A more democratic sports trivia thread [rules page one]

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:57 pm

I know basically nothing about boxing, unless the answer is Soda Popinski.

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:57 am

Duran? This is getting old.

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:14 pm

sorry folks it was carlos monzon....

anyone can post a new one.

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:07 am

OK.

Which major sports player is the last player in his league that can wear his jersey number? Who was the second-to-last?

Cheesemore · Post by **Cheesemore** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:45 am

I believe that was Jackie Robinson, but I don't know who's wore it second to last

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:56 pm

Alexwales93 · Post by **Alexwales93** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:35 pm

Babe Ruth

(About the ONLY thing I know about Baseball)

djt5483 · Post by **djt5483** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:34 pm

wayne gretsky, i dont know the other question

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:51 pm

No, it's someone that's still rocking 42... when mlb retired the number, anyone currently wearing it was grandfathered in.

FiveThreeEight · Post by **FiveThreeEight** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:53 pm

Mariano Rivera is the last remaining person to wear No. 42. When he's done, so is the number.

The Yankees suck.

EDIT: I'm not sure about the second-to-last person to wear it.

djt5483 · Post by **djt5483** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:03 pm

i think i misunderstood the question so u guys are prolly right. im pretty sure noone in the nhl can wear 99 anymore though
P.S. i hate hockey lol

Serbia · Post by **Serbia** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:22 pm

djt5483 wrote:i think i misunderstood the question so u guys are prolly right. im pretty sure noone in the nhl can wear 99 anymore though
P.S. i hate hockey lol

I love hockey, and it's true, no one else in the NHL will ever wear 99 again. So technically, I believe djt5483 was correct, eh?

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:35 pm

I'm sorry, I even checked to make sure the Great One's number was still in, I thought it was. My bad if I'm in the wrong, there. Yeah, Mariano Rivera is the last MLB player who can wear #42, the second-to-last (who I only included since he's been somewhat on the news as of late as a part of the Mitchell Report, but moreso because he was my childhood hero) was the Hit "Glove" Dog, Mo Vaughn.

Not quite of the proper procedure here, but I think that seeing as 538 got a right answer before djt, he should get it, although I'm willing to be overruled.

djt5483 · Post by **djt5483** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:39 pm

i cant think of anything hard so heres mine.
before romos 17 straight games with a TD pass. who was the cowboys record holder

Serbia · Post by **Serbia** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:40 pm

Aikman.

djt5483 · Post by **djt5483** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:41 pm

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:42 pm

Technically, he may have gotten it right, but a)538 gave a technically correct answer first and b)if you interpret my question to refer to the "most recent" player (as I think it would) Rivera is better.

Serbia · Post by **Serbia** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:45 pm

spurgistan wrote:Technically, he may have gotten it right, but a)538 gave a technically correct answer first and b)if you interpret my question to refer to the "most recent" player (as I think it would) Rivera is better.

Well I got djt's, so I'm throwing it back to 538.

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:47 pm

Werd. Sorry, should have probably specified that I was looking for baseball, but I didn't think Gretzky's number was retired league-wide so I figured I'd be cool and leave it open.

FiveThreeEight · Post by **FiveThreeEight** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:52 pm

So, I guess the question in mine? Here goes:

Name the players who claim the top 5 spots on the all-time homeruns list for Major League Baseball and the amount of homeruns each player has.

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:58 pm

B*o*n*d*s* - *770*?
Aaron - 755
Ruth - 714
Mays - 660
Griffey - 603

Not my best work, unsure of Bond's total and whether Griffey is close to being fifth.

Cheesemore · Post by **Cheesemore** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:14 am

spurgistan wrote:B*o*n*d*s* - *770*?
Aaron - 755
Ruth - 714
Mays - 660
Griffey - 603

Not my best work, unsure of Bond's total and whether Griffey is close to being fifth.

Actually I think Sosa is 5th with I'll say 605?

FiveThreeEight · Post by **FiveThreeEight** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:06 pm

Cheesemore wrote:
spurgistan wrote:B*o*n*d*s* - *770*?
Aaron - 755
Ruth - 714
Mays - 660
Griffey - 603

Not my best work, unsure of Bond's total and whether Griffey is close to being fifth.
Actually I think Sosa is 5th with I'll say 605?

With Sosa, the order is correct, but Bonds' and Sosa's totals are off.

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:59 am

Bonds is in the 760's somewhere, say 763, and Sosa's at about 615.

FiveThreeEight · Post by **FiveThreeEight** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:02 am

Too high for both Bonds and Sosa.