Sports Easy Trivia Quiz # 14
This is Sports Easy Quiz # 14, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Sports Easy Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Sports Easy Question 1
Netball - There is a fiction series (8 books) based on netball. What is the series called?
The correct answer is 'All Stars'
Team Stars, Netball Fanatics and Rockets are name I made up, they aren't an eight book netball series.
Sports Easy Question 2
Professional Athletes Alumni - Where did Kerry Collins, LaVar Arrington, Franco Harris, Ki-Jana Carter and Joe Jurevicius all go to college?
The correct answer is 'Penn State'
O.J. McDuffie and Matt Millen also went to Penn State.
Sports Easy Question 3
Grounds and Nicknames - Which team nicknamed 'The Canaries' played at Carrow Road?
The correct answer is 'Norwich City'
Sponsor by one of Norwich's best known exports Mustard.
Sports Easy Question 4
Who Won When? - Who won the first World Series?
The correct answer is 'Boston Pilgrims'
The Pilgrims won the first series 5 games to 3 over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Sports Easy Question 5
Liverpool - AC Milan: 2005 Final - How many times had Liverpool won the European Cup/Champions League prior to this match?
The correct answer is '4'
Liverpool had previously won the European Cup in 1977 (3-1 against Borussia Moenchengladbach), 1978 (1-0 against FC Bruges), 1981 (1-0 against Real Madrid), and 1984 (1-1, 4-2 on penalties against AS Roma). Because this was their fifth win, Liverpool were allowed to keep the trophy indefinitely.
Sports Easy Question 6
Mascots and Campus - What is the mascot of the college with a campus in Blacksburg?
The correct answer is 'Hokies'
Virginia Tech played in the Big East.
Sports Easy Question 7
Australia's 2003 World Cup Squad - Which South Australian would quite often open the bowling with Glenn McGrath?
The correct answer is 'Jason Gillespie'
Unfortunately he missed a couple of matches through an ankle problem, but he was wonderful in the matches he did play in, especially in the first one against Pakistan. After his achilles injury he was replaced by Nathan Bracken (who didn't end up playing a game).
Sports Easy Question 8
English Clubs' Mascots 2003 - What is Warrington's mascot?
The correct answer is 'Wolf'
The Warrington Wolves had former Australian halfback Allan (Alfie) Langer, play for them between 1999 and 2002.
Sports Easy Question 9
World Series for a Dummy - Reggie Jackson might have been known as 'Mr. October', but which Brooklyn Dodger hit four home runs in two different World Series?
The correct answer is 'Duke Snider'
The others listed were all career New York Yankees. Snider banged out four in the 1952 series loss to the Yankees, then again in 1955 against the Yankees, this time taking home a pennant. Edwin Donald 'Duke' Snider hit 11 career World Series home runs in his six appearances.
Sports Easy Question 10
The Hot Corner - Nicknamed "Pie", I played my entire 17 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Perhaps my greatest asset was my defense and my unbelievable throwing arm. Many experts say that I'm was the finist third baseman of the first half of the 20th-century. Who am I?
The correct answer is 'Harold Traynor'
No one really knows where Pie Traynor may have received his nickname. However, some theories are Pie received that nickname because it was his favorite food growing up or when his dad, one day, declared that his boy resembled pied type. Traynor won a World Series ring in 1925 with the Pirates and was a two-time All Star.