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Ultimate Baseball Cards [1] Trivia Quiz

The best baseball card quiz. Enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by mifa23. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
mifa23

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
226,905

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1822

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In 1991, Fleer issued a premiere set called "Ultra". The original name for this set was not Ultra. What was it? Hint

Premium

Elite

Showcase

Highlights

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Question 2 of 10

2. Baseball was not the first sport to be produced under Topps' "Finest" brand. What sport was? Hint

Football

Hockey

Basketball

Soccer in the U.K.

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Question 3 of 10

3. All 1987 Donruss cards could be found with "upside down card backs". Why? Hint

These were issued in factory sets

These were promotional cards

These were random inserts in wax packs

These were errors because Donruss used two different printing presses

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which year did Topps first produce it's Traded Set in wax packs and factory sets? Hint

1991

1974

1985

1990

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which year was the first borderless cards issued by a major card company? Hint

1990

1991

1992

1993

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which regular issue set below was the first to use gold foil stamping on all the cards in the set? Hint

Leaf

Gold Label

Stadium Club

Ultra

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which company introduced the parallel insert card? Hint

Fleer

Topps

Upper Deck

Score

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following error cards was never corrected? Hint

Senior League Jim Nettles bat knob obscentiy

1957 Topps Hank Aaron reverse negative

1989 Fleer Jeff Treadway "bullseye"

Topps Pancho Herrera

9. As the 1990s wore on, serialy numbered insert cards became all the rage. Collectors joked that one day they would not shocked to see the first one of one card (only one card produced in the world). Which company made the first ever "one of a kind" baseball card? Hint

Fleer Showcase

Upper Deck SPX

Topps Finest

Donruss Fractal Matrix

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which baseball legend does not have a certified autograph card which can be found in a pack of cards? Hint

Sandy Koufax

Ty Cobb

Babe Ruth

Pete Rose

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 1991, Fleer issued a premiere set called "Ultra". The original name for this set was not Ultra. What was it?

Answer: Elite

Pre-order sell sheets were distributed to dealers and the hobby press announcing Fleer's new "Elite" baseball cards. The problem was that Donruss threatened legal action against them because they had already issued an insert set called "Elite".

2. Baseball was not the first sport to be produced under Topps' "Finest" brand. What sport was?

Answer: Football

Produced in 1992, Football's Finest was not issued in wax packs, rather as a factory set which featured no refractors.

3. All 1987 Donruss cards could be found with "upside down card backs". Why?

Answer: These were issued in factory sets

A variation also appeared in the 1988 set but involved the front borders.

4. Which year did Topps first produce it's Traded Set in wax packs and factory sets?

Answer: 1985

Topps test ran it's 1985 traded series cards in wax packs.
1974 traded cards could be found in packs but not factory sets.

5. Which year was the first borderless cards issued by a major card company?

Answer: 1991

Topps Stadium Club did it.

6. Which regular issue set below was the first to use gold foil stamping on all the cards in the set?

Answer: Stadium Club

Stadium Club did it in 1991. 1991 Bowman also had gold foil but only on a few cards.

7. Which company introduced the parallel insert card?

Answer: Topps

1992 Topps had one gold foil card per box which was an exact copy of the non-gold foil card (except for the added gold foil).

8. Which of the following error cards was never corrected?

Answer: 1957 Topps Hank Aaron reverse negative

Up until several years ago, Hank assumed he played a trick on the Topps photographer back in 1957. It wasn't until a collector told him otherwise that he noticed the photo was backwards.

Answer: Fleer Showcase

1997 Fleer Showcase sported the first 1/1 cards.

10. Which baseball legend does not have a certified autograph card which can be found in a pack of cards?

Answer: Pete Rose

Pete was banned from Baseball and can't be pictured on any cards.
There are certified autographed cards of Ruth and Cobb. These are called 'cut signature' cards where one of the card companies cuts an autograph off a letter (or check, etc) and mounts it on a modern day card.

Source: Author mifa23

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