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Sports and game trivia questions and answers including Olympic gold medal, figure-skating, baseball, Joe DiMaggio, boxing, golfing, basketball, football, and more.

Where did the home run hit by Pittsburgh Pirate Hall of Famer Willie Stargell land in the 1965 All-Star baseball game in Minnesota?
A: Inside a tuba in the right Field bull pen--where a marching band was practicing.

Name the tallest shortstop in the history of major league baseball.
A: Cal Ripken Jr., of the Baltimore Orioles. His height is 6 feet 4.

What physical deformity did American Kristi Yamaguchi, winner of  a 1992 Olympic gold medal in figure-skating, have at birth and later overcome?
A: Clubfeet--which were treated with corrective shoes.

What was sports great Jim Thorpe's batting average during his 289-game career as a major league baseball player?
A: Thorpe played the outfield in the national League from 1913 to 1919, when he went into football.

How many World Series championships did the New York Yankees win while baseball great Joe DiMaggio was on the team?
A: 9--of the 10 he played in.

What union did players on basketball's Harlem Globetrotters become affiliated with in 1974?
A: They joined a local of the Service Employees Union, which represents janitors, vendors, stagehands and others who work in arenas.

In amateur boxing, how many cloth-wrapped strands of rope are required along the four sides of the boxing ring?
A: Four.

In golfing circles, what is a snowman?
A: A score of 8 for a hole or 88 for a round. The name is derived from the number 8's resemblance to a snowman.

How were numbers assigned when members of the 1929 New York Yankees became the first baseball players to have them on their uniforms?
A: According to their position in the batting lineup. No. 1 was centerfielder Earl Combs, who batted first; No 2, third baseman Mark Koenig, who batted second; NO. 3, right fielder Babe Ruth, who batted third; No 4, first baseman Lou Gebrig, who batted fourth; and so on down the line.

What are the odds that a professional golfer will get a hole-in-one?
A: One in 15,000.

Which member of the legendary Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance double-play team was the first to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?
A: They were elected as a unit in 1946. The three Chicago Cub infielders were Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance.

What ice-skating spin is named for Olympic gold medalist Dorothy Hamill?
A: Hamill's camel.

What famous baseball player's older brother was rulnner0-up to Jesse Owens n the 200-meter race at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin?
A: Jackie Robinson's. His brother Mack's time was 21.1 seconds to Owens's 20.7.

Who was the first seven-footer to play professional basketball?
A: Ralph (Sky) Siewert, who played with the St Louis Bombers and Toronto Huskies. In his 21 games be scored a total of 20 points.

What did the umpires rule when Dave Kingman, batting or the Oakland Athletics in May 1984 smashed a ball 180 feet up into the fabric ceiling of the Minnesota Twins' Metro dome?
A: They called it a ground-rule double. The ball was removed from the ceiling and is now on display at the Baseball Hall of Fame.