Is the "Speedway" still operating in Barberton? I had a Great Aunt Bessie that drove in their "Powder Puff Derbys" back in the 50's.

Since we really need to move on from that abortion of a game yesterday, here is some Trivia about our next opponent, the Atlanta Falcons. I will say this about that team: they have perhaps the boringest history of an NFL franchise that old that I have studied. So excuse me if I diverge into other areas.:

Answers:

1. There are only 2 players that played their careers primarily with the Falcons that have made the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Name those two players.

Claude Humphrey and Deion Sanders (who played more years with Falcons than other teams)

2. What is the all time head to head record between the Browns and Falcons?

Browns lead 10-3

3. A bit off topic: With which team have the Browns played to a tie against the most times in history. Hint: it is not the Falcons.

The Cardinals. The Browns have had 3 ties with them, including a famous 33-33 shootout in the mid 60s.

4. Which 3 players that led the Falcons in receiving in a season also played for the Browns at some point?

Andre "Bad Moon" Rison

Tommy McDonald

Eric Metcalf

5. Who is the only player to make the Pro Bowl as a Falcon that also played for the Browns at some point?

Rison

6. Who was the first person ever drafted by the Falcons?

Tommy Nobis LB from Texas. He was supposed to be a Dick Butkus/Nitschke type clone.....and he was close to that. Being on a fairly bad expansion team hurt him a bit.

7. A. How did the Falcons get their nickname?

A fan contest selected the name. I had thought that they chose the name Falcons to match The Hawks NBA team that moved there. But that is not the case. The Falcons were there first.

B. Which team started playing in Atlanta first: Falcons, Braves, Hawks? (recall that both the Braves and Hawks moved to Atlanta from other cities: Milwaukee and St. Louis respectively)

The Braves moved to ATL and began play in the spring of 1966. The Falcons started play in fall 1966. The Hawks moved to ATL in 1968

8. Except for the Redskins, who were known for a long time as the over the hill gang, the Falcons probably had more players play for them over the age of 40 than any other team. Name 4 player that played for the Falcons that were over 40.

(see how I had to stretch this topic)

Steve DeBerg, Morten Andersen, Jeff Van Note, and Clay Matthews.

9. Who is the most hated person in the history of Atlanta?

That would be William Tecumseh Sherman. Union General. I defy anyone to think of someone more hated in the history of Atlanta.

I suspect he is more hated there than Art Modell is here.

10. Which Star Trek actor and which Best Actress Oscar winner both came from the same Atlanta suburb of Conyers?

DeForrest Kelley, Bone/Dr. McCoy is from Conyers......as is Holly Hunter. Best Actress for The Piano.

11. One of Atlanta's best known residents, Ted Turner, was not an Atlanta native. Where is Ted Turner originally born and raised for the most part?

He was born in Cincinnati where he lived till about 10 years old. Then the family moved to Georgia, but it was Savannah for a while, then they moved to Chattanooga TN. From there, Turner went to college at Brown in Providence RI.. That is where he got his sailing jones (recall...he won the America's Cup). After college he moved to Macon Ga. where he got his start in the billboard business. From that he began buying up radio stations in the South, In 1969 at the age of 31 he bought a struggling Atlanta UHF TV station, and the rest is history. He didn't actually become associated with Atlanta until he was in his 30s.

And FYI, even though at times he owned the Braves, Hawks, and the Atlanta NHL team, he never owned the Falcons.

12. The Atlanta Falcons actually have a radio affiliate located in another NFL market. Which one?

Jacksonville. Before the Jags were formed the Falcons were followed as much or more in Jax than either say the Dolphins or Bucs. Jacksonville seems to consider itself more a part of southern Georgia than a part of Florida.

Bonus. Name the following birds, in order, that are most dangerous to humans. They are listed here in alphabetical order:

Cassowary

Eagle

Falcon

Hawk

Ostrich

Owl

Rhea

Seagull

Swan

Vulture

The right order is:

1. Cassowary.....which is a big emu/ostrich type bird from Australia. And apparently very nasty

2. Ostrich....I guess size matters

3. Swan.....yes, Swan's are nasty emeffers

4. Rhea....again a big emu/ostrich type bird

5. Vulture. Ugly and mean

6. Eagle

7. Owl

8. Falcon

9. Hawk

10. Seagull.

And the other bonus: Atlanta Falcons GM Tom Dmitroff Jr. was born about a mile from where I sit in Barberton, Ohio. (same as me, same as Josh McDaniels, same as his father Tom Dmitroff Sr. who was a scout for the Browns)

Falcons got their name in a vote contest through a newspaper or a send in name survey contest, bit of conflicting reports out there.

@the-gipper said:

Second chance Saloon: Question unanswered as yet.

2. What is the Browns/Falcons head to head record. I was giving a margin of error of one, but no one has it yet.

Pretty much guessing, but 12 matchups, 9-3? You are within the margin of error, so I give you a check

3. Which team have the Browns played to a tie the most times.

Bills? NO

7. A. How did the Falcons get their name? (don't overthink it.)

I've heard the "A falcon doesn't drop its prey" but i don't know if that's relevant or not.

11. Where was Ted Turner born and raised....to a point.

Cincinasty Check

Bonus: don't worry about the birds.

Do this one: In which city was the General Manager of the Falcons born?

Somewhere in ohio Yea, but where?

Dangerous Birds, I think could kind of be argued multiple ways but here's my list

1.) Cassowary

2.) Ostrich

3.) Vulture

4.) Eagle

5.) Falcon

6.) Hawk

7.) Owl

8.) Seagull

9.) Rhea

10.) Swan

Bolded are correct.

What is Atlanta's obsession is dangerous birds?

Most ties with chiefs?

@the-gipper said:

Second chance Saloon: Question unanswered as yet.

2. What is the Browns/Falcons head to head record. I was giving a margin of error of one, but no one has it yet.

10-3 Browns Check

3. Which team have the Browns played to a tie the most times.

Cardinals Check

7. A. How did the Falcons get their name? (don't overthink it.)

8. The Falcons have had 4 players over 40 play for them: DeBerg, Clay Matthews, Morten Andersen. Who was the last one? (and he is actually more associated with the Falcons than the others. I believe he played his entire career there)

Van Note Check

10. Conyers GA produced DeForest Kelley, Bone(MCoy) from Star Trek, plus this Best Actress Award winner. (not Julia Roberts)

11. Where was Ted Turner born and raised....to a point.

12. The Falcons have a radio affiliate in another NFL market. Which one?

Jacksonville Check

Bonus: don't worry about the birds.

Do this one: In which city was the General Manager of the Falcons born?

Second chance Saloon: Question unanswered as yet.

2. What is the Browns/Falcons head to head record. I was giving a margin of error of one, but no one has it yet.

Pretty much guessing, but 12 matchups, 9-3?

3. Which team have the Browns played to a tie the most times.

Bills?

7. A. How did the Falcons get their name? (don't overthink it.)

I've heard the "A falcon doesn't drop its prey" but i don't know if that's relevant or not.

11. Where was Ted Turner born and raised....to a point.

Cincinasty

Bonus: don't worry about the birds.

Do this one: In which city was the General Manager of the Falcons born?

Somewhere in ohio

Dangerous Birds, I think could kind of be argued multiple ways but here's my list

1.) Cassowary

2.) Ostrich

3.) Vulture

4.) Eagle

5.) Falcon

6.) Hawk

7.) Owl

8.) Seagull

9.) Rhea

10.) Swan

What is Atlanta's obsession is dangerous birds?

Second chance Saloon: Question unanswered as yet.

2. What is the Browns/Falcons head to head record. I was giving a margin of error of one, but no one has it yet.

10-3 Browns

3. Which team have the Browns played to a tie the most times.

Cardinals

7. A. How did the Falcons get their name? (don't overthink it.)

8. The Falcons have had 4 players over 40 play for them: DeBerg, Clay Matthews, Morten Andersen. Who was the last one? (and he is actually more associated with the Falcons than the others. I believe he played his entire career there)

Van Note

10. Conyers GA produced DeForest Kelley, Bone(MCoy) from Star Trek, plus this Best Actress Award winner. (not Julia Roberts)

11. Where was Ted Turner born and raised....to a point.

12. The Falcons have a radio affiliate in another NFL market. Which one?

Jacksonville

Bonus: don't worry about the birds.

Do this one: In which city was the General Manager of the Falcons born?

You got it Zombo.

Tom trained with my brother and also married the restaurant owners daughter, so we saw a lot of him. Hook up with the Falcons while we were still working there and then went onto play usfl too.

Pat, only was a round one summer. Was at Georgia I think and then, suddenly, a Brown. Was happy for both of them. They were hard hard workers.

This was a good question, and it stumped me, so I did some research and I believe you would be talking about

Spoiler

Tom and Pat Moriarty. Pat is still an exec with the Ratbirds, another stolen Brown.

Here's one for you Gipper. When I was a kid(70's) my brother and I had jobs at the Aurora Spaghetti house in University Hts. We worked with, and got to know, 2 local brothers who went on to play pro ball. One had a stint with the Falcons and the other had a stint with the Browns.

Who are they?

Here's one for you Gipper. When I was a kid(70's) my brother and I had jobs at the Aurora Spaghetti house in University Hts. We worked with, and got to know, 2 local brothers who went on to play pro ball. One had a stint with the Falcons and the other had a stint with the Browns.

Who are they?

1. There are only 2 players that played their careers primarily with the Falcons that have made the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Name those two players.

The MLB... Tommy Nobis(?) and Deon Sanders. Sanders is right. not Nobis. With Z's answer they have both been named

2. What is the all time head to head record between the Browns and Falcons?

Falcons '60-ish expansion team? Opposite conference 1/3 yrs thru 2003 less our absence say 9 meets plus 2 since '03 third coming... say 11 games... Guess 7-4.

Not right

3. A bit off topic: With which team have the Browns played to a tie against the most times in history. Hint: it is not the Falcons.

WAG: Detroit... it was easier to tie in the old days... Not DET

4. Which 3 players that led the Falcons in receiving in a season also played for the Browns at some point?

FA "great" Bad Moon Rison...

I think former Eagle great Tommy McDonald came to us from ATL...

McDonald is a check. Rison too. Now all are gotten.

POP QUIZ: McDonald was unique for what equipment based reason?

I think he was the last player not to wear a facemask.

5. Who is the only player to make the Pro Bowl as a Falcon that also played for the Browns at some point?

Rison??? Check

6. Who was the first person ever drafted by the Falcons?

Nobis Check

7. A. How did the Falcons get their nickname?

Because Falcons were living in Atlanta off pigeons? NO, not that I am aware of.

B. Which team started playing in Atlanta first: Falcons, Braves, Hawks? (recall that both the Braves and Hawks moved to Atlanta from other cities: Milwaukee and St. Louis respectively)

I think the Braves beat the Falcons by a matter of months...Check...on both aspects.

8. Except for the Redskins, who were known for a long time as the over the hill gang, the Falcons probably had more players play for them over the age of 40 than any other team. Name 4 player that played for the Falcons that were over 40. (see how I had to stretch this topic)

Wow...

9. Who is the most hated person in the history of Atlanta?

General Sherman... wasn't his fault that Atlanta was in the way... Check

10. Which Star Trek actor and which Best Actress Oscar winner both came from the same Atlanta suburb of Conyers?

WAGs: DeForrest Kelly and Sally Fields Kelley is correct/ Not Sally. She is from Pasadena...all her southern accents have been fake. She is really more gidget that Mama Gump.

11. One of Atlanta's best known residents, Ted Turner, was not an Atlanta native. Where is Ted Turner originally born and raised for the most part?

Wyoming? No

12. The Atlanta Falcons actually have a radio affiliate located in another NFL market. Which one?

Tennessee Titan's Nashville? NO

Bonus. Name the following birds, in order, that are most dangerous to humans. They are listed here in alphabetical order:

1 Seagull... cause they go for the nose... and jet engines.

2 Ostrich... Do the stomp!

3 Eagle

4 Swan

5 Vulture... Fuck it! I'm going to kill something.

6 Falcon... particularly go after Snowmen

7 Hawk

8 Owl

x Cassowary (omitted as I had to look up WTF it was)

x Rhea (also omitted... ditto)

Highlighted ones are correct order.

Here's one for you Gipper. When I was a kid(70's) my brother and I had jobs at the Aurora Spaghetti house in University Hts. We worked with, and got to know, 2 local brothers who went on to play pro ball. One had a stint with the Falcons and the other had a stint with the Browns.

Who are they?

Since we really need to move on from that abortion of a game yesterday, here is some Trivia about our next opponent, the Atlanta Falcons. I will say this about that team: they have perhaps the boringest history of an NFL franchise that old that I have studied. So excuse me if I diverge into other areas.:

1. There are only 2 players that played their careers primarily with the Falcons that have made the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Name those two players.

Claude Humphrey. Tommy Nobis? Humphrey yes, not Nobis. Nobis not HOF

2. What is the all time head to head record between the Browns and Falcons?

7-5 falcons NO

3. A bit off topic: With which team have the Browns played to a tie against the most times in history. Hint: it is not the Falcons.

I remember two against the Chiefs, so I will go with them. But there may have been more back in the old NFL days before overtime.

NO. Chiefs more recent. This does go back.

4. Which 3 players that led the Falcons in receiving in a season also played for the Browns at some point?

Rison, Metcalf & ???

Both right. One more

5. Who is the only player to make the Pro Bowl as a Falcon that also played for the Browns at some point?

Rison Bad Moon, check

6. Who was the first person ever drafted by the Falcons?

Nobis Check.

7. A. How did the Falcons get their nickname?

Named after a bird. Yea, I ain't giving you that.

B. Which team started playing in Atlanta first: Falcons, Braves, Hawks? (recall that both the Braves and Hawks moved to Atlanta from other cities: Milwaukee and St. Louis respectively)

Braves Check

8. Except for the Redskins, who were known for a long time as the over the hill gang, the Falcons probably had more players play for them over the age of 40 than any other team. Name 4 player that played for the Falcons that were over 40.

(see how I had to stretch this topic)

Deberg, Morton Anderson, Clay Matthews .. All correct. One more

9. Who is the most hated person in the history of Atlanta?

This is the second week in a row you have asked a subject question, thought you would have learned your lesson with Cowboys/Rival.

Are you going for General Sherman?

Yea, but I don't think it is subjective to say that Sherman is the most hated man in Atlanta. (and I am going with these because....like I said, the Falcons are about the boringest team in the NFL)

10. Which Star Trek actor and which Best Actress Oscar winner both came from the same Atlanta suburb of Conyers?

Julia Roberts and ... not a trekkie, I will guess Nimoy Not Nimoy. I gotta check on Julia....and ooh, yes, she is from an ATL suburb, but not Conyers. So I guess I have to give you a NYET......but it was a good effort. Nimoy from Boston. And he is Jewish. You know there are no Jews in Atlanta...or there weren't back when he was young.

11. One of Atlanta's best known residents, Ted Turner, was not an Atlanta native. Where is Ted Turner originally born and raised for the most part?

Don't know, but he talks with a Southern accent. He did end up in Georgia as a teen, that is why he has the accent.

12. The Atlanta Falcons actually have a radio affiliate located in another NFL market. Which one?

Carolina? NO

Bonus. Name the following birds, in order, that are most dangerous to humans. They are listed here in alphabetical order:

Cassowary

Eagle

Falcon

Hawk

Ostrich

Owl

Rhea

Seagull

Swan

Vulture

Ostrich

Falcon

Hawk

Owl

Eagle

Swan

Vulture

I don't know what the other two are. Sorry, but you got none in the right spot. And the others are birds. (payback's a bitch no?