Trivia Questions 07/17/26

  1. Major League Baseball’s first Million Dollar Manager was: Davey Johnson or Peter Rose? (1985 Pete Rose signed 3 yr – $3 Million Dollar contract to manage the Cincinnati Reds as a player-manager)
  2. Of America’s 5 major sports leagues including the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, & MLS how many have “Hard Salary Caps” limiting what owners can pay players: 1 or 2? (NBA/NFL)
  3. On this date 07/17/26 – Fan Duel have the odds of Patrick Mahomes starting game one of the NFL season against the Denver Broncos at closer to: 78 or 87? (87.8%)
  4. Former Celtic’s Center & Hall of Famer Bill Russell is the only NBA coach to play-in and win the NBA Finals as a player-coach – how many total teams did the “Secretary of Defense” coach of his career: 1, 2, or 3? (Boston Celtics 1966-69, Seattle Supersonics 1973-77, Sacremento Kings 1987-88 stepped-down after 58 games)
  5. True or False Golf’s Top 100 Teaching Pro’s believe the ideal height to tee up a golf ball is 1.5 inches?
  6. 18 to 19% of all MLB home runs take place of the first or second pitch of any at bat?
  7. Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham was a featured UFC Ring Girl in Las Vegas last Saturday night – the next day the Fever won or lost their game against A’ja Wilson and the Aces? (Stunning victory – 4th largest margin of victory in WNBA history smoking the reigning champs 109 to 75 – Sophie followed up her ring girl appearance with a game high 23 points hitting 6, 3 pointers)
  8. How many NFL running backs have racked up at least 25 TD’s in a season: 4 or 5? (1995 Emmit Smith 25, 2,000 Marshall Faulk 26, 2003 Priest Holmes 27, 2005 Shaun Alexander 28, 2006 LaDainian Tomlinson 31)
  9. On average a MLB pitcher will throw more or less than 15 pitches per inning? (15.5 is the league average)