Sports Trivia Questions and Answers.

Sports trivia questions and answers.

What is the only major sport created in the United States that did not have roots in another sport?
A: Basketball.

What is the worlds fastest racquet sport?
A: Badminton. Shuttlecock speeds approach 200 mph.

How many of the 271 events at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta were open to both male and female competitors?
A: 11--mixed doubles badminton, four classes of yachting and all the equestrian events. Of the remaining events, 165 were for men only, and 95 for women only.

In the jargon of archery, what is a Robin Hood?
A: When the tip and shaft on an arrow is fired deep into the end of an arrow already in the bull's-eye.

Who was the first major league baseball player to win a batting title in three different decades?
A: George Brett, of the Kansas City Royals. Third baseman Brett won the title with a .333 average in 1976 , a .390 average in 1980 and a .329 average in 1990.

What two baseball players were named rookie of the year in 1964--the first time African Americans won the coveted award in both leagues?
A: Richie Allen, third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, won in the National League; Tony Olivia, outfielder for the Minnesota Twins, won in the American League.

In what sport does competition generally take place on a triangular race course?
A: Sailing.

What baseball era ended in 1894 with the retirement of infielder Jeremiah Denny, who had played with the Indianapolis Hoosiers and Louisville Colonels?
A: The era of bare-handed fielding.

In bowling, what is the difference between the headpin and the kingpin?
A: The headpin is pin number one, located at the head of the triangle of pins; The kingpin is pin number five, located in; the center of all the other pins. Some bowlers and dictionaries mistakenly use both terms for the number one pin.

What boxing great has been credited with inventing the left hook?
A: James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett--who came up with the powerful punch in1889 after suffering two broken knuckles in a heavyweight bout.

Who belted 43 home runs in 1973--matching Baseball Hall of Famer Roger Hornsby's record for the most home runs by a second baseman in one season?
A: Manager-to-be Davey Johnson, who was with the Atlanta Braves at the time.

Professional teams playing in St. Louis include the Blues (hockey) and the Cardinals (baseball). What big league sports teams has the city had and lost since world War II?
A: The Browns (baseball); the Hawks (basketball); and the Cardinals (football).

American horse racing's top three contests--the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes --are known as the triple Crown. What are the three big races exclusively for fillies called?
A: The Triple Tiara--they are the Acorn, the Mother goose and the Coaching Club-American Oaks.

What regulation about fighter's' footwear is included in the 12 Marquis of Queensberry Rules, which have governed boxing for over 100 years?
A: "No shoes or boots with springs allowed."

With what football team did the huddle originate?
A: With the deaf Gallaudet College team, in the 1890s. Members of the Washington, D.C., team went into a huddle to hide the hand signals they were using during a game against another deaf team.

Saint Lydwina is the patron saint of what sport?
A: Ice skating.