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

--By order of the management

While some of these answers may be found in resource books, they all have been written (or answered) from memory, and will hopefully be somewhat answerable by honest sports fans and unanswerable by good researchers. This may explain the dearth of questions about women. This was by design.

And if you think you've seen this before, you're right. Kate, however, has persuaded me to include any sport where they are cruel to equestrian creatures and archery, since one could conceivably use arrows to hurt a horse.

THE SPORTS WHICH NEVER MANAGE TO MAKE THE SPORTS BONUS

What are the target areas for Kendo?
What is the most widely used type of caber?
What is a perfect caber throw called?
What is a caber?
How many points is a judo match played until?
What does the 1993 WUFO frisbee have on it?
What were the names of the men's and women's Ultimate Frisbee teams that won the 1993 National College Ultimate Frisbee competition?
What is the usual type of boat sailed in the America's Cup?
What kind of boat did the Americans use in the 1991 America's Cup finals?
What language is the name jai alai taken from, and what does it mean?
What people are not allowed to play jai alai?
What are the colors and corresponding point values on a regulation archery target?
How much time is a golfer given to find a lost ball?
What are the names of the three fillies that have won the Kentucky Derby?
Regret, Genuine Risk, Winning Colors.
How long is the Preakness Stakes racetrack?
1 and 3/16ths miles.
What is the official state sport of Maryland?
In outdoor Polo, how long is a chukker, and how many are there in a game?
What is the name of the horse that is buried in the infield of Belmont Park?
Ruffian.
What are the dimensions of a standard Volley ball court?
What is a mawashi? In what sport is it used?
According to novelist Jack London, what is the "sport of sports?"
In what sport is a jock scott a piece of equipment?
Who was the first women to...
1. Run a mile in under 4 minutes, 30 seconds?
2. Be a jockey in the Kentucky Derby?
3. Race in the Indy 500?
4. Win the Iditarod?
  Susan Butcher.

OTHER SPORTS 1993-94

How did Dick Farley let him get away? (That was a rhetorical question) For whom does William Ephraim play football?
Which Montana city changed its name to Joe for this, and every future, football season?
Emmitt Smith has become only the third back to gain 1,000 yards in each of his first five NFL seasons. Name the other two.
How many games did Emmitt sit out at the start of the season?
Two.
Who were they against, and what happened in those games?
Cowboys lost 'em both.
Which other Cowboy player was Emmitt's spokesperson in the media?
Don Shula recently became the winningest coach in NFL history. How many games has Shula won?
Who did he pass? And how many games did HE win?
George Halas, 324.
Which are the three other coaches with more than 200 NFL wins?
Tom Landry, Curly Lambeau, Chuck Noll.
Give the field for the 1994 World Cup.
Give the sites for the 1994 World Cup.
The Semis?
Finals?
A coach at a Division III school won his 300th game in October, becoming only the fifth coach to win 300 NCAA games. Name him and his school.
Name the other four coaches to have won 300 NCAA games.
How many games will Dick Farley have to win to reach this landmark?
The NFL finally got around to expanding after stringing cities along for over a decade. Do you care?
Which city had previously dropped out and then reentered?
Which city had been the sixth, but dropped out after 4 years?
Which cities got franchises?
How much was the franchise fee?
Name the primary members of the ownership groups for:
1. Baltimore-1
2. Baltimore-2
3. Baltimore-3
4. Charlotte
5. St. Louis
6. Memphis
St. Louis had a problem when their major backer pulled out two weeks before the expansion meeting. Who was he? Why did he pull out? What is his current connection to the NFL? Which beer maker and which athlete were part of his ownership group?
When was the last time the NFL expanded? Which cities got teams?
The NBA also expanded this year. To which city?
How much was the franchise fee?
There were three ownership groups bidding for the franchise. Describe them and indicate who won.
Which other city made a serious bid for a team and was not granted an NBA squad?
The NHL expanded in 1993 as well. Which two teams joined the league?
Their nickname?
Who are the primary owners for these teams?
In which arenas do they play?
One of the arenas was renamed. Why?
The NHL also has had four other new cities join the NHL in the past three years. Describe when and how each city got their team.
When Wayne Gretzky's brother played in his first NHL game this season, he and Wayne became the top scoring pair of brothers in NHL history. First, name Wayne's brother and the team he plays for.
Which pair of brothers did the Gretzkys supplant?
One family of 6 NHL brothers still has more points than the Gretzkys. Name the family and all 6 brothers.
The Sutters-- you name them.
The World Series ended on a spectacular note, as Joe Carter hit a homer on the final pitch. Who threw that pitch?
Mitch Williams.
Which team has he been traded to?
Houston Astros.
Who did the Phillies get in exchange for him?
Before Carter, who was the only player to turn a World Series loss into a win with a home run on the last pitch of the game?
Kirk Gibson.
Who did he hit it for?
L.A. Dodgers.
Which team lost?
Oakland A's.
Which pitcher threw the pitch?
Dennis Eckersley.
Who does the pitcher play for now?
St. Louis Cardinals.
Andres Galarraga and John Olerud chased .400 for the better part of the 1993 season. Which player was the last to hit at least .400? The last in the NL? For what teams did they play, in what seasons, and what were their final averages?
Ted Williams, 1941 Red Sox, .406; NL-- Bill Terry, 1930 NY Giants, .401.
Since the last player to hit .400, which player came closest? In what season, for what team and what did he hit?
George Brett, 1980 Kansas City Royals, .390 (5 hits short). (Tony Gwynn would soon hit .393 in 1994.)
In this century only two men have hit at least .400 (with enough at bats) and not won a batting title. Name this White Sox and this Tiger and give their primary nicknames.
The White Sox' "Shoeless" Joe Jackson hit .408 in 1911 (but Ty Cobb hit .420). Ty "the Georgia Peach" Cobb felt the burn in 1922 when he hit .401 (but George Sisler also hit .420).
Who was replaced by Lou Gehrig?
Wally Pipp.
Who replaced Michael Jordan?
Who replaced Magic Johnson?
Last week an NBA team tied the record for consecutive wins at the start of the season. Which team?
How many wins?
Who did they finally lose to?
Which team had previously held the record?
Which team holds the NBA record for consecutive wins at any point in the season?
L.A. Lakers.
How many did they have?
33.
Who holds the NCAA basketball record for consecutive wins?
UCLA.
How many did they have?
Williams was featured in Sports Illustrated's basketball preview this season. Which four Williams players were photographed for the story? Which one was misidentified?
Which player told SI that he spent last summer walking the beach of Maine in a pink woman's bathing suit?
What was the Ephs' record last season?
So far this year?
Where did SI rank the Ephs?
Which team was number one in the AP men's basketball preseason poll?
Name their coach.
They lost in the NIT. What does NIT stand for?
Who beat them?
Name their coach.
Who won the NIT?
Minnesota.

Sports on TV

Give the Chris Berman Nickname:
1. Stan Belinda _____
2. Kevin Reimer ______
3. Tim ______ Salmon
  Sockeye
4. Ed ______ Sprague
5. Jeff ______ Bagwell
6. Phil ______ Plantier
7. Pat ______ Borders
8. Luis _____ Gonzalez
9. Duane ______ Ward
10. Todd _____ Zeile
11. Greg _____ Briley
12. Steve _____ Finley
Give the flagship radio station for these teams:
1. San Francisco Giants--
2. St. Louis Cardinals--
3. Chicago White Sox--
Describe major league baseball's new network TV deal.
Jose Canseco told ESPN he was a better pitcher than which major leaguer who led the majors in inherited runners/scored in 1992?
What happened in Jose's first 1993 major league outing to the mound (numbers please).
His second?
What did Shaquille O'Neal do when he saw the Orlando Magic get the number one draft pick in the lottery on NBC?
Who are the four "Sportswriters on TV"?
Who are the six "regulars" on "The Sports Reporters"?
Who are the six "regulars" on "The McLaughlin Group"?
Of the above men, which is the summer-league coach of Williams star forward Rob Bice? In what city does Rob live? How about the other star big man Rob Williams?
Of the above men, which should you contact to join Jews for Dejesus? Why him? What is the group? List all of the honored Dejesuses.
List all major league baseball-only (sorry Bo, Deion, Brian, and D.J.) players with a national promotional contract and the products that they promote.
List the products which Michael Jordan promotes nationally.
Name every national 1993 NFL broadcaster who has been a head coach in the NFL, and all of the NFL squads he has coached.
Name the team for whom Joe Torre was an announcer before he was given the Cardinals managing job.
Name the team for whom Pat Riley was an announcer before he was given the Lakers managing job.
Name the team where "Baseball Tonight"s Ray Knight is now coaching.
Cincinnati Reds.
When was the first radio broadcast of a regular season, major league baseball game in:
1. English?
2. Spanish?
3. French?
4. Chinese?
5. Korean?
6. Pig Latin?
Which two clubs sued the NBA because they disapproved of a clause in its TV contract with NBC?
Describe the clause.