Monday, January 3, 2011

Daily Trivia Quiz #52 - Sports, Olympics, Basketball, Baseball, Football, Horse Racing Golf, Wimbledon, and More!

Sports trivia questions about golf, baseball, basketball, the Olympics, Horse Racing, Football, and famous athletes like Lew Alcindor, Jack Nicklaus, Lindsay Davenport, Joe Louis, Tiger Woods, Jerry Rice and
more!

  1. Which two new events were introduced at the Atlanta Olympics?
     
  2. Which horse landed both the English and Irish Derby in 1993?
     
  3. What was Jack Nicklaus's first major success after turning
    professional?
     
  4. How was Lew Alcindor later known?
     
  5. Brian Barnes played golf for Scotland in the 70s but where was he
    born?
     
  6. Which country does sprinter David Ezinwa come from?
     
  7. Arthur Ashe had a successful sporting career at which university?
     
  8. Who won swimming gold in the 100m freestyle at the 1956,'60 and
    '64 Olympics?
     
  9. What is the middle name of golfer Mark James?
     
  10. By 1999, which country had most Wimbledon Men's Singles winners?
     
  11. Which woman won Wimbledon for the first time in 1999?
     
  12. Gordie Howe joined the NHL in 1946; in which decade did he
    retire?
     
  13. Where was the firs Super Bowl of the 90s held?
     
  14. Laura Flessel and Marie Jose Perec come from which island?
     
  15. Who was women's tennis No 1 from in each year from 1967-73?
     
  16. How many Kentucky Derbies did Bill Shoemaker win?
     
  17. Which boxer appeared in the film Spirit of Youth?
     
  18. Who was the first lady golfer to land the British and US Open in
    the same year?
     
  19. On which course is the Preakness Stakes run?
     
  20. How old was Nadia Comaneci when she won Olympic Gold?
     
  21. Who lost Super Bowl II?
     
  22. At which venue did "Greg Norman first win the British Open?
     
  23. The Super Bowl trophy is named after which coach?
     
  24. Which golfer founded the US Masters tournament?
     
  25. What distance is the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies?
     
  26. What is the nickname of cycling's Marco Pantani?
     
  27. Who did the Chicago Bulls beat to win their first NBA
    Championship between 1957 and 1969?
     
  28. Who did Andre Agassi beat in the 1996 Olympic tennis final?
     
  29. Why did Jim Thorpe lose his Olympic medals in 1913?
     
  30. What number shirt did "San Francisco 49er Jerry Rice wear?
     
  31. The Kentucky Derby is always held on what date?
     
  32. Who said in 1998, "The ball doesn't now how old you are?"
     
  33. Who beat Jack Nicklaus and Raymond Floyd's tournament record at
    the 1997 Masters?
     
  34. Who was the San Francisco 49ers' first selection in the 1995 NFL
    draft?
     
  35. In which branch of the services did Arthur Ashe serve before
    becoming a tennis pro?
     
  36. Who, in the 1967 AFL season, became the first quarterback to pass
    more than 4,000 yards?
     
  37. In 1998 which British boxer took on Shannon Briggs and Zeljko
    Mavrovic?
     

Daily Trivia Quiz #52 -  Sports Trivia Answers


  1. Softball & beach volleyball.
  2. Commander In Chief.
  3. US Open.
  4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
  5. London.
  6. Nigeria.
  7. California.
  8. Dawn Fraser.
  9. Hugh.
  10. Great Britain.
  11. Lindsay Davenport.
  12. 1980s (1980).
  13. Superdome, New Orleans.
  14. Guadeloupe.
  15. Billie Jean King.
  16. Three.
  17. Joe Louis.
  18. Patty Sheehan.
  19. Pimlico, Baltimore.
  20. 144.
  21. Oakland Raiders.
  22. Turnberry.
  23. Vince Lombardi.
  24. Bobby Jones.
  25. 1 mile, 110 yards.
  26. II Pirate (the pirate).
  27. Los Angeles Lakers.
  28. Sergi Bruguera.
  29. As a former pro baseball player he was not eligible to compete.
  30. 80.
  31. First Saturday in May.
  32. Mark O'Meara.
  33. Tiger Woods.
  34. Jerry Rice.
  35. Army.
  36. Joe Namath, New York Jets.
  37. Lennox Lewis.