USA Sports Jumbled Up Trivia Quiz

Answer: Belmont Stakes

Winning the race at all three tracks is considered winning the Triple Crown. Sir Barton was the first horse to win all three. The Belmont is the oldest, being first run in 1867. The Preakness was first run in 1873, then the Kentucky Derby in 1876. In 1917 and 1922, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness were run on the same day.

Answer: Satchel Paige

Paige was a pitcher and played in the Negro Leagues prior to being signed by the Cleveland Indians in 1948 at the age of 42. Satchel won an undocumented 2500 games in the Negro Leagues, then went 28-31 in the Major Leagues over six seasons. Paige was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1971.

Answer: Los Angeles Rams

The Rams had moved from the city of Cleveland just three seasons earlier, when one of the players painted a set of Rams horns on his helmet. It caught on, and before anyone knew it, the entire team had hand-painted horns on their helmets. It didn't help the team as they went only 6-5-1 in the season, and watched the Chicago Cardinals win the NFL West with a 11-1 record.

Answer: Lou Holtz

Holtz is mostly noted for helming the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He took Arkansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, William & Mary, and finally, Notre Dame to bowl games.

Answer: Drew a symbol meaning "to life" in the dirt at home plate

Wade played in 18 seasons with 11 in a Red Sox uniform, five with the Yankees, and two with Tampa Bay. He was a fixture at third base most of his career. Known for his love of chicken, he engraved the "to life" sign in the dirt before every single at-bat, regardless of what umpires thought of it. Boggs won five batting titles in this career and retired with a .328 average in 1999.

He also won a World Series ring in 1996 as a Yankee against the Atlanta Braves.

Answer: Jesse Owens

Owens competed in the 1936 Olympics, known as the Games of the XI Olympiad which were held in Berlin. Adolph Hitler was more than upset when Owens won four gold medals in the Games. Jesse took the gold in the 100m, 200m, long jump, and the 4x100m relay.

The shoe brothers were German's Adolph and Rudolph Dassler. They both convinced Jesse to wear their shoes, and after winning four gold medals, thousands of orders came into the shoe company making them split into two different businesses.

Answer: The NBC Television Network was not ready to air the second half

Both the CBS and NBC television networks simulcasted the game on January 15. NBC had not finished their halftime commercials at the time of the kickoff, and frantically called the NFL higher officials at the game to explain their ordeal. The NFL decided to re-kick to open the second half in all fairness to NBC, and start the second half of the game over.

The Green Bay Packers won the game against the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.

Answer: Bill Mosienko

The Chicago Black Hawks met the New York Rangers on March 23, and Black Hawk Bill Mosienko was there for the action. Bill signed with Chicago in 1940, then played his entire career with the Black Hawks from 1941-1955. He scored 31 goals and 22 assists for a total of 53 points in the 1951-52 season.

Answer: Racquetball

From badminton in the 1870s to paintball in the 1980s, racquetball was invented by Joe Sobeck in 1950. The professional tennis and handball player was looking for a game that kids in the YMCA organizations could play all year. He combined the two sports and used a hollow rubber ball. It was first called 'paddle rackets' before changing its name to racquetball.

Answer: UCLA

The Bruins were coached by the legendary John Wooden. In that run, UCLA had seven consecutive titles with four seasons that they went undefeated. Some of their greats that went on to NBA stardom were Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Henry Bibby, Gail Goodrich, Bill Walton, and a host of others.