General Sports Trivia

[Ramy]

Tampa Bay Lighting

 

[HD MM]

Tampa Bay Lighting

Correct. Good work guys.

 

[BillD1984]

For years that trivia question was, "What three teams........."

Jazz, White Sox and Red Sox.


But alas, expansion in the four majors expanded the answer.

 

[BillD1984]

Name the eight NFL franchises that have won at least three Super Bowls.

 

[HD MM]

Name the eight NFL franchises that have won at least three Super Bowls.

Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
San Francisco 49ers
New England Patriots
Pittsburgh Steelers
Raiders (Oakland/Los Angeles)
Washington Redskins

I'm not sure who the 8th is?

 

[HD MM]

Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
San Francisco 49ers
New England Patriots
Pittsburgh Steelers
Raiders (Oakland/Los Angeles)
Washington Redskins

I'm not sure who the 8th is?

Woops. The Dallas Cowboys are the 8th team! duh....

 

[BillD1984]

Woops. The Dallas Cowboys are the 8th team! duh....

Good job! :up

 

[SabresRule]

What World Series is the highest-rated in terms of T.V. ratings in history?

 

[HD MM]

What World Series is the highest-rated in terms of T.V. ratings in history?

The 1986 Mets/Red Sox Series?

 

[SabresRule]

The 1986 Mets/Red Sox Series?

Good guess, but no.

That got a 28.6, which is lower than most Fall Classics in the 1970s.

 

[HD MM]

Good guess, but no.

That got a 28.6, which is lower than most Fall Classics in the 1970s.

Oh, so you mean highest overall series, as in average throughout the series?

I think that '86 series had the highest single game World Series rating during game 7.

 

[Ramy]

Got to be the 1975 World Series.

 

[SabresRule]

Got to be the 1975 World Series.

Wrong- that got a 29.0.

 

[BillD1984]

What World Series is the highest-rated in terms of T.V. ratings in history?

Dodgers-Yankees 1977?

 

[SabresRule]

Dodgers-Yankees 1977?

That drew a 29.9, but it's not the right answer.

 

[SabresRule]

Want a hint?

 

[BillD1984]

Royals-Phillies in '80?

 

[SabresRule]

Royals-Phillies in '80?

That is correct!

That series got a staggering 32.8 rating.

How a World Series with a team from a small-market like Kansas City (It seems like the last time the Royals were any good, dinoaurs ruled the Earth) managed to get a monster rating still puzzles me.

 

[HD MM]

That is correct!

That series got a staggering 32.8 rating.

How a World Series with a team from a small-market like Kansas City (It seems like the last time the Royals were any good, dinoaurs ruled the Earth) managed to get a monster rating still puzzles me.

Wow. That is mind boggling.

 

[brainfry]

That is correct!

That series got a staggering 32.8 rating.

How a World Series with a team from a small-market like Kansas City (It seems like the last time the Royals were any good, dinoaurs ruled the Earth) managed to get a monster rating still puzzles me.

This is easy to explain. Baseball was on the up-and-up until the strike the next year. By the time it had "recovered" (using the term loosely--I know several people that stopped watching after the '81 strike and have never come back), cable had eaten into ratings.