Trivia Questions 08/07/26

  1. LeBron James will live in New York while playing in Philadelphia this season (2026-27) he will play 41 home games and have 26 home practices – requiring 67, 45 minute trips that will cost the future Hall of Famer a reported: $408,000 or $804,000 in travel cost for the season?
  2. When Tony Romo was arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence on July 23rd, 2026 – he had just played in the Wisconsin Amateur Championship golf tournament – the former Dallas Cowboy QB, Current CBS Football Analyst and self-professed pretty good golfer had finished 73rd or 103rd out of the 156 golfers competing?
  3. The final act – the final straw that got Indiana Basketball Coach Bobby Knight fired was: verbal abuse of a female sports information staffer or inappropriate contact with an Indiana student? (Coach did almost lose his job over a clash with a female staffer but it was a seemingly innocent comment by a student that set the stage for Bobby to crack and forcibly grab Freshman Kent Harvey after he said, “What’s Up Coach?” – Knight thought the question was delivered in a disrespectful manner)
  4. In the long & storied history beginning in 1882 – how many different field managers have the St. Louis Cardinals team had: 56 or 65? (Complete list at baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/managers)
  5. In 1983 NC State Wolfpack won a National Championship over the heavily favored UNLV Runing Rebels – you would’ve needed two hands or two hands and a foot to count the number of losses NC State had in 1983? (The Wolfpack had 10 losses that season)
  6. How many times has a College Basketball National Champion finished their entire season undefeated: 6 or 8 times? (1976 Indiana, 1973 UCLA, 1972 UCLA, 1967 UCLA, 1964 UCLA, 1957 North Carolina, 1955 & 56 San Francisco Dons Bill Russell/KC Jones)
  7. In the history of Missouri State University how many basketball alumni have gone on to play for the world famous Harlem Globetrotters: None, 1, or 2? (Greg Bell 1985-87 SMSU Played for Globetrotters 1990-92 & Arnold “A Train” Bernard 1989-91 Played for Globetrotters 1991-98)
  8. In a press conference, when was asked about a player he had just played on the court, Larry Bird once said: “That wasn’t him that was God disguised as: Julius Erving or Micheal Jordan?” (Larry and just watched MJ put up 65 pts against his Celtics in a play-off game)
  9. William “The Fridge” Perry earned his nickname while playing for the Clemson Tigers or the Chicago Bears? (Teammate Ray Brown is credited with name the “Refigerator” while at Clemson University)