******************************************************************************* Jeopardy: Sports Edition FAQ Apathetic Aardvark Email: sinenomine@gmail.com All rights reserved Version .43 1/11/2005 ******************************************************************************* Index/Table of Contents ******************************************************************************* Questions and Answers..............................................i Credits............................................................ii ******************************************************************************* i) Questions and Answers ******************************************************************************* The questions are broken down by category. The * separates the answer which will be given to you and the question you must reply with. I thank Mike Truitt for his generous use of all of the questions he got from the Gameboy version of the game as an emormous boost to the amount of questions in here. As of now this list is still less than 50% complete. More coming when I find the time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1987 ----------- In 1987, this placekicker was the NFL's only active player-lawyer * Chris Bahr This former Auburn forward was named NBA rookie-of-the-year in 1987 * Chuck Person She held every womans record between 800M and 10,000M in May * Mary Decker Slaney Boxing promoter Bob Arum wrestled with this promoter after the Leonard-Hagler fight * Don King This fell from Joe Niekro's pocket after an umpire suspected him of scuffing * Emery Board 1988 ----------- This AL East had a 24 game home winning streak in '88 * Boston Red Sox This AL West team finished 33 1/2 games behind the Oakland A's in '88 * Texas Rangers This minor league team set attendance records after a '88 movie * Duram Bulls The NFL's highest paid running back in 1988 * Eric Dickerson He vetoed all of George Steinbrenner's efforts to trade him in '88 * Dave Winfield 1992 ----------- They set an AL record with 31 hits in a 9-inning game against the Blue Jays * Milwaukee Brewers This Boston Red Sox third baseman hit under .300 for the first time in '92 * Wade Boggs This MLB team won the most games during the regular season * Atlanta Braves This governmental department spent $1 million on softballs in '92 * Department of defense This NL baseball team's last place finish was its first in 87 years * Los Angeles Dodgers 1992 Olympics ----------- The "Dream Team" played this sport in the '92 summer Olympics * Basketball This former country saw its athletes gather as the unified team * Soviet Union This country's baseball team beat the US twice at the Barcelona Olympics * Japan She became the first female US gold medalist in figure skating since Dorothy Hamill * Kristi Yamaguchi This nation's speed-skater Ye Qaiobo won its 1st-ever winter Olympics medal * China He and Patrick Ewing were the only two members of the Dream Team to foul out * Charles Barkley This was the home state for 25 percent of the US summer Olympic team * California He was the head coach of the Dream Team * Chuck Daly This country was welcomed back into the Olympic field for the first time since '60 * South Africa This French skiing hero was co-president of the winter Olympics * Jean Claude Killy Abbreviation ----------- XPA in football scoring summaries * Extra points attempted GWG in Hockey * Game winning goals FGA in basketball summaries * Field goals attempted GBL in the standings * Games behind leader SO in hockey statistics * Shutouts A sign on a golf coarse reading "GUR" stands for "Ground Under..." this * Repair A DH is this in baseball * Designated hitter An extra point in football is referred to as this * PAT The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is usually called this * NASCAR The International Race of Champions is known as this * IROC PIM in hockey stats stands for this * Penalties in minutes The letters BJ on an NFL Official's uniform stands for this * Back judge The letters HL on an NFL Official's uniform * Head linesman FTM in a basketball box score * Free throws made SHG atop a collumn of hockey statistics * Shorthanded goals Ages ----------- In '87 this Houston Astros player was the oldest 2nd basemen in the major leagues * Davey Lopes The age of tennis whiz Steffi Graf when she turned pro * 13 The minimum age of golfers on the Senior PGA Tour * 50 Satchel Paige's age in his rookie season with the Cleveland Indians * 42 He set the 100M dash record in 9.86 seconds in '91 at the age of 30 * Carl Lewis Brian Piccolo's age when he died * 26 The age of a horse classified as a juvenile * 2 This baseball slugger celebrated its 100th birthday in 1984 * Louisville Slugger The average age of female Olympic competitors * 20 The average age of male Olympic competitors * 24 All-Star ----------- This pitcher won 27 games for a last-place club * Steve Carlton He had exactly 3,000 career hits * Roberto Clemente He holds the NL record for walking the most times * Joe Morgan He was the first member of the Montreal Expos to suit up for an All-Star game * Rusty Staub He hit the first grand slam home run in a major league All-Star game history in 1983 * Fred Lynn Announcers ----------- This sports announcer boasted "I made Muhammad Ali" * Howard Cosell This broadcaster spoke of a team being "In the catbird seat" * Red Barber The voice of television's "This Week in Baseball" * Mel Allen This baseball announcer is known for asking: "How 'bout that, sports fans?" * Mel Allen Ralph Kiner once announced this former Mets baseball player as Gary Cooper * Gary Carter Auto Racing ----------- A car that drives in front of the race cars to start a race * Pace Car When a car takes a break from the race for servicing and refueling * Pit stop This Allison suffered a fatal crash at the Michigan International Speedway in '92 * Clifford Allison The only NASCAR Winston Cup driver to have won 200 races * Richard Petty This NHRA Winston Cup drag racer was the first to break the 300 MPH mark * Kenny Bernstein In '86 he became the 1st driver to average over 170 MPH at the Indianapolis 500 * Bobby Rahal This northern US state hosts the Marlboro 500 auto race * Michigan This US driver has won the Indianapolis 500 the most times * AJ Foyt The length, in hours, of the Grand Prix D'Endurance * 24 Emmerson Fittipaldi drank this when he won the Indy 500 in 1993 * Orange Juice In auto racing this pattern on a flag indicates the end of the race * Checkered He designed the controversial STP Turban racing car * Andy Granatelli This class of racing has all the cars at 1,290 or more pounds * Formula One This famed french racing circuit is 8.467 miles long * LeMans This is NASCARS premiere event * Daytona 500 Ballpark ----------- The number of fair balls hit out of Yankee Stadium * 0 This National League ballpark was once known as Weeghman Park * Wrigley Field This city's major league baseball field is three hours from Cleveland by riverboat * Pittsburgh This was the last major league stadium to have lights installed * Wrigley Field It's "The House that Ruth Built" * Yankee Stadium Baseball ----------- This Cuban-Born baseball player was named manager of the Cincinnati Red in '92 * Tony Perez Baseball honchos decided not to have his named stamped on World Series balls * Fay Vincent Blue Jays relief pitchers donned this gear to show support for teammate David Cone * Coneheads The first team to sue Fay Vincent after he realigned the National League * Chicago Cubs This duo became the 1st father & son to hit home runs in an All-Star game * Ken Griffey Jr and Sr This NY Yankee's 2130th consecutive game in '39 was also his last * Lou Gehrig The price of admission to a Cincinnati Redstockings game in 1869 * 10 cents He noted: I'm no different than anyone with 2 arms, 2 legs & 4,200 hits * Pete Rose His '83 no-hitter was the 1st for a NY Yankee since Don Larson in '56 * Dave Righetti Reggie Jackson was wearing this uniform when he hung up the bat it '87 * Oakland Athletics This baseball philosopher had the most World Series hits with 71 * Yogi Berra He played the most games for the Yankees * Mickey Mantle He was the first 40-40 man in baseball * Jose Canseco He has won 363 games, the most for any left-hander * Warren Spahn He won the first Cy Young award in 1956 * Don Newcombe T-shirts sold outside Fenway gave this as the troubled Red Sox's magic number * 911 This catcher decided to retire in 1 at bat when he forgot the count & the score * Johnny Bench Nolan Ryan began pitching for the New York Mets in this decade * 1960s This American League baseball team cap sports a "T" * Texas Rangers Both Bob Gibson & this pitcher made Caesar Geronimo their 3,000th strikeout victim * Nolan Ryan This 1st baseball team to pay players an avg salary of over $700,000 * New York Yankees A baseball player must have 40 of each of these to be a 40-40 man * Homers & Stolen Bases ML pitchers committed this 416 times in the 1st 544 games of '88 * Balks The last baseball team Tom Seaver tried to pitch for * New York Mets The number of scoreless innings played the '87 All-Star game * 13 This Expo was the first player to steal 70 bases & drive in 70 runs in a season * Tim Raines This was Major League Baseball's only triple crown winner of the 1950s * Mickey Mantle This relief pitcher is credited with perfecting the knuckleball * Hoyt Wilhelm The term "Billy Ball" is attribited to this manager * Billy Martin When he hit is 100th home run, Jimmy Piersall did this backwards * Ran around the bases Their infield consisted of Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Ron Cey & Bill Russell * Los Angeles Dodgers This brand of baseball is used in major league games * Rawlings He lamented "It's Deja Vu all over again" * Yogi Bera This St. Louis player won all of the NL batting titles from '20-'25 * Rogers Hornsby The only major league pitcher to have more than 500 wins in his career * Cy Young Baseball Equipment ----------- A baseball player puts his donut on this * His bat It was worn by catcher John Montgomery Ward for the first time in 1875 * Catcher's mask The Brooklyn Dodgers introduced these to the Major Leagues in 1941 * Batting helmets This players baseball glove can be no more than 38 inches in circumfrence * Catcher The tiny ball in the center of a baseball is made of this * Cork Baseball Facts ----------- He compiled baseball's highest lifetime batting average of .424 * Rogers Hornsby The direction that most baseball fields face * East This team won the World Series the last year the had Babe Ruth, but not since * Boston Red Sox This NL team's 106 losses in '88 were the the most in their '53-yr history * Atlanta Braves He led the NL in '87 in strikeouts & ERA, but had an 8-16 record * Nolan Ryan Baseball Firsts ----------- The last name of the 1st father & son in ML history to play on the same team * Griffey This NL team won the 1st World Series playe at night in '71 * Pittsburgh Pirates The first pitcher to strike out 300 or more batters in 3 different seasons * Sandy Koufax The 1st ML player in the '60s to hit 4 homers in a game * Willie Mays This Cardinals base stealer was teh 1st player to bat in a MLB game in Canada * Lou Brock Baseball Hodge ----------- They are called the firemen on the baseball team. * Relief Pitchers This hometown provided Casey Stengel with his nickname. * Kansas City A baseball "junkman" rarely throws this pitch. * Fastball Baseball's Umpire-In-Chief stands behind this base * Home This is the shape of a baseball infield * Square His 1927 Yankees jersey garnered a record $363,000 * Lou Gehrig This first lady threw out the first ball for her favorite Cubs * Hilary Clinton The only MLB team whose name consists entire of non-English words * San Diego Padres This break in baseball action was instituted in 1880 * 7th inning stretch When one person tosses up a ball and swings at it * Fungo He won the American League batting title in 1992 & 1993 * Juan Gonzales He's the only baseball player to win the MVP Award in both leagues * Frank Robinson The New York Yankees used to do this * New York Highlanders In '72 he led the majors in wins with 27; in '73 he led the majors in losses with 20 * Steve Carlton He has an expressway named for him running by the Rangers' ballpark * Nolan Ryan It's "Beisuboro" to a Japanese sports fan * Baseball A Japanese baseball umpire means this when he yells "Auto" * Out A Japanese baseball umpire means this when he yells "Seifu" * Safe The hand that Babe Ruth threw with * Left Hand Willie Mays said that this street game gave him his athletic skills * Stickball Hank Aaron played his final major league game with this team * Milwaukee Brewers This annual baseball game was 1st played during the '33 Chicago World's Fair * All Star game This baseball poem was first recited in public by Dewolf Hopper in 1888 * Casey at the Bat A 91-yr-old Chicago fan turned thise on for the first time in 1988 * Lights This met had hotstuff the lab, slider, the poodles & Ferguson the cat * Tom Seaver Baseball Mosts ----------- This major league pitcher won the most games in his career * Cy Young This Cub great holds the record for the most grand slams in a season * Ernie Banks This pitcher had started games in 35 ML parks by the end of the '92 season * Nolan Ryan This Tiger set more records than anyone in MLB history * Ty Cobb He holds the record for most strikeouts in a 9 inning game * Roger Clemens Baseball Numbers ----------- The number of outs in an inning * 6 The number of Major League Baseball teams who play home games in California * Five The number of days in baseball's All-Star break * 3 The number of baseball players aboard if "The sacks are packed" * 3 The number of major league games that inventor Abner Doubleday attended * 0 Baseball Onlys ----------- He is the only MLB player to hit 30 or more home runs in each of 15 seasons * Hank Aaron They are the only AL East team with a hand-operated scoreboard * Boston Red Sox He was the only player to play for the Boston, Milwaukee, & Atlanta Braves. * Eddie Matthews The only man to play 500 games with 4 teams: The Astros, Expos, Mets & Tigers * Rusty Staub The only major league player to serve in both World War I and World War II * Hank Gowdy Baseball Potpourri: ----------- Eric Davis was the 1st NL player to do this 3 times in one month * Hit Grand Slam Home Runs They hit more homers than 4 ML teams in '61 * Maris & Mantle Jim Bunning pitched his historic perfect game on this holiday * Fathers Day This NY team nixed Charley Pride's dream of playing baseball in '64 * New York Mets Stan Musial became an executive with this team after retiring in '63 * St Louis Cardinals Baseball Records ----------- He holds the record for most home runs hit in Tiger Stadium by a visiting player * Babe Ruth She holds the women's record for the longest baseball throw * Babe Didrikson He has the best career home-run ratio, hitting one every 11.76 times at bat * Babe Ruth This hall of fame slugger has grounded into the most double plays * Henry Aaron This 300-game winner holds the career AL record for home runs by a pitcher * Warren Spahn Baseball Rules ----------- A batted ball not swung at, but intentionally met with the bat * Bunt This base coach usually gives signals to the batter * 3rd In 1973, this made its debut in baseball's American League * Designated Hitter This baseball league was the first to adapt a helmet rule * National Two regularly scheduled games, played in immediate succession * Double header Baseball Teams ----------- Their troubled players to a course in "The art of dealing with media" in '86 * New York Mets This AL team was purchased in '79 for $12 & '87 for $70 & '93 for $173 million * Baltimore Orioles This NL team had an 8 member "College of Coaches" between '61-'65 * Chicago Cubs The team the Yankees were playing when Roger Maris hit his 61st homer * Boston Red Sox This NL team won 38 of its last 49 games is in the '69 season * New York Mets Baseball Position ----------- This baseball position is sometimes referred to as the short field * Shortstop This member of the baseball team is allowed to wear the longest glove * First Basemen The position that Geena Davis played in "A League of Their Own" * Catcher Lou Gehrig played this position * First Base This position was called the "Pecker" in 1830s when baseball was "Town Ball" * Pitcher Baseball P'pouri ----------- This baseball position and the first baseman wear a mitt instead of a glove * Catcher This novelist said: "Baseball is a game played by idiots for morons" * F Scott Fitzgerald The number of career home runs that Hank Aaron hit * 755 He holds the AL record for home runs by a switch hitter with 536 * Mickey Mantle In '83 he led the majors in wins with 24; In '84 he tied for the ML lead in losses * Lamarr Hoyt Basketball ----------- An NBA referee signals this by raising both arms over his head * 3 Point Goal Bob Lanier's shoe size * 22 An NBA referee signals this with a downward pointing rotating index finger * Basket Interference The Golden State Warriors call this city home * Oakland This NBA player frequently shattered the backboard with his slam dunk * Daryl Dawkins The number of times Wilt Chamberlain fouled out of an NBA game * 0 At 6'5" he is the shortest man to win an NBA rebounding title * Charles Barkley This player led the NBA in rebounding five consecutive times in the 1980s * Moses Malone This center was named to the All-NBA team a record 15 times * Kareem Abdul Jabbar Red Auerbach called him "The greatest backcourt man who ever played" * Bob Cousy The Harlem Globetrotters regularly beat them * Washington Generals Oscar Robertson played ball at this college * University of Cincinnati Larry Bird played basketball at this college * Indiana State In '50 Red Auerback passed up the chance to draft this Holy Cross star * Bob Cousy They posted the worst record in NBA history with only nine wins * Philadelphia 76ers Basketball Firsts ----------- He was the NBA's first black coach * Bill Russell This Kentucky school's team was the first to win NAIA, NIT & NCAA tournaments * Louisville Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton left this team to be the NBA's 1st black player. * Harlem Globetrotters The first NBA player to have over 200 steals & 100 blocked shots in a season * Michael Jordan The first non-guard to lead the NBA in assists * Wilt Chamberlain This '60s and '70s great has the record for consecutive missed free throws with 10 * Wilt Chamberlain The NBA term for 10 points, rebounds & assists in one game * Triple Double The number of goals scored in the first basketball game ever played * 1 This NBA team had to cancel a home game due to rioting in '89 * Miami Heat This NBA team has the record for most consecutive losses to start a season * Miami Heat Basketball History ----------- This colorful coach holds the record for most NBA career victories * Red Auerbach This player scored 100 points in an NBA game * Wilt Chamberlain Balls from this sport were first used to play basketball * Soccer In '84 he became the first black to coach an NCAA basketball champion * John Thompson This NBA team scored and gave up 100 pts in every game in the '81-'82 season * Denver Nuggets Basketball Hodge ----------- He was the NBA MVP in '81-'82 with Houston then traded, & won the award in '82-'83 * Moses Malone He holds the record with most unsuccessful free throws in a game with 10 * Wilt Chamberlain This team's world championship video was called "Untoucha-Bulls" * Chicago Bulls This basketball player had a role in the movie "Airplane" * Kareem Abdul Jabbar The number of seconds a pro basketball shot clock runs * 24 Basketball Moments ----------- The only basketball player to lead the NCAA, ABA & NBA in scoring * Rick Barry This Bucks guard was called for delay of game in '88 at the free throw line * Ricky Pierce The only NBA Rookie of the Year to become an NBA Coach of the Year * Tommy Heinsohn The only NBA player to average double figures in points, rebounds & assists * Oscar Robertson These 2 players surprised fans at the '88 NBA finals with pre-game smooches * Johnson & Thomas Basketball Nickname ----------- He's called "The Mailman" * Karl Malone They call him "The Dream" * Hakeem Olajuwon He's also called "Air" * Michael Jordan You can address him as "Sir Charles" * Charles Barkley He's been called "Magic" more than his real name * Earvin Magic Johnson The Los Angeles Lakers called this substitute Clark Kent * Kurt Rambis This college basketball team is nicknamed The Tar Heels * North Carolina This basketball player is referred to as DJ * Dennis Johnson He's "Tark the Shark" * Jerry Tarkanian This Boston Celtic was nicknamed "Secratary of the Defense" * Bill Russell Basketball Numbers ----------- The number of basketballs available to each team for pre-game warmups * 6 An NBA player is kicked out of the game after he has commited this many fouls * 6 The number of blacks that held down jobs on NBA rosters in the 1949-50 season * 0 The number of years that Larry Bird played in the NBA * 13 The number of times the Celtics won their division during Larry Bird's tenure * 10 Basketball P'pourri ----------- It's former NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's favorite shot * Skyhook The NBA's Houston Rockets play their game in this arena * Summit The number of square feet an NBA backboard measures * 24 His number-one recreational-sports video was title "Always Showtime" * Magic Johnson This NBA team hired Jerry Tarkanian as coach * San Antonio Spurs This part of Larry Bird's anatomy caused him to quit basketball * His Back The NBA Coach of the Year is named after this Boston Celtics fixture * Red Auerbach This Lakers guard broke the NBA record for career assist in April '91 * Earvin Magic Johnson The name of Orlando's NBA Franchise * Magic Abe Saperstein's heirs sold this sports team for over $3 million * Harlem Globetrotters This NBA team won 33 consecutive games in the early '70s * Los Angeles Lakers This court's standard dimentions are 94 feet by 50 feet * Basketball court This man played on championship teams in Milwaukee and Los Angeles * Kareem Abdul Jabbar Mike Krzyzewski coaches this eastern schools basketball team * Duke He struck down and seriously injured Rudy Tomjanovich of the Houston Rockets * Kermit Washington Basketball Teams ----------- This NBA team went 40-1 at home during the '85-'86 season * Boston Celtics They play their home games at Omni * Atlanta Hawks This state's ABA team was the Muskies * Minnesota This team became the second NBA squad to win 5 titles in a decade * Los Angeles Lakers This west coast NBA team only won 12 games in the '86-'87 season * Los Angeles Clippers Birthplaces ----------- He's the most famous boxer born in Louisville * Muhammad Ali This Pennsylvania town is the birthplace of professional football * Latrobe Jose Canseco was born in this Caribbean country * Cuba This state gave birth to over half the players of the '80 US hockey team * Minnesota Patrick Ewing was born on this island * Jamaica Bo Jackson ----------- In 1990, Bo hit a ground ball and busted the lip of this famous pitcher * Nolan Ryan This White Sox teammate blocked for Bo in college * Frank Thomas Bo attended this Alabama university * Auburn Bo won this award his senior year in college * Heisman Trophy Bo played baseball for the Royals while playing for this NFL team * Los Angeles Raiders Books ----------- He wrote the book "Mr. Clutch" telling of his years with the Lakers * Jerry West He told all in "The Umpire Strikes Back" * Ron Luciano This famous race car wrote a book titled "They call me Mr. 500" * Andy Granatelli This NBA superstar told his story in "Giant Steps" * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar He knocked out "How to Hit a Golf Ball" in '40 & "Golf Begins at 40" in '78 * Sam Snead Bowling What a right-handed bowler calls a strike made by catching the head pin's left side * Brooklyn This score is a CC in ten pin bowling * 200 In ten pin bowling, this pin is nicknamed "The Widow" * Ten pin On a bowling alley, this is 60 feet from the foul line * Head Pin The number of rows of pins in ten pin bowling * 4 The number of strikes in a perfect game of bowling * 12 The steps that are taken before releasing a bowling ball are called this * Approach The highest bowling score possible without throwing any strikes * 190 Avid bowlers refer to this pin as "Mother-in-law" * 7 When this pin and the 7 are left standing they are referred to as "Mule Ears" * 10 Boxers ----------- This boxer called it quits in 1955 with a 49-0 record * Rocky Marciano He had not fought for 5 years when he upset Marvin Hagler in '87 * Sugar Ray Leonard The first fighter to knock out Roberto Duran * Thomas Hearns His wife was planning his 46th birthday party when his plane crashed * Rocky Marciano During his pro career, he was knocked down only by Kevin Anthe Spoileron Howard * Sugar Ray Leonard In '57 he lost his title to Gene Fullmer, regained it & lost it to Carmen Basilio * Sugar Ray Robinson In '21 this heavyweight fought George Carpentier in the 1st $1 million gate * Jack Dempsey Joe Lewis defeated him to win is first heavyweight title * Jim Braddock An injured rib cage forced him out of a fight against Evander Holyfield in '91 * Mike Tyson This boxer was tried and acquitted of draft evasion in 1920 * Jack Dempsey This boxer boasted manos de pierdra or hands of stone * Roberto Duran In 1980, this boxer told Martin Scorsese "You've made me champ again" * Jake Lamotta He broke Muhammad Ali's jaw * Ken Norton He fought Muhammad Ali in Zaire * George Foreman This boxer was a paratrooper in Hitler's army * Max Schmelling Boxing ----------- This boxer retired with the all time best winning percentage * Rocky Marciano The weight class that Cassius Clay fought in as an Olympian * Light heavyweight He lost his title because of resistance to the draft * Muhammad Ali The only boxer to have held the Heavy, Light-heavy & Middleweight titles * Bob Fitzsimmons He beat Jack Dempsey twice * Gene Tunney Boxing Champs ----------- This heavyweight boxing champ had the longest reign * Joe Louis He defeated Jersey Joe Walcott to become the heavyweight boxing champ * Rocky Marciano This boxing great was the second black to become world heavyweight champ * Joe Louis He was the only boxer to win a world title five times at one weight * Sugar Ray Robinson He won the first heavyweight title fight * Gentlemen Jim Corbett Boxing Hodge ----------- He was the first boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali in a professional bout * Joe Frazier He won the first million-dollar boxing championship * Jack Dempsey The 1st boxer to hit his way to to titles in 4 weight categories * Tommy Hearns He spoiled Joe Louis' boxing comeback bid in 1951 * Rocky Marciano Cassius Clay's poems predicted this * Knockouts John L. Sullivan knocked out most of his opponents with this hand * His right Boxer Leon Spinks gained fame for driving without this * His licence Boxer Kid McCoy inspired this term meaning "The genuine article" * Real McCoy Muhammad Ali KO'ed Sonny Liston in this round * 1st He reigned as heavyweight champ for 258 days in '90 * James Buster Douglas Boxing Nicknames ----------- Featherweight boxing great known as "The Will o' the Wisp" * Willie Pep This boxer was known as "The Brown Bomber" * Joe Louis This boxer is also known as "The Louisville Lip" * Muhammad Ali This '80s boxing champ was nicknamed "Marvelous" * Marvin Hagler He was boxing's first "Great White Hope" * Jim Jeffries This future heavyweight champion entered the ring at age 18 as Kid Blackie * Jack Dempsey Rocky Barbella became this name for his ring career * Rocky Graziano He was Smokin' Joe * Joe Frazier This heavyweight boxer has been dubbed Neon * Leon Spinks This heavyweight boxing hopeful was dubbed Gentleman Gerry * Gerry Cooney The pride of German pugilism was dubbed the Black Uhlan * Max Schmeling The nickname of boxer Ray Mancini * Boom Boom This storied boxer was dubbed "The Bronx Bull" * Jake Lamotta Muhhammad Ali dubbed this bald boxer "The Acorn" * Earnie Shavers This former heavyweight boxing champion's CB handle is The Big Bopper * Muhammad Ali Broken Records ----------- He hauled in 55 rebounds in November '60 to break Bill Russell's record * Wilt Chamberlain This Orioles Junior passed Stan Musial is consecutive games played in '87 * Cal Ripken Jr Cardinal Bob Gibson broke his record in '68 when he posted a 1.12 ERA * Grover Cleveland Alexander Maury Wills broke his base stealing record when he swiped 104 in '62 * Ty Cobb Wilt Chamberlain broke this St Louis Hawk's career scoring record * Bob Pettit Rickey Henderson broke his stolen-base record * Lou Brock He broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record * Roger Maris He broke Don Drysdale's 58-inning scoreless streak with 59 * Orel Hershiser He broke Gordie Howe's NHL career scoring record in his 11th season * Wayne Gretzky In 7 yrs he broke the QB career rushing record that Fran Tarkenton set in 18 yrs * Randall Cunningham Bumps and Bruises ----------- Sandy Koufax was afflicted with this and quit baseball at the age of 31 * Arthritis This gave rise to the football injury "Turf Toe" * Artificial Turf A "Banjoed" soccer player has been kicked here * Groin Dizzy Dean injured this during an All-Star game * His big toe This hall of fame jockey was paralized in a '91 traffic accident * Wilie Shoemaker This US skier broke a leg during a '74 avalanche & on a slide in '75 * Phil Mahre This sport is the greatest cause of eye injuries in the US * Baseball This hurdler competed at the '88 Olympic trials despite a broken arm * Greg Foster Over 175,000 softball players were doing this when they were injured in '87 * Sliding He bounced his head off of the diving board in the '88 Olympics * Greg Louganis CFL Cities ----------- The Rough Riders are from this city * Ottawa The Eskimos hail from here * Edmonton This city is represented by the Argonauts * Toronto The Blue Bombers are from this city * Winnepeg The Tigercats represent this city * Hamilton Championships ----------- Since World War II, this college has won the most team championships * University of Houston This sport is contested in the ATP Championships * Tennis The only team besides the Yankees to win an AL pennant between '49 & '58 * Cleveland Indians She was the US Women's figure skating champion in 1976 * Peggy Fleming She was the US Women's figure skating champion in 1980 * Dorothy Hamill Changed Names ----------- This tennis player's original name was Richard Raskind * Renee Richards Lloyd Free was known as this after he went global * World B Free This boxer changed his name to Marvelous in 1982 * Marvin Hagler Cassius Clay changed his name to this before he changed it to Muhammad Ali * Cassius X This Los Angeles Laker legally changed the spelling of his first name * Mychal Thompson Cities ----------- Rocky Balboa trained in this city * Philadelphia This city's NHL team is nicknamed the Penguins * Pittsburgh Minneapolis and this, its twin city, love the Minnesota Twins * St Paul They lost an NL team in '66 & got an AL team when the Seattle Pilots moved east * Milwaukee This city opened the $100 million Alamodome in 1993 * San Antonio The 500 stock car race called the "Granddaddy of 'em all" is held here * Darlington South Carolina Their fans cheered for the Pilgrims during the 1903 World Series * Boston This city's symphony played the wedding march at Wayne Gretzky's wedding * Edmonton This eastern US city made a pitch to the NCAA to host the "Crab Bowl" * Baltimore This Alabama city hosts the All-American Bowl * Birmingham Coaches ----------- This renowned college coach was named for an ancient American king * Ara Parseghian This former NFL coach took to pacing the sidelines in a 7-1/4 inch long oval hat. * Tom Landry He says that he bleeds Dodger blue * Tommy LaSorda He coached Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci & American Mary Lou Retton * Bela Karolyi Paul Brown, Weeb Eubank & Bo Schembechler played for this Ohio college * Miami of Ohio College Coaches ----------- He was the head coach of the Notre Dame football team in 1918 * Knute Rockne Joe Paterno tied this record in '86 with his sixth undefeated regular season * Paul Bear Bryant This Tennessee football coach resigned in '92 after 16 years at the helm * Johnny Majors This 3-time Super Bowl winner decided to become Stanford's head coach * Bill Walsh This Notre Dame coach died in a plane crash in 1931 * Knute Rockne College Conference ----------- The college football conference that Missouri plays in * Big Eight This college football conference used to be called the Eastern League * Ivy League Michigan, Indiana & this state represent the Big Ten * Illinois Arkansas & South Carolina defected to this football conference * Southeastern It included Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, BYU & New Mexico in '62 * WAC Colleges ----------- This college coach said "A tie is like kissing your sister" * Paul Bear Bryant The first college player to gain 6000 yards rushing * Tony Dorsett Quarterback Jim Plunkett played college ball here * Stanford The nickname of South Carolina's football squad * Gamecocks The nickname of Big 10 back Howard Cassady * Hopalong Colors ----------- This NBA club lists its colors as blue and green * Dallas Mavericks This NBA club colors are wine and gold * Cleveland Cavaliers Other than white, this is the most popular color on NBA uniforms * Red This NBA club's colors are purple, orange, copper & white * Phoenix Suns The color of a first place ribbon in a horse show * Blue This color stripe crosses a red flag to indicate that SCUBA divers are below * White This color armband distinguishes the speed skater in the outer lane * Red The overall leader of the Tour De France wears this color jersey * Yellow These colors are direction markers on a downhill ski course * Green & Red The hitting surface of gloved used in international amateur boxing is this color * White The official lacrosse ball can only be orange or this color * White This color of shirt is prohibited in official table tennis competition * White The color of a bull's-eye in a competition archery target * Yellow The color of most racquetballs * Blue The color of the hull of the "Stars and Stripes" * Blue Commissioners ----------- He was a descendent of Alamo defender Jim Bowie * Bowie Kuhn He replaced Peter Uberroth as commissioner of baseball * A Bartlett Giamatti This former sports commissioner's real first name is Alvin * Pete Rozelle William Eckert replaced him as commissioner of baseball * Ford Frick This Wall Street layer was named commissioner of baseball in '69 * Bowie Kuhn Country ----------- This country has won tennis' Davis Cup the most times * United States Chi Chi Rodriguez played for this country in golf's 1987 Chrysler Cup * United States This country hosted the '44 football game dubbed the "Potato Bowl" * Ireland Their female caddies wore helmets after 500 were hit in the head * Japan This country's skiers have included Anton Steiner, Fran Gruber & Hans Enn * Austria This alpine country was the birthplace of bobsledding * Switzerland This country's international yachting designation is KC * Canada This country boasted more than 600 professional table tennis players in 1985 * China This defunct country won the most world hockey championships * The Soviet Union / USSR This country has mounted the most challenges for the America's Cup * Great Britain / England Defeats ----------- This man lost two Masters playoffs * Ben Hogan He threw 42 interceptions while quarterbacking in Houston Oilers in 1962 * George Blanda This team lost the coin toss that allowed Houston to draft Ralph Sampson * Indiana Pacers The LA Lakers lost to this team 6 times in the NBA Finals in the '60s * Boston Celtics The Redskins beat this southern team to win their 1st Super Bowl * Miami Dolphins Dominant Athletes: ----------- This favorite British sport was dominated in the '80s by Eric Bristow * Darts This golfer won his eight Masters tournaments between '46 & '53 * Ben Hogan The first golfer to amass $8 million in career earnings * Tom Kite The PGA named him golfer of the century in 1988 * Jack Nicklaus The country's women's gymnastics team were the only ones to win gold '52-'80 * The Soviet Union Draft Picks ----------- This '92 NBA #1 draft pick's age was less than his size 21 shoes * Shaquille ONeal This Bull was chosen after Hakeem Olajuwon & Sam Bowie in the '84 NBA draft * Michael Jordan He was the New York Giants' first choice in the '81 NFL draft * Lawrence Taylor The first player ever selected in a AFL collegiate draft in '59 * Don Meredith This Pittsburgh Penguin was the #1 draft choice in '84 * Mario Lemieux Dual Sports ----------- He's been called "The best running back in Major League Baseball" * Bo Jackson This pro football team drafted Jack Havlicek * Cleveland Browns This NFL QB struggled for 7 yrs before winning a pro tournament on the Seniors Tour * John Brodie This former heavyweight ran the '83 NY City Marathon in 3-1/2 hours * Floyd Patterson This sprinter and future Cowboy great only lost 2 races in his career * Bob Hayes Endorsements ----------- She dashed into a 7-Up commercial after her '88 Olympics win * Florence Griffith Joyner This aquatic athlete was pictured in a loincloth in American Express ads * Greg Louganis NBA hoopster "Slick" Watts shaved his head with this brand of shaving gel * Edge This yachtman had '87 contracts with Ray-Ban, Wrigley's & Topsider * Dennis Conner This boxer was pictured in '88 ads for Right Guard "Sports Stick" * Marvelous Marvin Hagler This NBA star felt better with Ben-Gay rub before each game * Larry Bird The brand of footwear that John McEnroe stomped through temper tantrums in * Nike Magic Johnson performed his tricks in this brand of shoes * Converse This athlete's drink claims that it "Gives your body what it's thirsting for." * Gatorade This product lends its name to an award for relief pitchers * Rolaids Equipment ----------- This piece of gymnastics equipment has a top bar, low bar, and guy brace * Uneven parallel bars A gymnast is on this apparatus is he performs a crucifix * Rings This sport uses a side horse * Gymnastics It's what the ball used in Jai Alai is called * Pelota Basket-like container used in Jai Alai * Cesta Of a soccer ball or a volleyball, this one is heavier * Soccer ball This popular American sport uses a prolate spheroid * Football This sport's bat has a maximum length of 34 inches * Softball This ball has 108 stitches * Baseball This sport provides a machine to pick up what competitors knock over * Bowling This pro sport uses a ball with fake seams * Basketball This part of a football field has a gooseneck and a crossbar * Goalpost Kareem Abdul Jabbar & James Worthy sported these on the court in '88 * Goggles Martha Cruce made these for Kirk Gibson & Jose Canseco * Their bats A Swedish player hit Canada's coach over the head with this at the '64 Olympics * Hockey stick This sport's balls were originally stuffed with boiled feathers * Golf This piece of equipment for a field event is 8'3" long and weighs 1-3/4 pounds * Javelin This piece of track & field equipment is 8-5/8" in diameter * Discus The part of the fencing's foil referred to as the button * Point This Olympic projectile weighs 4 pounds, 6-1/2 ounces * Discus This sport boasts a racket with outward pointing pimples * Table Tennis This stationary aid to sprinters was invented in 1927 * Starting block Of a field hockey ball or a baseball, this one is smaller * Baseball This US professional sport's ball weighs a maximum of 15 ounces * Football Of baseball or softball, this one boasts the wider bat * Baseball Fan Clusters ----------- This baseball team's fans used to be known as "The flatbush faithful" * Brooklyn Dodgers This sports star's fans have been dubbed "McHale's Army" * Kevin McHale This former east coast team's fans were called the "Bleacher Bums" * Brooklyn Dodgers The Cleveland Browns' legion of fans are called this * Dawg Pound This NY Mets pitcher has fans gathered in the K corner * Dwight Gooden Female Athletes ----------- This female tennis player won the most consecutive matches with 74. * Martina Mavratalova The 1st to win a major stables race, she later married an old "hoofer." * Robyn Smith She played basketball in the Olympics and with the Harlem Globetrotters * Lynnette Woodward The AP named her the "Athlete of the half century" in 1950 * Babe Didkirson The track star was the first to receive the Jesse Owens award in '82 * Mary Decker Football ----------- If a blocked punt is recovered by the receiving team in the endzone. * Touchdown If the ballcarrier is tackled by the other team in his endzone. * Safety Players in the defensive backfield are called this. * Secondary The formation in which the quarterback takes a long snap 5-7 yards behind the ball. * Shotgun Prior to Phoenix and St. Louis, the Cardinals played in this city. * Chicago The hand that Boomer Esiason throws footballs with * His left This legendary coach died 17 days after retiring * Paul Bear Bryant This wire service now waits until after the bowls to name their champ * AP This college football team's fans created the warcry "Sooiee!" * Arkansas Razorback / Arkansas This QB was named "Player of the Decade" in '69 * Johnny Unitas Garo Yepremian is from this country * Cyprus The number of points given for a field goal * 3 He once scored 40 points in a single NFL game with dropkicks * Earnie Nevers The longest field goal in NFL history * 63 yards This Steelers' "Immaculate Reception" in '72 was made in his 1st playoff game * Franco Harris These were first added to a football field for a Harvard & McGill game in 1874 * Goal posts This football player scored 25 touchdowns in 1912 for Carlisle Indian School * Jim Thorpe The Beach Boys called this QB to the stage of Tampa Bay Stadium to sing backup * Vinny Testaverde The only kind of foul that can get an NFL player tossed out of a game * Personal foul Pro football quarterback Joe Ferguson had only one of these in the 1976 season * Interception Of 16, 36 or 56, the avg number of cleat-dents made per sq ft of turn in a game * 56 Twenty-one of Agent Leigh Steinberg's clients play this NFL position * QB This president advised the Redskins coach which play to run in the Super Bowl * Richard Nixon This Michigan heisman trophy winner was shot down 3 times during WWII * Tom Harmon The only part of a football field to have protective padding * Goalposts This Dallas Cowboys QB popularized the shotgun formation in '76 * Roger Staubach They won 3 NCAA football championships between '83 & '89 * Miami University Alan, Joaquin, Luis, Max & Tony Zendejas played this position in the NFL * Placekicker He won teh Butkus Awared & was 1st team Academic All-American the same year * Brian Bosworth Vance Johnson wrote these 2 words on the back of his shoes for defenders * Bye Bye He said "There are 3 important things in life, Family, religion & The Packers" * Vince Lombardi They have won Superbowls over Miami, Denver and Buffalo * Washington Redskins During World War II, the Eagles merged with this other NFL team to form the Steagles * Steelers Football Coaches ----------- He coached the Redskins' first winning season in 14 years in '69 * Vince Lombardi He assumed command of Notre Dame's football team in '64 * Ara Parseghian The first NFL coach to utilize films of opponents' games for study * George Halas The first coach of the Minnesota Vikings * Norm Van Brocklin He had his team witness a castration before their game with the longhorns * Jackie Sherrill He coached Notre Dame for 13 years posting a 105-12-5 record * Knute Rockne The Georgia head coach who shed a tear when Herschel Walker turned pro * Vince Dooley He succeeded John Madden as head coach of the Oakland Raiders * Tom Flores He coached the Chicago Bears for 40 seasons * George Halas He gave the famous "Win one for the Gipper" speech * Knute Rockne This Ohio State coach threw a punch at Clemson's Charlie Wiliams * Woody Hayes He was the first head football coach to win an NCAA championship & a Super Bowl * Jimmy Johnson This NFL head coach went to high school with Janis Joplin * Jimmy Johnson He coached the team that won the first Super Bowl in '67 * Vince Lombardi He succeeded Tom Flores as coach of the Los Angeles Raiders * Mike Shanahan Football Equipment ----------- The number of cleats in a standard football shoe for grass * 7 This piece of equipment became obligatory in the NFL in 1954 * Face mask These were eliminated from all NFL balls in 1976 * Stripes The NFL made this piece of equipment mandatory in 1943 * Helmet This Lions' & Steelers' QB was the was the last NFL player to refuse to wear a face mask * Bobby Layne Football Firsts ----------- This team won the first AFL Championship * Houston Oilers The first NFL club to televise all of its games * Los Angeles Rams The first indoor football game was held here * Madison Square Garden He was the first black NFL head coach * Art Shell This team won the 1st National College football championship * Yale He was the first football player to rush a mile in a season * Jim Brown In '78 he became the first black QB picked in the first round of the NFL draft * Doug Williams This team played Army in the first televised college football game * NAVY This was the first US university to build a football stadium * Harvard This southern school's coach was the 1st to take a team to all 4 major college bowls * Georgia Tech He was the first black to win the Heisman trophy * Earnie Davis He was the first Olympian to play pro football * Jim Thorpe This NFL team was the first to play its games in a domed stadium * Houston Oilers He scrambled to become the first quarterback to score a Super Bowl touchdown * Frank Tarkenton He was the first quaterback to guide his team to three Super Bowl victories * Terry Bradshaw In '75 they became the first wildcard team to reach the finals * Dallas Cowboys This substitute split end scored the first Super Bowl TD * Max McGee The first Navy midshipman to score 3 touchdowns against Army * Joe Bellino This team won the 1st National College Football Championship * Yale He was the first black NFL coach * Art Shell Football Hodge ----------- "Bear" Bryant's given name * Paul This pro football team is named after a mode of travel * New York Jets This onetime Oakland Raiders coach penned "One size doesn't fit all" * John Madden This part of Lou Groza was cast in bronze for the football hall of fame in '66 * His toe The were termed the "Team of the 70's" * Pittsburgh Steelers Football Infract ----------- The penalty of a football official has just called if he stands with arms akimbo * Offsides An NFL referee is signalling this when he both hands to his shoulders * Loss of down An NFL team is penalized this number of yards for Delay of Game * 5 The penalty if the official waves on hand behind his back * Illegal forward pass The penalty if an interior lineman moves after assuming a 3-point stance * False start Football Initial ----------- The initials "NT" represent this position * Nose Tackle The initials "HB" represent this position * Halfback The initials "FL" represent this position * Flanker The initials "DB" represent this position * Defensive back The initials "MG" represent this position * Middle guard Football Mosts ----------- This NFL team holds the record for most consecutive losses * Tampa Bay Buccaneers He has the record for most seasons with 1,00 or more yards rushing * Walter Payton He holds the NFL career record for touchdowns scored * Jim Brown He spent his 19 yr career as a Viking, the most anyone has been with 1 team * Jim Marshall This Brown had 308 consecutive pass attempts without an interception * Bernie Kosar Football Nicknames ----------- It was Red Grange's haunting nickname * Galloping Ghost Grantland Rice nicknamed their 1924 backfield The Four Horsemen * Notre Dame This NFL team boasted the no-name defense * Miami Dolphins This New York Giants linebacker is known simply as LT * Lawrence Taylor This Cornell rushing great was dubbed the Big M * Ed Marinaro Dallas Cowboy's star quarterback Roger Staubach's nickname * Dodger This NFL quarterback was dubbed "The Snake" * Ken Stabler New York Jets wide reciever Johnny Jones is better known as this * Lam Jones This storied New York Giants quarterback was dubbed "The Bald Eagle" * Y A Tittle This Chicago Bear was called "The Whirlwind of the Plains" * Gayle Sayers Football Numbers ----------- The number of footballs the home team supplies for an NFL game * 24 The number of time outs an NFL team can call per half * 3 The number of points an NFL team scored if a referee high-fives himself * 2 The number of two-minute warnings given in a regulation NFL game * 2 The number of fingers Terry Bradshaw needs for his Super Bowl rings * 4 Football P'pourri ----------- This is the only NFL team to go undefeated in an NFL season * Miami Dolphins Until '89 he was the only coach the Dallas Cowboys ever had * Tom Landry The number of NFL games played in the strike-shortened season of 1982 * 9 He QBed the first AFL team to a Super Bowl & '85 he made the Hall of Fame * Joe Namath In '48 Fred Gehrke painted the first helmet logos for this NFL team * Los Angeles Rams In the 1960's, NFL linebacker Mike Henry portrayed this swinging screen character * Tarzan This NFL quarterback made Richard Nixon's White House enemies list * Joe Namath The completion of the football adage: "A punt, a pass and ..." * Prayer This entertainer annual presents the All-American team * Bob Hope This onetime Oakland football coach penned, "Hey, Wait a Minute" * John Madden Pop Warner and Jim Thorpe put this school on the football map * Carlisle Indian School This former Nebraska player sued his lawyer to try to regain his Heisman trophy * Johnny Rodgers Former Boston College QB who sounds like a musical instrument * Doug Flutie This American Football League franchise was dubbed the Titans in '61 * New York This Steelers QB was voted MVP of the Super Bowl * Terry Bradshaw Football Teams ----------- This NFL football team won 17 consecutive opening day games between 1965 and 1981 * Dallas Cowboys The Jills Jingle for this NFL team * Buffalo Bills This NFL team's defensive line was once known as the Purple People Eaters * Minnesota Vikings The Sea-Gals cheer for this NFL team * Seattle Seahawks The Derrick Dolls cheer for this NFL team * Houston Oilers Football Terms ----------- The term for a quarterbacks change of play called over center * Audible The area behind the offensive linemen where the QB stands to pass * Pocket This NFL coach first coined the phrase "Game Plan" * Vince Lombardi This NFL term was coined in '62 to define a defensive halfback * Cornerback A kick that intentionally kicked low & makes the ball difficult to handle * Squib Kick The touching of a loose ball in an unsuccessful attempt to obtain possession * Muff The side of the offensive formation without the tight end * Weak Side The term used to describe a player with at least one year of experience * Veteran The long, underhanded toss, usually from a QB to a running back * Pitchout Illegal grabbing or grasping of another player * Holding Franchise Firsts ----------- They were the first team to sweep the NBA finals * Boston Celtics This NFL team made the playoffs for the 1st time in their 21-yr history in '87 * New Orleans Saints This pro football team had its first losing season in 22 years in '87 * Dallas Cowboys The first batter at Wrigley Field's first night game did this * Home run The 1st Cub to hit a homer during a night game at Wrigley Field * Ryne Sandberg Golf ----------- In which major tournament is only one course ever used * Masters The Amen Corner is located on this golf course * Augusta National This golf course has the famous Road Hole as its 17th * St. Andrews This golfer has played in the Masters 44 times, more than anyone else * Sam Snead He holds the PGA Tour record for career wins with 84 * Sam Snead This amateur won the most British Opens * Bobby Jones The lowest score ever shot over 18 holes by a golfer in PGA Tournament * 59 The first golfer to win the Masters two years in a row * Jack Nicklaus Golf great Jack Nicklaus studied this in college * Pharmacy Golfers are asked to replace these * Divots This is the third grand slam event on golf's calendar * British Open This feature on a golf course is referred to as Egyption Bermuda * Sand trap He was six titles in a row on the international golf circuit in 1986 * Greg Norman This golfer has won the most U.S. Tour events * Sam Snead The number of holes in a round of golf * 18 Golfers ----------- This British golfer won his third British Open in '92 * Nick Faldo This golfer was the PGA Tour's leading money winner five times in the 1970s * Jack Nicklaus He defeated Arnold Palmer in a playoff in his 1st major tournament in '62 * Jack Nicklaus He was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour 5 times durng the '40s * Ben Hogan This colorful golfer wore red socks while winning the '68 US Open * Lee Trevino Golf Clubs ----------- This golf club is used to hit the first shot on a long hole * Driver This golf club is used on the green * Putter This golf club was once called a "niblick" * 9 Iron Gene Sarazen invented this golf club in 1930 * Sand Wedge Golfer Ben Crenshaw refers to this club as "Little Ben" * His putter The most used club in golf * Putter This company manufactures Pro Staff golf clubs * Wilson This club is used by a golfer to "Hit the Nickel" * Five Iron Of a Four wood and One iron, this golf club has a greater angle of loft * Four wood This golf club is called a Texas Wedge when used in an unusual situation * Putter This golf club was once referred to as a Mashie * 5 Iron This golf club is called a driving iron * 1 Iron This club was once referred to as a spoon * 3 Wood This is called a driver * 1 Wood This club was once referred to as a baffy * 5 Wood This golf club was once referred to as a brassie * 2 Wood This was once referred to as a cleek * 4 Wood This club is called a lofter * 8 Iron This club is a jigger * 4 Iron This golf iron was once referred to as a mid-mashie * 3 Iron Golf Firsts ----------- He was the first to shoot a score lower than his age in a PGA tournament round. * Sam Snead She was the first woman to make $1 million on the LPGA Tour during her career. * Kathy Witworth He was the first man to win both the US Open and Senior Open * Arnold Palmer In 1961 he became the first foreign-born player to win the Masters * Gary Player In 1979, he won the first sudden-death playoff in Masters history * Fuzzy Zoeller Golf Greats ----------- In 1960, this player birdied six of the last seven holes to win at Cherry Hills * Arnold Palmer He holds the record for most tournaments won in a year with 18 * Byron Nelson This golfer has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated most frequently * Jack Nicklaus He was the first man to make $1 million on the PGA Tour during his career * Arnold Palmer He was the first man to make $5 million on the PGA Tour during his career * Jack Nicklaus Golf History ----------- He became the first native of Augusta, Georgia to win the Masters Golf Tournament * Larry Mize This former President's father was president of the US Golf Association * George Bush The first PGA championship was held in this year * 1916 The first Masters was held in this year * 1934 Before the invention of wooden tees, golfers used this to tee up a ball * Sand Golf Hodge ----------- This golfer won eleven consecutive tournaments * Byron Nelson This is Jack Nicklaus' nickname * Golden Bear He has a PGA Tour even named after him & authored "Confessions of a Hooker" * Bob Hope Rudyard Kipling painted his golf balls this color to play winter golf * Red Golf's early birds are called "Dew-..." what * Sweepers Golf Location ----------- The Masters golf tournament is played in this city * Augusta Georgia More British Opens have been held at this course than anywhere else * St Andrews This US state has the fewest golf courses * Alaska The US state that is home to the Baltusrol Country Club * New Jersey This Texas city hosts golf's Colonial Invitational * Fort Worth Golf Nations ----------- Seve Ballesteros was born in this country * Spain Nick Faldo was born in this country * England Bernhard Langer was born in this country * Germany Sandy Lyle was born in this country * Scotland Greg Norman was born in this country * Australia Golf Nickname ----------- He is known as "The Walrus" * Craig Stadler He's "The White Shark" * Greg Norman They call him "The Merry Mex" * Lee Travino He's known as "Slammin'" * Sam Snead He's called "The Hawk" * Ben Hogan Golf Numbers ----------- The maximum number of clubs you are allowed to carry in a golf match * 14 The number of Masters jackets won by Arnold Palmer * 4 The number of tee boxes traditionally in each golf hole * 3 The number of golfers on each team in Walker Cup play * 10 The number of strokes a golfer is penalized for grounding his club in a hazard * 2 Golf Scoring ----------- Scoring one over par on a hole * Bogey Scoring two under par on a hole * Eagle Scoring one under par on a hole is called this * Birdie Scoring three under par on a hole * Albatross This score is a birdie on a par-4 golf hole * 3 Governing Bodies ----------- This popular sport's international governing body is known as FIFA * Soccer The Maryland Cricket Club governed the rules of this racket sport in 1880 * Tennis These Olympic athletes have to abide by the rules of the FIG * Gymnasts In this sport the Union Internationale de Tir calls the shots * Shooting The Federation Internationale de tir a L'arc is the governing body for this sport * Archery Hall of Fame ----------- The basketball hall of fame is located here * Springfield Massachusetts The pro hockey hall of fame is located here * Toronto Ontario Canada The college football hall of fame is located here * Kings Mill Ohio This hall of fame pitcher played his entire career with the Yankees * Whitey Ford This game boasts the oldest hall of fame in the US * Baseball He was the first jewish baseball hall of famer * Hank Greenberg The only tight end in the pro hall of fame * Mike Ditka The first black player elected to the baseball hall of fame in Cooperstown * Jackie Robinson She was the first gymnast elected to the Olympic hall of fame * Mary Lou Retton The 1st latin player elected to the hall of fame in Cooperstown * Roberto Clemente Heisman Winners ----------- This quarterback was Navy's second Heisman trophy winner * Roger Staubach He first played college ball at San Francisco Junior College * OJ Simpson This Notre Dame QB won despite playing only 50 min his first two years * John Haurte This RB's wife gave birth the night before he won the Heisman trophy * OJ Simpson This Oregon State winner was on the President's Commission of Campus Unrest * Terry Baker Hit Men ----------- He's the only player to get five hits in a World Series game * Paul Molitor He's the only player to hit 20 or more pinch-hit homers * Cliff Johnson He has more pinch hits than any other player * Manny Mota He collected his 3000th -- and last -- career base hit on Sept. 30, 1972 * Roberto Clemente Jim Frey said that this Kansas City Royal "Could hit buckshot with barbed wire" * George Brett Hockey ----------- He coached the 1980 US Olympic hockey team to the gold. * Herb Brooks He is the only goalie in the NHL whose name includes all five vowels. * John Vanbiesbrouck The only US player on a gold medal & Stanley Cup team in the same year. * Ken Morrow This hockey essential is made of vulcanized rubber * Puck Toe Blake won the Stanley Cup this many times in his first 5 years with the Canadians. * 5 This NHL club won the season title each year from 1949 through 1955 * Detroit Red Wings The only player to win the Hart, Lady Byng & Art Ross trophies in the same year * Stan Mikita Referees in professional hockey used these before whistles * Bells This hockey team holds the record for most minutes of penalties * Philadelphia Flyers The number of goals that one player must score in one game to have a "Hat Trick" * 3 This NHL player scored the most points in a season * Wayne Gretzky He was the first marksman to win four consecutive NHL scoring championships * Gordie Howe This is done to NHL pucks before a game * Frozen The number of NHL teams to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs * 16 The number of games in an NHL regular season * 80 The number of officials during a hockey game * 3 This hockey player was called the "Golden Jet" * Bobby Hull Bobby Orr ended his career as a part of this team * Chicago Black Hawks Credited to the 1 or 2 players who touch the puck before a 3rd player scores * Assist The first female to get a tryout with an NHL team, tried out for this position * Goalie This caused play to halt 5 times in the 2nd period of an '88 Stanley Cup Final * Fog The only US-based team to win the Stanley Cup in the '60s * Chicago Black Hawks Goalie Jacques Plante was the first to don this protective gear * Mask This team won 4 consecutive Stanley Cups from '80-'83 * New York Islanders This NHL team has appeared in 31 Stanley Cup championships * Montreal Canadiens Hockey Hodge ----------- This NHL player won eight straight MVP awards * Wayne Gretzky The number of minutes in a perion in professional hockey * 20 During the 1981-82 NHL season they went 33-3-4 in Nassau Coliseum * New York Islanders This cartoonist was inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame in '93 * Charles Schulz Guy Lafleur came back with this NY NHL team after a 4 yr retirement * New York Rangers Hockey Terms ----------- The red line that goes from board to board at each end of a hockey ring * Goal Line Also called the biscuit on a hockey rink * Puck When one hockey team has more players on the ice than the other team * Power play To block the opponent into the boards or onto the ice * Check When the referee drops the puck between two players to start play * Face Off Hodgepodge ----------- Of baseball and football, this sports strike lasted longer * Football This city is home to Churchill Downs * Louisville This sports venue is located atop the Pennsylvania Railroad station * Madison Square Garden A badminton shuttlecock is named after this animal. * Bird He was convicted of making illegal contributions for Nixon's re-election in '74. * George Steinbrenner The first US vs Canada curling match was held on this great lake * Lake Erie She became the first black world women's figure skating champoin in '86 * Debi Thomas The Philadelphia Atoms and the Dallas Tornado played this sport in the '70s * Soccer This sport causes 18,000 facial injuries each year in the US kids aged 5 to 14 * Baseball This league suffered the longest player strike in pro sports history * NFL This British skating duo's first name are Jayne and Christopher * Torvill & Dean The number of points needed to win a game of table tennis * 21 This sport allows a player to "Lift, Clean & Place" * Golf A lifesaver should use this swimming stroke during a hair or chin carry * Sidestroke This royal equestrienne was Britain's BBC Sports personality of the year in '71 * Princess Anne The Florida Citrus Bowl football game was previously named for this fruit * Tangerine Water-loving competitors in Australia's moomba masters sport these on their feet * Water skis Oliver Cromwell was denounced for playing this "Disreputable game" * Cricket The color ribbon usually awarded for second place * Red This type of Olympic swimming races start in the water * Backstroke races Japan's Mrs. Junko Tabei was the first woman to climb this * Mount Everest The two major types of competitive ice skating * Figure and speed The 3 basic bets in horse racing, in order * Win Place Show The device that holds the ski boot to the ski * Binding The number of skaters needed for a roller derby team * 5 The number of bowling pins that face you when you've left a "Bread Line" * 4 These are raced in Alaska's iditarod * Dogs Mathew Webb was the first to swim this european body of water in 1875 * English Channel The number of approach steps usually taken before a bowling ball is delivered * 4 The color of felt on most pool tables * Green This U.S. yacht won the Hundred Guineas Cup in 1851 * America In the mid-1960's, 3.5 million Americans were racing this type of car * Slot car This is held on the second Saturday of August at Derby Downs in Akron, Ohio * Soap Box Derby This country's soccer team scored its first goal against Italy in 58 years in '92 * US The 1st to say it's "Not that you won or lost but how you played the game" * Grantland Rice Of men or women, they have more players on a lacrosse team * Women This Japanese art features contestants in protective armor wielding bamboo swords * Kendo Roman emperor Theodosius I banned these competitions * Olympic Games This US cyclist became the first non-European to win the Tour de France * Greg Lemond Bill Russell coached this NBA team * Seattle Supersonics Home Games ----------- This pro football team plays games in the Joe Robbie stadium * Dolphins This college basketball team plays its home games in the Rosemont Horizon * Depaul The Milwaukee Brewers play their home games in this stadium * Milwaukee County Stadium This NFL team plays its home games in the world's largest indoor stadium * New Orleans Saints This NBA team started playing home games in the Delta Center in 1991 * Utah Jazz The California Angels play their home games in this county * Orange County The Texas Rangers play their home games in this city * Arlington Texas This baseball team plays their home games in Municipal Stadium * Cleveland Indians This NFL team plays home games at Soldier Field * Chicago Bears This NFL team plays home games in the Kingdome * Seattle Seahawks This Major League Baseball team plays its home games in Flushing * New York Mets This NBA team plays home games at the Hemisfair Arena * San Antonio Spurs This NBA team plays home games in the Salt Palace * Utah Jazz This NFL team plays its home games in Riverfront Stadium * Cincinnati Bengals This team's home court was the venue for the first NBA All-Star game in 1951 * Boston Celtics Horse Racing ----------- Of Pacers and Trotters, they normally run faster. * Pacers This kind of harness racing horses move both right legs forward at the same time. * Pacers In '72 this was the first 2 year old named horse of the year. * Secratariat These racing horses wear hopples. * Pacers The first horse to win the triple crown * Sir Barton This was the only race that Broker's Tip ever won * Kentucky Derby This was the only undefeated horse to win the Kentucky Derby * Seattle Slew The Preakness, Kentucky Derby & Belmont Stakes comprise this * Triple Crown The term for a thoroughbred's daddy * Sire On May 2, 1970 Dianne Crump was the first female to compete is this race * Kentucky Derby This famed English race course was founded by Queen Anne in 1711 * Ascot The term "Quarter" in quarterhorse is short for this * Quarter mile A racehorse's official birthday is this date * January 1 This racehorse won the triple crown the year after Seattle Slew * Affirmed The fastest gait of a horse * Gallop Jersey Numbers ----------- Larry Bird's number * 33 Willey McCovey, John Riggins and Hank Aaron all wore this number * 44 Elston Howard, Sandy Koufax, Jim Brown and Gale Sayers all wore this number * 32 New York Mets pitcher Sid Fernandez wore this number in honor of his native Hawaii * 50 He wore #2 at home, #4 on the road for the Rocketsbecause number #24 was issued * Rick Barry This was Wilt Chamberlain's jersey number * 13 This was Oscar Robertson's jersey number * 1 This was Magic Johnson's jersey number * 32 The number bruising NFL runner Earl Campbell wore * 34 The number Michael Jordan wore * 23 Jockeys ----------- He rode Alysheba to Derby and Preakness wins in 1987 * Chris McCarron This jocky won 17 triple crowns * Edie Arcaro He rode Sunday Silence to Derby and Preakness wins in 1989 * Pat Valenzuela This teenager rode King of Swat to a last place finish in his first race * Steve Cauthen He notched his 4th Kentucky Derby win Abroad Ferdinand * Willie Shoemaker Leagues ----------- This sports league signed a five-year, $2 billion contract in 1982 * National Football League Norris, Patrick, Adams & Smythe make up the four divisions in this league. * National Hockey League Campbell and Wales are conferences in this league * National Hockey League This league once had the Providence Steam Rollers & Duluth Eskimos * NFL This pro sports league competes every year for the Larry O'Brien trophy * NBA This league signed a $3.64 billion deal over 4 yrs with 5 networks in '90 * NFL The only major US sports league to hold the All-Star game after the season * NFL Their original teams included Hartford, Philadelphia, Boston, Houston, St Louis & New York * NHL The Pittsburgh Pipers played in this pro sports league * American Basketball Association This pro football league challenged the AFL and the NFL in '66 * Continental Football League Letters ----------- This letter indicates a strikeout on a baseball scorecard * K This letter denotes the least-skilled classification in racquetball tournament play. * C This letter adorns the front of the Detroit Tiger's home baseball Uniforms. * D This football formation aligns the RBS in single formation behind the QB. * I Formation The Draft Classification of the entire St. Louis Browns in '44 * 4F Logos ----------- This is the only NFL team without a logo on its helmet * Browns It is the name of the emblem on the New Orleans Saints' helmets * Fleur de Lis He was used as a model for the official NBA logo * Jerry West This sits atop the bat on the New York Yankee's crest * Tophat This NFL team's helmets feature three hypocycloids in the logo * Steelers The Indianapolis Colts have this on the side of their helmets * Horseshoes The wing in the Detroit Redwings' NHL crest emanates from this * Wheel The color of the maple leaf on the Toronto Blue Jays' caps * Red These appear on the Minnesota Vikings helmet * Horns It's worn over the Raiders' warrior's right eye on the team's helmets * Patch Longevity ----------- This football player's career encompassed parts of four decades * George Blanda This pro hockey players career spanned five decades * Gordie Howe He announced that he would play in '93 for a ML record 27th season * Nolan Ryan He began his 50th season as Grambling's football coach in '92 * Eddie Robinson He played in his 36th US Open in '92 * Jack Nicklaus Managers ----------- This baseball legend was the first manager of the Texas Rangers * Ted Williams The first major league team Billy Martin managed * Minnesota Twins This baseball manager won a $100 bet by eating an 84-pound watermelon * Tommy Lasorta He became the first manager of the Colorado Rockies * Don Baylor He submitted a lineup with Lou Gehrig and Ted Williams for the Brewers in '87 * Tom Trebelhorm This future manager-of-the-year lost 24 games as a pitcher for the Mets in '62 * Roger Craig This managerial genius slugged Dave Boswell, one of his own pitchers, in '69 * Billy Martin He managed major league baseball player Cal Ripken Jr from 1987 to 1992 * Cal Ripkin Sr He managed the first baseball team to win five consecutive pennants * Casey Stengel He was the first manager of the New York Mets * Casey Stengel Manufacturers ----------- This company makes the official Major League Baseballs * Rawlings This brand of balls is used by more PGA Tour pros than any other * Titleist This company makes Dot golf balls * Spalding This company makes Top-Flight golf balls * Spalding This company makes Maxfli golf balls * Dunlop Martial Arts ----------- This martial art's name means "Empty hand" in English * Karate The color worn by a beginner in Judo * White In Judo, this is the color belt above brown * Blue It is the color belt between orange and blue in North American judo * Green This Chinese art of self-defense * Kung Fu Mascots ----------- This ferocious animal is the most popular nickname for college football teams * Tiger Judge, the mascot of Baylor's football team, is this kind of animal * Bear This professional team's mascot is a chicken * Padres Ted Giannoulas portrays this famous "mascot" * San Diego Chicken This mythical creature is the mascot for the University of Kansas * Jayhawk Mem. Trades ----------- They traded a minor league catcher to the Atlanta Crackers for an announcer in '48 * Brooklyn Dodgers In '89 the Dallas Cowboys traded this running back for up to 12 players * Herschel Walker He was traded from the Cubs to the Tigers & back in the '87 season * Dickie Noles Charles Barkley left this NBA team for the Phoenix Suns * 76ers His NBA trade inspired the Philadelphia headline: "The mouth goes south" * Charles Barkley Most In A Season ----------- This Redskin had the most receptions in a single season with 106 in '84 * Art Monk This Giant kicked the most field goals in a season with 35 in '83 * Ali Haji Sheikh He had the most sacks in a season with 22 as a Jet in '84 * Mark Gastineau He completed the most passes in a season with 404 as an Oiler in 1991 * Warren Moon This Ram caught the most interceptions in a season with 14 in '52 * Dick Night Train Lane This Oiler QB had the most pass attempts in a single season with 665 in '91 * Warren Moon This Packer scored the most points in a single season with 176 in '60 * Paul Hornung This Redskin had the most touchdowns in a single season with 24 in '83 * John Riggins He gained the most yards rushing in a season with 2,105 as a Ram in '84 * Eric Dickerson This Dolphin passed for most yards in a season with 5,084 in '84 * Dan Marino Movies ----------- This boxer was originally slated to oppose Sylvester Stalone in "Rocky" * Joe Frasier The gridiron warrior who was the subject of the movie "Fighting Back" * Rocky Bleier He portrayed Alex Karras in the movie "Paper Lion" * Alex Karras This movie was set against Super Bowl X * Black Sunday Tom Cruise tried to win a scholarship to escape his small town in this '83 movies * All the Right Moves Wareen Beatty played a pro football player for this team in "Heaven can Wait" * Los Angeles Rams Dr. J & Kareem Abdul Jabbar appeard in "The Fish That Saved" this city * Pittsburgh Gene Hackman is the coach of an Indiana school up against unbelievable odds * Hoosiers They are Wayne and Garth's favorite hockey team in "Wayne's World" * Chicago Black Hawks This '51 movie with Janet Leigh had angels here * Outfield In this movie, Kevin Costner was told "If you build it, they will come" * Field of Dreams Glenn Ford played this golf legend in "Follow the Sun" in 1951 * Ben Hogan Alan Alda portrayed George Plimpton in this movie * Paper Lion This actor played Rocky Balboa's trainer * Burgess Meredith He played the title role in "Knute Rockne, All American" * Pat OBrien Multi-team Cities ----------- This city is home to the Mariners, Seahawks and Supersonics * Seattle This city is home to the Heat, the Hurricanes and the Marlins * Miami This city has the Bears, the White Sox and the Cubs * Chicago This city has the Rockets, the Owls, the Cougars and the Astros * Houston This city has the Hawks, the Falcons and the Braves * Atlanta Music ----------- Ice dancers Torville & Dean skated to this ravel work at the '84 Olympic games * Bolero The New York Mets announcer Ralph Kiner once called this song the "New York Anthem" * Star Spangled Banner ABC used this Jerry Lee Lewis song on its closing highlights for pro bowling * Great Balls of Fire The Tigers forced Jack Morris to turn off this Russian composer * Tchaikovsky Katarina Witt & Debi Thomas skated to this bizet opera's music in '88 * Carmen Musical Names ----------- Texas Rangers' pitcher and pop-country star * Kenny Rogers Journeyman infielder and Doors lead singer * Jim Morrison Georgetown basketball guard, Seahawk linebacker & single-gloved-mega-star * Michael Jackson Sports Announcer and "The hardest working man in show business." * James Brown Shoeless baseball legend and British singer * Joe Jackson MVPs ----------- This St. Louis Cardinal baseball player earned MVP honors in '43, '46 & '48 * Stan Musial He was the MVP of the 1988 World Series * Orel Hershiser Of the first 6 Super Bowl MVP awards, this number went to QBs * 5 This Florida QB was the 1st Sugar Bowl MVP from a losing team * Steve Spurrier This linebacker is the only member of a losing team to be Super Bowl MVP * Chuck Howley Name the Sport ----------- This racket sport holds an annual singles championship for players over 80 * Squash This sport's matches are divided into chukkers * Polo This sport had the most on Sport Magazine's 9 highest paid athletes of '90 * Boxing This sport is played in Budweiser's three-on-three challenge * Basketball In '61 this sport became the first to benefit from instant replay * Football This sport has been described as "lawn bowling on ice" * Curling This sport's races include the Tour of Italy, the Tour of Spain and the Milk Race * Cycling This sport's female professionals compete on the LPBT Tour * Bowling This event gives picadores & banderilleros the chance to do their thing * Bullfighting School or compulsory figures are used in this sport. * Ice skating The Magazine "Bird Chatter" is devoted to this sport * Badminton Cycling, Running & Swimming make up this type of competition * Triathlon This type of court boasts a Cut Line, Service Box & Tell Tale * Squash This sport lifted its skirts for the 1983 season * Formula one racing These sportsmen wear chest protecting plastrons under a jacket * Fencers Scott Hamilton is noted for this sport * Ice Skating It's the sport of descending a rock surface * Rapelling Eskimo rolls are performed in this sport * Kayaking Mary Decer, Evelyn Ashford & Renaldo Nehemiah are known for this sport * Running This sport was banned in Florida after a Michigan man fell to his death * Bungee Jumping This sport is central in the 1970 movie "The Endless Summer" * Surfing This is sometimes known as sidewalk surfing * Skateboarding This sport is the "Spiritual Parent" of skateboarding & snowboarding * Surfing This sport's hall of fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island * Tennis This sport attracts the largest number of paying customers in the US * Horse Racing Names ----------- On the reservation back in Oklahoma he is known as Drag-His-Root * Jim Thorpe This boxers name is translated as "Praiseworthy, the most high" * Muhammad Ali The unofficial name of the '66 season's NFL - AFL championship game * Super Bowl The most common name for players selected for the NFL Pro Bowl * Green This 1966 Heisman trophy winner's initials are S.O.S. * Steven Orr Spurrier Nickname ----------- Juan Rodriguez is better known as this * Chi Chi Rodriguez The NFL coach was dubbed the reverend TL by his congregation of athletes * Tom Landry This race driver is known as the king of stockers * Richard Petty Swiss sensation Clarence Crabble answered to this nickname * Buster Basketball sharpshooter Pete Maravich's nickname * Pistol Pete Nolan Ryan ----------- Nolan Ryan's 300th win was against this team * Milwaukee Brewers He was Nolan Ryan's 5,000th strikeout * Rickey Henderson He holds the record for most consecutive starts without this * Relief He has hit the most homers off of Nolan with 6 * Will Clark He charged Nolan after being hit by a pitch in 1993 * Robin Ventura No Hitters ----------- He was the first pitcher to throw an Opening Day no-hitter * Bob Feller He threw the first no-hitter in World Series history * Don Larson He pitched a no-hitter to clinch the '86 NL West title for the Houston Astros * Mike Scott This one-armed pitcher threw a no-hitter in 1883 * Hugh Daily This one-handed pitcher threw a no-hitter for the Yankees in '93 * Jim Abbott Numbers ----------- The number of Major League Baseball, NFL & NBA teams that play at home in Texas * 7 A doubles court is this many feet wider than a singles tennis court. * 9 This score in darts is dubbed sunset trip * 77 Of 16, 20 & 24, this number makes up the maximum Kentucky Derby field * 20 The number of attempts each cabber-tosser makes to determine his best distance * 3 The number of races run per year at the Indianapolis Speedway * 1 The number of times St. Louis pitcher Bob Gibson was World Series MVP * 2 The number of darts thrown by each side in a turn of tournament darts * 3 The highest possible score in figure skating * 6 The number of stumps that a cricket wicket has * 3 The number of strikes each player gets in a turn in a game of conkers * 3 The number of points a leaner is worth in horseshoe pitching * 1 The number of white balls used in pocket billiards * 1 The number of times the baton is passed by a relay team with four runners * 3 The number of individual events in a heptathlon * 7 The number of walls that a good serve can hit before bouncing in racquetball * 2 The number of officials in a volleyball match * 1 The number of games that must be won in a regulation set in tennis * 6 As of '93 the number of triple crown winners in horse racing * 11 The number of states that are home to more than one NFL football team * 6 Number of Players ----------- The number of players on a rugby team * 15 The number of players on a soccer team * 11 The number of players on a lacrosse team * 10 The number of players on a volleyball team * 6 The number of players on a hockey team * 6 Number of Teams ----------- The number of NHL teams in the league as of the 1993 season * 26 The number of teams in the NBA in 1993 * 27 The number of teams in the NFL in the 1993 season * 28 The number of Major League Baseball teams in the 1993 season * 26 The number of teams the American Football League had in its 1st season * 8 Olympics ----------- These Olympic contests used to be called the heel-and-toe events * Walks The music that Olympic ice skaters skate to may not contain these * Vocals The number of false starts that will disqualify an Olympic runner * 2 After the result of an Olympic boxing contest, "RSC" is "Referee stops ..." * Contest The month that the '88 summer Olympics started * September The number of gold medals Carl Lewis won in the 1984 summer Olympics * 4 This city's opening Olympic game ceremonies used 80 grand pianos * Los Angeles This former Celtics player and coach was also a member of the '56 US basketball team * K C Jones This Olympic sport includes events in soling, star & tornado classes * Yachting He was the first president of the American Professional Football Association in '20 * Jim Thorpe Olympic Abbrev. ----------- This country's official Olympic abbreviation was URS * Soviet Union This country's official Olympic abbreviation is ESP * Spain This country's official Olympic abbreviation is BAR * Barbados This country's official Olympic abbreviation is CAN * Canada This country's official Olympic abbreviation is ISL * Iceland Olympic Cities ----------- The '56 summer games were held November 22 to December 8 in this city * Melbourne The winter Olympics were held at this Tyrolean Venue in '64 & '76 * Innsbruck The Unites States boycotted the '80 summer games held here * Moscow The Soviet Union boycotted the '84 summer games held here * Los Angeles In '25 this city was retroactively called "The Olympic winter games" * Chamonix Olympic Colors ----------- The number of colors on an Olympic flag * 6 The upper left Olympic ring is this color * Blue The color of the middle Olympic ring * Black The color flag that signifies an Olympic walker has been disqualified * Red The color of Carl Lewis' shoes when sprinting to victory at the '84 Olympics * White Olympic Country ----------- The only country to participate in every modern summer & winter Olympics * England The only non-communist nation to finish in the '80 summer top 8 medal count * Italy This country's '88 basketball squad was mummified by the US 102-35 * Egypt The US men's squad upset this country's top rated gymnastics team in '84 * China This country's basketball team won the gold medal in '80 in Moscow * Yugoslavia This country's Olympic abbreviation is "SUI" * Switzerlan This country's Olympic abbreviation is "ARS" * Soudi Arabia The second eastern bloc country to boycott the '84 summer Olympics * Bulgaria Lasse Viron winner of the 5000M & 10000M in '72 & '76 competed for this country * Finland This country's team has won the Olympic water polo tournament the most * Hungary Olympic Events ----------- This Olympic sport has been called "ballet in water" * Synchronized swimming Considered the most physically demanding Olympic sport * Decathlon This event and swimming require competitors to travel backwards to win * Rowing This sport boasts the Olympic event held over the longest distance * Cycling This men's athletic even was won at the 1984 Olympics with a result of 2.35 meters * High jump Greco-Roman is a type of this Olympic sport * Wrestling Platform and springboard are two types of competition in this Olympic sport * Diving Bonnie Blair won two gold medals for this sport * Speed skating This event won Trent Dimas an Olympic gold medal * High bar Wyoma Tyus won unprecedented back to back victories in this event * 100 yard dash These 2 single-event athletic competitions measure vertical distance * Hi Jump & Pole Vault This Olympic skiing even must be held of two different courses * Slalom Jim Thorpe won gold medals in the 1912 Olympics for the pentathlon and this * Decathlon This type of handball is an Olympic event * Field handball This Olympic event includes riding, fencing, shooting, swimming & running * Modern pentahlon Olympic Firsts ----------- She was the first gymnast to awarded a score of 10 in the Olympics * Nadia Comaneci This made the firsts appearance at the 1912 Olympics * Women's athletics The first verified Olympics in 776 BC were dedicated to this god * Zeus She became the first woman to reach the finals in all 4 Olympic gymnastic events * Mary Lou Retton He was the first US figure skater to win the gold medal * Dick Button Olympic Location ----------- It's the smallest country to have hosted the summer Olympics * Finland This country hosted the Olympic games held at Garmischpartenkirchen * Germany This country hosted what was hyped as the "Serenity Olympics" * Munich The 1932 summer Olympics were held in this US city * Los Angeles This city will host the 1996 summer Olympics * Atlanta Owners ----------- This baseball owner was dubbed Phineas T. Bluster by his players * George Steinbrenner This network once owned a majority of the New York Yankees * CBS He was known as "Papa Bear" * George Halas He bought the Houston Astros from John McMullen in 1992 * Drayton McLane Jr In 1935 the owner of this team called night baseball "Just a fad, a passing fancy" * Chicago Cubs Rules Regs ----------- The USGA recommends that the flagstick be at least this high * 7 feet The number of traps used in a skeet-shooting competition * 2 The number of wild-card teams in the NFL playoffs per conference per season * 3 The number of time-outs an NHL team is allowed in a game * 1 College Basketball's so-called Lew Alcindor rule, since revoked, banned this * Slam Dunk Shot Starts with F ----------- The '64 Olympic heavyweight champion; he fought Ali 3 times * Joe Fraizer The only driver to win Indy 500, Daytona 500 & 24 hours of Le Mans * AJ Foyt She was a 3-time figure skating world champ & won a gold medal in '68 * Peggy Fleming All-time home run leader among catchers & American League leader in games caught * Carlton Fisk He played for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan before joining the Detroit Tigers * Cecil Fielder Swimming Strokes ----------- This stroke can either be American or Australian * Crawl This stroke and freestyle allow flip turns * Backstroke The butterfly & this Olympic stroke aren't allowed alternating arm movements * Breaststroke This swimming stroke resulted from a loophole in breaststroke regulations * Butterfly The swimming stroke once known as the double-overhead * Freestyle Terms ----------- This ball sport is sometimes said to have "Ducks on the pond" * Baseball A "chip shot" is a short one of these to a football player * Field Goal A rink would play in a rink in this winter sport * Curling A Hit-and-Run would be used in this sport * Baseball It's the modern golf term for a 10-iron * Wedge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Jeopardy Questions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He deserted the Motor City for Tinseltown marrying actress Susan Clark along the way * Alex Karras This Pittsburgh player is the last one in 50 years to get 40 or more Homers. * Willie Stargell This legendary football team owner replaced Babe Ruth in right field for the Yankees * George Halas This Raider said "In Oakland it was always win, win, win & you get fed up with it." * Jose Canseco This Dodger got inspiration on the mound singing "Praise God" * Orel Hershiser This Yankee's broadcaster observed: "If Don's AL MVP, nothing's Kosher in China." * Phil Rizzuto Of Al, Dick & Frank McGuire, he is the only one inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame. * Frank Of Idaho, Oregon and Washington this school doesn't play football in the Pacific Ten * Idaho Of Texas, Texas A&M & Texas El Paso, this one does not belong in the SW Conference * Texas El Paso This USC running back set a major college rushing record before raiding the NFL * Marcus Allen Dodger ace Sandy Koufax played this sport on scholarship at the University of Cincinnati * Basketball This former Steeler led an '87 hall of fame ceremony audience in chanting "Dee- fense" * Mean Joe Greene In her 1st full season on the LPGA Tour, she won 9 tournaments, including a 5 in a row * Nancy Lopez This lawn sports popularity put an abrupt end to the croquet craze of the late 1800s * Tennis This gymnastic sport features rolls, levers, kips, crosses, uprises & grant swings * Rings This inventor charged 10 cents a round in 1894 to see the first film of a boxing match. * Thomas Edison The number of yards an opposing soccer player must be from the ball on a free kick * 10 Since '45 US Players have fared worse in this Grand Slam men's tennis tournament. * French Open ******************************************************************************* ii) Credits ******************************************************************************* GameFAQs - For hosting Mike Truitt - Friend on the boards for many years now, allowing me to use his Gameboy Guide for this game to create this FAQ. I owe him a lot of great sex for the favor! ___________________________ Apathetic Aardvark - 2005 | ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ