Sports Trivia Answers

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Barry Lamar Bonds is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball. Bonds was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1992 and the San Francisco Giants from 1993 to 2007. He is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time.  

Born: July 24, 1964 (age 60 years), Riverside, CA

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William Roger Clemens, nicknamed "Rocket", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball, most notably with the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, and New York Yankees. 

Born: 1962 (age 62 years), Dayton, OH

Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder.  

Born: August 18, 1934, Carolina, Puerto Rico

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About Joe Montana: Joseph Clifford Montana Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League for 16 seasons, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. Nicknamed "Joe Cool" and "the Comeback Kid", Montana is widely regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. 

Born: June 11, 1956 (age 68 years), New Eagle, PA

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Jerry Lee Rice is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for 20 seasons in the National Football League. He won three Super Bowl titles with the San Francisco 49ers before two shorter stints at the end of his career with the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks.  

Born: October 13, 1962 (age 61 years), Starkville, MS

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Brock Purdy (born December 27, 1999) is an American professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa State Cyclones and was selected by the 49ers with the final pick in the 2022 NFL draft, becoming that year's Mr. Irrelevant

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1904 Summer Olympics: St. Louis, Missouri The 1904 Olympics weren't just the first hosted by the United States — they were the first at which gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

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For the first time, athletes IN THE 2024 OLYMPICS will be able to compete in breaking — an urban dance started in the United States — which was added to the Olympics as a new sport in the 2024 Paris Games. Athletes will compete in two events — one for men and one for women — where 16 men and 16 women will face off in solo breakdance battles. 

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Jordan spent a solitary season (1994) with the Birmingham Barons, a Double-A minor league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. Over the span of this season, he participated in 127 games, contributing to his team’s performance in various ways. His batting average was .202, a figure that, although unremarkable in the professional baseball world, signified his monumental progress in an unfamiliar sport. 

Question 2

• Super Bowl XXV, Jan. 27, 1991: New York Giants, Buffalo Bills 19.

• Super Bowl XXVI, Jan. 26, 1992: Washington Redskins 37, Buffalo Bills 24.

• Super Bowl XXVII, Jan. 31, 1993: Dallas Cowboys 52, Buffalo Bills 17.

• Super Bowl XXVIII, Jan. 30, 1994: Dallas Cowboys 30, Buffalo Bills 13.

  

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Boston holds the record for the most championships, having won the Finals 18 times. Boston also won the most consecutive titles, winning eight in a row from 1959 to 1966. 

 

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Jack William Nicklaus, nicknamed "the Golden Bear", is a retired American professional golfer and golf course designer. He is widely considered to be either the greatest or one of the greatest golfers of all time. He won 117 professional tournaments in his career. 

  

 

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Barry Lamar Bonds is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball. Bonds was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1992 and the San Francisco Giants from 1993 to 2007. He is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time.  

Born: July 24, 1964 (age 59 years), Riverside, CA

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Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played center in the National Basketball Association for the Houston Rockets, and in his last season, the Toronto Raptors. 

Born: January 21, 1963 (age 61 years), Lagos, Nigeria

Height: 7′ 0″

Teammates: Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley, David

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Bobby Hull

Robert Marvin Hull OC was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His blond hair, skating speed, end-to-end rushes, and ability to shoot the puck at very high velocity all earned him the nickname "the Golden Jet". 

Born: January 3, 1939, Point Anne, Belleville, Canada

Died: January 30, 2023 (age 84 years), Wheaton, IL

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Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. Often regarded as the greatest point guard of all time, Johnson spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association.  

Born: August 14, 1959 (age 64 years), Lansing, MI

Net worth: 1.2 billion USD (2024) 

Teammates: Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley  

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Denton True "Cy" Young was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. Born in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered the major leagues in 1890 with the National League's Cleveland Spiders and pitched for them until 1898.  

Young was one of the hardest-throwing pitchers in the game early in his career. After his speed diminished, he relied more on his control and remained effective into his forties. By the time Young retired, he had established numerous pitching records, some of which have stood for over a century. He holds MLB records for the most career wins, with 511

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Roger Eugene Maris was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball. He is best known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record with 61 home runs in 1961.

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The longest game in NFL history took place on Christmas day in 1971. The Miami Dolphins defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 in the AFC Divisional Game. The game lasted 82 minutes and 40 seconds. 

The Miami Dolphins headed to the Super Bowl, after that game, winning 27-24.

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Peter Press Maravich, known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player of Serbian origin. He starred in college at Louisiana State University's Tigers basketball team; his father, Press Maravich, was the team's head coach. Maravich's  career 60+ point games is the most in NCAA Division I history.

The Fearsome Foursome was the dominating defensive line of the Los Angeles Rams of the 1960s and 1970s.

The "Fearsome Foursome" Merlin Olsen, Deacon Jones, Rosie Grier and Lamar Lundy
Philip Anthony Esposito OC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, coach and executive, and current broadcaster for the Tampa Bay Lightning. During his career you can notice that he played in the era when there were no helmets worn by players, but when he coached that was a different story.

Esposito was the first hockey player to score more than 100 points (goals plus assists) in a season (1968–69). In the 1968–69 season he scored a record-setting 49 goals and 77 assists (126 points)

Peter Rose

Peter Edward Rose Sr., also known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", is an American former professional baseball player and manager.
Rose was a switch hitter and is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215) and outs (10,328).[1] He won three World Series, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves and the Rookie of the Year Award.

Philadelphia Flyers
The 1975 Stanley Cup Finals was contested between the Buffalo Sabres and the defending champion Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers would win the best-of-seven series, four games to two. The 1975 Flyers are the last Stanley Cup championship team to be composed solely of Canadian players

The Los Angeles Lakers Team 1980 The 1979-80 NBA season was the Lakers' 32nd season in the NBA and the 20th season in Los Angeles. It featured a 20-year-old rookie Magic Johnson leading the Lakers to their seventh NBA Championship (second in Los Angeles), defeating the Philadelphia 76ers led by Julius Erving in six games in the NBA Finals, which was the first NBA Finals with a three-point line.

George Brett
George Howard Brett is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are second most by any third baseman in major league history and rank 18th all-time.

Mike Schmidt
Michael Jack Schmidt is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played his entire 18-season career in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Julius Winfield Erving II, commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American former professional basketball player. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association, and he was the best-known player in that league when it merged into the National Basketball Association after the 1975–1976 season