Sport in Nevada Trivia Quiz

Answer: Basketball

The Las Vegas Aces are members of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Founded in 1997, the team was known as the Utah Starzz and then the San Antonio Silver Stars before moving to Nevada in 2018. In 2019, the Aces made it to the playoff semi-finals where they lost to the Washington Mystics.

Answer: Davis Cup

Andre Agassi was born in Las Vegas in 1970 and turned pro aged just 16. The "career golden slam" entails winning all four grand slam events (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open) plus an Olympic gold medal. In 1999, having already won the other three slams plus an Olympic title at Atlanta '96, Agassi won the French Open to complete the slam, defeating Andriy Medvedev in the final in Paris.

The Davis Cup is a men's team event which is not considered part of this quintet, although Agassi has also been on a winning team in that event.

Answer: Washington Capitals

The Vegas Golden Knights began play in October 2017, playing home games at the T-Mobile Arena. Expansion teams traditionally don't win many games in their inaugural season, but the Golden Knights bucked the trend, finishing top of the Pacific Division.

In the playoffs, they eliminated the Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks and Winnipeg Jets to reach the Stanley Cup finals. It was the Washington Capitals who prevailed 4-1 to lift the trophy for the first time.

Answer: Wolf Pack

The University of Nevada was founded in Reno in 1874, and their sports teams were originally called Sagebrushers, the Wolf Pack nickname being adopted in 1923. They left the Western Athletic Conference in 2012 to join the Mountain West Conference. Their greatest success stories have tended to come in individual disciplines rather than team events, with Chinese swimmer Liu Limin and discus thrower Kamy Keshmiri among those winning NCAA national titles.

Answer: Motor Racing

Kyle Busch was born in Las Vegas in 1985, and is a competitor in NASCAR. The younger brother of Kurt Busch, he made his NASCAR debut in 2004, and won the Nextel Cup Series in both 2015 and 2019. Between 2008 and 2020, he drove a Toyota for the Joe Gibbs racing team.

Answer: Jerry Tarkanian

UNLV was formerly known as Nevada Southern University. Their basketball team use a variation on the school's nickname, the Runnin' Rebels. Jerry Tarkanian became head coach in 1973 and quickly turned them into one of the leading schools in the nation.

In 1990, they defeated Georgia Tech and Duke in the Final Four in Denver to be crowned national champions. Just two years later, Tarkanian resigned after a number of NCAA investigations into rules violations.

Answer: Tennis

Jack Kramer was born in Las Vegas in 1921, and his early career was interrupted by the war. Once hostilities ended, he quickly became one of the best players in the world. At the 1946 US Championships, he defeated Tom Brown in straight sets in the final to win his first slam.

The following year, he won Wimbledon, again defeating Brown in the final, and then successfully defended his US title with a five-set win over Frank Parker. He turned professional shortly afterwards, which excluded him from playing any of the strictly amateur slams in the future.

Answer: Golf

The Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is a PGA tour golf event which first took place in 1983, and was for a number of years known as the Las Vegas Invitational. Held at the TPC Summerlin course, former champions at the event include Tiger Woods, Greg Norman and Jim Furyk.

Answer: Right Field

Bryce Harper was born in Las Vegas in 1992, and was drafted by the Washington Nationals with the first overall pick of the 2010 draft. Although he had played mainly as a catcher at high school and college, the Nationals converted him into an outfielder.

He won the National League Rookie of the Year award in 2012, the same year he was selected to his first All-Star game. He led the NL in home runs in 2015. In 2019, he was a free agent and opted to sign for the Philadelphia Phillies, thus missing out on the Nationals' World Series triumph later that year.

Answer: Allegiant Stadium

The Raiders began play in the American Football League in 1960, before that league merged with the NFL in 1970. They moved to Los Angeles in 1982 before returning to Oakland in 1995. They were on the move once again in 2020, becoming the Las Vegas Raiders and moving into Allegiant Stadium, which they share with college football's UNLV Rebels.

The franchise won three Super Bowls during the 20th century, two in Oakland and one in Los Angeles.