Thursday Trivia

[micropolitan guy]

1. Alberto Callaspo is the first Kansas City Royals switch-hitter with more than 100 hits in a single season since ....
ANSWER: Carlos Beltran it is.

2. He was the first player to strike out four times in a game seven times in a season.

3. What single was named Billboard's "Number One Record of the Year" for 1965?
ANSWER: "Wooly Buly" is correct.

4. Who is the only player to represent the Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos in an MLB All-Star game?
ANSWER: Ron Fairly it is.

5. Utah has won eight consecutive bowl games. Who was the last team to defeat the Utes in a postseason football game?
ANSWER: Wisconsin it is, in the 1996 Copper Bowl.

MUSICAL BONUS: In the Tom Petty song, "Free-Falling," his voice is double-tracked for two words, and two words only. What are those words?
ANSWER: Elwood gets it. "Ventura Boulevard."

 

[JakeandElwood]

Is the musical bonus Ventura Boulevard?

 

[micropolitan guy]

Yes it is.

Slow response tonight. Either the questions are hard, or everybody is watching the final chapters of the Dan Hawkins' era at Colorado.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

No. 5 -- Should be a trick question, but the answer is Wisconsin.

 

[Huggy]

This Jays fan will have a crack at 4 and say it was their first-ever All Star, Ron Fairly.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Updated with several more correct answers

 

[Huggy]

As I recall Fairly was also the first guy to play for both the Jays and Expos.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

3. Something by the Rolling Stones

 

[Double J]

3. "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs. A trick question, because the record never actually hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 (it peaked at No. 2) but still managed to top the year-end list.

Huggy, you're right again about Ron Fairly, who was an expansion Expo as well as a first-year Blue Jay.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Is No. 1 Carlos Beltran?

And I'll guess Bobby Bonds for No. 2.

 

[micropolitan guy]

One more quesiton out there.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Mark Reynolds?

 

[AgatePage]

I'll say Rob Deer for #2.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Adam Dunn.

 

[micropolitan guy]

It's Richie (****) Allen.

 

[Chef]

It's Richie (****) Allen.

My guesses would have been George Bell or Bob Horner.