Sports

PART THE FIRST: BASEBALL

The only pitcher with all five vowels in his last name.
The only man to hit a homer OUT of Dodger Stadium (and he did it twice).
The last man to win a batting title while hitting NO home runs.
Had 361 home runs in his career, against 369 strikeouts.
Hit over .400 for a five-year span.
Delivered over 500 hits for four different teams.
Had five hits in one World Series game.
Pitched the most innings -- 14 -- in one World Series game.
His last appearance in the World series came 22 years after his first.
The only player to have 40-homer seasons in each league.
The only MVP chosen from a last-place team.
The only pitcher to actually play as the DH.
The man with the most hits in the 1980's.

B) WHO SAID IT?

Give us the speakers of the following baseball-related quotes:

"I took the two most expensive aspirins in history."
"I have to get that hit this year. I might die."
Referring to a Steve McQueen movie on a clubhouse TV: "He must have made that before he died."
The 1981 Yankees took a 2-0 lead over Milwaukee in the evil mini-playoffs, but the Brewers bounced back to force Game Five. Principal owner and Williams alumnus George M. Steinbrenner stormed into the locker room, and screamed at his men to start playing ball. Then, one Yankee stood up and spoke for a grateful nation. Looking at the Boss, he remarked, "Fuck you, George."

C) GENERAL BASEBALL QUESTIONS:

Name the ten players to hit 50 or more homers in a season.
Name the six pitchers to have beaten all 26 teams.
Harry Heilmann was one of the premier hitters of his day, winning four batting crowns. But, what was unique about those four titles?
Who is the only man in baseball with his name printed on his hat?
Name the only player to make a vocal appearance on a Top 40 single.
Who are the only two pitchers to throw ano-hitter during the same year in which they won a Cy Young Award?
Cy Young Awards are nice, but they don't bring you peace of mind. In the past two decades or so, no fewer than five Cy Young winners later had trouble with the law. Name them.
Why do the years 1930 and 1968 stand out like sore thumbs in baseball annals?
Please name all of the teams who failed to win at least one divisional pennant during the 1980's.
It is theoretically possible for a pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in which none of the opposing batters' averages go down: 27 walks and 27 pickoffs, for example. However, it actually occurred once in baseball history. What were the unique circumstances that permitted this mathematical aberration?
What four prohibitive words will you find stencilled on nearly every backstop in baseball?
Billy Ripken's 1989 Fleer baseball card is a collector's item. Not for worthless Billy, but for his (usually worthless) bat. What is it about his bat that makes his card valuable?
At the tailend of his career, relief wizard Rollie Fingers was prepared to hook up with the Cincinnati Reds, but hit a snag during contract negotiations, and chose to retire instead. What problem kept Rollie out of a Reds uniform?
You are Willie Stargell in the early 1980's. And although you have yet to reach your current weight of 84,000 pounds, you're still pretty hefty. Somehow, the notion to steal second base enters your head. You waddle over on the pitch. You will be thrown out by a minimum of 15 feet. What brilliant strategem do you employ, in an attempt not to get tagged out?
Billy who? The 1960 Cubs put the Yankees to shame, using EIGHT managers in a SINGLE season! Beyond the sheer volume, what else was unique about this octet of field generals?
One team managed to give baseball not one, not two, but FOUR consecutive Rookies-of-the-Year. Name the team, and their four greenhorns.
What team posted a winning record every year from 1968 to 1985, the second-longest string in history?
When the Yankees held "Phil Rizzuto Day," the beloved Scooter was showered with gifts. One of these gifts, however, turned on the diminituive announcer. What was it?
Before Clemens struck out 20 Mariners, the old record was 19, and was shared by Seaver, Carlton and Ryan. As it happens, there was one player who was in uniform, on the roster, and available to play in all three of these record-setting performances. He did not necessarily appear in all three games, but he could have done so. Name that player.
The 1927 Yankees are known as Murderer's Row, the 1919 White Sox as the Black Sox. Please provide the nicknames for the following teams.
Where, specifically, is the shortest home run spot in any major league ballpark? (For example, "centerfield, Blop Stadium.")

PART THE SECOND: PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

David, Michael, Chris, Kevin and Kerry are each the product of what wrestling clan's DNA?
Hulk Hogan wasn't always such a goody-goody. But whereas most wrestlers must go from good-to-bad (or vice versa) by turning on their partner, publicly firing their manager, rescuing somebody, or getting beaten up, Hulk's transformation was much less elaborate. How did WWF fans learn that the once-evil Hulk was now a good guy?
What was the name of the character portrayed by Hulk in "Rocky 3"?
Which comedian's head was split open by the Hulkster when he put a sleeper hold on him (on TV), then allowed him to drop to the floor? (The case is still pending.)
Before surgeons removed the calcium deposits on Captain Lou Albano's medulla oblongata, instantly turning him good, he was the consummate evil manager. In what specific sort of wrestling was the Captain's managerial expertise most in evidence?
"Are you making fun of me?" demanded Jimmy Snuka, on his legendary appearance on "Rowdy" Roddy Piper's "Piper's Pit." You couldn't put one past the Stuporfly. With what sort of food did Piper smash Snuka's head with, to make him feel more at home?
Please complete the Roddy Piper quote: "When you start to know the answers...."
What word is inscribed on the back of the Junkyard Dog's trunks?
We all loved the Moondogs, and wouldn't want to ever choose between Spot and Rex. However, there was once a third Moondog, King. What sad fate befell the #3 Moondog?
At the embarrassing WWF Slammy Awards, there was a tightly contested race for "Animal of the Year," with such bestial luminaries as Matilda the Dog, Damien the Snake, and Frankie the Bird all vying for the honor. Who won?
Please name the four annual wrestling fests offered by the WWF, and the top show hosted by the NWA.
Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart manages a lot of bad guys, but when he's in the Honky Tonk Man's corner, he affects a different nickname. What is it?
"No Holds Barred" proved that wrestling and Hollywood don't mix, but that hasn't stopped dozens of grapplers from taking a stab at the big screen. What star vehicle for one popular wrestler included in its credits such stellar roles as "Squidlips," "Poor Dufus," "Li'l Mutant," and "Unfortunate Frog Guard," and what wrestling great starred in it?
Sometimes a regular pin match is just too puny to contain the action. What are the specific details that govern these types of wrestling matches:
a) A lumberjack match --
b) A chain match --
c) A tuxedo match --

PART THE THIRD: BOXING

He was recently outwitted by a tree, but Central State University saw fit to bestow that scholar Mike Tyson with an honorary doctorate. Please approximate this learned man's speech.
We lost more than the Greatest when Muhammed Ali left the ring. We lost all touch with reality. Name the eleven men who bamboozled one boxing division or another into anointing them champ between Ali and Tyson.
Joe Bugner's main claim to fame was fighting a father-son combination (separately, of course). Name this family of fisticuffs.
One hundred years ago, in 1889, John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain in a mere 75 rounds to become heavyweight champ, in the last fight of this type. What's the most obvious difference between the Sullivan-Kilrain fight, and a 1989-style bout?

PART THE FOURTH: FOOTBALL

At the very first Super Bowl, the very first kickoff had to be redone. Why?
Howard Cosell never played the game, but eight ex-jock turfheads did. Name the 8 former football players to co-announce "Monday Night Football."
Who is the only man to win a Super Bowl as a player, and one as a coach?
What dubious distinction did Roman Gabriel hold when he retired in 1977?
What major college football team was actually once known as "the Bugeaters"?
Which college team has the most wins?
Remember being Willie Stargell? Now, you're Redskins running back John Riggins. You're at a fancy Washington banquet, and you may have had a little too much to drink. You see Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Describe your behavior from this point on.
The World Football League got an even worse deal than the USFL; they didn't even get the three dollars. Before it limped out of existence in the mid-1970s, it fielded no fewer than 19 clubs. Seeing as we're such nice guys, we only expect you to name eight of them.
Name that rock-and-roll king who made his first and last appearance as the surprise star of the halftime show at last year's Super Bowl.

PART THE FIFTH: GOLF

In 1975, Joe Flynn set a scoring record of 82 for a round of 18 holes. What was unusual about his feat?

PART THE SIXTH: TENNIS

After a series of near-misses, John McEnroe finally beat Bjorn Borg for the Wimbledon championship. Afterwards, Borg was less than gallant in defeat, and certainly less than talkative. His concession speech/ post-game interview lasted just four words. What were they?

PART THE SEVENTH: BASKETBALL

What 1937 rule change revolutionized the game of professional basketball?
What two players active in the 1989-90 NBA season saw time in the old ABA?
What player has scored the most points in the 1980s?
What three active players have scored 60 points in a single game?
When the Knicks saluted Julius Erving on "Doctor J Day," they provided fans with a poster showing famous doctors (get it?). Joyce Brothers, Bones McCoy, etc. However, one Doctor's picture had to be replaced with an innocuous Knicks logo at the last minute; which Doctor was it, and what prompted the switch?

PART THE EIGHTH: SOCCER

When soccer great Pele retired before a cheering crowd, he asked them to chant three words along with him. What were those three words?

PART THE NINTH: MISCELLANEOUS

Three sports personalities share the same name as three famous classical composers; for example, Yankee manager Ludwig Beethoven. Please name them -- and be advised, this one is a little tricky.
There are four sports which you win by going backwards; that is, in which backward momentum carries you to victory. Name them.
In what game does a team squidge and squop its way to victory?
What athlete won the gold medal in his Olympic event for four consecutive Olympics?
Which four countries have participated in every Olympic Games?
Bomber the Bald Eagle was supposed to be the official mascot for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, but things didn't work out for Bomber. What prevented him from being the El Lay Eagle?
With what sport do we associate the late, great Ashley Whippet?
In poker, what is a "dead man's hand"?
In other sports, you get to spend a nice leisurely afternoon at the ballpark or the arena. But what competition is over so fast that a five-second performance will put you in last place?
Who were Don Miller, Jim Crowley, Harry Stuhldreher, and Elmer Layden?
Name the seven celebrity athletes to adorn a box of Wheaties.
Name all the pieces you can be in standard "Monopoly."
What athlete appeared simultaneously on the covers of "Time," "Newsweek," and "Sports Illustrated"?
In 1951, Shanley High School beat arch-rival Devil's Lake, 32-27. One of the Shanley players set a high school mark that still stands, by returning four kickoffs for touchdowns. Ten years, he set another sports record that also still stands. Who is he, and what's his other record?
The English wit Oscar Wilde was imprisoned because of his testimony in court regarding his "gross indecency" with the son of the Marquess of Queensberry. Whith what sport is the mortified Marquess associated?
What athlete scored an NFL touchdown in the same week he hit a major league home run?
If there was a Seattle Celtics team in hockey, or a Chicago Maple Leafs team in baseball, they'd share their nicknames with another major sports squad. Please name all the double-teams in the four major sports (baseball, football, basketball, and hockey).
Who is surely the most successful pro athlete named Yelberton?
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." What does this have to do with a Sports Super Bonus?
What did Konishiki do less than two weeks ago, and why was it so remarkable?
From the realm of the very miscellaneous, what six pseudo-athletic stunts does Ron Obvious attempt, under the direction of his opportunistic manager (from "Monty Python")?

PART THE TENTH: ART CLASS

PART THE ELEVENTH: THE SUPER COLOSSAL ULTRA-CUTTHROAT COMPETITION SWEEPSTAKES

As an alumni team, we've answered more questions about Eddie Gaedel than we care to remember. Eddie was the first (and only) midget to play major league baseball-- but if you needed us to tell you that, you're already in trouble.

And so, to commemorate the mighty mite, and end Gaedel Trivia forever, we ask you now to list every scrap of information you can give us about the pipsqueak. We do mean everything-- who, what, where, how tall, and all the rest. Of course, stick to pertinent info ONLY. We don't want the town he was born in, or his favorite TV show. But do give us anything and everything about his one at-bat, and the surrounding hubbub.

The "ultra-cutthroat" part comes thusly: The team that provides us with the most bits of information gets two points. The next-highest team gets zero.

That's right, there're only enough points for one team. These are unanswered points, and don't count towards your Super Bonus scores. Get cracking.

PART THE TWELFTH: BITS AND PIECES

(10 isolated segments of memorable sports photographs were shown.)