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The
Thinking Man's Sports Trivia Gauntlet
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Sports Links Central.com is introducing The Thinking Man's Sports
Trivia Gauntlet.
At regular intervals, we will have 5-15 single or multi-part questions for users
to try their hand at answering. While we research all questions before
publication, we are not claiming infallibility. If you think any of our
questions are misleading, poorly worded or incorrect, please
let us know. |
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all the questions correctly will be acknowledged in the
ensuing week's honor circle. Only answers that are completely correct
will be acknowledged. |
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| Please send all
answers with the correct numbering corresponding to questions to
info@sportslinkscentral.com.
Please include your name and town to be
acknowledged in the honor circle. |
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We have launched a
Best of Thinking Man's Sports Trivia Gauntlet
for you to introduce your friends to our site with some of our most
innovative, interesting and challenging questions. Please encourage
your friends, family, co-workers, classmates, poker buddies, and
fantasy league members to try their hand at and have fun with our
trivia contests. |
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Contest 14 |
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February 20, 2005--March 25, 2005 (all
entries must be received before midnight on 3/25/05) |
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| 1. Since 1994, seven (7) former University of
Michigan quarterbacks have started a regular season game for an NFL team.
Name all seven quarterbacks. |
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| 2. What are the two largest U.S. states (based
on population) that have never a team that plays its home games within the
state borders play in a Super Bowl? |
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| 3. Name all former Heisman trophy winners (3)
to later win Super Bowl MVP. |
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| 4. Name all former number overall draft
selections (2) to later win Super Bowl MVP. |
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| 5. Over the last twenty Super Bowls (since
Super Bowl XX), what three (3) franchises have made at least three (3)
different Super Bowl appearances with at least three (3) different
quarterbacks? |
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| 6. Which NFL franchises (4) have not yet won a
Super Bowl but have won an NFL Championship Game? (Submitted by Sports
Trivia Gauntlet superstar Ethan James) |
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| 7. Since Oscar season is upon us--What are the
only movies that have had at least two sequels and all the movies in
the series have been nominated for Best Picture? |
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| 8. Who are
the only father & son to both win the same national player of the year in a
Division 1 college sport? |
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| 9. When the Boston
Celtics & Los Angeles Lakers met during the 1984-85 regular season, a total
of ten (10) future NBA head coaches were on the rosters of the two teams.
Name all ten (10). |
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| 10. Who are the
only members (2) of the 1992 United States Men's Olympic Basketball Team who
were not included among the NBA's 50 Greatest Players announced in 1996.
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previous Questions, Answers and Honor Circles! |
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IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS |
| Big 4-Major
League Baseball (MLB), NBA, NFL & NHL |
| Major College
Sports-NCAA Division 1 Basketball & Division 1-A Football |
| Major Sports-Big
4, Major College Sports, PGA, ATP, WTA, MLS, LPGA |
| Big 4 Hall of
Fame--National Baseball Hall of Fame (Cooperstown), Pro Football Hall
of Fame (Canton), Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield),
& Hockey Hall of Fame (Toronto) |
| Major College
Player of the Year Award-- |
| Baseball--Golden
Spikes, Dick Howser, Rotary Smith, Baseball America |
| Basketball--Wooden,
Naismith, Rupp (AP), Oscar Robertson (USBWA), NABC (formerly Kodak), UPI |
| Football--Heisman,
Maxwell, Walter Camp |
| Hockey--Hobey Baker |
| Big 6 College
Power Conferences--ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big Twelve, PAC-10, SEC |
| MVP--Most
Valuable Player |
| Big 4 MVP--recipient
of MVP in MLB (AL or NL), NBA, NFL, or NHL |
| Big 4 Venue--arena,
ballpark, or stadium where Big 4 team plays home games |
| Current Big 4
venue--arena, ballpark, or stadium where Big 4 teams currently plays
home games |
| NBA Draft Lottery
Pick--Players selected in the selections originally belonging to
non-playoff teams since the lottery's inception in 1985. |
| Team sport--sports
where multiple players participate on the same playing field at the same
time and play in concert with each other |
| Other definitions
and clarifications may appear in individual questions. |
Remember to answer all the
parts of the above questions completely!
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