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100

THIS COLLEGE COACH LENT HIS NAME TO A YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE

WHO IS POP WARNER

HE HELPED SHAPE THE MODERN GAME OF FOOTBALL, CREATING SUCH INNOVATIONS AS THE HUDDLE, THE SPIRAL, SCREEN PASS AND DOUBLE-WING FORMATIONS DURING HIS 43-YEAR COACHING CAREER.

100

BASKETBALL RULES MADE JUST TO HAMPER THIS 100 POINT SCORER INCLUDE YOU CAN'T THROW AN INBOUNDS PASS OVER THE RIM.

WHO IS WILT CHAMBERLAIN

THE NBA INSTITUTED A NUMBER OF RULES TO COMPENSATE FOR THE 7-FOOT-1 "BIG DIPPER'S" DOMINANCE, INCLUDING WIDENING THE PAINT, GOALTENDING, AND BANNING FREE-THROW SHOOTERS FROM CROSSING THE FOUL LINE SINCE WILT WOULD THROW THE BALL OFF THE BACKBOARD AND DUNK IT.

100

TO EVERYONE'S "RELIEF" IN 2019 THIS YANKEE PITCHER BECAME THE FIRST UNANIMOUS SELECTION TO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME.

WHO IS MARIANO RIVERA

HE FINISHED HIS CAREER WITH THE MOST SAVES IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HISTORY AND 13 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS.

100

WHO WAS THE 1ST MLB PLAYER TO PITCH A BALL OVER 100 MPH?

WHO IS NOLAN RYAN


100

CLOSE BASKETBALL SHOT FROM THE TIP OF THE HAND INTO THE BASKET

WHAT IS A FINGER ROLL

GEORGE "ICEMAN" GERVIN MADE THE FINGER ROLL POPULAR, USING THE MODIFIED LAYUP TO WIN FOUR SCORING TITLES IN FIVE YEARS.

200

BEAR BRYANT LED MARYLAND AND TWO OTHER SCHOOLS BEFORE ROLLING TO 232 WINS AT THIS UNIVERSITY.

WHAT IS ALABAMA

BRYANT LED THE CRIMSON TIDE TO 232 VICTORIES DURING 25 STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS FROM 1958-82, AND HIS SIX NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS STOOD ALONE UNTIL HIS FELLOW ALABAMA COACH ,NICK SABAN SURPASSED HIM WITH SEVEN. 

200

ARGUABLY THE GREATEST BASKETBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME. HE LED THE CHICAGO BULLS TO SIX NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS.

WHO IS MICHAEL JORDAN

HE WAS THE MVP IN ALL SIX OF THOSE CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE RETIRED WITH A NUMBER OF NBA RECORDS, INCLUDING THE OLDEST TO LEAD IN SCORING AT AGE 35.

200

BASEBALL'S "STAN THE MAN" WHO PLAYED IN A RECORD 24 ALL-STAR GAMES

WHO IS STAN MUSIAL

HE PLAYED 1ST BASE AND OUTFIELD FOR THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS FROM 1941-63, HITTING 475 CAREER HOMERUNS AND WINNING THREE WORLD SERIES TITLES. HE MISSED THE ENTIRE 1945 SEASON AFTER ENLISTING IN THE NAVY AND FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR II.

200

WHAT TEAM HAS THE RECORD OF SCORING THE MOST POINTS (55) IN A SINGLE SUPER BOWL GAME?

WHO ARE THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ers

THEY DEFEATED THE DENVER BRONCOS 55-10 IN SUPER BOWL XXIV

200

IN THE NFL EACH OF THESE MEASURES 10 YARDS BY 53 1/3 YARDS

WHAT IS AN END ZONE

UNTIL 1974, THE GOAL POSTS WERE PLACED AT THE FRONT OF THE END ZONE, INTERFERING WITH PASSES AND PLAYERS ON THE FIELD. "BOING"

300

WHAT TEAM WON THREE SUPER BOWLS IN THE 1990'S (1993,1994 AND 1996)

WHO ARE THE DALLAS COWBOYS

300

IN 2002 THIS PHILADELPHIA 76er WON HIS THIRD NBA SCORING TITLE WITH AN AVERAGE OF 31.4 POINTS PER GAME.

WHO IS ALLEN IVERSON

ALSO KNOWN AS "THE ANSWER" HIS SIGNATURE MOVE WAS THE CROSSOVER DRIBBLE.

300

THIS WEST COAST TEAM IS THE ONLY ONE WHOSE TEAM CITY AND NAME ARE BOTH IN SPANISH.

WHO ARE THE SAN DIEGO PADRES

THE SAN DIEGO PADRES JOINED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FOR THE 1969 SEASON, WINNING THEIR FIRST GAME OVER THE HOUSTON ASTROS

300

WHAT TEAM WON 8 STRAIGHT NBA TITLES (1959-66) 

WHO ARE THE BOSTON CELTICS

300

A SLOW TRICKY PITCH ON THE BASEBALL DIAMOND. PHIL NIEKRO WON OVER 300 GAMES USING IT AS HIS PRIMARY PITCH.

WHAT IS A KNUCKLEBALL

THE KNUCKLEBALL IS A SPECIALIZED PITCH, THROWN WITH VERY LITTLE SPIN, AND MUCH SLOWER THAN MOST PITCHES, WHICH CREATES THE RANDOM MOVEMENT OF THE BALL AS IT CROSSES THE PLATE.

400

NAME TWO OF THE FOUR TEAMS THAT HAVE NEVER PLAYED IN THE SUPER BOWL?

CLEVELAND BROWNS

JACKSONVILLE JAQUARS

DETROIT LIONS

HOUSTON TEXANS

400

WHO WAS THE YOUNGEST PLAYER TO SCORE 10,00 POINTS IN THE NBA?

WHO IS LeBRON JAMES

400

WHAT MLB TEAM HAD THE LONGEST-LASTING INTACT INFIELD COMPRISED OF STEVE GARVEY, DAVEY LOPES, BILL RUSSELL AND RON CEY. THEY PATROLLED THE INFIELD TOGETHER FOR NEARLY NINE SEASONS FROM  1973-81.

WHO ARE THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS.

THEY WON THE 1981 WORLD SERIES TITLE OVER THE YANKEES, AS WELL AS FOUR NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANTS DURING THEIR TIME TOGETHER.

400

WHO IS THE NBA's ALL-TIME SCORER (38,387)?

KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR

400

BACKWARDS, OR A DOUBLE HANDOFF FOOTBALL PLAY

WHAT IS A REVERSE? 

A REVERSE HAPPENS WHEN THE QUARTERBACK TAKES THE SNAP AND HANDS OFF TO A RUNNING BACK, WHO THEN HANDS OFF TO A WIDE RECEIVER RUNNING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. THAT PLAYER CAN HAND OFF TO ANOTHER RECEIVER-THE DOUBLE REVERSE-CONTINUE RUNNING, OR THROW A PASS

500

WHAT WIDE RECEIVER CAUSED A SENSATION DURING HIS ROOKIE SEASON WITH A ONE-HANDED CATCH. 

BE CAREFUL ON THIS ONE YOUR ANSWER MUST BE EXACT

WHO IS ODELL BECKHAM JR.

500

WHAT FAMOUS LOS ANGELES LAKER IS FEATURED ON THE NBA LOGO?

WHO IS JERRY WEST

500

IN THE BASEBALL THEMED MOVIE "FIELD OF DREAMS" A QUESTION IS ASKED "IS THIS HEAVEN?" NO, IT'S THIS MIDWESTERN STATE ALSO KNOWN AS 'THE CORN STATE'

WHAT IS IOWA

500

WHAT NFL TEAM HAS MORE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMERS THAN ANY OTHER FRANCHISE?

WHO ARE THE CHICAGO BEARS

500

A PLAYER WHO CAN LEGALLY CATCH A PASS IS THIS TYPE OF RECEIVER; SOME ARE BACHELORS TOO.

WHAT IS ELIGIBLE

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT DETERMINE A RECEIVER'S ELIGIBILITY, INCLUDING WHAT NUMBER THEY WEAR AND THE FORMATION IN WHICH THEY LINE UP. AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN CAN BE DEEMED INELIGIBLE IF HE TAKES OFF UPFIELD BEFORE A PASS IS THROWN.

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