Almost Daily Trivia Quiz #126 - Miscellaneous Trivia Quiz Questions About Sports

Miscellaneous sports trivia questions and answers.

1. What golfer made a comeback from chemotherapy and radiation treatment for lymphoma in 1994?
    
2. Who was the last person to win back to back World Series of Poker Tournament?
    
3. What golfer beat Porky Oliver at the 1946 PGA Championship to win his first major?
    
4. What multi-nicknamed Yankees great suggested he be called "The Idol of the American Boy"?
    
5. What two-time All-Big-Eight defensive back at Colorado won three U.S. Open golf titles?
    
6. Who topped the PGA Tour in earnings for five years in the 1970s?
    
7. What golf tourney banned sportscaster Gary McCord for calling course bumps "body bags" and suggesting "bikini wax" sped the greens?
    
8. What dreaded golf shot occurs when the ball is hit with the hosel of the club?
    
9. What decade saw names first appear on the backs of NFL jerseys?
    
10. What Pro Football Hall of Famer was the first to get a second bust in the Hall, for broadcasting?
     
11. What three 49ers have earned Super Bowl MVP honors, through 1996?
     
12. What Brooklyn Dodgers great got his nick name for what he called his shooter when playing marbles as a child?
     
13. What sport was popularized by Olympic swimmer Duke Kahanamoku?
     
14. What NBA star refuses to have the hot water turned on at his Chicago home because he rarely takes showers there?
     
15. What's an NBA player deemed to be if he's received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy?
     
16. What's the most common nickname for a major league baseball pitcher?
     
17. Who was the NBA Coach of the Year trophy named after?
     
18. What's the last name of NFL All Pro brothers Shannon and Sterling?
     
19. Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events at least four times?
     
20. What position must college footballers play to receive the Davey O'Brien Award?
     
21. What NBA team charges $600 for a floor seal at a regular season game?
     
22. What's the fastest engine-powered sport?
     
23. What heavyweight was Tony "Two Ton" Galento referring to when he said in 1939:"I'll molder de bum"?
     
24. What Oakland Athletic hit the longest homer in Cumiskey Park history, and followed it the next day with one twenty feet longer?
     
25. Who coached the Detroit Red Wings to 62 wins in 1995-96, breaking Scotty Bowman's mark of 60 with Montréal in 1976-77?
     
26. What team ended 54 years of frustration by winning the Stanley Cup in 1994?
     
27. What Alabama-born football and baseball star was named after the actor who played Dr. Ben Casey on TV?

Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz # 126 - Miscellaneous Sports Trivia.

1. Paul Azinger.
2. Johnny Chan.
3. Ben Hogan.
4. Babe Ruth.
5. Hale Irwin.
6. Jack Nicklaus
7. The Masters.
8. A Shank.
9. The 1960s.
10. Frank Gifford.
11. Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young.
12. "Pee Wee" Reese.
13. Surfing. 
14. Dennis Rodman.
15. The Most Valuable Player.
16. "Lefty".
17. Red Auerbach.
18. Sharpe.
19. Steffi Graf.
20. Quarterback.
21. The Los Angeles Lakers.
22. Airplane racing. 
23. Joe Luis.
24. Mark McGwire. 
25. Scotty Bowman.
26. The New York Rangers. 
27. Vince Edward "Bo" Jackson.