FOOTBALL
DID YOU KNOW THAT EARLY FOOTBALLS WERE MADE OF INFLATED PIG BLADDERS AND GOT THE NICKNAME ____. WHAT IS THIS NICKNAME?
PIGSKIN
HOCKEY HAS SOME ACIENT ROOTS THAT GOES BACK TO THESE 2 ACIENT GROUPS. WHO ARE THESE 2 GROUPS?
VIKINGS AND EGYPTIANS
THE "GRANDFATHER" LAWRENCE "HERKIE" HERKIMER STARTED NATIONAL CHEERLEADERS ASSOCIATION (NCA) IN 1948 ANDIS CREATED WITH INVENTING THESE 2 THINGS. WHAT DID HE INVENT?
POM POM AND "HERKIE" JUMP
THIS PERSON HOLDS THE SHORTEST PLAYER IN THE NBA HISTORY AT 5'3". WHO IS THIS PERSON?
MUGGSY BOGUES
THIS "HALF" OF THE WORLD HAS NEVER HOSTED WINTER OLYMPICS, WHO ARE THEY?
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, NO COUNTRY HAS EVER HOSTED
THESE 2 NFL TEAMS HAVE SET RECORDS FOR LOUDEST CROWDS NOISE, EXCEEDING JET ENGINES! WHO ARE THEY?
ARROWHEAD STADIUM (CHIEFS) AND CENTURYLINK FIELD (SEAHAWKS)
"THE ORIGINAL SIX" REFERS TO THE 6 TEAMS THAT COMPRISED THE LEAGE FROM 1942-1967 AND THE TEAMS ARE?
DAILY DOUBLE
BRUINS, BLACKHAWKS, RED WINGS, CANADIENS, RANGERS AND MAPLE LEAFS
WHO IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST CHEERLEADER THE LED THE FIRST ORGAINZED CHEER AT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IN 1898?
JOHNNY CAMPBELL
JAMES NAISMITH, A PE TEACHER, HAS BEEN CREATED WITH INVENTING THE GAME OF BASKETBALL IN WHAT YEAR FOR HIS ATHLETES FIT INDOORS DURING WINTER?
1891
THE FIRST WINTER OLYMPICS TOOK PLACE IN 1924 IN FRANCE. IT HAD ____ NATIONS WHICH HAPPEN TO MATCH THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THE 258 ATHLETES COMPETED IN. HOW MANY NATIONS OR EVENTS WAS AT THIS MEETING?
16
HELMETS WERE NOT REQUIRED UNTIL WHAT YEAR?
1943
FIRST INDOOR ORGANIZED GAME FEATURED A WOODEN PUCK AND RINK WAS LIT BY CANDLES IN WHAT YEAR?
1875
THESE FAMOUS ACTORS FROM MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE ALSO WERE CHEERLEADERS AT ONE POINT. WHO ARE THESE ACTORS?
MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND SAMUEL L JACKSON
WILT CHAMBERLAIN SCORED 100 POINT IN ONE GAME IN WHAT YEAR?
1962
WOMEN IN WINTER OLYMPICS, INITIALLY COULD ONLY COMPETE IN FIGURE SKATING. IT WASN'T UNTIL ____ THAT WOMEN WERE ALLOWED TO ALSO COMPETE IN SKIING. WHAT WAS THAT YEAR?
DAILY DOUBLE
1948
THE FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL GAME WAS BETWEEN THESE 2 SCHOOLS ON 11/6/1869. WHO ARE THE 2 SCHOOLS?
RUTGERS AND PRINCETON
BEFORE 1927, A THIS RULE EXISTED THAT WOULD FINED $2 AGAINST THE GOALIES FOR DOING WHAT?
FALLING DOWN TO MAKE A SAVE
THE LARGEST CHEERLEADING PYRAMID INVOLVED __ PEOPLE IN 2017 IN NEW ZEALAND, HOW MANY PEOPLE DID THIS WORLD RECORD TAKE TO MAKE?
60
THE FIRST SLAM DUNK WAS PERFORMED BY BOB KURLAND IN 1940, BUT SLAM DUNKS WERE BANNED FROM ____ TO ____ FOR FEAR OF INJURY. WHAT WERE THOSE YEARS?
1967-1976
WINTER OLYMPICS OFFER SOME UNIQUE EVENTS LIKE IN 1928, SKIJORING OR ATHLETES TOWED BEHIND HORSES WHILE ON SKIS OR DOG-SLEDDING, BUT IN WHAT YEAR WAS DOG-SLEDDING AN EVENT?
1932
THIS PERSON WAS THE FIRST PAID PRO PLAYER IN 1892, EARNING $500 PER GAME. WHO IS HE?
PUDGE HEFFELFINGER
WAYNE GRETZKY HOLDS MANY RECORDS, BUT DID YOU KNOW ONE OF THEM WAS FOR MST HAT TRICKS IN A SEASON AT HOW MANY?
10
WHO WERE THE 4 PRESIDENTS THAT WERE ALSO CHEERLEADERS IN COLLEGE?
GEORGE W BUSH, FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT, RONALD REAGAN AND DWIGHT D EISENHOWER
THE SHOT CLOCK WAS INTRODUCED TO SPEED UP THE GAME IN WHAT YEAR?
1954
WHAT YEAR WAS THE FIRST WINTER OLYMPICS TELEVISED LIVE?
1960