Thursday Trivia, II

[micropolitan guy]

Thursday sports trivia, part II, a shorter version this week:

1. Who was the only player on either team's active roster who did not participate in Super Bowl I?
ANSWER: Paul Horning.

2. In the TV show "The White Shadow," what NBA team did Ken Howard play for before becoming the head coach at Carver High School?
ANSWER: The Chicago Bulls.

3. Which Hall of Fame quarterback was 0-for-7 on Monday Night Football?
ANSWER: Joe Namath.

4. What university was the first to incorporate numbers on its football jerseys?

5. Who was the first golfer to win the career grand slam of the four current major tournaments?
ANSWER: Gene Sarazen is correct.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Thursday sports trivia, part II, a shorter version this week:

1. Who was the only player on either team's active roster who did not participate in Super Bowl I?

2. In the TV show "The White Shadow," what NBA team did Ken Howard play for before becoming the head coach at Carver High School?

3. Which Hall of Fame quarterback was 0-for-7 on Monday Night Football?

4. What university was the first to incorporate numbers on its football jerseys?

5. Who was the first golfer to win the career grand slam of the four current major tournaments?

1. Boyd Dowler (Didn't Max McGee replace his spot for Green Bay?)

5. Gene Sarazen

 

[mike311gd]

Thursday sports trivia, part II, a shorter version this week:

1. Who was the only player on either team's active roster who did not participate in Super Bowl I?

2. In the TV show "The White Shadow," what NBA team did Ken Howard play for before becoming the head coach at Carver High School?

3. Which Hall of Fame quarterback was 0-for-7 on Monday Night Football?

4. What university was the first to incorporate numbers on its football jerseys?

5. Who was the first golfer to win the career grand slam of the four current major tournaments?

4. Harvard?

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

2. New York Knicks

 

[Webster]

2 is the Bulls -- who can forget the Artis cameo?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

1. Zeke Bratowski (or however you spell his name).

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

3. Bart Starr?

 

[Flying Headbutt]

I'll go with Namath for number 3.

 

[slappy4428]

4. Washington and Jefferson

 

[playthrough]

3. George Blanda?

 

[slappy4428]

1) Paul Hornung

 

[micropolitan guy]

bumped with updated answers. One still out there.

 

[slappy4428]

what the helll...
4) McGill?

 

[Chef]

4. Yale

 

[Baron Scicluna]

4. Saint Louis U? They were one of the earlier proponents of the forward pass. Maybe they also were innovators of numbers as well?

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Illinois?

 

[outofplace]

1) Paul Hornung

Damn, that's the one I actually knew. The story goes that Lombardi offered to put him in late just so he would get to play in the game, but Hornung declined.

 

[EStreetJoe]

4. Princeton?

 

[outofplace]

4. Penn State?

 

[mike311gd]

4. College of Charleston?