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In 2005 he won the CBS Thanksgiving All-Iron award while playing for the Denver
Broncos, filling in for the injured Tatum Bell. He is much better
known as one of only six players whose numbers are displayed on the Camp Randall Stadium facade at the University of Wisconsin. This former Badger is, for ten points, what running back who in the last game of the 1999 season surpassed Ricky Williams as the leading rusher in
NCAA history?
Ron Dayne
While playing for the Oshawa Generals, he had 97 goals and 119 assists in only 95 games and led the team to the 1990 J. Ross Robertson Cup. In 1991, he was drafted first overall in the NHL Entry Draft by the Quebec Nordiques, but he refused to play for them since he didn’t speak French. The 1995 Hart Trophy Winner, this is what former Philadelphia Flyer center who retired in 2007?
Eric Lindros
This sport, invented in 2006, has an annual World Cup which in 2009 was held at
Middlebury College. Each team has seven players on the field at once, and each of those players must wear a cape. Lacrosse goggles are recommended to prevent eye injuries from wayward broom handles. The match ends when a tennis ball in a sock is removed from a runner dressed entirely in yellow. A volleyball represents the quaffle and dodgeballs are the bludgers in what sport inspired by the Harry Potter universe?
Quidditch
Youngstown State coach Dwight Beede created the first one, which was used in a 1941 game against Oklahoma State. This device was first used in the NFL in 1948, in a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Boston Yanks. They used to be weighed with BBs pellets, but this practice was stopped after tackle Orlando Brown was hit in the eye with one. The Canadian Football League uses orange ones, but the NFL uses yellow ones. This is what cloth thrown by referees to indicate a rules infraction?
Penalty Flag
At this event in 1967, Dan Gurney became the first man to spray champagne in a victory
celebration instead of drinking it. Its first winners were Andre Lagache and Rene Leonard, who managed to finish 128 laps in the set time period. 2009 winners were David Brabham,
Marc Gené, and Alexander Wurz, who completed 381 laps. It is held at the Circuit de la Sarthe, a
13.65-kilometer long course which combines both public and private roads. Due to its duration, drivers are allowed to switch while their cars are pitting. The longest-running road endurance race this what race held in its namesake French town which lasts an entire day?
24 Hours of Le Mans
One possible origin of this event was in 1888 when the Washington Capitals held a fourday camp in Jacksonville. It didn’t begin to gain popularity until 1914, when Al Lang built
Sunshine Park to persuade the St. Louis Browns to come to St. Petersburg. The Browns, along with the Athletics, Cardinals, and Cubs started playing in what would become the
Grapefruit League. Later, the Cactus League began in 1947 when the Giants and Indians took up
residence in Arizona. Both the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues are part of the
baseball preseason known by what name?
Spring training
While a senior at Oak Hill Academy, it was his averages of 32.7 points and 7.4 assists per game, and not his awesome flat-top hairdo, that won him the 2008 Naismith Prep Player of the Year award. He was going to attend the University of Arizona but, partly due to the NBA’s age restriction, he decided instead to sign with Lottomatica Roma. On November 14th, 2009, he became the youngest player ever to score 50 points in a game, scoring 55 against the Golden State Warriors. This is what current Milwaukee Buck point guard?
Brandon Jennings
First used in 1910 at the College of Emporia, it was featured as the game-winning play in the movie The Waterboy. It was notably used in 1988 when John Elway became the first quarterback to catch a pass in Super Bowl history. In the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, Boise State used this play to score its touchdown in overtime. LaDainian Tomlinson has thrown for seven touchdowns in eleven attempts with what play in which a running back takes a
handoff and then throws to an open receiver?
Halfback Option Pass
He owns the Augusta GreenJackets and the Charlotte Stone Crabs, and in 2007 he was
chosen as the Special Sports Envoy for the US State Department. That same year, he
released a book, The Longest Season, about the 1988 season in which his team started 0-21. This is what longtime Oriole, the “Iron Man” who holds the record for most consecutive games played in MLB history?
Cal Ripken Jr
This team was one of the charter members of the Basketball Association of America,
and won that league’s first title in 1947. Their other titles came in 1955 and in 1975, when Rick Barry led them to a sweep over the Washington Bullets. Notable past players for this
franchise include Joe Fulks, Sleepy Floyd, Wilt Chamberlain, and the “Run TMC” trio of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, and Chris Mullin. In 2007, they became the third eighth seed to win in the first round, defeating the Mavericks in six games. Name this NBA team featuring Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis and coached by Don Nelson.
Golden State Warriors
In 1965, Jack Kerouac called him the best catcher since Roy Campanella. He finished second in Rookie of the Year balloting in 1961 and went on to make nine All-Star teams in his eighteen seasons, also winning the 1971 NL MVP with the St. Louis Cardinals. He retired in June 1977 only because he could not play and manage the Mets at the same time. What current L.A. Dodger is manager best known for his 12 years with the New York Yankees?
Joe Torre
Their anthem was performed by B-Real, Busta Rhymes, Coolio, LL Cool J, and Method Man. Though never mentioned in the movie, their real names are Pound, Bupkus, Nawt, Bang and Blanko. They were formed after Mister Swackhammer sent the Nerdlucks to steal the talent of Mugsy Bogues, Shawn Bradley, Larry Johnson, Patrick Ewing, and Charles Barkley in order to enslave the Looney Tunes. Name this team of monsters who played basketball against Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny in Space Jam.
The Monstars
In curling, players slide polished stones made of what kind of rock?
Granite
This basketball player took a break from basketball to play baseball, and then came back to win three more championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Michael Jordan
This league holds races at Infineon Raceway and Watkins Glen International each year, giving drivers like Greg Biffle and John Andretti a chance to show off their road course skills.
NASCAR
(National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing)
