Trivia Questions and Answers

[The Gipper]

@texasag1969 said:

Austin & surrounding area has grown so much they are way overdue for a major sports franchise.

How about Baton Rouge?

No not BR.   Which sport are you suggesting?

[TexasAg1969]

@the-gipper said:

No not BR.   Which sport are you suggesting?

Baseball. LSU has always had a great following with their baseball teams there. So why not?

[nickers]

How about Portland, Oregon..

[The Gipper]

@texasag1969 said:

Baseball. LSU has always had a great following with their baseball teams there. So why not?

LsU?   We are talking about Austin, not Baton Rouge or New Orleans. 

[The Gipper]

@nickers said:

How about Portland, Oregon..

Portland has an NBA team.....the Trailblazers.  Doh!

[The Gipper]

You jumped the gun on the merge.  I was still giving time to this one....but, OK  I will give the answers:

Name the 5 cities that never had a team:

Akron, Ohio;

Canton, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

Duluth, Minn.

Erie PA

Evansville, Indiana

Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Hammond, Indiana

Hartford, Conn.

Kenosha, Wisc.

Louisville KY

Mansfield, Ohio

Massillon, Ohio

Muncie, Ind.

Newark, NJ

Portsmouth, Ohio

Pottstown PA

Pottsville PA

Providence, Rhode Island

Racine, Wisc.

Rochester NY

Rock Island, Illinois

St. Louis, Missouri

South Bend, Indiana

Staten Island NY

Toledo, Ohio

Tonawanda NY

Youngstown, Ohio

 

So, of the list:  Erie,  Pottstown, South Bend, Youngstown, and Massillon have never had an NFL team.   All the other cities did have one at one time. 

 

Additionally:   the Portsmouth Ohio franchise....known as the Spartans there is still with us now known as the Detroit Lions.   Some claim there is a lineage for the Indianapolis Colts going back to the Dayton Triangles...but I personally am not sure about that. 

[nickers]

@the-gipper said:

Portland has an NBA team.....the Trailblazers.  Doh!

I thought you were asking about Football Doh lol.. My bad..

[The Gipper]

@nickers said:

I thought you were asking about Football Doh lol.. My bad..

I said all 4 major sports 

[The Gipper]

Name the 10 Largest Metropolitan areas in the USA that do NOT have a team in one of the 4 major sports leagues:  NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL

Answers:

1. Austin  TX    2. Virginia Beach/Norfolk   3. Greensboro  NC   4. Louisville KY  5. Greeneville/Spartanburg  SC   6. Hartford  Conn.   7. Grand Rapids Mich.   8. Birmingham Ala.   9. Fresno CA   10.  Harrisburg Pa.    and 11 is   Ft. Myers/Naples  Fla. 

While I did not include the MLS.....which maybe in a few years will have to be included in what constitutes a "Major" sports league in the US and Canada......Austin  IS  scheduled to have an MLS expansion team begin play in 2021.   When that happens it will be the ONLY city with an MLS team but not a team in the other major sports. 

[TexasAg1969]

@the-gipper said:

Name the 10 Largest Metropolitan areas in the USA that do NOT have a team in one of the 4 major sports leagues:  NFL/MLB/NBA/NHL

Answers:

1. Austin  TX    2. Virginia Beach/Norfolk   3. Greensboro  NC   4. Louisville KY  5. Greeneville/Spartanburg  SC   6. Hartford  Conn.   7. Grand Rapids Mich.   8. Birmingham Ala.   9. Fresno CA   10.  Harrisburg Pa.    and 11 is   Ft. Myers/Naples  Fla. 

While I did not include the MLS.....which maybe in a few years will have to be included in what constitutes a "Major" sports league in the US and Canada......Austin  IS  scheduled to have an MLS expansion team begin play in 2021.   When that happens it will be the ONLY city with an MLS team but not a team in the other major sports. 

Soccer is big in the school system all around Austin & surrounding area, so that's a good move.

Trivia trick question: Who is the most famous soccer player ever to come out of the Central Texas High School system? Here's a hint. Someone still pays him after more than 20 years as a pro.

[The Gipper]

@texasag1969 said:

Soccer is big in the school system all around Austin & surrounding area, so that's a good move.

Trivia trick question: Who is the most famous soccer player ever to come out of the Central Texas High School system? Here's a hint. Someone still pays him after more than 20 years as a pro.

Adam Vinatieri...or some other football kicker. 

[The Gipper]

Zombo said:

I think we are #10 ... Because Hartford had the Whalers.

Zombo

Well, I was going by the current situation.  But yes, Hartford HAD an NHL team.   But no longer. 

[TexasAg1969]

@the-gipper said:

Adam Vinatieri...or some other football kicker. 

Vinatieri came from S.D. and is no longer employed in the NFL.  But you got kicker right. Keep trying.?

[The Gipper]

@texasag1969 said:

Vinatieri came from S.D. and is no longer employed in the NFL.  But you got kicker right. Keep trying.?

Pete Gogolak....no, he went to Cornell I think.    Sean Landeta....but I don't think he is around any more...besides, he was a punter. 

Robbie Gould? 

[The Gipper]

Here is today's Trivia Question:

Tomorrow we play the Titans......but if you recall, the Titans used to be known as The Oilers.   

I count at least   6 other current NFL teams that at one point were known by another "nickname".   Name as many of these as you can. 

[Dutch Oven]

@the-gipper said:

Here is today's Trivia Question:

Tomorrow we play the Titans......but if you recall, the Titans used to be known as The Oilers.   

I count at least   6 other current NFL teams that at one point were known by another "nickname".   Name as many of these as you can. 

The Lions used to be the Spartans

The Bears used to be the Staleys

The Eagles used to be the Yellowjackets

The Jets used to be the Titans

The Chiefs used to be the Texans

The Football Team used to be the Redskins

[The Gipper]

@dutch-oven said:

The Lions used to be the Spartans

The Bears used to be the Staleys

The Eagles used to be the Yellowjackets

The Jets used to be the Titans

The Chiefs used to be the Texans

The Football Team used to be the Redskins

Technically, the  Eagles and the Yellow Jackets were completely separate franchises.  Eagles happened to take over in Philly after YJs went defunct. So that answer is technically wrong.  And while the WTFs were the Redskins....before they were the Redskins they had another name.

Plus there is one other you are missing.  

[ATOM]

steelers were the jerk off's

[Dutch Oven]

@the-gipper said:

Technically, the  Eagles and the Yellow Jackets were completely separate franchises.  Eagles happened to take over in Philly after YJs went defunct. So that answer is technically wrong.  And while the WTFs were the Redskins....before they were the Redskins they had another name.

Plus there is one other you are missing.  

Were the Redskins formerly the Braves?

[The Gipper]

@dutch-oven said:

Were the Redskins formerly the Braves?

CheckCheck. But still one more