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100

How many designated face-off spots are there on a hockey rink?

Nine

100

Who is the only Hall of Fame quarterback that is left-handed?




 Steve Young
 Steve Young, who is best known for leading the San Francisco 49ers from 1987 to 1999, is the only leftie quarterback in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


100

In what year was the first modern Olympic Games held?

1896

100

 Which racing driver holds the record for the most Formula One World Drivers' Championship wins, with seven titles?


 

 Michael Schumacher.

100

Who is the only athlete ever to play in a Super Bowl and a World Series?

Deion Sanders

200

If a player is thrown out of an NHL game for being a fight instigator, how many penalty minutes does he get for the fight?

17 min

Seventeen total - five for the fight itself, two for being the instigator, and ten for misconduct.
200


Which NFL team has the longest season-ticket waiting list?




  Green Bay Packers


 The Green Bay Packers' waiting list to purchase season tickets has over 100,000 names, and the current wait is approximately 30 years. Part of the reason is that season-ticket holders can pass such down to their heirs.

200

What Olympic event has runners wearing shoes with perforations to allow for drainage?

Steeplechase

200

 Which is the only team to play in every soccer World Cup tournament?


Brazil

200

What year was the first Super Bowl played?

1967

300

Who was the last professional hockey player to play without a helmet?

Craig MacTavish

300

How many games are played by each team during the NFL regular season?


16      

300

How many continents must a sport be played on before the IOC will consider making it an Olympic event for men?

Four

300

 Who is the NFL's all-time leading rusher?


 Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys with 18,355 yards.

300

What is the highest score possible in 10 pin bowling?

300

400

Which player was the first in NHL to score a full-strength, power play, short-handed, penalty shot, and open net goal in the same game?


Mario Lemieux

400

As of January 2019, what is the record for most receptions in a playoff game by a single player?




 15
 Darren Sproles (2012) and James White (2019) share the record for most receptions in playoff game, which is 15.

400

What procedure did the IOC begin after a Danish cyclist died during the 1960 Summer Olympics?

Drug testing

400

In which year was the first Wimbledon tournament held?  

1877

400

Who was the shortest player ever to play in the NBA?

Tyrone Bogues

500

Who was the first NHL commissioner?

On December 11, 1992, the National Hockey League Governors named Gary Bettman as the first NHL commissioner in league history.

500

How much will it cost advertisers to air a 30-second commercial during the 2019 Super Bowl?


$5 Million

500

What Olympic event's winner is considered to be the "world's greatest athlete" ?

The decathlon

500

 Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was recently named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year. It was the first time he took the honor. 

The winner of the award in 2000 was the first athlete to win it for a second time. Name that athlete...

Tiger Woods, who was first named the Sportsman of the Year in 1996.

500
  1. Though Wimbledon is a pretty big deal today, the very first tournament was scheduled in 1877 as a fundraiser for England’s preferred sport of the day. Name that sport!


Back then it was croquet all day across the pond. 

Wimbledon was created to raise money for a pony-drawn roller for the croquet lawns.