General Sports Trivia

[Ramy]

What are the only 2 days of the year when there are no professional sports played?


Used to be 3 days until recently when they started to play football and basketball on Christmas.

 

[Mr Tony]

Christmas Eve & the day after the MLB All Star Game

 

[Ramy]

Christmas Eve & the day after the MLB All Star Game

Close, you got one day right. The day after the MLB All Star Game.

 

[Mr Tony]

Hows about the day before the MLB all star game?

(The X-Mas eve thing was a stupid answer considering the NFL played on it)

 

[Ramy]

Hows about the day before the MLB all star game?

(The X-Mas eve thing was a stupid answer considering the NFL played on it)

Yep you got the other one too.

 

[Jimbo]

Yep you got the other one too.

Next question .

 

[Ramy]

How about some of you guys try and stump people.

 

[Mr Tony]

What college hockey school has the most Hobey Baker award winners?

 

[dantheman77]

gophers!!!

 

[Mr Tony]

gophers!!!

partially correct. There are 2 schools that are tied for the most

 

[Ramy]

Minnesota Duluth?

 

[Mr Tony]

Minnesota Duluth?

correct

Both UMTC (Minn) and MN Duluth have 4 Hobey Baker award winners. But UMD had back to back

 

[Jimbo]

Who was the Detroit Red Wings captian, just before Steve Yzerman ?

Jimbo

 

[JAG72]

Danny Gare was captian between 1982-1986.

 

[Jimbo]

DING DING DING !!!!

I should have stipulated no one from Mich.

Jag, you are from Mich. , Right ???

Jimbo

 

[JAG72]

Lived in Michigan the first 22 years of my life. Moved away 12 years ago.

 

[JAG72]

Who is the only person to be inducted into 3 major hall of fames? Extra credit if you can name the three sports.

 

[Ramy]

Jim Thorpe

uhhhh, Football, Track and Field and............?

Edited: Baseball?

 

[JAG72]

Thorpe never made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

 

[Ramy]

Is it Thorpe though?