Call from the Bullpen by David Maull
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Test Your Skills at Sports Trivia
From the June 18, 1998 TV Times
After subjecting you to week after week of hysterical ramblings about escalating salaries, selfish athletes and sneaky team owners, I've decided to take a break and have some fun by testing your trivia skills.
This is something we'll do from time to time as a respite from the negativity that tends to invade sports and the thoughts contained in this space.
The following 30 questions are divided into three categories, easy, medium and hard. They focus mostly on baseball and basketball and have a local flavor. Answers can be found at the end of this column.
Good luck.
Easy
These questions should be a breeze and get you warmed up for the tougher ones to come. Give yourself two points for each correct answer.
1. What Baltimore Orioles outfielder won the Triple Crown in 1966?
2. How many World Series titles have the Orioles won?
3. Who was the Delmarva Shorebirds' RBI leader for the 1997 season?
4. Who was the Shorebirds' home run leader for the 1997 season?
5. Whose Game 6 home run clinched Toronto's victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1993 World Series.
6. Who did the Phillies defeat in the 1980 World Series?
7. Who holds the Phillies record for career home runs?
8. Who was the 1983 and 1991 American League Most Valuable Player?
9. What four pitchers each won 20 games for the Orioles in 1971?
10. What is the only other team besides the Chicago Bulls to win the NBA title since 1991?
Medium
OK, the honeymoon is over. Now we're going up the level of difficulty. These questions will require some brain power. Give yourself three points for each correct answer.
11. How many NBA titles have the Boston Celtics won?
12. How many World Series titles have the New York Yankees won?
13. What five teams have the Bulls defeated in the NBA finals?
14. How many league MVP awards has Michael Jordan won?
15. What six people have had their numbers retired by the Orioles? (Hint: one did not play for or manage the team.)
16. What five people have had their numbers retired by the Phillies? (Hint: one did not play for or manage the team.)
17. Who did Earl Weaver replace as manager of the Orioles in 1968?
18. Who managed the Phillies during their great collapse in the last weeks of the 1964 season?
19. Who did the Philadelphia 76ers beat in the 1983 NBA finals?
20. Who holds the major league record for most RBIs in a season?
Hard
Now we're gong to see how good you really are. Give yourself five points for each correct answer.
21. What four members of the 500-home-run club began and ended their careers in the same city but with different teams?
22. Whose pinch-hit, three-run homer gave the Orioles a 6-3 win over California in Game 1 of the 1979 American League Championship Series?
23. Whose 10th-inning home run broke a scoreless tie and sparked the Orioles to a 3-0 series-clinching victory over Chicago in Game 4 of the 1983 ALCS?
24. Who was the winning pitcher in the first-ever Delmarva Shorebirds game?
25. Why is Sept. 6 a significant date in Orioles history?
26. Who are the only three major league players to compile 3,000 hits and 500 home runs in their careers?
27. What Cincinnati pitcher served up Boston catcher Carlton Fisk's 12th-inning, game-winning homer in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series?
28. Who was the last major league player to bat in Memorial Stadium?
29. Who hit the last home run in Memorial Stadium history?
30. What Milwaukee player hit two home runs and a triple in his team's 10-2, pennant-clinching victory over the Orioles on the final day of the 1982 season?
Answers
1. Frank Robinson (.316 AVG, 49 HR, 122 RBI)
2. Three (1966, '70, '83)
3. Ryan Minor (97)
4. Calvin Pickering (25)
5. Joe Carter
6. Kansas City, four games to two
7. Mike Schmidt (548)
8. Cal Ripken
9. Jim Palmer, Dave McNally, Pat Dobson and Mike Cuellar
10. The Houston Rockets (1994 and 1995)
11. 16 (1957, '59, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '68, '69, '74, '76, '81, '84, '86)
12. 22 (1923, '27, '28, '32, '36, '37, '38, '39, '41, '43, '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '56, '58, '61, '62, '77, '78, '96)
13. The Los Angeles Lakers, Portland, Phoenix, Seattle and Utah
14. 5 (1988, '91, '92, '96, '98)
15. Earl Weaver (4), Brooks Robinson (5), Frank Robinson (20), Jim Palmer (22), Eddie Murray (33) and Jackie Robinson (42)
16. Richie Ashburn (1), Mike Schmidt (20), Steve Carlton (32), Robin Roberts (36) and Jackie Robinson (42)
17. Hank Bauer
18. Gene Mauch
19. The L.A. Lakers, four games to none
20. Hack Wilson with 190 in 1930
21. Hank Aaron (Milwaukee Braves and Brewers), Babe Ruth (Boston Red Sox and Braves), Willie Mays (New York Giants and Mets) and Jimmie Foxx (Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies)
22. John Lowenstein
23. Tito Landrum
24. Jeremy Powell defeated Charleston, S.C. 5-4 on April 4, 1996.
25. Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games record on Sept. 6, 1995; Eddie Murray hit his 500th home run on Sept. 6, 1996.
26. Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Eddie Murray
27. Pat Darcy
28. Cal Ripken grounded into a double play for the final outs of a 7-1 loss to Detroit on Oct. 6, 1991
29. Orioles outfielder Chito Martinez hit a two-run homer off Detroit's Mark Leiter in the second to last game at the stadium on Oct. 5, 1991
30. Robin Yount
Scoring
90-100: You're an ace. Admit it, you do this for a living, don't you?
80-90: Excellent. Hopefully you spend a lot of time stumping your friends.
70-80: Not bad. With a little work, you could be an ace in the making.
60-70: A decent showing but maybe it's time to brush up a little.
50-60: Come on, you can do better than this.
0-50: Time to hit the books pal.
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