Trivia Questions Week 12/29/17

By Eldon Combs | December 29, 2017 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions Week 12/29/17
  1. 196 Indiana Basketball Coach Bobby Knight threw a chair across the court after receiving a technical – when he left the court – he had accumulated:   1, 2, or 3 technical  fouls?
  2. I what year did Google start selling search advertising ads:  1992, 1996, or 2,000?
  3. In what year did Sports Illustrated get Pete Rose banned from baseball fro betting on games:  1985, 1987, or 1989? (Article exposed exposed Roses trangression the the sporting world – forced baseball’s hand)
  4. Everyone using Google has received a:  Back Rub, Foot Rub, or Neck Rub? (Original Google Name)
  5. In 1993 Houston Astro’s Nolan Ryan hit Chicago White Sox’s Robin Ventura with a pitch – Ventura decided to charge the mound and was greeted with a steer wrestling headlock and pummeled with:  4, 5, or 6 consecutive punches to his head?  (Someone grabbed Ryan’s arm or Ventura would’ve gotten more – the 2 were pulled to the ground by everyone else that joined the testosteron party at the pitchers mound)
  6. Bible Question:  What prophet confronted King David about his sin with Bathsheba:  Abiathar, Nathan, or Elisha?
  7. In what year did Tonya Harding’s boyfriend hit figure skater Nancy Kerrigan int he knee with a metal pipe:  1992, 93, or 94? (Jan 1994 – all for naught – Kerrigan went on to grab the Bronz Medal at the Olympics – her final skate was flawless and she got robbed of the Silver Medal and quite possibly even the Gold)
  8. What was the first year people started making more web searches from their phones than their desktop computers at home:  2012, 2014, or 2016?
  9. In 1996 after spitting on home plate umpire John Hirschbeck – Baltimore Oriole star Roberto Alomar received a:  3, 5, or 7 day suspension from MLB? (The itty bitty penalty almost spurred an umpire strike – inmates running the asylum – oops!  Did I really say that?)
  10. Jasper, MO has a special connection to this movie:  3 Billboards, Guardians of the Galaxy, Roadhouse, or Winter’s Bone?  (All movies had scenes filmed in Missouri, but only was about the town Jasper, MO)
  11. In 1997 Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman tripped over a courtside cameraman and gave him a sneaker autograph in his gonads – can you remember the team the Bulls were playing:  Denver Nuggets, Orlando Magic, Minnesotta Timberwolvers?
  12. China’s most used search engine is known as “Baidu” (Buy-Doo) which means:  100 Times, 1,000 Times, or Eternal Wisdom? (100 or Countless Times)
  13. In 1997 Golden State All-Star Latrell Sprewell choked & punched his coach PJ Carlisimo –  the Warriors immediately:  suspended him 10 days, voided his $23.7 million contract, waited for NBA 68 suspension)
  14. In what year did Google first hit the World Wide Web:  1994, 1996, or 1998?
  15. In 2008 there was consideration of leaving this player off the Olympic Men’s Basketball Team because, the vast majority of team members did not like this player – was it:  Deron Williams, LeBron James, or Dwight Howard?
  16. From the movie “Roadhouse”, what retail giant did Brad Wesley tell Dalton he was responsible for bringing to HIS city (Jasper, MO):  Sears & Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, or JC Penny)
  17. When Apple acquired Beats Electronics – Lebron James put a smooth:  $1.3 Million, $13 Million, or $31 Million?
  18. The movie ET and this movie were originally supposed to be the same movie until the 2 were produced as separate movies – was it ET and:  Poltergiest, Harry & the Hendersons, or Cocoon?
  19. How many push ups did LeBron James High School Basketball Coach used to make him do everytime he heard “The King” cuss on the court:  10, 15, or 20?
  20. In Quentin Tarantino’s, “Django Unchained” the socially unacceptable “N Word” is shared:  113, 131, or 311 times?
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