| 1. Who are the last five (5)
Most Outstanding Players (MOPs) of the men's NCAA basketball tournament who
went on to be top 5 selections in a future NBA Draft? (All five are within
the last twenty (20) years.)
(From Contest 10) |
| Carmelo Anthony
(won MOP award in 2003) & (selected third overall (3rd) in 2003) |
| Christian Laettner
(1991) & (3rd in 1992) |
| Glen Rice (1989) &
(4th in 1989) |
| Danny Manning
(1988) & (1st in 1988) |
| Pervis Ellison
(1986) & (1st in 1989) |
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2. List all the private, non-Catholic colleges/universities (3) that have
won the NCAA men's college basketball championships since the tournament's
inception in 1939. (From
Contest 3) |
| Syracuse (2003) |
| Duke (1991, 1992,
2001) |
| Stanford (1939) |
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3.
Name all football players (3) that have won the Heisman Trophy, been selected number one overall, and
elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
(From Contest 4) |
| O.J. Simpson (won
Heisman in 1968; number one overall selection in 1969; PFHOF Class of 1985) |
| Earl Campbell (1977;
1978; 1991) |
| Paul Hornung (1956;
1957; 1986) |
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| 4. Since 1980, name all sets
of teammates (6) that have been first-team All-NBA in the same year?
(From Contest
5) |
| Julius Erving &
Moses Malone (Philadelphia 76ers 1982-83) |
| Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar & Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers 1983-84, 1985-86) |
| Larry Bird & Kevin
McHale (Boston Celtics 1986-87) |
| Karl Malone & John
Stockton (Utah Jazz 1993-94, 1994-95) |
| Michael Jordan &
Scottie Pippen (Chicago Bulls 1995-96) |
| Kobe Bryant &
Shaquile O'Neal (Los Angeles Lakers 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04) |
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5. Since 1980, only five (5) full-time infielders
(at least 100 games at their given position) have made the 30-30 club (30
home runs and 30 stolen bases in a single season). There is one 1B, one 2B, two SS, and 1 3B. Name these five players.
(From
Contest 11) |
| 1B--Jeff Bagwell |
| 2B--Alfonso
Soriano |
| SS--Alex Rodriguez |
| SS--Barry Larkin |
| 3B--Howard Johnson |
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| 6.
Name all players (4) that have won a MLB career batting triple crown since 1980. (career batting
triple crown = at least won a batting title, home run title, and RBI
title one time in career) (From Contest 7) |
| Alex Rodriguez
(BA-1996; HR-2001, 2002, 2003; RBI-2002) |
| Barry Bonds
(BA-2002, 2004; HR-1993, 2001; RBI-1993) |
| Andres Galarraga
(BA-1993; HR-1996; RBI-1996, 1997) |
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| Manny Ramirez
(BA-2002; HR-2004; RBI-1999) |
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| 7. List all boys' high school
basketball players (6) that have won the Naismith Award, Parade Player of the
Year, USA Today Player of the Year, and Gatorade Player of the Year in the
same year. (From
Contest 2) |
| 2003--LeBron James,
St. Vincent-St. Mary's (Akron, Ohio) |
| 1998--Al Harrington,
St. Patrick's (Elizabeth, New Jersey) |
| 1996--Kobe Bryant,
Lower Merion High School (Ardmore, Pennsylvania) |
| 1991--Chris Webber,
Detroit Country Day (Birmingham, Michigan) |
| 1989--Kenny
Anderson,
Archbishop Molloy (Jamaica, Queens, New York) |
| 1988--Alonzo
Mourning,
Indian River (Chesapeake, Virginia) |
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8. Since 1989 (Walter
Payton & Joe Montana hosted before that), there have been nine (9) active
(Chris Evert hosted shortly after her retirement) athletes from eight (8)
different sports (basketball is the only repeat), that have hosted
NBC's Saturday Night Live. Name all nine. (Assume
for the purposes of this question that athlete includes any
participant (male or female) who competes in professional (modifies all
subsequent sports) basketball, football, baseball, hockey, soccer, lacrosse,
Summer Olympic sports (swimming, diving, track and field, weight lifting,
etc.), Winter Olympic sports (skating, bobsled, luge, etc.), tennis, golf,
auto racing, boxing, and bowling.
Professional wrestling is not a sport and
its participants while very athletic do not count as athletes. )
(From
Contest 9) |
| Basketball--Michael
Jordan & Charles Barkley |
| Baseball--Derek
Jeter |
| Football--Deion
Sanders |
| Hockey--Wayne
Gretzky |
| Tennis--Andy
Roddick |
| Boxing--George
Foreman |
| Auto Racing--Jeff
Gordon |
| Figure Skating--Nancy
Kerrigan |
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| 9. Since the USA
Today first introduced its All-USA boys’ high basketball teams in 1983, only
three (3) players have named been first team USA Today All-USA in high
school, first team AP All-American in college, and first team All-NBA as
professionals. Name these three (3) players. (From
Contest 11) |
| Alonzo Mourning
(All-USA in 1988; All-American in 1992 ; All-NBA in 1999) |
| Chris Webber
(1991; 1993; 2001) |
| Jason Kidd (1992;
1994; 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004) |
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| 10.
List all cities (4) that have a team from each Big 4 sports league and all those
teams play home games in the same city/municipality.
(From
Contest 4) |
| Philadelphia |
| Denver |
| Chicago |
| Atlanta |
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| 11. Name
five (5) actors post-1970 that won the Oscar for Best Actor (in a lead role) and either in that
role or in another role portrayed either an athlete or a coach? (Both the
Oscar win and sports role are post 1970 and there are more than 5
individuals who meet this criteria.)
(From
Contest 3) |
| Gene Hackman (The
French Connection) & Hoosiers and The Replacements |
| Al Pacino (Scent of a
Woman) & Any Given Sunday |
| Paul Newman (Color of
Money) & Slapshot |
| Tom Hanks
(Philadelphia and Forrest Gump) & A League of Their Own |
| Robert DeNiro (Raging
Bull) & Raging Bull |
| Denzel Washington
(Training Day) & Hurricane and Remember the Titans |
| Russel Crowe
(Gladiator) & Mystery Alaska |
| Daniel Day-Lewis (My
Left Foot) & The Boxer |
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| 12. Since 1970, there are
sixteen (16) head coaches/managers from MLB (2), NBA (2), NFL (3), NHL (3), NCAA Division 1 Basketball (3) and NCAA Division 1-A Football (3) who have
won three (3) or more championships in a given league in that time (assume a
championship for NCAA Division 1-A Football to be a end of season number one
ranking in either of the two major polls of the respective time). Name
all 16 head coaches/managers.
(From
Contest 9) |
| MLB--Joe Torre, Sparky
Anderson |
| NBA--Phil Jackson, Pat
Riley |
| NFL--Chuck Noll, Joe
Gibbs, Bill Walsh |
| NHL--Al Arbour, Scotty
Bowman, Glen Sather |
| NCAA D1
Basketball--John Wooden, Bob Knight, Mike Krzyzewski |
| NCAA D1-A
Football--Tom Osbourne, Bear Bryant, Barry Switzer |
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| 13.
Name five (5) schools that have had two (2) or more quarterbacks drafted in
the top 10 overall of the NFL Draft from 1990 to the present. (For example,
a school with a quarterback drafted number 7 overall in 1991 and number 3 in
1997 would qualify.) Please indicate the schools and their respective
quarterbacks. (From
Contest 12) |
| Washington State--Drew
Bledsoe selected #1 in 1993 & Ryan Leaf selected #2 in 1998 |
| Tennessee--Heath
Shuler, 3, 1994 & Peyton Manning, 1, 1998 |
| Oregon State--Akili
Smith, 3, 1999 & Joey Harrington, 3, 2002 |
| Fresno State--Trent
Dilfer, 6, 1994 & David Carr, 1, 2002 |
| Houston--Andre Ware,
7, 1990 & David Klingler, 6, 1992 |
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| 14. Discounting the
2002 expansion team Houston Texans, name nine (9) active running backs that
are a NFL team’s all-time leading rusher? Please indicate the running
backs and the teams for which the hold the rushing record. (From
Contest 12) |
| Emmitt Smith is the
Dallas Cowboys all-time leading rusher. |
| Eddie George
(Tennessee Titans (Houston Oilers)) |
| Corey Dillon
(Cincinnati Bengals) |
| Edgerrin James (Indiannapolis
Colts) |
| Jamal Lewis (Baltimore
Ravens) |
| Fred Taylor
(Jacksonville Jaguars) |
| Curtis Martin (New
York Jets) |
| Priest Holmes (Kansas
City Chiefs) |
| LaDanian Tomlinson
(San Diego Chargers) |
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