Thursday Trivia

[micropolitan guy]

Yada, yada, yada. Fairly simple today.

1. Who is the only player to win a batting title for an expansion team in its first year?
ANSWER: Andres Gallaraga, .370 for the 1993 Colorado Rockies.

2. Which team ended the University of Texas football team's 42-game home winning streak during the 1976 season?
ANSWER: Houston, 30-0 on Nov. 6, 1976.

3. Who scored Oakland's final two touchdowns in the infamous "Heidi game?"
ANSWER: Charlie Smith and Preston Ridlehuber are correct. Pass from Lamonica, fumble recovery on the kickoff.

4. Who holds the Pacific-10 Conference record for most receiving yards in a single season?
ANSWER: Mike Hass, 1,532 in 2005

5. When Babe Ruth retired in 1935 with 714 homers, only two other major leaguers had 300 or more career homers at that point. Who were they?
ANSWER: Lou Gehrig (378), Rogers Hornsby (300).

MUSICAL TRIVIA BONUS: Dave Kincaid, Ed Rupprecht, Ernie Mendillo, and Larry Mason are (were) otherwise known as ... The Brandos. Somewhat obscure, but not that obscure.

 

[Steak Snabler]

No. 1 is Andres Galarraga.

 

[Steak Snabler]

I think No. 5 is Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx. (Sure about Gehrig, 80 percent on Foxx).

 

[Ben_Hecht]

2. The Houston Cougars

 

[micropolitan guy]

Updated with 2 1/2 correct answers.

 

[BYH]

5.) Jimmie Foxx?

 

[Steak Snabler]

I already guessed that ...

 

[BYH]

I do fail very well, you know.

 

[Matt1735]

3) Pete Banaszak

 

[Steak Snabler]

I'm gonna guess J.J. Stokes for No. 4.

 

[micropolitan guy]

The night shift arrives. And both reek of fail.

 

[Pancamo]

4. the little wr from stanford. can't remember his name for **** but his dad coached in the nfl.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

5- Mel Ott?

 

[micropolitan guy]

Troy Walters? No. He's third.

Not Mel Ott. But he is the fastest in NL history to 500.

 

[Bubbler]

5. Rogers Hornsby (he was right at 300 in '35)

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Is 4. Mike Williams from USC?

 

[micropolitan guy]

Rogers Hornsby is correct.

Mike Williams is not.

 

[Chef]

3. Charlie Smith is one of them.......he caught LaMonica's pass.

Wasn't the second one a fumble return?

 

[Steak Snabler]

Dwayne Jarrett for No. 4?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

3. Preston Ridlehuber (spelling?) was the fumble recovery guy.

I think Charlie Smith scored the other one too.