Record Breaking
Which Major League Baseball team has won the most World Series titles?
The New York Yankees - 27 Championships
Sheryl Swoopes was the first woman to be drafted in the WNBA. The first WNBA draft was held during what year?
1997
In soccer, a how many yellow cards equal 1 red card?
2 yellow cards
What year did the United States men's ice hockey team win its first Olympic gold medal?
1960
They won gold again in 1980
What does the NWBA stand for?
National Wheelchair Basketball Association
Which hockey player holds the record for most career assists?
A. Gordie Howe
B. Sidney Crosby
C. Bobby Orr
D. Wayne Gretzky
D. Wayne Gretzky - 1963 assists
Softball was added to the summer Olympic Games in 1996, but then dropped as an Olympic sport after the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008.
How many Olympic gold medals does USA Softball have?
2 Olympic gold medals (2000 and 2004)
In an overtime situation, what does "golden goal" mean?
Whichever team scores first, wins! It doesn't matter how much time remains in the overtime period.
The very first Super Bowl was played in 1967. Which team won it?
Green Bay Packers
If your team scores a "try" in rugby, how many points does your team get?
5 points
The NBA's top 7 all-time scoring leaders have all scored over 30,000 points. Who holds the current record?
A. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
B. Lebron James
C. Michael Jordan
D. Kobe Bryant
A. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with 38,387 (on 11/20/20)
Beanna "Stewie" Stewart
2x WNBA Champion (Storm)
4x NCAA Champion (UConn)
The modern American football is made out rubber, but is covered in what natural material?
Cowhide leather
The USWNT won the first Women's World Cup ever played, in 1991. Where was it played?
China
How many players are in the pool (for one team) during a water polo game?
7
6 "field players" and 1 goalkeeper.
Who is the ONLY player to play in a Super Bowl AND in a World Series during the same year?
Deion Sanders
Who was the first female inducted into the World Football (soccer) Hall of Fame?
2x Olympic gold medalist
2x World Cup champion
4x NCAA champion (North Carolina)
3rd place all time leading scorer (male or female)
2x FIFA World Player of the Year
Mia Hamm (in 2013)
A. 75 feet
B. 60 feet
C. 80 feet
D. 70 feet
B. 60 feet
The New York Yankees. He was playing for Boston at the time.
In a game of cricket, teams take turns batting and _________?
A. Bowling
B. Catching
C. Throwing
D. Breaking
A. Bowling (pitching)
Lou Gerhig held the record for most consecutive games played in MLB. Who broke his record?
Cal Ripken Jr, known as the "Iron Man," broke Gerhig's record in 1998, playing 2632 consecutive games.
The "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League" (AAGPBL) was founded as response to what major event?
A. President FDR's death
B. American involvement in WWII
C. The invention of the bikini
D. The proposition of the Big Bang Theory
B. American involvement in WWII
With so many American men serving overseas, there was fear that professional baseball would come to an end! So, in 1943, women took over for the men as professional baseball players!
Describe the term "power play"
A period of game play where one team has a numerical advantage in players, usually due to a rule violation by the opposing team.
Classically seen in hockey & water polo where players may return to play after sitting out for a brief period of time.... also seen in soccer after a red card
Seattle "the Mets" Metropolitans (1915-1924)
Required pieces of equipment in the game of polo include: horses, helmets, and _______.
Mallets