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"Sports Illustrated" Covers Trivia Quiz

The world's premier sports magazine, "Sports Illustrated", began in 1954. The November 10, 2003 issue recapped the first 50 years. How much do you know about those famous covers that lured us in each week?

A multiple-choice quiz by seamax. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
seamax

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
156,495

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
3 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What Hall of Fame baseball player adorned the cover of the very first "Sports Illustrated" in 1954? Hint

Eddie Matthews

Mickey Mantle

Jackie Robinson

Willie Mays

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the following quasi sports subjects was NOT featured on the cover during 1954? Hint

Bird Watching

Calgary Stampede

Cowgirl Fashions

Ducks

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Question 3 of 10

3. The Los Angeles Lakers set a record for the most covers by one team in any sport with 57.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the following basketball players is not among the top ten most featured athletes on the cover? Hint

Bill Walton

Wilt Chamberlain

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Larry Bird

5. "Sports Illustrated" broke precedent and released a second midweek issue to cover a historic event that took place on a Tuesday night. This issue became the best selling "Sports Illustrated" of alltime. What was this historic event? Hint

death of Dale Earnhardt

Mark McGuire's 62nd homerun

Buster Douglas defeats Mike Tyson

death of Ted Williams

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Question 6 of 10

6. The magazine released its first swimsuit issue in 1964 and featured model Babette March on the beaches of Cozumel. Can you name the first two models to grace the swimsuit issue in three consecutive years?

Answer: ( One Word ... surname only, or first name only .. choice of two models)

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Tyra Banks 1997 Bahamas cover became the best selling swimsuit issue in history.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. The "Sports Illustrated" jinx is of legend to the sports community. The 2003 Oregon Ducks became the _____ undefeated team to lose the week after "Sports Illustrated" featured them on the cover? Hint

12th

22nd

9th

5th

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Question 9 of 10

9. The "Sports Illustrated jinx" is beleived to have started in 1955 when the magazine ran a cover of a famous female skier. This athlete was paralyzed in a skiing accident the week her cover hit the stands. Who was this world famous athlete?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname .. or just first name!)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following father and son combinations were NOT featured on the same cover? Hint

Joe and Marvis Frazier

Archie and Peyton Manning

Boomer and Gunnar Esiason

Jay and Chase Buhner

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What Hall of Fame baseball player adorned the cover of the very first "Sports Illustrated" in 1954?

Answer: Eddie Matthews

Matthews made the cover three more times. Pete Rose had the most covers for a baseball player coming in with a whopping 15.

2. Which of the following quasi sports subjects was NOT featured on the cover during 1954?

Answer: Bird Watching

In its first decade the magazine tried to appeal to a wide audience by featuring covers on such non-sports topics as bridge, autumn walks, and night driving. Bird watching was a cover subject in a 1955 issue.

3. The Los Angeles Lakers set a record for the most covers by one team in any sport with 57.

Answer: False

For the first 50 years of "Sports Illustrated" from 1954 to 2003, the New York Yankees were on 59 covers. The Dallas Cowboys had the most covers by a football team at 45.

4. Which of the following basketball players is not among the top ten most featured athletes on the cover?

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain

Chamberlain was featured 7 times, half as many as Walton. Jordan lead all athletes with 49 covers during the first 50 years, 1954 to 2003.

Answer: Mark McGuire's 62nd homerun

The cover simply showed McGuire making contact on that historic night in September of 1998. The cover simply read 62!.

Answer: Brinkley

Christie Brinkley first graced the cover in 1979. Elle Macpherson first appeared in 1986. Macpherson was on the cover four times while Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs, and Kathy Ireland all appeared three times each.

7. The Tyra Banks 1997 Bahamas cover became the best selling swimsuit issue in history.

Answer: True

The issue that received the most letters (2,947) was the 1978 cover featuring model Maria Joao in Brazil.

Answer: 5th

The 57' Oklahoma Sooners, 70' Texas Longhorns, 73' Alabama Crimson Tide, 84' Miami Dolphins, and 03' Oregon Ducks all lost the week after being on the cover. Not to mention the 03' Cubs/Red Sox and countless other examples of individual athletes going into slumps after adorning the cover.

Answer: Jill Kinmont

Indy racer Pat O'Connor and figure skater Laurence Owen were both killed trajically days after their respective covers came out. Ricardo Rodriguez died in a fiery crash eight months after SI called him " Mexico's Fireball".

10. Which of the following father and son combinations were NOT featured on the same cover?

Answer: Archie and Peyton Manning

Archie and Peyton have both been featured on the cover but never at the same time.

Source: Author seamax

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