ceremony, who usually marches first? Hint

The host country

France, home of the first Winter Games

Greece, home of the first Summer Games

Whichever team won the previous Games

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Question 13 of 20

13. Sticking with the Games, tell me the name of the mascot for the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Hint

Toby

Syd

Izzy

Uncle Sam

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Question 14 of 20

14. More useless knowledge. You've put up with 13 questions worth of it so far, so what's 1 or 7 more? Tell me which is the only major league ballpark that faces directly north? Hint

Bank One Ballpark, Arizona Diamondbacks

Enron Field, Houston Astros

Edison International Field, Anaheim Angels

Comiskey Park, Chicago White Sox

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Question 15 of 20

15. 6 to go... How long is a pro golfer allowed before he or she has to hit the ball? Hint

1 minute, 30 seconds

1 minute

45 seconds

30 seconds

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Question 16 of 20

16. Mind telling me the only city with more than one pro team in which every team wears the same colors? You'd go through all 4 choices easily with multiple choice, so I'm not going to give you that. You're on your own with this one. Spell the city right. Also capitalize.

Answer: (city)

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Question 17 of 20

17. My incomplete pass question nobody scored upon, and I've come to think of it as unfair, so I'll switch it to hockey. Which Original 6 team was the first and only to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win the Stanley Cup? Hint

Chicago Blackhawks

Toronto Maple Leafs

Detroit Red Wings

New York Rangers

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Question 18 of 20

18. Back to the Games: You are to tell me the only host country of the Summer Olympics that failed to win a gold medal in said games. Hint

Belgium

Finland

Italy

Canada

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Question 19 of 20

19. How many days out of the year are there no games in the Big 4 leagues (NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB)? There is a set number. But I'm gonna make you find it yourself.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 20 of 20

20. Last question. You may know who the silouhette on the NBA logo is: Jerry West. Now how about MLB's logo? It ain't Babe. Hint

Carl Yastrzemski

Rod Carew

Al Simmons

Harmon Killebrew

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. We'll start you off with a marathon question. Name the first man to win back-to-back Olympic marathons.

Answer: Abebe Bikila, Ethiopia

Rome and Tokyo. Cierpinski won 2 straight as well, but that was Montreal and Moscow, which of course came after Rome and Tokyo.

2. Moving on to college bowl games. In what city is the Humanitarian Bowl held?

Answer: Boise, Idaho

It was first played in 1997, when Mississippi defeated Marshall 34-31.

Answer: Salukis

Carbondale, Illinois should know that. Eveybody else, probably not. See why that was fill in the blank? If I stuck 'Salukis' in a multiple choice, you'd be thinking something was up and pick it out immediately.

4. Proceeding to bowling. In its early days, what was considered a perfect game?

Answer: 200

I have no further information about this, like when it was upped to 300 or anything, so we'll move on.

5. Many New York Yankees have had their numbers retired. But who was the first?

Answer: Lou Gehrig

1939. Ruth was 1948, 9 years after Gehrig. Dimaggio and Berra came way after.

Answer: Milwaukee Bucks

They've retired 3. Philly and L.A. 2, N.J. 1. For reference, here are those 6 players: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Bucks, Lakers), Wilt Chamberlain (76ers, Lakers), Julius Irving (76ers, Nets), Bob Lanier (Bucks, Detroit Pisons), Oscar Robinson (Bucks, Sacramento Kings), and Nate Thurmond (Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors). Follow-up: Milwaukee's also the only city to do this same deal in baseball, with 2: Hank Aaron and Rollie Fingers. Go recite that one in a sports bar.

7. I'll move on to auto racing now. Tell me the first Formula 1 track ever raced on.

Answer: England - Silverstone

It was in 1947. Giuseppe Farina of Italy won it.

8. My America's Cup question nobody got (The cup is bottomless. Can't hold anything.) So we'll switch the question. Who was the first baseball player to earn {$3} million a year?

Answer: Kirby Puckett, Twins

It was a 3-year, {$9} million contract. This was in November 1989.

Answer: Duke

Didn't help. Result: 20-16, Oregon St.

10. Did you know the International Skating Union recognizes more than 1 figure 8? Care to guess how many they recognize?

Answer: 48

Here's the only figure 8 I knew of: 8

11. Halfway home. In craps (somebody at the site where I'm getting this info considers craps a sport), if you rolled 'Little Phoebe', what did you roll?

Answer: 5

No further info here. I'm not a craps fan. More bowling, soccer, baseball, and football.

12. In the Olympics' Parade Of Nations in the Opening Ceremony, who usually marches first?

Answer: Greece, home of the first Summer Games

The host country marches last. Everyone else marches in English alphabetical order.

13. Sticking with the Games, tell me the name of the mascot for the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

Answer: Uncle Sam

Sam was a bald eagle holding an Olympic Torch. For reference, Toby was the Barcelona mascot (as I recall, it was a raccoon), Izzy was Atlanta (your guess is as good as mine as to what it was- it's original name, inspired by an 8-year-old girl, was Whatizit), and Syd was one of Sydney's 3 mascots (some Australian animal).

As if 1 wasn't bad enough. God, I hated Izzy. You know he got his own half-hour cartoon on Cartoon Network back in '96?

14. More useless knowledge. You've put up with 13 questions worth of it so far, so what's 1 or 7 more? Tell me which is the only major league ballpark that faces directly north?

Answer: Bank One Ballpark, Arizona Diamondbacks

Usually, the third base line faces north.

15. 6 to go... How long is a pro golfer allowed before he or she has to hit the ball?

Answer: 45 seconds

I take that long on mini golf, and it takes entire weekends to complete, too ('I got 80.' 'I got 84.' 'I won! I won! I beat you by 4 strokes!' '...On that hole.')

Answer: Pittsburgh

Steelers? Black and gold. Pirates? Black and gold. Penguins? Take a guess.

Answer: Toronto Maple Leafs

1942, they defeated the Red Wings.

18. Back to the Games: You are to tell me the only host country of the Summer Olympics that failed to win a gold medal in said games.

Answer: Canada

Montreal, 1976. I don't know what they DID get, but I'll take a stab at who won. USA, as usual.

19. How many days out of the year are there no games in the Big 4 leagues (NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB)? There is a set number. But I'm gonna make you find it yourself.

Answer: 2

Those 2, by the way, are the days before and after baseball's All-Star Game.

20. Last question. You may know who the silouhette on the NBA logo is: Jerry West. Now how about MLB's logo? It ain't Babe.

Answer: Harmon Killebrew

Though Babe would have been my choice.

Source: Author mtvcdm

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