By Eldon Combs | August 17, 2024 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions 08/17/24
Maybe the most embarrassing play in sports history, in 1964 Minnesota Viking Hall of Famer Jim Marshall recovered a Billy Kilmer fumble and ran 66 yds the wrong way to score a safety for the Washington Redskins or the San Francisco 49ers?
In the famous “Tin Cup” club breaking scene – Romeo & Roy McAvoy break every club in Roy’s bag except for Roy’s favorite 7 Iron – how many total clubs did the 2 break: 12 or 13? (I guess Roy was only carrying 13 clubs instead of the 14 allowed – Romeo broke the Driver & 3 wood – Roy broke the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, –,8, 9, Wedge, Sandwedge, & Putter for a total of 12 clubs)
On October 25th of 1999 Springfield favorite son Payne Stewart died in a bizarre plane crash – how many total people were on the chartered Learjet 35 business jet – when it went down in South Dakota: 5 or 6? (4 passengers & 2 pilots)
In a group of 23 there is a 50% probability that 2 of them share a birthday – at what number of people in a room does the probability of 2 of them sharing a birthday reach over 99%: 57 or 75 (At 57 there’s a 99.1% chance 2 people have the same birthday)
Simone Biles is being declared the Olympic Gymnastic GOAT but in the 1976 Montreal Olympics a 15 year old Romanian, Nadia Comaneci racked up 6 or 7 perfect scores of 10?
True or False In 1991 at Super Bowl XXV (25) Coca-Cola presented the “New Kids on the Block” the first teen sensation group to perform at a Super Bowl half-time? (1971, Ella Fitzgerald 1988, Chubby Checker, 1991, New Kids on the Block, 1992 Gloria Estefan, 1993 Michael Jackson)
Bible Question: Good Friday is observed each year in remembrance of: Christ’s Entrance into Jerusalem or Christ’s Death on the Cross? (According to the Julian Calendar introduced in 45 BC and Christ died Friday, April 3rd 33 AD 3pm)
Months that have a Friday the 13th will always start on a: Saturday or Sunday?
In 2012 NY Jets QB Mark Sanchez famously “Butt Fumbled” resulting in a New England Patriots: 23 or 33 yard fumble return for a touchdown?
British Special Agent 007 James Bond has or has not ever been married? (In the movie, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – James Bond marries Tracey/Dianna Rigg)