Trivial matters

As we have seen over the last two weeks, sports are mere entertainment. But like Hollywood, the show must go on. In that spirit, I offer up The Daily Cardinal's Sports Trivia Challenge. 

 

 

 

While I can't offer money as an incentive, I can give you publicity. 

 

 

 

Send me your responses to these questions at and I will put your correct answers in the paper. If anyone gets all of the questions correct, including the bonus, he or she will be allowed to put a paragraph into my column about themselves and to talk some smack about how they know more about sports than I do. Let's dance. 

 

1. Who was the first person inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
2. Who is the only Braves baseball player to play in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta?
3. Who is the only person to be inducted into the Baseball and Football Halls of Fame?
4. Who was the first goaltender to wear a hockey mask?
5. Who was the last baseball player to hit four home runs in a single game?
6. What college has produced the winning quarterback in the Super Bowl the most times? Who were they? Hint: The number is three.
7. In one play during Super Bowl XXIII, two records were established'one for longest punt and one for longest punt return. Who was the punter and the punt returner on that play?
8. Who is the only Super Bowl Most Valuable Player to play for the losing team?
9. Nolan Ryan is the all-time leader in career strikeouts. Who is second on the list?
10. Who is the only player in baseball history to complete an unassisted triple play in the World Series?
11. There are eight different ways to reach first base safely, and pinch running is one of them. What are the other seven ways?
12. There are five different situations in which a player can score a goal in hockey. What are they? Who is the only player to accomplish the feat in one game?
13. When was the three-point shot introduced into college basketball?
14. Who was the youngest player to play in a baseball game and how old was he?
15. Who are the only two pitchers to match their strikeout totals with their ages in a game?
16. Who was the only baseball MVP to play for a last-place team?
17. What NFL player has played in the most consecutive games? Hint: He played in 282 straight games during his career.
18. What college football team holds the record for most consecutive victories? How many?
19. The 1983 NFL Draft is called the 'Quarterback Class,' as six QB's were taken in the first round. Name these six signal callers.
20. Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player in the National League. Who was the first black player in the American League?
21. Who's the first and only player to win baseball MVPs in both leagues?
22. Can you name the five Hall of Fame players, in order, who pitcher Carl Hubbell struck out consecutively in the 1934 All-Star game?
23. Who was the Packers' QB that Brett Favre replaced in a 1992 game against the Bengals?
24. Who replaced Vince Lombardi as head coach of the Washington Redskins?
25. Who scored the 'Hand of God' goal? Hint: It occurred in the 1986 World Cup.

 

 

Bonus: Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez went 18-6 with a 1.74 ERA in 2000. He allowed 160 hits and walks combined in 217 innings. That's 6.64 hits and walks per nine innings. Who's the only other pitcher below 7.0? Hint: You better get a lifeline on this one and Regis cannot help you.