Trivia Questions Week 12/12/14

By Eldon Combs | December 13, 2014 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions Week 12/12/14
  1. On Location Prize
  2. The great Ricky Henderson holds baseball’s record for “Most Stolen Bases” – Rickey has closer to 400 or 500 more stolen bases than Lou Brock – the man in 2nd place? (Ricky 1,406 – Lou 938 – that’s 468 more)
  3. Ships that choose to pass through the Panama Canal – pay more than $250,000 to do so.  The transition through the canal takes more or less than 10 hours? (9 Hrs)
  4. Many boxing experts claim Archie Moore as the greatest ever – Moore fought 218 bouts winning more or less than 65% of them by knockout?  (131 of 218 just over 60%)
  5. The largest instrument in the string section of an orchestra is a:  Bass Violin or a Cello?
  6. Cal Ripkin Jr. set baseball’s “Iron Man” record for “Most Consecutive Starts” of Sept 6th, 1995 – then 20 or 30 games later he took himself out of the Orioles starting line-up?
  7. A Bathometer measures the depth of the sea or the temperature of bath water? (Depth of the sea beneath a moving vessel)
  8. Baseball’s career record for “Most Inside the Park” Home Runs is closer to 45 or 54?  (Jesse Burket 55, Sam Crawford 51, Tommy Leach 48, Ty Cobb/Honus Wagner 46)
  9. For the movie “Divergent” – who’s place does Tris take when Four is about to throw knives at him:  Al or Will?
  10. Roger Federer (237) Steffi Graff (186) – which one currently holds the record for “Most Consecutive Weeks” ranked the world’s #1 tennis player?
  11. When you add 1+2+3+4+5 all the numbers up to 100 – the total will be odd or even number? (5,050)
  12. Pete Rose holds baseball’s “Most Hits” record with 4,256 – More or Less than 80% of his hits were singles? (78%)
  13. If the largest of the Great Pyramids would’ve been constructed upside-down – it would or would not have been possible to play all 16 NFL games at the same time on the top of the structure? (Only room for 10 football fields)
  14. Joe DiMaggio holds baseball’s “Most Consecutive Games with a Hit” record with 56.  55 times a players has had a streak of 30 or more.  3 or 5 players have had 40 games or more?  (Balt Orioles Willie Keeler 45(44), Cincy Reds Pete Rose 44, Chi Colts Bill Dahlen 42, St Louis Browns George Sisler 41, Detroit Tigers Ty Cobb 40)
  15. From Genesis God told Noah to build an Arc and it took more or less than 125 yrs to complete the work?  (Noah was 480 when God told him to build the Arc – He was 600 when the flood came – 120 yrs or less)
  16. Wilt Chamberlain holds the NBA single scoring record with 100 pts – he also holds the single game rebounding record with more or less than 50 rebounds? (55)
  17. The largest ever 1 day snow accumulation in the US is more or less than 80 inches? (75.8 inches Silver Lake, CO in 1921)
  18. Baseball’s all-time single season “Hit By Pitch” record is more or less than 55?   (50 Ron Hunt in 1971)
  19. Which came first:  The world’s first Wrist Watch (Louis Cartier – 1904) or the world’s first Automobile Speed Limit (London 1903)
  20. Byron Nelson won 11 consecutive golf tournaments in 1945 but only won major that legendary season – was it the US Open or the PGA Championship?
  21. LeBron James drew so much attention from people while he was in High School that his High School began charging up to $20 or $200 per ticket to watch is senior year games?
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