Basketball/football/Olympics trivia
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Here is a set of trivia on the various sports happenings:
1. In the NBA, who is the only active player that is among the Top Ten in all time career games played?
2. You all know that Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 pts. in a game, and that the #2 most points was scored by Kobe Bryant. What player is #3 on the list of most points in a game?
Hint: it is not Michael Jordan.
3. A. After The Sochi Winter Olympics, what will be the host city 4 years from now?
B. The host cities for both the 2016 and the 2020 Summer Olympics have been chosen. Name these two cities.
4. Who won more Olympic Medals than any other athlete in history, Summer or Winter games?
5. What country has won the most medals in the Winter Olympics since they started in 1924?
Hint: it is not the USA
6. Three cities have been the host of the Winter Olympics on 2 separate occasions. Name these 3 cities.
7. Many (mostly small) countries have won medals in the Summer Olympics without ever having won a medal in the Winter Olympics. However, there is one and only one single country that has won several medals in the Winter Olympics without having ever won a medal in the Summer Olympics. Name that country.
8. Name the city that goes with these defunct NFL franchises:
Triangles:
Heralds:
Eskimos:
Dons
Steam Roller
Gunners
Flyers:
Colonels:
Celts:
Tornadoes:
9. Since the NFL draft began in 1936, and including the AFL draft, there have been only 3 current NFL teams who have never at one point in time or another held the #1 overall pick in the draft. Name these 3 teams.
10. There are 3 current team that have had the #1 overall pick in the draft 5 or more times. Name these 3 teams.
Hint: the Browns are not one of them
11. Of all those #1 overall picks in the draft, NFL and AFL included, which surname (last name) of a player has been selected the most times?
12. For this question, to combine the NFL draft and the Winter Olympics, there have been 3 #1 overall picks of the NFL/AFL draft whose last name ended in SKI. Can you name these 3 "...ski bums"?
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Really?
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B. The host cities for both the 2016 and the 2020 Summer Olympics have been chosen. Name these two cities.
One of these is Rio, I think 2016.
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B. The host cities for both the 2016 and the 2020 Summer Olympics have been chosen. Name these two cities.
One of these is Rio, I think 2016.
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Here is a set of trivia on the various sports happenings:
1. In the NBA, who is the only active player that is among the Top Ten in all time career games played?
2. You all know that Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 pts. in a game, and that the #2 most points was scored by Kobe Bryant. What player is #3 on the list of most points in a game?
Hint: it is not Michael Jordan.
3. A. After The Sochi Winter Olympics, what will be the host city 4 years from now?
B. The host cities for both the 2016 and the 2020 Summer Olympics have been chosen. Name these two cities.
4. Who won more Olympic Medals than any other athlete in history, Summer or Winter games?
5. What country has won the most medals in the Winter Olympics since they started in 1924?
Hint: it is not the USA
6. Three cities have been the host of the Winter Olympics on 2 separate occasions. Name these 3 cities.
7. Many (mostly small) countries have won medals in the Summer Olympics without ever having won a medal in the Winter Olympics. However, there is one and only one single country that has won several medals in the Winter Olympics without having ever won a medal in the Summer Olympics. Name that country.
8. Name the city that goes with these defunct NFL franchises:
Triangles:
Heralds:
Eskimos:
Dons
Steam Roller
Gunners
Flyers:
Colonels:
Celts:
Tornadoes:
9. Since the NFL draft began in 1936, and including the AFL draft, there have been only 3 current NFL teams who have never at one point in time or another held the #1 overall pick in the draft. Name these 3 teams.
10. There are 3 current team that have had the #1 overall pick in the draft 5 or more times. Name these 3 teams.
Hint: the Browns are not one of them
11. Of all those #1 overall picks in the draft, NFL and AFL included, which surname (last name) of a player has been selected the most times?
12. For this question, to combine the NFL draft and the Winter Olympics, there have been 3 #1 overall picks of the NFL/AFL draft whose last name ended in SKI. Can you name these 3 "...ski bums"?
Here is a set of trivia on the various sports happenings:
Answers:
1. In the NBA, who is the only active player that is among the Top Ten in all time career games played?
Kevin Garnett is currently 10th on the all time list
2. You all know that Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 pts. in a game, and that the #2 most points was scored by Kobe Bryant. What player is #3 on the list of most points in a game?
Hint: it is not Michael Jordan.
David Robinson scored 71 points in a game
3. A. After The Sochi Winter Olympics, what will be the host city 4 years from now?
Pyongchang, South Korea.
For the 2022 games, the choice is down to 5 cities: BEijing, China; Almaty, Kasakhstan; Lviv, Ukraine; Krakow, Poland, and Oslo, Norway.
B. The host cities for both the 2016 and the 2020 Summer Olympics have been chosen. Name these two cities.
2016 is Rio de Janiero. 2020 is Tokyo.
4. Who won more Olympic Medals than any other athlete in history, Summer or Winter games?
Michael Phelps has won 22 medals (not all gold). Most of anyone ever.
5. What country has won the most medals in the Winter Olympics since they started in 1924?
Hint: it is not the USA
Norway, prior to this years games had won 303 medals in the Winter Olympics. The USA is second with 234.
6. Three cities have been the host of the Winter Olympics on 2 separate occasions. Name these 3 cities.
Lake Placid NY, USA
Innsbruck, Austria
St. Moritz, Switzerland
7. Many (mostly small) countries have won medals in the Summer Olympics without ever having won a medal in the Winter Olympics. However, there is one and only one single country that has won several medals in the Winter Olympics without having ever won a medal in the Summer Olympics. Name that country.
Liechtenstein....has won 9 Winter Medals but -0- Summer Medals.
8. Name the city that goes with these defunct NFL franchises:
Triangles: Dayton
Heralds: Detroit
Eskimos: Duluth
Dons Los Angeles
Steam Roller Providence
Gunners St. Louis
Flyers: Muncie
Colonels: Louisville
Celts: Cincinnati
Tornadoes: Racine
9. Since the NFL draft began in 1936, and including the AFL draft, there have been only 3 current NFL teams who have never at one point in time or another held the #1 overall pick in the draft. Name these 3 teams.
Jaguars, Ravens, and Seahawks have never had the #1 overall pick.
Also: The Broncos have never had the #1 pick of the NFL draft, but they did ha draft a couple of times.ve the #1 pick of the AFL
10. There are 3 current team that have had the #1 overall pick in the draft 5 or more times. Name these 3 teams.
Hint: the Browns are not one of them
Colts: 7 times. Rams: 6 times. Patriots 5 times.
Notes: this year will be the 3rd time the Texans have had #1 overall....matching the Browns in history.
Also: The Boston/NY Yanks, now defunct had the #1 overall pick twice. They are the only defunct team to have had that #1 pick.
11. Of all those #1 overall picks in the draft, NFL and AFL included, which surname (last name) of a player has been selected the most times?
Smith: Bubba Smith, Bruce Smith, Alex Smith
There have been 2 Sims: Ken and Billy. There were 2 Davis's: Corby and Ernie. And of course 2 Mannings: Peyton and Eli.
Besides the Mannings I do not believe any of the others were related.
12. For this question, to combine the NFL draft and the Winter Olympics, there have been 3 #1 overall picks of the NFL/AFL draft whose last name ended in SKI. Can you name these 3 "...ski bums"?
Jim Grabowski
Walt Patulski
Steve Bartkowski.
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