By Eldon Combs | January 8, 2016 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions Week 01/08/16
True or False – In 1972 Hank Aaron signed a 3 year deal with the Atlanta Braves – Aaron had 639 of his final 755 home runs at the time – that deal made him the highest paid player in the professional baseball (Yes, $200,000 a year)
Which state is actually the closest to the continent of Africa: Florida, North Carolina, or Maine? (ME 7,322 Mi – FL 7,711 Mi)
The first MLB player to be paid $1 Million in a year is: Mike Schmidt, Nolan Ryan, or Catfish Hunter? (Hunter got $750,000 a yr from Yankees plus, a $1 Mil signing bonus)
This first time you could legally turn right on red in the US was: 1973, 1975, or 1977?
The first man in MLB history to earn $1 Mil in a single year was: Dave Parker, Nolan Ryan, or Mike Schmidt? (Parker’s salary was less than a million but with contract incentives he earn over $1Mil)
UPS drivers have more difficulty turning right or left? (UPS drivers are instruction to plan routes making as many right turns as possible to save time, fuel, emissions and for safety – even after they get off work they struggle with turning left)
Baseball’s first $2 Mil a year man was: Dave Winfield, George Foster, or Ozzie Smith? (1982 – 5 Yr Deal worth $10.2 Mil)
Bible Question: How many years did Israel suffer in bondage to the Egyptians more or less than 500 years? (430 yrs)
In 1989 the highest paid player in baeball was: Kirby Puckett, Jose Conseco, Ken Griffey Jr (First $3 Mil a year contract to stay with his beloved Twins)
The state of California is or is not home to Grizzly Bears? (Nope not anymore)
Baseball’s first $4 million player was: Jose Conseco, Roger Clemens, or Ryan Sandberg? ($23.5 Mil over 5 years with the Oakland A’s)
There is a full & complete Hydrogen Bomb in the waters off the coast of: Texas, Georgia, or S. Carolina? (1958 a B-47 Stratojet and a F-86 Saberjet Fighter collided – the H-Bomb cargo was jettisoned near Savannah)
Baseball’s first player to receive $10 Million in a single year is: Albert Bell, Cecil Fielder, or Kevin Brown? (1996 Bell got 5 yrs $55Mil – in 93 Fielder got a $10Mil signing bonus)
57, 75, or 157 hamburgers are sold at a McDonald’s every second?
MLB’s first $100 million contract is: Mike Hampton, Kevin Brown, or Alex Rodriguez (1998, 7 yr $105 Mil)
If you could drive from one side of the Earth thru the center to the other side – a 25 mpg car with a 20 gallon fuel tank would have to stop for gas more or less than 15 times? (Earth diameter 7,917.5 miles/500 miles = 15.835 times)
Through 2015 – Alex Rodriguez has made more or less than $400 million for playing baseball? ($435,418,686)
This state was the first to have a: Newspaper, Submarine, Helicopter, Sewing Machine, & TV was it: Massachusetts, Connecticut, or Pennsylvania?
Alex Rodriguez currently has a net worth of: $100Mil, $200Mil or $300Mil?
In the movie Hoosiers how many players suited up in the state finals game: 6, 7, or 8?
“Stan the Man” Musial once lost his swing for a bit – his less than stellar hitting bothered him so bad – he tried to give the Cardinal organization some of his contract money back after the: 1949, 1954, or 1959 season?