Trivia Questions 04/13/24

  1. Bible Question: What is the first color mentioned in the Bible: Black, White, or Green? (Gen 1:30 And, to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in thsky and all the creatures that move along the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give every GREEN plant for food)
  2. Basketball had a jump ball every quarter after made baskets, tie-ups, and overtime periods until 1937 – when a team would receive the ball after a made basket. College Basketball adopted the Alternating Possession Arrow in 1961, 1971, 1981?
  3. Which happen first America’s first MLB game or America’s first running of the Kentucky Derby? (MLB 5/4/1871 Fort Wayne Kekiogas best the Cleveland Forest Citys 2-0 – Kentucky Derby 5/17/1875 at the Louisville Jockey Club)
  4. The youngest horse to ever win a Triple Crown Race including the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont is: 1, 2, or 3 yrs old? (All Triple Crown Race Events only allow 3 years to run)
  5. Iowa sharp shooting guard Catlin Clark’s personal record for most points in a game is: 46, 49, or 52? (2/15/24 Catlin went 16 for 31 hitting 9 of 18 3-pointers and all 8 of her free throws)
  6. At its top speed, a Cheetah would or would not qualify for a speeding ticket on a Missouri Highway? (Cheetahs average 68 to 75 mph at top speed and can reach up to 80 mph – Missouri Highways have a speed limit of 70 – so yep they would qualify)
  7. When the AFC Buffalo Bills traded Wide Receiver Stephon Diggs there was one team that was never going to have a shot to get their star receiver – it was the: Bengals, Chiefs, or Dolphins?
  8. The fastest land turtle in the world is Bertie, a Southern African Leopard Tortoise that travels at more or less than 1 mph? (2015 Bertie set the land turtle speed record travel 18 feet in 19.53 seconds – that’s .62 mph)
  9. What is baseball’s all-time record for most consecutive stolen bases without being thrown out: 38, 44, or 50? (St. Louis Cardinal Vince Coleman 1989-90 – 50 straight)
  10. The human body is constructed in a way that running 40 mph is physically & scientifically possible but up to today (04/13/24 the world’s fastest-recorded human running speed is closer to: 27, 28, or 29 mph? (27.78 mph)