FunTrivia Sports Mix: Vol 34 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mia Hamm

Mia Hamm was born in 1972 and played soccer in college for the North Carolina Tar Heels. In her senior career, she played for Washington Freedom. She is best known for her appearances in the national team of the USA: between 1987 and 2004 she appeared in no less than 276 matches, and in these matches she scored 158 goals. Mia Hamm represented the USA in the Summer Olympics of 1996 (gold), 2000 (silver) and 2004 (gold), as well as in the FIFA Women's World Cup of 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003. The USA won the World Cup in 1991 and 1999, and finished in third position in 1995 and 2003.

Marta (born Marta Viera da Silva in 1986) was the first Brazilian woman to win the award; and she did so five times in a row (2006-07-08-09-10). Homare Sawa (born 1978) was a Japanese soccer player, positioned as midfielder or forward. She was crowned FIFA Women's World Player of the Year in 2011. Lieke Martens (born 1992) played as winger or midfielder for the Netherlands. She was crowned The Best FIFA Women's Player in 2017.

Question by player JanIQ

Answer: Daytona 500

In 1998, Dale Earnhardt Sr. finally won the Daytona 500 after 20 attempts. Dale lost his life in the Daytona race in 2001 on the last turn of the last lap.

Question by player jbooker8

Answer: Roger Federer

On 5th July 2009, Roger Federer became the first man to win 15 grand slam titles, when he won his 6th Wimbledon singles title in seven years. Earlier in the year, he had tied Pete Sampras at 14 by winning the French Open for the first time in his career. This win also gave him a career grand slam because it was the last of the four he had not won.
(the 15 were 3 Australian Open, 1 French Open, 6 Wimbledon and 5 US Open).

Question by player tazman6619

Answer: Rugby Union

The trio of Smiths, consisting of halfback Aaron, fullback/winger/centre Ben, and centre Conrad, each played over 80 Rugby Union test matches for the New Zealand national men's team, the famous All Blacks. The trio were all part of the team who won the 2015 Rugby World Cup, all playing key roles in the successful defence of the title that the All Blacks had won in the previous World Cup in 2011, at which Conrad Smith had played a number of matches.

Question by player matthewpokemon

Answer: American football

A prolate spheroid is a three-dimensional object which is roundish but with its polar axis greater than its equatorial diameter. Probably the best-known example is an American-rules football. Unlike the round balls used in other sports (basketball, tennis, golf, water polo), a shape of a football is generated by an ellipse revolving around a diameter. Prolate spheroids are those in which the axis of rotation is the major axis of the ellipse.

A football experiences less drag than a round ball (when properly thrown in a spiral pattern).

Other prolate spheroids are submarines, rocket ships, and the human testis. A testis typically measures 3-5 centimetres on its long axis and 2-3 centimetres on its short axis. See generally "What Do a Submarine, a Rocket and a Football Have in Common?" Scientific American, 8 Nov 2010.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Babe Ruth

Both Norman and Trevino were professional golfers. Hank Aaron of the Braves was the third player to hit 600 in 1971. Willie Mays of the Giants was the second player to go over 600 in 1969, 38 years after Ruth did in 1931. The Babe did it in his early days with the New York Yankees.

Question by player Nightmare

Answer: Germany

Germany won the game 1-0. The only goal was scored by Mario Goetze, who came on as a substitute. After 90 minutes the game was drawn at 0-0. The goal came in the second period of the 30 minute extra time. The assist was by André Schürrle.

Question by player Saleo

Answer: NHL - National Hockey League

The team was originally the Quebec Nordiques (formed in 1972). It was a member of the World Hockey Association when it folded and joined the NHL in 1979. They moved in 1995 and became the Colorado Avalanche. Previously, the state had a professional hockey team called the Colorado Rockies (1976-1982), which became the NJ Devils; that name was adopted by the 1993 expansion MLB team in Colorado.

Question by player GBfan

Answer: New York Cosmos

Widely regarded as the world's greatest soccer player, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, nicknamed Pele, played for the Brazilian side Santos from 1956-74, scoring 589 goals in 605 domestic league matches. Playing in three World Cup winning sides, Pele was only 17 in his first World Cup final in 1958, scoring two goals in a 5-2 victory against Sweden.

In all, he scored 77 goals in 92 appearances for Brazil. In the twilight of his career he played three seasons (1975-77) for the New York Cosmos in the number 10 shirt, which the Cosmos then decommissioned.

His final game was New York Cosmos versus Santos in October 1977, in which he played for both teams.

Question by player dsimpy

Answer: John Farrell

On April 13, 2014, Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell argued in favor of a call that was overturned after the umpires watched it on instant replay. The call allowed their opponent, the Yankees, to score a run that ultimately decided the outcome of the game. Vince Lombardi was an American football coach, Phil Jackson coached basketball, and Coach Hines was a Mad TV character.

Question by player skydude13579