Record Breakers
This athlete holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals, with a total of 23 medals across four Games.
Michael Phelps
What NHL legend went undrafted in 1978 due to a loophole and signed with the Edmonton Oilers before becoming the face of the NHL
Wayne Gretzky
In PGA, can you be assessed a stroke penalty for giving or taking advice during a round? Y/N
Y
The New York Giants stopped the Patriots from achieving a perfect season by winning Super Bowl XXLI 17-14 on a game-winning drive late in the fourth quarter. The drive featured one of the most iconic catches in NFL history. What is the name of the catch and who is the player who caught it?
The Helmet Catch by David Tyree
This MLB player holds the record for most consecutive games played, with an ironman streak of 2,632 games.
Cal Ripken Jr
This NBA team drafted Kobe Bryant 13th overall in 1996, but traded him to the Lakers before he ever played a game for them
Charlotte Hornets
Can an NFL team score one total point in a game? Y/N and how
Y: on a two-point conversion, the defnse forces a safety.
There have been two 16-1 upsets in NCAA Tournament history. One in 2018, one in 2023. Name the four teams involved in those games.
UMBC beat Virginia in 2018, Farleigh Dickinson beat Purdue in 2023
This golfer holds the record for the most major championships won, with a total of 11 titles.
Jack Nicklaus
The Philadelphia 76ers tanked for possibly a decade. From 2014-2017 they had four top-3 picks (one in each draft) Name the players they selected with those picks.
Joel Embiid (2014, No. 3), Jahlil Okafor (2015, No. 3), Ben Simmons (2016, No. 1), Markelle Fults (2017, No. 1)
A player hits a home run with a different player on first base. The first player gets injured and cannot continue rounding the bases. What's the legally correct outcome? A: the batter can pass the injured player, with the injured player's run automatically counting. B: the hitting team can substitute a player for the injured runner mid-play to finish running the bases. C; The injured runner must finish rounding bases, or the home run doesn't count because the hitter passes him. D: Neither player is required to round the bases, umpires are allowed to issue hitting team two runs.
B: the hitting team can substitute a player for the injured runner mid-play to finish running the bases.
Possibly the most iconic underdog story in the US, The Miracle on Ice featured the USA Olympic Men's Hockey team defeating the Soviet Union's team in the semifinals
1980 (fun fact it was held in New York)
Eric Dickerson holds the NFL single-season rushing record, and is one of nine RB's to ever eclipse 2,000 rushing yards in a season. Only one of those players did it in fewer than 16 games, who was it?
O.J. Simpson, 2,003 yards in 14 games during the 1973 season.
Aaron Rodgers' fall in the 2005 NFL Draft is well-known, but before Rodgers, this hall-of-fame quarterback who attended Pitt was, controversially, the sixth QB taken in the first round of the 1983 draft.
Dan Marino
MLB Players are not allowed to catch a live baseball with their hats. What's the penalty for doing so? A: Batter + Runners are awarded three bases B: Batter + Runners are awared two bases C: Hitting team is awarded one run, replay the pitch. D: Batter + RUnners advance one base, player who caught ball is ejected.
A: Batter + Runners are awarded three bases
What country defeated Team USA Basketball in the Olympic semifinals in 2004, a match that inspired the US to form the Redeem Team in 2008?
Argentina
This player holds the record for the most career assists in NBA history, totaling 15,806 assists over his career.
John Stockton
Michael Jordan was the third overall pick in the 1984 draft... Who were the two players selected ahead of him?
Hakeem Olajuwon and Sam Bowie
There's one way a hit up the middle can result in a foul ball. What must occur?
The ball must hit off the pitching rubber and goes foul before first/third base without being touched by a fielder.
This college basketball team, an 11-seed in the 2006 NCAA Tournament, became the first mid-major to reach the Final Four, shocking powerhouses like Michigan State and UConn along the way.
George Mason