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U.S. Sports Trivia #1

Can you answer these questions from the world of American sports?
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First submittedMarch 17, 2015
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What basketball player is famous for his unibrow?
Anthony Davis
Who was considered the best player of college basketball's "Fab Five"?
Chris Webber
What quarterback announced his retirement in 2008, 2009, and 2011?
Brett Favre
What is the only major pro sports team that is non-profit?
Green Bay Packers
What company sponsors an all-star game for the country's best high
school basketball players?
McDonald's
Who committed the infamous "butt fumble"?
Mark Sanchez
What football stadium sheltered thousands of people during Hurricane Katrina?
The Superdome
What is the hockey equivalent of the Final Four?
The Frozen Four
What football play is also a word that means "to illegally sell alcohol"?
Bootleg
What was the nickname of 6'9" football player Ed Jones?
Too Tall
Who said "90% of the game is half mental"?
Yogi Berra
What Yankees second baseman had a bad case of the yips in the late 1990s?
Chuck Knoblauch
Other than the U.S., what country is the birthplace of the most current MLB players?
Dominican Republic
What was Bear Bryant's real first name?
Paul
Until 1992, what would you get in a pack of Topps baseball cards? (besides baseball cards)
Gum
What DIII college has set basketball scoring records by rapidly shooting threes
and not playing defense?
Grinnell
Who famously screams "It's March Madness, baby"?
Dick Vitale
What running back ran a 4.24 in the NFL combine in 2008, tying the all-time record,
and then rushed for over 2000 yards in the 2009 season?
Chris Johnson
What American woman has held the record for the heptathlon for over 25 years?
Jackie
Joyner-Kersee
Who stole 130 bases in 1982?
Rickey Henderson
Symmetrik
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Level 57
Jun 9, 2015
Apparently the NHL is not a US sport. Who knew?
nypackerfan
+1
Level 64
Jun 9, 2015
Pretty good quiz, but webber should work for Chris webber and bubblegum for gum.
DiscoBayGolfer
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Level 79
Jun 9, 2015
Webber worked
flipjmac
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Level 43
Jun 9, 2015
"Yips" are when you cannot throw the ball to your target anymore. Chuck Knoblauch would throw it into the stand everytime from second base when he was trying to throw to first base which is a very short throw.
jdmorgan
+3
Level 43
Jun 9, 2015
I remember when he nailed Keith Oberman's mom in the head.
gogiants
+1
Level 53
Mar 15, 2016
Why was Steve Sax not an acceptable answer for that question? He was also a Yankees second baseman who at one point forgot how to throw to first
Koopa
+1
Level 77
Jan 11, 2022
Obviously not every time. But enough times to draw reference.
DiscoBayGolfer
+1
Level 79
Jun 9, 2015
Could not remember Knoblauch. All I could think of was Steve Sax back in the day misplaying virtually every grounder to second or throwing it 9 feet left of Garvey.
zimba
+1
Level 50
Jun 9, 2015
I tried Sax first too because he did run into the 'yips' issue and he was a Yankee.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Mar 7, 2019
Just checked. Steve Sax was cured by the time he played with the Yankees, leading the league in fielding percentage in 1989. But to avoid confusion I added "in the late 1990s" to the question.
jmellor13
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Level 67
Jun 10, 2015
Pretty lame that almost all the questions are from three sports. I know the others aren't as popular, but there are very gettable questions from other sports, especially if you're doing a "U.S." theme. What about other Olympic athletes? Mike Eruzione, Keri Strugg, Ryan Lochte, Dara Torres, Nancy Kerrigan. Just some ideas. I think varying the sports would really improve this, and I say that as someone who only got 2 wrong.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 7, 2019
There are 5 sports mentioned: football, baseball, basketball, hockey, and track.
Freestatebear
+1
Level 85
Jun 10, 2015
Technically, "bootleg" refers to transporting illicit alcohol, not selling it.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Mar 7, 2019
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bootleg

"to make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor"

ahg123
+1
Level 71
Jun 12, 2015
Spelling on Joyner-Kersee could be a little more forgiving.
Koopa
+1
Level 77
Jan 11, 2022
I am amazed to see Knoblauch on this quiz. After his run of "the yips," we used to tell people they had Chuck Knoblauch syndrome if they couldn't make a simple throw to first...or if their throw was egregiously off-target :)
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