FunTrivia Sports Mix: Vol 33 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cricket

In cricket, 'bails' are small wooden pieces put on top of the stumps, a 'cover-drive' is a type of stroke played by a batsman, while an 'over' is six balls bowled at the batsmen and a new bowler bowls.

Question by player Dwayne_13

Answer: Colgate

"Colgate is a distinctive, leading American university known for its intellectual rigor, world-class professors, campus of stunning beauty, and alumni famously loyal to their alma mater ... Colgate's identity is defined, too, by how it feels here. The beauty of our campus invites you in. Set on a hillside - with stately buildings, surrounded by a canopy of colorful trees - we are steeped in 200 years of history ... We compete in Division I athletics, the highest level of collegiate sports ...

In the center of New York, in one of the friendliest towns in America, we offer the best of college life." (from www.colgate.edu) [ "Colgate" is a brand of toothpaste]

Question by player woodychandler

Answer: 1919, the Spanish Flu

The Spanish Flu killed many North Americans in 1918. The National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens faced the Pacific Coast Hockey Association's Seattle Metropolitans in the championship in March of 1919. After five games, the teams were tied 2-2-1. The deciding game was to be played in Seattle. That city's health commissioner declared the Spanish Flu epidemic over in January of 1919. Between the fifth and sixth games, players on both teams were hospitalized with the flu and one died.

The final game was cancelled.

The Stanley Cup is engraved with the names of both teams and the legend "Series Not Completed."

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: A touchdown

In American Football, scoring a touchdown produces six points, the highest a team can score at a given time. A field goal produces three points. A safety produces two points. A try is similar to a touchdown in Rugby League (4 pts) and Rugby Union (5 pts).

Question by player milliesmall

Answer: Virginia Wade

Virginia Wade won the 1977 Wimbledon single. She was born in Bournemouth. She was also a tennis reporter for BBC and was the first woman to be elected to the Wimbledon committee. Mia Hamm was a soccer player.


Question by player tritran5555

Answer: Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos play at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver, the capital of Colorado. The capital of Wisconsin is Madison, not Green Bay. Same goes for Dallas (Austin is the capital of Texas) and Albany is New York's capital city.

Question by player GBfan

Answer: Beijing, China

The Summer Games were held in Sydney in 2000, Athens in 2004 and London in 2012. Official designation of the host location for the Olympic Games is made by the International Olympic Committee by means of an election held about seven years in advance of the proposed date of the upcoming games.

Question by player shorthumbz

Answer: The Beast

Eddie Hall was born on 15th January 1988 in Staffordshire, England. He realised his lifetime dream of becoming World's Strongest Man in May 2017 when he beat Icelander Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson by just one point to claim the trophy and title. He is known as "The Beast", and has this nickname tattooed across his inner arms, perfect for showing off as his flexes his biceps after each mammoth performance!

Question by player ClarkyB

Answer: Mardy Fish

Mardy Fish is an American tennis player who won six Tour-level events, and a silver medal in singles in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Mike Trout is a multi American League MVP. Tim Salmom, like Trout, played the outfield and only for the Angels. Catfish Hunter won five World Series titles and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Question by player Stonecreek

Answer: Mitchell

George Mitchell was appointed by Bud Selig, the Commissioner of Baseball at the time. The other names, Doubleday and Giamatti, are associated with baseball, but in this historical connotation. Abner Doubleday was the unofficial founder of baseball (which historians have clearly proven to be untrue), and Bart Giamatti was the baseball commissioner at the time of the Pete Rose scandal.

Question by player Spaudrey