Trivia Questions Week 02/19/16

By Eldon Combs | February 19, 2016 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions Week 02/19/16
  1. In Baseball history how many St. Louis Cardinal Skippers have been named NL Manager of the Year:  2, 3, or 4? (Whitey Herzog 0 Tony Larussa)
  2. True or False the way of measuring large earthquakes known as the Richter Scale was scrapped in the 70’s? (Replaced by the Moment Magnitude Scale currently used by Geological Service for all large earthquakes)
  3. Which nickname has never been associated with the St. Louis Cardinal organization:  Brown Sox, Browns, or Perfectos? (Were once the Brown Stockings)
  4. How many planets are there in our solar system:  8, 9, or 10? (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and NOT Pluto in 2008 Pluto designated as a dwarf planet – new possible planet was discovered on Jan 20th 2016)
  5. The first avenger the Ant Man encounters is the Falcon, Hawkeye, or Captain America?
  6. Per gram with substance is the most expensive:  Tritium ($30,000), Diamond ($55,000), Plutonium ($4,000)
  7. The St. Louis Cardinals won their first World Series in 1926 when this player was thrown out trying to steal 2nd base:  Babe Ruth, Lou Grehrig, or Joe Dugan? (Gm 7 – The Babe was caught try to steal 2nd to end the game)
  8. True or False a Fruit Salad Tree can grow lemons, oranges, limes, grapefruits, tangelos & mandarins? (Citrus Variety)
  9. The only MLB team in history to turn 2 Triple Plays in a single game:  Minnesota, Milwaukee, or Mets?
  10. More people die from putting Pencils or Pens in their mouths? (Choking on the pen lids)
  11. How many MLB players have hit 4 HR’s in a single game:  12, 14, or 16? (To this date:  AL: Lou Gehrig NY, Pat Seerey Chi WS, Rocky Colvaito CLV, Mike Cameron SEA, Carlos Delgado TOR, Josh Hamilton TX – NL: Bobby Lowe BOS, Ed Deahanty PHI, Chuck Klein PHI, Gil Hodges BRK, Joe Adcock MIL, Will Mays SF, Mike Schmidt PHI, Bob Homer ATL, Mark Whiten STL, Shawn Green LAD)
  12. Sir Issac  Newton is credited with discovering “Gravity” – he was also consumed with interpreting Bible prophercy and before his death in 1727 predicted the world will end in: 2040, 2050, 2060?
  13. Out of 16 player that have 4 HR’s in a single game how many accomplished the amazing feat with only 4 at bats:  1, 2 or 4? (Carlos Delgado TOR 2003)
  14. Bible Question:  In Mathew 13:56 we learn that Jesus does or does not have a sister?
  15. This Chicago Bear made NFL history with back-to-back overtime interception return for scores to beat the 49ers & Browns in consecutive weeks:  Mike Brown, RW McQuarters, or Charles Tilman?
  16. Which country has the longest coastline:  Japan (29,751) or Australia (25,760)?
  17. In 2003 KC’s Dante Hall returned a Kick-Off or Punt in 4, 5, or 6 consecutive weeks? (I truly miss kick-off returns – it’s so much more exciting watching balls fly over or bounce thru the end zone)
  18. There are 4.41 Million people living in Kentucky – True or False there are more barrels of Bourbon in Kentucky that people? (2015,  5,669,682 barrel)
  19. Tim Tebow’s NFL career has featured 14 games as a starter with how many wins:  8, 9, or 10? (8 & 6 – Thank you Tim for the most exciting year of NFL Football I ever experienced in 2011 and that comes from a Chiefs fan.  I was a Bronco’s fan for one yr)
  20. Did you know Bananas are redioactive – eating 200, 1,200 or 2,200 bananas would equal the dosage of radiation from one chest X-ray?
  21. Which Sports Hall of Fame is the late great Lamar Hunt not a member of:  Soccer, Lacrosse, or Tennis?
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