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65 quizzes and 910 trivia questions.
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USA by Year: 1950s USA by Year: 1950s (2 quizzes)
USA by Year: 1960s USA by Year: 1960s (8)
USA by Year: 1970s USA by Year: 1970s (4)
USA by Year: 1980s USA by Year: 1980s (6)
USA by Year: 1990s USA by Year: 1990s (5)
USA by Year: 2000s USA by Year: 2000s (12)
USA by Year: 2010s USA by Year: 2010s (9)
USA by Year: 2020s USA by Year: 2020s (1)
1.
  A Year in Sports [1]   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
An all multiple choice quiz describing memorable years in Sports. You just pick the year. I hope you have fun! :-)
Easier, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Dec 06 09
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  A Year in Sports [2]   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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Another all multiple choice quiz for you to select that year that these events happened in Sports. There is a little hint for everyone. Have fun! :-)
Average, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Dec 06 09
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  A Year in Sports [3]   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Another in a series of sporting events that happened in a certain year. Lots of hints, and you just pick the year. I hope that you have fun! :-)
Average, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Dec 06 09
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4.
  Remember When? [1]   great trivia quiz  
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The first in a series of five quizzes to see if you remember when or what with USA sports. I hope that you have fun with them. :-)
Average, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Sep 18 11
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5.
  A Year in Sports [4]   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Another in a series of events happening in the sports world. You just pick the year. I hope that you have fun! :-)
Average, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Dec 06 09
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  Remember When? [5]   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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The last in a series of mixed sports in the USA. I hope that you have enjoyed them. :-)
Average, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Sep 07 16
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  Remember When? [3]   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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The third in a series of some USA mixed questions. Do you remember when or what? :-)
Average, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Apr 29 16
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  Remember When? [2]   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Do you remember when or what? Let's see if you can with these USA sports questions. Good luck. :-)
Average, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Sep 18 11
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9.
  Remember When? [4]    
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The fourth of five in a series of some USA sports moments in history. I hope that you remember them. :-)
Average, 10 Qns, Nightmare, Sep 18 11
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  Defunct American Sports Leagues   popular trivia quiz  
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In their day, some of these leagues were very popular. Their collective demises came from various causes: league mergers, lack of funding, changing demographics, etc. Play this quiz and find out more!
Tough, 10 Qns, thejazzkickazz, Dec 23 07
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trivia question Quick Question
This team may have been John Denver's favorite team. Which team won the NL pennant in 2007?

From Quiz "We Are The Champions"




11.
  We Are The Champions    
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All these correct answers were champions in some form or another.
Difficult, 10 Qns, Anton, Jan 19 10
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12.
  The Championship Game #1    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Questions over the championship game or series from the World Series to the World Cup.
Average, 20 Qns, rob_909, Jun 05 09
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  Back to Back    
Multiple Choice
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Accomplishing a feat in sports is always satisfying but it is more impressive when the feat is repeated. This quiz is all about back to back accomplishes as well as consecutive streaks. See how many you remember.
Difficult, 10 Qns, RAgamer51, Oct 23 12
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  The Championship Game #2    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
More questions over the championship game of all the worlds best sports.
Average, 20 Qns, rob_909, Sep 25 08
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  Gone, But Not Forgotten    
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Over the years the NFL, NBA, and NHL have faced competition from upstart leagues. In each of the following 10 questions you will be shown 4 team names. All you have to do is identify what defunct league those four teams played in.
Tough, 10 Qns, bomber1013, Sep 14 13
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  Memorable Games: The Next Week    
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On several occasions, a memorable game in sports history was played before the actual championship was decided. Lets see if you remember what else happened in those years.
Difficult, 10 Qns, BaronTR, Apr 01 03
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  Which Year Did It Happen    
Multiple Choice
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I'll give you a major sporting event and you give me the year it happened - or I will give you a year and you tell me what happened.
Average, 15 Qns, warriorswood, Nov 10 19
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  All About Sports, Pre-1985    
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This quiz contains questions about different sports. Please enjoy my quiz. All questions will be about 1985 and before.
Tough, 10 Qns, fizzbee, Mar 11 09
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USA Sports by Year Trivia Questions
1. What baseball pitcher has the distinction of being the first in history to throw no-hit games in consecutive starts?

From Quiz Back to Back

Answer: Johnny Vander Meer

On June 11, 1938, Vander Meer threw a no-hitter against the then Boston Bees. Four days later in his next start, he accomplished the feat a second time, against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

2. This team may have been John Denver's favorite team. Which team won the NL pennant in 2007?

From Quiz We Are The Champions

Answer: Colorado Rockies

The Rockies needed an extra game against San Diego just to make the playoffs. After winning the game, they would meet up with Phillies and then the Diamondbacks. They earned the right to go to the World Series against Boston. Unfortunately for Rockie fans, the Red Sox swept them. Colorado Rockies: 2007 NL Champions.

3. This year saw the first Super Bowl in pro football history. It also saw the last Major League Triple Crown of the 20th century, and the duo of Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton win the World Series for the Cardinals. Which year was this?

From Quiz A Year in Sports [1]

Answer: 1967

Super Bowl I was on January 15, 1967. The Packers defeated the Chiefs 35-10. Carlton was in his third season of baseball, and combined with his teammate pitcher, Bob Gibson, to win the World Series over the Red Sox. Boston's Carl Yastrzemski hit the Triple Crown.

4. From 1958-1966, the Boston Celtics of the NBA won eight consecutive championships with the help of Bob Cousy, Sam Jones, John Havlicek, and who at their center position?

From Quiz Remember When? [5]

Answer: Bill Russell

Russell played his entire career of 13 seasons wearing the number 6 of the Celtics. He was a 12-time all-star in those 13 seasons, and won the season MVP award five times.

5. Which NFL team and Super Bowl participant, was the first to not score a touchdown in the big game?

From Quiz Remember When? [4]

Answer: Miami Dolphins

After going 10-3-1 in the regular season, the Dolphins made easy pickings of the Colts in the AFC Championship game 21-0, then were the one picked as they lost in Super Bowl VI to the Cowboys 24-3 in Jauary 1972. Miami would rebound with a perfect 1972 season.

6. Which Dallas Cowboy head coach was known for his trademark hat?

From Quiz Remember When? [3]

Answer: Tom Landry

From the Dallas Texans of the AFL to the Cowboys of the NFL, Landry had the reins of the teams from 1960-1988. Tom took the team to four Super Bowls and won two.

7. Remember when the great Babe Ruth dominated the diamond in Major League baseball? When did the Babe retire from the big leagues?

From Quiz Remember When? [1]

Answer: 1935

After playing for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees of the American League, Ruth went to the Boston Braves of the National League in his final season in 1935. He died in 1948.

8. What team was the only team to win a title between the Chicago Bulls run of six titles in eight years, ranging from 1990-1998?

From Quiz The Championship Game #2

Answer: Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets won the NBA Title in 93-94 over New York four games to three, and in 94-95, skunked Orlando in four games. Olajuwon was the MVP in both series.

9. In the 2001-02 NBA Finals, the third successive NBA Finals win for the Lakers, who did they defeat?

From Quiz The Championship Game #1

Answer: New Jersey Nets

The Lakers won the series 4-0, and Shaquille O'Neal was the MVP for the third straight time.

10. The film 'A League of Their Own' was based on a mythical team belonging to a women's baseball league that existed for a decade. What was this league called?

From Quiz Defunct American Sports Leagues

Answer: All-American Girl's Professional Baseball League

In the film 'A League of Their Own', the Tom Hanks character was loosely based on major league hall-of-famer Jimmie Foxx, who managed the Fort Wayne Daisies. The Geena Davis character, Dottie Hinson, was modeled after actual player Dottie Kamenshek (who was touted as a men's major league level ball player by several talent scouts). Much of the situations in the film mirrored what occurred in real life, for example the charm school scene. The All-American Girl's Professional Baseball League lasted from 1943 to 1954.

11. Bobby Thompson's "Shot Heard Round the World" won the National League pennant for the NY Giants in 1951, but they lost in the World Series. Who beat them?

From Quiz Memorable Games: The Next Week

Answer: Yankees

The Yankees took the series 4 games to 2. The series had the distinction of being Joe Dimaggio's last World Series to play in and the first series that Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle played in.

12. Cal Ripken Jr. played in is 2,131st straight game to beat Lou Gehrig's record on September 6th, ______ ?

From Quiz Which Year Did It Happen

Answer: 1995

He hit a homerun that game too.

13. What college team lost 10 fumbles in a game?

From Quiz All About Sports, Pre-1985

Answer: Wichita State

They lost 10 fumbles in a 1963 game against Florida State.

14. What defunct sports league do these teams have in common? Buffalo Bills - Baltimore Colts - Miami Seahawks - New York Yankees?

From Quiz Gone, But Not Forgotten

Answer: All American Football Conference (AAFC)

The AAFC merged with the NFL starting in 1950. The Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts, and New York Yankees joined the older league.

15. The year was 1995. Shaquille O'Neal was a young up and comer with the Orlando Magic. O'Neal would lead his team to the NBA Finals where they would lose to which team that also had a future Hall of Fame center?

From Quiz We Are The Champions

Answer: Houston Rockets

Underdog Houston, behind center Hakeem Olajuwon, entered the playoffs as the sixth seed in the west. They would beat Utah, Phoenix, and San Antonio to set up a date with Orlando in the finals. The Rockets not only beat the Magic, they swept them 4-0. Houston Rockets: 1994-95 NBA Champions.

16. This year saw the NCAA Basketball Championship pitting Duke against Arizona. The Diamondbacks won the World Series. In the Stanley Cup, Colorado beat New Jersey. Also, the Kentucky Derby Champion was Monarchos. Which sports year was this?

From Quiz A Year in Sports [3]

Answer: 2001

Duke won the championship with their 82-72 win over Arizona. The Diamondbacks won their first World Series in franchise history with their four games to three win over the Orioles. Colorado won the Cup four games to three.

17. Hank Aaron was the first slugger in Major League history to hit 725 career home runs. In what decade did he retire?

From Quiz Remember When? [5]

Answer: 1970s

Aaron spent 21 of his 23 seasons with the Milwaukee, then Atlanta Braves. In November 1974, he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers before retiring in 1976. His career home run count was 755.

18. Oklahoma State was the first school to win back to back NCAA Men's Basketball Championships. Which seasons did they accomplish this?

From Quiz Remember When? [4]

Answer: 1945 and 1946

The first NCAA championship game was held in 1939. In 1945, Oklahoma State defeated NYU, then North Carolina in 1946. Their next bid for a championship was in 1949, but lost in the final to Kentucky.

19. Jackie Robinson broke the Major League color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. The first black player in the American League made his debut with the Cleveland Indians of the same season. Do you remember who it was?

From Quiz Remember When? [3]

Answer: Larry Doby

The others had not begun their Major League careers yet. Doby appeared in only 32 games in 1947, then hit .301 the following season and helped the Indians to a World Series victory against the Boston Braves in 1948.

20. Which Major League baseball team won three consecutive World Series in the 1970s?

From Quiz Remember When? [2]

Answer: Oakland Athletics

The others didn't win any World Series in the '70s. The Oakland Athletics with an all-star cast including Gene Tenace, Sal Bando, Reggie Jackson, and pitchers Vida Blue and Jim 'Catfish' Hunter, won the three from 1972-1974, defeating the Mets, Reds, and Dodgers.

21. In the early days of professional basketball, this Minneapolis Laker team had the first real big man that dominated the court. The team moved to Los Angeles after his retirement. Who was this center that was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1959?

From Quiz Remember When? [1]

Answer: George Mikan

The others had not begun their careers yet for at least another 10 seasons. In his rookie season in 1949, George took his Lakers in the BAA to the championship over the Washington Capitals. In 1950, the Lakers joined the NBA, and Mikan helped the Lakers to more championships in 1950, 1952, and 1953.

22. What was the final score of the Euro 2000 Final between Italy and France?

From Quiz The Championship Game #2

Answer: France 2 - 1 Italy

After Marco Del Vicchio gave Italy the lead in the 52nd minute. Sylvain Wiltord tied the game with no more than 10 seconds remaining, and David Trezeguet won the game in the first half of extra time.

23. In the 2000 World Series, the New York Yankees played the New York Mets. What was the result?

From Quiz The Championship Game #1

Answer: Yankees 4 Mets 1

It was the third consecutive World Series title for the Yankees, after victories over Atlanta and San Diego the previous years.

24. Green Bay won the 1967 NFL championship by beating Dallas 21-17 in what became known as the "Ice Bowl", then went on to the Super Bowl and beat Oakland by ____ .

From Quiz Memorable Games: The Next Week

Answer: 33-14

Packer kicker Don Chandler kicked 4 field goals in the game. The game was also notable because Vince Lombardi resigned after the game as Green Bay coach.

25. The NBA held its first championship game on April 23rd, ______ ?

From Quiz Which Year Did It Happen

Answer: 1950

The Minneapolis Lakers beat the Syracuse Nationals 110-95.

26. What college has scored 624 points in a season?

From Quiz All About Sports, Pre-1985

Answer: Nebraska

They were 7-0 in 1983 and scored a total of 624 points. Miami beat then 31-30 in the end-of-season Orange Bowl played in January 1984.

27. What defunct league do these teams have in common? Carolina Cougars - Minnesota Pipers - Virginia Squires - Oakland Oaks?

From Quiz Gone, But Not Forgotten

Answer: American Basketball Association

The ABA merged with NBA after the 1976 season.

28. The Masters is one of the most famous of the four Grand Slam events in golf; where the winner gets to wear the famous green jacket. Who was the first to win the tournament in consecutive years?

From Quiz Back to Back

Answer: Jack Nicklaus

Nicklaus accomplished the double wins in 1965 and 1966. Nick Faldo won it in 1989 and 1990. Tiger Woods repeated in 2001 and 2002. Arnold Palmer won, but not in succession, in 1962 and 1964.

29. Like Tigers Woods who learned golf from his father, Arnold Palmer was formed into a great American golfing great. After turning amateur in 1954, and winning the Canadian Open in 1955, Palmer won his first Masters tournament in which year?

From Quiz Remember When? [5]

Answer: 1958

It was Palmer's first major U.S. championship win in 1958. Arnold went on to win three more Masters in 1960, 1962, and 1964.

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