Vicki and I've spent the day watching the NCAA basketball tournament, so I figured it was time for a sports trivia quiz. Answer anytime between now and Monday night, get 1 Blog Point for every right answer, and answer from memory only.
1) Wayne Gretzky holds the record for most goals in an NHL season. How many goals did he score in that record-setting season?
2) By what name is Cassius Clay better known?
3) In the 1990s, San Francisco won two SuperBowls. Name the two quarterbacks, both named SuperBowl MVP, who lead the 49ers to their championships during that decade.
4) By what name is Lou Alcindor better known?
5) What are the two types of squeezes in baseball?
6) Which NHL team holds the record for most wins in an NHL season? Bonus Blog Point: How many wins did they get that season?
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1. Several.
1a. At least fifty in the first fifty games.
1b. More than 99.
1c. No, I don't have a clue.
2. Muhammad Ali
3. Joe Montana
4. Kareem Abdul-Jabber (I think it's Lew though, as in Lewis)
5. Suicide squeeze and safety squeeze. In both the batter bunts to try to advance the runner on third; in suicide the runner takes off during the pitch, and in safety he waits for contact.
6. Sarnia Sting
2) Mohammed Ali
5) Safety and suicide, though I couldn't tell you how they're different. One is safe and one is suicidial?!
1) 89 - I should know this - but I don't. I think he had 212 points that year though
2) Mohammed Ali
3) Joe Montana and Steve Young
4) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5) Safety and Suicide
6) Detroit Red Wings - 70
Just remember, all guessing all the time:
1) 104
2) Mohammed Ali
3) Joe Montana
5) Rundown (and reading the other answers I see I'm way off).
6) NJ Devils
1. 92
2. Mohammed Ali
3. Joe Montana & Steve Young
4.
5. suicide squeeze & squeeze play
6. My Detroit Red Wings with 62 wins (1 point short of the record for most points by a team in one season)
1. It was less than 100...I'm thinking something like 93. I believe he had 239 points that season.
2. Muhammed Ali
3. Joe Montana and Steve Young
4.
5. Suicide Squeeze
6. Do I get a bonus point for knowing that it was NOT Boston???
1 - 153
2 - Mohamed Ali
3 - Joe Montana and Steve Young
4 - Basktball guy, took a muslim name or something...
5 - Suicide Squeeze
6 - NYRangers, 1994
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