Trivia Questions 07/24/26

  1. Most MLB pitchers are yanked from a game when they reach around the 100-pitch mark – the most pitches thrown in a single game by a single pitcher is more or less than 250 pitches? (Nolan Ryan 1974 – Anaheim Angels vs Boston Red Sox – Ryan pitched 13 of the 15-inning game, throwing 235 pitches, recording 19 strikeouts and walking 10 batters, facing 58 batters – Angels won 4 to 3)
  2. The average MLB game features 3 pitchers per team, with each team throwing more or less than 140 pitches? (Today MLB game averages 146 pitches per game – up 11 pitches over 20 years ago)
  3. Atlanta Braves Hall of Famer, Greg Maddoz holds the MLB record for fewest complete game pitches with: 68 or 78?
  4. Back in 1983, White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura earned a record 5 or 6 hits while facing Texas Ranger and future Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan? After being hit by a pitch Robin Ventura made a bad decision to charge a waiting and ready Nolan Ryan – who promptly steerdogged Ventura when the two met at the mound – Ryan delivered 6 right hands to the face and head of Ventura – unfortunately, for Ventura – he is remembered for this comical act of aggression against a baseball legend and a man 20 years older than him at the time – more than his 16 year very nice career in the big leagues)
  5. For his country club boss/waiter role in the Adam Sandler movie, Happy Gilmore 2 – how much was Kansas City Chiefs Tight End and Taylor Swift’s main squeeze Travis Kelce paid: $5, $50, or $500? (John Daly got $1,000 – Post Malone made his appearance for $1)
  6. Before this golfer made it big – he once played a big money game having no money at all but needed money to pay off a jeweler for a $400 wedding ring – was it: Arnold Palmer or Johnny Miller? (This famous bet involved Palmer’s first visit to a very tough Pine Valley Golf Course in New Jersey – Arnold bet members $100 for each stroke he could shoot under par and they countered his bet with $100 for every stroke he shot over 80. Palmer bogeyed the first hole but went on to shoot 4 under par, pocketing the money he needed to purchase the ring for his wife to be Winifred “Winney” Walzer/Palmer)
  7. You would need two hands or two hands and a foot to count the number of times a kickoff has been returned for a touchdown in Super Bowl history? (10 times)
  8. A Soccer goalie can or cannot touch the ball 54 feet in front of his goal? (Yep, known as the 18 yd box – a goalie can go as far as 54 feet in front of the goal and 54 feet wide either side of the goal)
  9. Larry Bird’s favorite player to play with on the Boston Celtics was: Kevin McHale or Bill Walton? (Bird said Walton saw the court like him, calling him a basketball genius/a savant)