USA Sports Trophies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Golf

The Ryder Cup is part of the PGA tour in which teams from the USA and Europe compete against each other. The competition began after an unofficial exhibition match in 1926 between a team representing American professionals against a team from the British PGA.

Answer: Wins the NFL Super Bowl

The Lombardi Trophy was named after the Green Bay Packer legendary coach, Vince Lombardi. It is awarded to the NFL team that wins the annual Super Bowl.

Answer: Auto racing

The trophy was named after the auto parts supplier, BorgWarner, and is presented to the winning driver of the Indianapolis 500 each year. The first presentation of the award began in 1936. Unfortunately, the winner of the 1950 Indy 500, Johnny Parsons, had his name engraved on the trophy incorrectly as "Johnnie Parsons", and the error has never been corrected.

Answer: Women's Lacrosse

The Tewaaraton Trophy is awarded in many variations to the ACC Women's Lacrosse, with individuals who have contributed the most in a season. In 2008, Maryland senior Dana Dobbie won the award for the second consecutive season as Player of the Year. Other ACC Lacrosse accomplishments in 2008 included Coach of the Year Julie Myers of Virginia, and Rookie of the Year Emma Hamm of Duke.

Answer: Major League Baseball

The award was named after one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, Denton True "Cyclone" Young. He began his career in the late 1800s, and won 511 career games as a pitcher. Throughout the entire 20th century, he was still on top with his number of wins, and is likely never to be surpassed.

In the first presentation of the award, Brooklyn Dodger Don Newcombe won the award in 1956, for being the league's most outstanding pitcher in the season.

Answer: High school athletics

The Dial Award began as a literary award in the 1920s, named after "Dial Magazine". After many decades, the award was finally first presented in sports in 1979, and the recepient was high school football star Herschel Walker. The first female to win the award was Carol Lewis in her track and field endeavors in 1980.

Answer: Badminton

One of the greatest singles player of badminton was Dr. David Guthrie Freeman, who was part of the American team in 1948. He was most noted for never losing a match after he turned 18 years of age.

Answer: Auto racing

The Harley J. Earl Trophy is presented each year to the winner of Nascar's Daytona 500, the "Cadillac of the Nascar season". It was named after car designer Harley Earl, who was also the second commissioner of Nascar. Earl was also known as the "Father of the Corvette", and was the designer of the Pontiac Firebird. The 2008 Daytona 500 winner in the season opener was Ryan Newman.

Answer: Top collegiate basketball point guard

The award was named after NBA Hall of Fame and Boston Celtic great, Bob Cousy. The first presentation was given in 2004 to Jameer Nelson of St. Joseph University. In 2008, D.J. Augustin of the University of Texas won the award.

Answer: Horse racing

The Eclipse Award is an American thoroughbred horse racing award in many categories, such as Outstanding Owner, Outstanding Breeder, Horse of the Year, Jockey of the Year, etc. The first Eclipse Award was presented in 1887 to the Horse of the Year, Hanover, a three-year old from the Dwyer Brothers stable.