Thursday Trivia VII

This week's questions. Play or don't. No search engines, please.

1. What current Divison I-A school with at least 15 bowl games has the best all-time winning percentage in bowl games?
ANSWER: Boston College, 13-6, .684.

2. Who was on base on Bucky Dent's 3-run homer in the 1978 AL East Division playoff game?
ANSWER: Chris Chambliss and Roy White.

3. Who was the first consensus All-American men's basketball player in Pacific-10 Conference history?
ANSWER: David Greenwood is correct, in 1978-79, the first year of the Pac-10.

4. Who is the only player in major-league history to hit two grand slams on his team's opening day of the season? (Different years, not the same game).

5. Who scored the first regular-season TD in Miami Dolphins' history?
ANSWER: Joe Auer is correct; he returned the opening kickoff in the Dolphins' first regular-season game for a TD.

 

Penn State for No. 1?

No clue on the others.

 

4. Fernando Tatis?

 

I used to know the answer to #1 and I can't think of it right now. I'm going to Google it just because I'm curious, but I won't post it.

I'm pretty sure it's not one of the obvious choices though.

 

1. Florida State?

 

I had to look up No. 1, and I was actually right (no worries, I won't share). Better lucky than good, I guess.

 

No. FSU is 11th.

 

3. Kareem?

 

1. Boston College?

 

No. BC is 33rd.

 

1. UCLA

2. Wild guess: Graig Nettles and Gary Thomasson

3. Since you said Pac-10, are we talking post-1978?

4. Frank Robinson

 

I'm guessing you need to go back a few more decades.

Or is this a trick question? It became the Pac-10 in the 70s, I believe.

So is the answer just for the Pac-10 or do previous versions of the conference apply?