Colossal Sports

Our definition of sports does not include: golf, squash, bowling, chess, backgammon, water skiing, bull fighting, fishing, rhythmic gymnastics, synchronized swimming, yachting, slam dunking, shooting, auto racing, dog racing, camel racing (although this would be real cool), archery, fencing, shooting, handball, racquetball, hacky sack, anything to do with horses (except water polo) and MOST DEFINITELY NEITHER BILLIARDS NOR TABLE TENNIS.

--By order of the management

Unless indicated otherwise, each question is worth one point. This is done so you can know the relative importance of the questions. The top team will receive 10 points and everybody else will receive a relative porportion of the points.

While some of these answers may be found in resource books, they all came from memory (except one), and will hopefully be somewhat answerable by honest sports fans and unanswerable by good researchers. This may explain the dearth of questions about women. Cope.

Name the only rookie to play in the 1992 NBA All-Star Game.
(2) Who holds the NFL record for receptions in a season? For what team? How many?
Name the only Williams alumnus with a ring from Super Bowl XXVI.
(3) Name the 12 teams to make the NFL playoffs this year.
Name the chief negotiator of the NHLPA -- the man who showed the players that they didn't need to take whatever the sniveling owners threw them.
(4) Which teams will enter the NHL for the 1992-93 season? What are their nicknames?
In what arena did the San Jose Sharks play the 1991-92 season?
Who does Ervin Johnson play basketball for?
(4) Name the men's Final Four at the 1992 Australian Open.
Who won the 1991-92 World Cup skiing championship in men's combined?
(3) Name the six non-Ivy League teams that play ECAC Division I hockey.
(5) Name all 11 NESCAC schools.
(2) Which NESCAC schools did not win a football game in 1991? Give their 1991 records.
Name the only Williams alumnus to be invited to the trials for the 1992 women's Olympic luge team.
(2) Name the only Heisman Trophy winner to play in the NCAA Final Four, and his school.
Only one team in this year's Sweet Sixteen had never made the Final Four. Name it.
Who holds the record for consecutive one-finger push-ups with 100?
How many years has it been since someone other than Michael Jordan led the NBA in scoring?
(3) Name every regular starter for a Los Angeles Laker championship team since 1980.
Who led the NBA in free throw attempts last season?
Who did Jerry Tarkanian replace as the coach of the San Antonio Spurs?
Who replaced Tark at UNLV?
(2) Who replaced the man who replaced Tark? Where was he formerly coach?
(3) Only one pair of brothers is on the same NHL team. Name each of them, their team, and the total number of their brothers currently playing in the NHL.
(2) Give the number of the NHL all-stars:
M. Lemieux--
Robitaille--
Larmer--
Borque--
(3) Who wrote the following sports books:
A Season on the Brink--
Men at Work--
Raw Recruits--
The international governing body for soccer is FIFA. What does FIFA stand for?
What is the only offense for which FIFA rules mandate an automatic red card?
Often seen at sporting events, the card "John 3:16" is a citation from the bible. What is this most oft-quoted verse?
(2) Who was the first man to perform a triple axel in competition? The first woman?
(2) In what city will the 1994 Winter Olympics be held? The 1998 Games?
(2) Who was the first person to ever high jump more than 8 feet? His nationality?
Who holds the Williams career record for goals in women's lacrosse?
(2) Given the name of a major player on the "Miller Lite Pro Volleyball Tour," name his partner.
Randy Stoklos--
Adam Johnson--
(2) What does ESPN call its line-up of hunting, fishing and other environmental activities? Its water sports and volleyball line-ups?
When Bob Costas defeated Pat Riley in a season-long free throw shooting contest on NBC's NBA pregame show, what was the penalty?
Who has replaced Lou Carnesseca as coach of the St. John's Redmen?
(3) Name the six teams to miss the NHL playoffs this year.
Who is the Radio/TV Sports critic for USA Today?
(3) Who was the second player drafted in the NFL draft? Who was the Jets' first round pick? Their third round selection?
Which former major leaguer is now hosting a sportstalk show in Orlando?
Now predicting games and hosting talk radio in San Diego, this former "Monday Night Football" producer recently received probation for three counts each of fraud and income tax evasion, crimes he claims to have committed because of his gambling addiction.
What is the national sport of Tonga?

SPORTS AND POLITICS

Which former athlete once ran for President on the slogan: "No guns. No butter. Both can kill you."
And his party?
Only one former major league pitcher is now in the Senate. Name him, his state, and his party.
(2) Two former NBA players are also in Congress. Name them, their states and their parties.
(2) One Supreme Court Justice once won the Heisman Trophy. You get nothing for his name, but what college and pro team did he play for for the bulk of his career?
(2) Believe it or not, Gerald Ford played varsity athletics at a Division-1 school. Name his school, sport, and position.
Do the same for George Bush.
Ronald Reagan played ball for an NAIA school. Which one?
(3) Name the winning team and pitcher in each of the last three Congressional
(2) Where did George Bush bounce the "second ball" this season'? Who threw out the first ball?
Which president was going to miss his first "first pitch" BECAUSE HE WAS GOLFING, until a rainout allowed him to make it to Cincinnati in time to throw the first pitch the next day?

FOOTBALL CHAIN

Each question relates to the answer of the previous question:

What former Bronco linebacker now co-hosts ESPN's "GameDay" telecasts?
What university did (A) attend?
What Houston Oiler wide receiver also attended (B)?
What starting quarterback now throws to (C)?
What university did (D) attend?
Give the name of the school that finished second to (E) in its conference in 1991?
Name the 1991 tailback for (F)?
(G) is the nephew of what Heisman trophy winner?
Where did (H) go to college?
The only coach to coach (H) in both the pros and at (I)
The coach that preceded (J) at (I).
Name the NFL team that (K) coached.
Which team is the onlv team to defeat (L) in the playoffs?
Where did (M) play prior to a relocation?
Who is the current team that plays in (N) named for?

BASEBALL

(7) Give the name(s) of the major league team that holds spring training in the following Grapefruit League cities:
Clearwater--
Dunedin--
Fort Lauderdale--
Fort Myers--
Kissimmee--
Lakeland--
Winter Haven--
Which notable Atlanta Brave fan apologized for doing the Tomahawk last year?
For which National League team did Babe Ruth play?
Who threw the pitch which Hank Aaron clobbered for number 715?
The Colorado Rockies have asked the National League for a homestand with games on Friday and Sunday, but not Saturday, to accommodate the attendance of whom?
(5) Name the only five major league managers with at least six years of service in this position with their current team. Also name their teams and their GMs.
Tony LaRussa--
Jim Leyland--
Tom Kelly--
Sparky Anderson--
Bobby Valentine--
Randy "The "Macho Man" Savage used to play baseball in a major league organization, and was remembered by his Class A manager as "a mild guy." Which organization did Macho play for?
(2) Say a very fast player, like, say, Sam Horn, is stealing home and is hit by the pitch while in the strike zone. What is the correct call? What conditions could change the call? What would it then be?
(2) We all know that Amherst defeated Williams in the first intercollegiate baseball game in history, the last time that Amherst won anything. But, what was the score of that game? In how many innings?

BASEBALL BUSINESS -"The Murray Chass Section"

Which corporation was going to sponsor the new Arizona Winter Instructional League, until public pressure made commissioner Fay Vincent pull the plug on the deal?
Name the Deputy Commissioner of the Major Leagues.
How much is CBS paying major league baseball for four years of exclusive broadcast network rights?
How much has CBS already written off as a loss?
(3) Which corporation's money is behind the Cubs?
St. Louis?
Toronto?
Denver?
Seattle?

ROTISSERIE

What is the name of the American League version of Rotisserie League baseball in which the Roto Gods play?
(2) Dan Okrent recently moved from his home in Worthington, MA, eliminating all future mention of the Berkshire Daily Planer from Roto books. What is his new city and home phone number?
(2) Which Rotisserie League player writes for "Sports Illustrated"? His team name?
Who was scouted as: "There are few players in baseball for whom we feel more sympathy than (nickname). While that miserable, spineless, obnoxious, sullen crew was quitting all around him last season, and while the gigglehead who was manager jerked him around between positions, he went out and played his guts out, like he always does. (Nickname) is a class act who would do honor to anyone's roster. We hope he finds peace in right field this season, and that he plays very, very deep, so that he is as far away as humanly possible from his whiney, childish, petulant, backstabbing, crybaby teammates"?
Who is Glen Waggonner's new favorite player?