Thursday Trivia XV

[micropolitan guy]

Happy Thursday one and all. Play or don't. No Internet. I'll be out between 3-4 p.m. EDT but will be back thereafter to check up on how you all are doing. Some testers, some easy.

1. The first native Alaskan to pitch in the major leagues was ...
ANSWER: Curt Schilling is correct. Born in Anchorage.


2. Other than things unique to the game inself -the final score, location, MVP, etc. - something is unique about Super Bowl VIII that distinguishes it from every other Super Bowl. That is, it is the only Super Bowl that ...
ANSWER: Only game ball with a stripe on it.


3. Who was the first professional golfer to earn more than $1 million in official money in a single year on the PGA Tour?
ANSWER: Curtis Strange is right, in 1988.


4. The Associated Press Athlete of the Decade for 1960-69 was ...
ANSWER: Arnold Palmer.

5. Who scored the first home-ice goal in the history of the Philadelphia Flyers?
ANSWER: Bill Sutherland.


AND THE WEEKLY BONUS QUESTION: Who were Creed Bratton, Rick Coonce, Warren Entner, Rob Grill and Dennis Provisor?
ANSWER: The Grass Roots is correct. Charted for more than 300 consecutive weeks from 1967-72, and still alive and kicking and playing the county fair curcuit during the sumer.

 

[Chi City 81]

1. Curt Schilling

That's all I got.

 

[Moderator1]

Bonus is a guess: The Grass Roots.

 

[zeke12]

Bonus is a guess: The Grass Roots.

****! I think that's right. It was on the tip of my fingers, I swear.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

4. Muhammad Ali

 

[Armchair_QB]

Is No. 2 that it was the first non-NFL stadium to host a Super Bowl?

 

[Webster]

3 is Curtis Strange

 

[93Devil]

#3 is Tom Kite?

VIII was played in Texas?

Grass Roots is spot on.

 

[poindexter]

Is No. 2 that it was the first non-NFL stadium to host a Super Bowl?

Technically, the Orange Bowl was a non-NFL stadium when it hosted II and III, but I get your point. Was IV held in a pro football stadium?

 

[Moderator1]

I get the impression this stadium STILL holds some distinction.

 

[spnited]

Damn, only one I knew for sure and Moddy jumped all over it.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Is No. 2 that it was the first non-NFL stadium to host a Super Bowl?

Technically, the Orange Bowl was a non-NFL stadium when it hosted II and III, but I get your point. Was IV held in a pro football stadium?

Super Bowl IV was played at Tulane Stadium which was also home to the Saints prior to the opening of the Superdome. Rice Stadium was the first college-only stadium to host the Super Bowl.

The first seven SBs were played at either the LA Coliseum (Rams), Orange Bowl (Dolphins) and Tulane Stadium (Saints).

 

[micropolitan guy]

Bumped to reflect correct answers. The Super Bowl question and the Flyers' question still at large. The Super Bowl one is a great one.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Only Super Bowl an old AFL team was favored over an old NFL team?

 

[Moderator1]

Damn, only one I knew for sure and Moddy jumped all over it.

Sign of old age that we knew that!
Sign that I'm a bit younger in that I was able to jump on it a smidge quicker.

 

[poindexter]

I think this super bowl answer is going to be lame, and I am going to be pissed. And I want to know NOW!

 

[Armchair_QB]

If that was the Super Bowl that Larry Csonka was MVP, I'll guess that it's the only SB a fullback has been MVP.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

2. Only Super Bowl in which the winning team threw less than 10 passes? Also, only SB in which winning team completed less than 10 passes.

 

[outofplace]

If that was the Super Bowl that Larry Csonka was MVP, I'll guess that it's the only SB a fullback has been MVP.

It isn't. Franco Harris was the MVP of Super Bowl IX, when he broke the rushing record that Csonka set in VIII.

 

[micropolitan guy]

The answer is in the details, and that's the only clue I'll give.