Founders, Pioneers, and Firsts
Although now widely debunked, Abner Doubleday is still sometimes credited as inventing baseball in 1839 in this New York town.
What is Cooperstown?
Sometimes just referred to as the "Big Game," these two California schools have tied 11 times in 122 meetings since 1892. Their matchup in 1982 was decidedly -not- a tie, with one of the most bizarre finishes in football history. The losing team's official records still list the game as a 20-19 victory, but everyone else has it as a 25-20 loss.
Who are Stanford & Cal?
This running back is the only player to ever score a touchdown in overtime in the Super Bowl.
Who is James White?
Since 1981, this European Country has dominated the World Fencing Championships, with 44 Top 8 results.
What is France?
Wilt Chamberlain is the only center in NBA history to lead the league in this statistical category.
What is assists?
This hockey legend played in the NHL in five different decades.
Who is Gordie Howe?
The first indoor hockey game was played in 1875 in this Canadian city.
What is Montreal?
Of the 67 rivalry games that have been played 100 times or more, the most lopsided is the "Bedlam" series between these two schools both from the same state. The Sooners hold a record over the Cowboys of 89-18-7.
Who are Oklahoma and Oklahoma State?
These are the two teams to win the World Series with walk-off home runs, in 1960 and 1993.
Who are the Pirates and Blue Jays?
The United States has as many Olympic swimming medals as the next six countries combined. Which country has the second-most?
What is Australia?
This is the only NFL quarterback to appear in the Top 5 of both career passing touchdowns and career interceptions.
Who is Brett Favre?
This recently retired NBA icon played for a record 22 seasons, and played with or against 37 percent of all the players to have ever appeared in the NBA.
Who is Vince Carter?
James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, is the only coach in the history of this basketball powerhouse school to have a losing record during his tenure there.
What is Kansas?
While Harvard and Yale have played "The Game" 136 times, the most-played Rivalry in the Ivy League is actually between one of those teams, and this school usually better known for its Hoops team.
Who are Yale & Princeton?
Adam Vinatieri kicked two Super Bowl-winning field goals for the Patriots, but a decade earlier, Scott Norwood missed a 47-yard field goal as time expired that would have won the Super Bowl for this team.
Who are the Buffalo Bills?
At the Basque Pelota World Championships (held every four years), this Spanish-speaking nation has won the most medals, with 183.
What is Spain?
Despite being one of the most legendary pitchers in baseball history, this right-hander actually is MLB's All-Time leader in losses.
Who is Cy Young?
This MLB pitching legend played for 27 seasons, long enough that he struck out seven different sets of Father & Son.
Who is Nolan Ryan?
15 different U.S. Presidents have thrown out the ceremonial first pitch at a Major League Baseball game, but he was the first to do it, in 1910.
Who is William H. Taft?
The highest-scoring game in NCAA history came in 2018, when these two schools combined for 146 points after seven overtime periods. They first met in 1899, but went years without a showdown because of conference realignments. Since 2012, though, they've both played in the SEC West.
Who are LSU & Texas A&M?
This journeyman infielder with a peculiar batting stance has the distinction of being on base for each of the last two times the World Series has ended with a walk-off hit. He scored the winning run in 1997.
Who is Craig Counsell?
Wife Carrying is a sport in which a male competitor carries a female teammate through an obstacle track. The 2018 and 2019 World Championships were won by a couple from this Baltic country.
What is Lithuania?
In addition to being MLB's All-Time leader in Stolen Bases, Rickey Henderson is also second all-time in this category.
What is Walks?
This Negro League legend made his Major League debut at age 41, played until he was 46, then came out of retirement at age 58 to throw three scoreless innings for the Kansas City Athletics.
Who is Satchel Paige?
The NCAA was officially founded in 1906 to govern all intercollegiate athletics, but early iterations existed as far back as 1852 to govern competitions in this aquatic sport.
What is Rowing?
The most-played Rivalry game in college football is between these two schools in the same state, that both start with the same letter, having played 155 times since 1884.
Who are Lehigh and Lafeyette?
The NBA has never had a true walk-off championship game, but the Chicago Bulls came awfully close three times in the 1990s. In addition to Jordan's 1998 shot against Utah, these other two guards hit series-clinching shots in 1993 and 1997, respectively. One went on to become the Bulls GM, and the other a championship-winning head coach.
Who are John Paxson and Steve Kerr?
The earliest instances of snorkeling and free diving can be traced back to 3000 B.C. in this ancient civilization.
What is Greece?
This quarterback, while relatively mediocre in the NFL with teams like Minnesota, Denver, and Washington, is the NCAA's all-time leader in career passing touchdowns, throwing 155 for the University of Houston.
Who is Case Keenum?
Stanislaw Kowalski, a 110-year old Polish man, is considered to be the oldest athlete in the world. The sports he competes in would be classified under what Olympic sport?
What is Track & Field?