Trivia Questions 08/17/24

  1. 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?
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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?
  6. 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)
  7. 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)
  8. Months that have a Friday the 13th will always start on a: Saturday or Sunday?
  9. 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?
  10. 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)