Bill Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 1. Which American Football team won the 2001-2002 Superbowl? 2. Which baseball player is the subject of the legendary ?Curse Of The Bambino?? 3. How many yards must the attacking team gain in four downs to keep hold of the ball in American Football? 4. What is the name of Miami?s American Football team? 5. Who is said to have invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839? 6. Which basketball team is as well known for their comedy routines as their on-court skills? 7. Why was there no baseball World Series in 1994? 8. Which quarterback, famed for wearing the number 16, shared his name with the name of a US state? 9. In which city do ice-hockey?s Peguins play their home games? 10. Nolan Ryan was a famous player of which American sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 1 minute ago, Bill said: 1. Which American Football team won the 2001-2002 Superbowl? 2. Which baseball player is the subject of the legendary ?Curse Of The Bambino?? 3. How many yards must the attacking team gain in four downs to keep hold of the ball in American Football? 4. What is the name of Miami?s American Football team? 5. Who is said to have invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839? 6. Which basketball team is as well known for their comedy routines as their on-court skills? 7. Why was there no baseball World Series in 1994? 8. Which quarterback, famed for wearing the number 16, shared his name with the name of a US state? 9. In which city do ice-hockey?s Peguins play their home games? 10. Nolan Ryan was a famous player of which American sport? i forgot Babe Ruth 10 Dolphins i forget harlem globetrotters Strike no idea Pittsburgh Baseball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyblue23 Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 26 minutes ago, Bill said: 1. Which American Football team won the 2001-2002 Superbowl? 2. Which baseball player is the subject of the legendary ?Curse Of The Bambino?? 3. How many yards must the attacking team gain in four downs to keep hold of the ball in American Football? 4. What is the name of Miami?s American Football team? 5. Who is said to have invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839? 6. Which basketball team is as well known for their comedy routines as their on-court skills? 7. Why was there no baseball World Series in 1994? 8. Which quarterback, famed for wearing the number 16, shared his name with the name of a US state? 9. In which city do ice-hockey?s Peguins play their home games? 10. Nolan Ryan was a famous player of which American sport? 1. Sadly, the Patriots. 5. Doubleday 8. Joe Montana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Bill said: 1. Which American Football team won the 2001-2002 Superbowl? 2. Which baseball player is the subject of the legendary ?Curse Of The Bambino?? 3. How many yards must the attacking team gain in four downs to keep hold of the ball in American Football? 4. What is the name of Miami?s American Football team? 5. Who is said to have invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839? 6. Which basketball team is as well known for their comedy routines as their on-court skills? 7. Why was there no baseball World Series in 1994? 8. Which quarterback, famed for wearing the number 16, shared his name with the name of a US state? 9. In which city do ice-hockey?s Peguins play their home games? 10. Nolan Ryan was a famous player of which American sport? tis not an American game you philistine You may have heard that a young man named Abner Doubleday invented the game known as baseball in Cooperstown, New York, during the summer of 1839. Doubleday then went on to become a Civil War hero, while baseball became America’s beloved national pastime. Not only is that story untrue, it’s not even in the ballpark. Doubleday was still at West Point in 1839, and he never claimed to have anything to do with baseball. In 1907, a special commission created by the sporting goods magnate and former major league player A.J. Spalding used flimsy evidence—namely the claims of one man, mining engineer Abner Graves—to come up with the Doubleday origin story. Cooperstown businessmen and major league officials would rely on the myth’s enduring power in the 1930s, when they established the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in the village. As it turns out, the real history of baseball is a little more complicated than the Doubleday legend. References to games resembling baseball in the United States date back to the 18th century. Its most direct ancestors appear to be two English games: rounders (a children’s game brought to New England by the earliest colonists) and cricket. By the time of the American Revolution, variations of such games were being played on schoolyards and college campuses across the country. They became even more popular in newly industrialized cities where men sought work in the mid-19th century. In September 1845, a group of New York City men founded the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club. One of them—volunteer firefighter and bank clerk Alexander Joy Cartwright—would codify a new set of rules that would form the basis for modern baseball, calling for a diamond-shaped infield, foul lines and the three-strike rule. He also abolished the dangerous practice of tagging runners by throwing balls at them. Cartwright’s changes made the burgeoning pastime faster-paced and more challenging while clearly differentiating it from older games like cricket. In 1846, the Knickerbockers played the first official game of baseball against a team of cricket players, beginning a new, uniquely American tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 1 hour ago, rubecula said: tis not an American game you philistine Calm down calm down, Bill just asked, "Who is said to have invented baseball.."; he didn't suggest it was an accurate account of the facts. Take another one of the blue pills and have a lie down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Read the question properly Rubes. Cheers Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, Bill said: Read the question properly Rubes. Cheers Mike. I did lol I just wanted to rant a bit, dammit lads why do you have to be so bloody reasonable? I am going over to RAWK for a bit of a barney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 ANSWERS to American quiz. 1. Patriots 2. Babe Ruth 3. 10 4. Dolphins 5. Abner Doubleday 6. Harlem Globetrotters 7. The players went on strike 8. Joe Montana 9. Pittsburgh 10. Baseball rubecula 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 nnumber 8 was the one that got me .... dammit I used to live near there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Name three ball games invented in USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 1 hour ago, rubecula said: Name three ball games invented in USA American football, Basketball and Volleyball. Not sure about the last one though. rubecula 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Basket ball, Lacrosse, and Beer pong. rubecula 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, pete0 said: Basket ball, Lacrosse, and Beer pong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Baseball, American Football and Basketball. I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, Bill said: Baseball, American Football and Basketball. I think. Lacrosse in one 100%, native American derivation; so if you sub that in for baseball I think we have the solution. rubecula 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 I did say USA not Americas but I think all games have been covered. Lacrosse would have been before USA I think. netball would have been a good one though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 1. Which American Football team won the 2001-2002 Superbowl? 2. Which baseball player is the subject of the legendary ?Curse Of The Bambino?? 3. How many yards must the attacking team gain in four downs to keep hold of the ball in American Football? 4. What is the name of Miami?s American Football team? 5. Who is said to have invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839? 6. Which basketball team is as well known for their comedy routines as their on-court skills? 7. Why was there no baseball World Series in 1994? 8. Which quarterback, famed for wearing the number 16, shared his name with the name of a US state? 9. In which city do ice-hockey?s Peguins play their home games? 10. Nolan Ryan was a famous player of which American sport?1. Patriots2. Babe Ruth 3. 10 yards 4. Dolphins5. No clue6. Harlem Globetrotters7. Players went on Strike 8. Joe Montana9. Pittsburgh10. Baseball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 ANSWERS to American quiz. 1. Patriots 2. Babe Ruth 3. 10 4. Dolphins 5. Abner Doubleday 6. Harlem Globetrotters 7. The players went on strike 8. Joe Montana 9. Pittsburgh 10. Baseball Didn't see this before posting! I missed the Doubleday one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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