Trivia Questions 08/21/26

  1. The Irish-inspired game of “Hurling” most resembles the English-originated game of Field Hockey or Cricket? (Hurling, features a flattened curved stick – widened and the end that is used to strike, catch, & carry the ball – most like Field Hockey)
  2. In the late 1980’s thru the early 09s Mike tyson was dominating Boxing – there were 2 men dominating golf – of Greg Norman and Nick Faldo who had the most professional wins? (Faldo 43 wins – 6 majors & 30 European Wins & 7 other PGA wins – Min of 88 to 91 wins including 20 PGA wins & 2 majors)
  3. St. Louis Cardinals rookie Joshua Baez hit homers on each of his first 3 career at bats (The only MLB player to do so in history) but how many St. Louis players have ever hit 3 consecutive homers in 3 consecutive at bats: 1 or 3? (6/25/1930 OF George Watkins playing for St. Louis hit a single in his first at bat and then rattled off 3 consecutive homers in his next 3 plate appearances)
  4. Stephen Curry hold the NBA record for most made 3pts by a large margin but who has the better career 3 pt shooting percentage: Stephen Curry or his brother Seth Curry? (As of today 08/21/26 Seth is 7th on the all-time career list with 43.34% – with a 42.17% Steph Curry holds the 14th position on the all-time list – both players are still playing so their career numbers will change)
  5. The most exciting return man the Kansas City Chiefs have ever had was Dante Hall – Hall had a combined 548 kick-off & punt return attempts while playing for the Chiefs, racking up more or less than 10 total scoring returns? (The Human Joystick had 11 career returns, all with the KC Chiefs)
  6. Michael Jordan or Russell Westbrook who is in the NBA’s All-Time Top 5 in Steals? (MJ is #4 with 2,514 – Westbrook #14 with 2,038 – Stockton #1 with 3,265 – LeBron with 8 years more than MJ is in the #6 spot and still needs 97 more steals to catch MJ)
  7. Byron Nelson won 11 consecutive golf tournaments in 1945 – the most consecutive tournaments Tiger Woods ever won was 6 or 7? (In the 1999-2000 season Tiger won 9 tournaments at one time winning 6 tournaments in a row – during the 2006-07 season Tiger won 7 straight and in 2007-08 he won 5 consecutive tournaments)
  8. Today’s Boston Red Sox became member of the Am League in 1901 and were originally known as the Boston Americans or the Boston Pilgrims? (The Americans until 1907 – the press would use Pilgrams/Puritans, Plymouth Rocks, Somersets, or Speed Boys to describe the team but were never official)
  9. Billy Jean King, Marina Navratilova, or Serena Williams – which of these 3 tennis legends does not share the record for most Wimbledon Championship Titles at 20 when including: Singles, Doubles, & Mixed Doubles? (Serena 7 singles/6 doubles/1 mixed doubles – Billy Jean 6 singles/10 doubles/4 mixed doubles – Martina 9 singles/7 doubles/4 mixed doubles)