Fun Sports Trivia Questions and Answers
Q: What golfer made a comeback from chemotherapy and radiation
treatment for lymphoma in 1994?
A: Paul Azinger.
Q: Who was the last person to win back to back World Series of
Poker Tournament?
A: Johnny Chan.
Q: What golfer beat Porky Oliver at the
1946 PGA Championship to
win his first major?
A: Ben Hogan.
Q: What multi-nicknamed Yankees great suggested he be called "The
Idol of the American Boy"?
A: Babe Ruth.
Q: What two-time All-Big-Eight defensive back at
Colorado won
three U.S. Open golf titles?
A: Hale Irwin.
Q: Who topped the PGA Tour in earnings for five years in the
1970s?
Q: What golf tourney banned sportscaster Gary McCord for calling
course bumps "body bags" and suggesting "bikini wax" sped the
greens?
A: The Masters.
Q: What dreaded golf shot occurs when the ball is hit with the
hosel of the club?
A: A Shank.
Q: What decade saw names first appear on the backs of
NFL
jerseys?
A: The 1960s.
Q: What Pro Football Hall of Famer was the first to get a
second bust in the Hall, for broadcasting?
A: Frank Gifford.
Q: What three 49ers have earned
Super Bowl MVP honors, through
1996?
A: Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young.
Q: What Brooklyn Dodgers great got his nick
name for what
he called his shooter when playing marbles as a child?
A: "Pee Wee" Reese.
Q: What sport was popularized by
Olympic
swimmer Duke Kahanamoku?
A: Surfing.
Q: What NBA star refuses to have the hot water turned on at his
Chicago home because he rarely takes showers there?
A: Dennis Rodman.
Q: What's an NBA player deemed to be if he's received the Maurice
Podoloff Trophy?
A: The Most Valuable Player.
Q: What's the most common nickname for a
major league baseball
pitcher?
A: "Lefty".
Q: Who was the NBA Coach of the Year trophy named after?
A: Red Auerbach.
Q: What's the last name of NFL All Pro brothers Shannon and
Sterling?
A: Sharpe.
Q: Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four
grand slam events at least four times?
A: Steffi Graf.
Q: What position must college footballers play to receive the
Davey O'Brien Award?
A: Quarterback.
Q: What NBA team charges $600 for a floor seal at a regular
season game?
A: The Los Angeles Lakers.
Q: What's the fastest engine-powered sport?
A: Airplane racing.
Q: What heavyweight was Tony "Two Ton" Galento referring to
when he said in 1939:"I'll molder de bum"?
A: Joe Luis.
Q: What Oakland Athletic hit the longest homer in Cumiskey
Park history, and followed it the next day with one twenty feet
longer?
Q: Who coached the Detroit Red Wings to 62 wins in 1995-96,
breaking Scotty Bowman's mark of 60 with Montréal in 1976-77?
A: Scotty Bowman.
Q: What team ended 54 years of frustration by winning the Stanley
Cup in 1994?
A: The New York Rangers.
Q: What Alabama-born football and baseball star was named after
the actor who played Dr. Ben Casey on TV?
A: Vince Edward "Bo" Jackson.
