A more democratic sports trivia thread [rules page one]

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:14 pm

argh, I forgot that the average age on this site is like 16...

BUMP for the moment... but I'll keep my eye on the thread.

Serbia · Post by **Serbia** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:58 pm

I'm 26, but I never got into watching the Simpons...

Still waiting on the next question...

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:59 pm

Okay, okay.... damn non-simpsons lovers.

The next person to post in this thread can ask the next question.

btw, here was the lineup:
C - Mike Scioscia, got radiation poisoning
1B - Don Mattingly, kicked off the team because of his sideburns
2B - Steve Sax, arrested for every unsolved murder in New York
3B - Wade Boggs, punched by Barney Gumbel during an argument about the best British Prime Minister
SS - Ozzie Smith, lost forever in the house of mysteries (or whatever it was called)
LF - Jose Canseco, got held up carrying furniture out of a burning house
CF - Ken Griffey Jr., contracted gigantism from a nerve tonic
RF - Darryl Strawberry, the only one to actually play in the game
P - Roger Clemens, hypnotized into thinking he was a chicken

dcowboys055 · Post by **dcowboys055** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:01 pm

why did kobe switch his number to 24?

CBlake · Post by **CBlake** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:01 pm

dcowboys055 wrote:why did kobe switch his number to 24?

cuz he wanted to?

dcowboys055 · Post by **dcowboys055** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:02 pm

why did he want to?

what reasoning did he give?

CBlake · Post by **CBlake** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:03 pm

dcowboys055 wrote:

why did he want to?

what reasoning did he give?

he liked 24 better?

dcowboys055 · Post by **dcowboys055** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:03 pm

why did he like it better

CBlake · Post by **CBlake** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:06 pm

dcowboys055 wrote:why did he like it better

cuz it was inspirational to him

dcowboys055 · Post by **dcowboys055** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:07 pm

strike 3, you're out.

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:08 pm

I seem to recall that 24 was his number in high school, but he couldn't wear it as a laker because some veteran was already wearing it.

dcowboys055 · Post by **dcowboys055** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:10 pm

Thank you for ending the bleeding, Inc. Floor is yours.

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:28 pm

Hmmmm... I'm running out of good questions...

Let's go with this: what's the major league record for strikeouts by a pitcher in a game, and which two pitchers share the record?

CBlake · Post by **CBlake** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:29 pm

Incandenza wrote:Hmmmm... I'm running out of good questions...

Let's go with this: what's the major league record for strikeouts by a pitcher in a game, and which two pitchers share the record?

21

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:31 pm

21 is incorrect. Besides, I'd still need the names of the two players who share the record. Please try again.

dcowboys055 · Post by **dcowboys055** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:33 pm

Is Kerry Wood one of them?

keiths31 · Post by **keiths31** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:36 pm

20

Clemens and Johnson I think...although I thought someone from the Cubs tied it a couple of years ago?

*edit* just saw the above poster include Kerry Wood...Cubs

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:43 pm

keiths31 wrote:20

Clemens and Johnson I think...although I thought someone from the Cubs tied it a couple of years ago?

*edit* just saw the above poster include Kerry Wood...Cubs

you got it.... altho dcowboys helped. I didn't phrase my question well, as I didn't realize that Johnson's 20 actually counted (for awhile it didn't count as the single-game record because the game itself went into extra innings, but wikipedia tells me that MLB has since reversed itself)

it's all you, keith.

keiths31 · Post by **keiths31** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:57 pm

Well this is hockey related...

Name the first goaltender to wear a mask in an NHL game?

Serbia · Post by **Serbia** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:25 am

I've been waiting for a hockey question! But now that I've got one...
I dunno the answer.

keiths31 · Post by **keiths31** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:03 pm

Did I kill the thread with this question?

pitbull 993 · Post by **pitbull 993** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:05 pm

probably

Serbia · Post by **Serbia** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:38 pm

My guess was Jaques Plante. I'm not really sure, so I went and looked it up. I never would have guessed the correct answer. Plante was the first to play with a mask, and never go back to playing without one. (Plante started wearing one in 1959.)

However, the first player to use one was Clint Benedict, back in 1927. It was made of leather, but he couldn't see the low shots while wearing it, so he didn't wear it for long.

So, do I get credit for my guess, or do you want to go again?

keiths31 · Post by **keiths31** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:46 pm

The right answer I was looking for was Clint Benedict.

I'll give you credit for actually trying to find the answer when the thread sat idle for so long. So go ahead and pick a question. I don't want to kill the thread again...

Serbia · Post by **Serbia** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:35 pm

Well I'll stay in the NHL (of course)!

In 92-93, a rookie for the Winnipeg Jets scored 76 goals, setting the single season record for a rookie.

Name that player!