General Sports Trivia

[charper1]

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Anyone?

 

[iceturkee]

a member of england's royal family?

 

[charper1]

no

 

[charper1]

Wow! 8 days; I see you guys & gals are stumped:

Ann Butz

 

[Ramy]

That was a good one. I was about to post in here asking for the answer.

 

[charper1]

LOL, OK Ramy, you go.

 

[Ramy]

Who was the first person to get 40HR's and 40 SB's in a season?

 

[charper1]

Was it Canseco?

 

[Ramy]

Was it Canseco?

Yes

 

[charper1]

What is the highest recorded speed, during free fall, of a skydive and from what altitude?

Can you name the date and person as well?

 

[charper1]

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Anyone? Are my obscure trivia questions bumming out the thread? If so I will stick to the less challenging questions from more normal sports. I am sorry, I really thought this was something like "stump your buddy" trivia.

 

[Ramy]

Joseph W. Kittinger - USAF
319 m/s

 

[charper1]

LOL what is m/s in MPH?

And are you 110% sure on the name?

 

[charper1]

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939169,00.html

Captain Joseph W. Kittinger Jr.

102,800 ft above sea level / 98,800 ft. above the ground; reaching a maximum velocity of 614 mph.

 

[Ramy]

I couldn't find it, no matter how I searched.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Who is the only MLB team ever to have a winning record at home, but still lose 100+ games in a season??

 

[jerseyfla]

The 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

2 Easy, Two part question:

1. What active NFL announcer has appeared on the most Super Bowl telecasts so far?

2. What active Network Baseball announcer has appeared on the most World Series telecasts so far?

 

[charper1]

In the main booth right?

A lowly Raiders fan will say John Madden?

 

[jerseyfla]

Correct!! 11 Telecasts with CBS, Fox, and ABC, due for 2 more with NBC. Dick Enberg is 2nd with 9 on NBC.

 

[charper1]

Who holds the current male world record marathon time; and what is that time?