Bubba's Big-Time Sports Quiz!

[Bubba Wheels]

Just for kicks, play along in-thread or just do it privately in your head! One caution: The most obvious answer may not be correct! Answers will be posted Sunday night.

1. The official sport of Canada is:

2. The first professional baseball team that Babe Ruth played for was:

3. The original name of the New York Yankees was:

4. The last NFC team to lose to an AFC team after the merger was the _ _ to
the _ _ .

5. These three modern NFL teams had their origins in neither the AFL or NFL.
Name them.

6. These teams all became other teams. Name them today:
a) St. Louis Browns
b) Washington Senators
c) Seattle Pilots

7. Which former President was once a radio announcer for the Chicago Cubs?

8. What is the surprising connection between Notre Dame and Michigan
football?

9. What is a 'quick kick?"

10. What was the original name of the Detroit Pistons?

[st.cronin]

8. st.cronin enjoys it when both teams lose.

[cartman]

1. The official sport of Canada is:

Thanking God they aren't Americans

2. The first professional baseball team that Babe Ruth played for was:

Boston Godless Heathens

3. The original name of the New York Yankees was:

New York Godless Heathens that worsip Satan

4. The last NFC team to lose to an AFC team after the merger was the _ _ to
the _ _ .

Assembled Choir of Archangels to Fallen Ones

5. These three modern NFL teams had their origins in neither the AFL or NFL.
Name them.

Beezelbubs, Mephistopheles, Democrats

6. These teams all became other teams. Name them today:
a) St. Louis Browns
b) Washington Senators
c) Seattle Pilots

a. Fornicators
b. Fornicators
c. Mariners. Ah, who am I kidding, Fornicators

7. Which former President was once a radio announcer for the Chicago Cubs?

Some Democrat that should have been impeached

8. What is the surprising connection between Notre Dame and Michigan
football?

They both wear tinfoil hats under their helmets

9. What is a 'quick kick?"

What the Apostles did to Judas after they took him off of the tree

10. What was the original name of the Detroit Pistons?

The 12th Century Crusaders

I can't wait until Sunday night to see if I won!

[Bubba Wheels]

Well, you seem to lack a certain, er...insight. I think you maybe got number 1 right though.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by cartman

1. The official sport of Canada is:

Thanking God they aren't Americans

2. The first professional baseball team that Babe Ruth played for was:

Boston Godless Heathens

3. The original name of the New York Yankees was:

New York Godless Heathens that worsip Satan

4. The last NFC team to lose to an AFC team after the merger was the _ _ to
the _ _ .

Assembled Choir of Archangels to Fallen Ones

5. These three modern NFL teams had their origins in neither the AFL or NFL.
Name them.

Beezelbubs, Mephistopheles, Democrats

6. These teams all became other teams. Name them today:
a) St. Louis Browns
b) Washington Senators
c) Seattle Pilots

a. Fornicators
b. Fornicators
c. Mariners. Ah, who am I kidding, Fornicators

7. Which former President was once a radio announcer for the Chicago Cubs?

Some Democrat that should have been impeached

8. What is the surprising connection between Notre Dame and Michigan
football?

They both wear tinfoil hats under their helmets

9. What is a 'quick kick?"

What the Apostles did to Judas after they took him off of the tree

10. What was the original name of the Detroit Pistons?

The 12th Century Crusaders

I can't wait until Sunday night to see if I won!

Ouch.

Not at all funny, but good try.

[Bearcat729]

Originally Posted by Bubba Wheels

Just for kicks, play along in-thread or just do it privately in your head! One caution: The most obvious answer may not be correct! Answers will be posted Sunday night.

1. The official sport of Canada is:

2. The first professional baseball team that Babe Ruth played for was:

3. The original name of the New York Yankees was:

4. The last NFC team to lose to an AFC team after the merger was the _ _ to
the _ _ .

5. These three modern NFL teams had their origins in neither the AFL or NFL.
Name them.

6. These teams all became other teams. Name them today:
a) St. Louis Browns
b) Washington Senators
c) Seattle Pilots

7. Which former President was once a radio announcer for the Chicago Cubs?

8. What is the surprising connection between Notre Dame and Michigan
football?

9. What is a 'quick kick?"

10. What was the original name of the Detroit Pistons?

#6 Is Orioles, Rangers/Twins, and Brewers

#7 is Ronald Reagan

[Travis]

#1: Lacrosse

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by Travis

#1: Lacrosse

Curling, no????

[Travis]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Curling, no????

My internet humor scanner may be acting up, but for a serious answer to the question, I'm surprised you wouldn't have thought hockey. Most people (even Canadians) assume that hockey is our national sport when in actuality it is lacrosse (or at least was as of a few years ago).

If it's been changed to curling, I'm somewhat shamed on both a personal and national level right now

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by Travis

My internet humor scanner may be acting up, but for a serious answer to the question, I'm surprised you wouldn't have thought hockey. Most people (even Canadians) assume that hockey is our national sport when in actuality it is lacrosse (or at least was as of a few years ago).

If it's been changed to curling, I'm somewhat shamed on both a personal and national level right now

Your internet humor scanner is acting up. This means you're not spending enough time on the internet.

[Maple Leafs]

People love the "Canada's official sport" question because everyone is supposed to think it's hockey, then you find out it's really lacrosse. Except that's not true -- there are actually two official sports, lacrosse (summer) and hockey (winter).

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

People love the "Canada's official sport" question because everyone is supposed to think it's hockey, then you find out it's really lacrosse. Except that's not true -- there are actually two official sports, lacrosse (summer) and hockey (winter).

Wait, it's not ice fishing????

[Karlifornia]

These questions are so old, they predate evolution.

[KJDelaney]

#1 is secretly hates Americans.

#8 is that they are grossly overrated.

#9 is something you get if you act like an ass in public in front of your wife.

[Bubba Wheels]

Originally Posted by RadioFriendlyUnitShifter

These questions are so old, they predate evolution.

Well, you probably wouldn't like the book I'm reading right now then. Its a day-by-day chronicle of the entire Civil War. I'm still in year one with Hooker's landings in the Carolinas. BTW, there's a question for you...female 'camp followers' that followed Gen. Hooker's troops during the war are still known today as...

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

People love the "Canada's official sport" question because everyone is supposed to think it's hockey, then you find out it's really lacrosse.(summer) and hockey (winter).

Actually I don't love anything about Canada. Especially all of the fucking B.C. turds that clog up traffic and every damned store in town. I mean, you people have Vancouver right the fuck there, yet you travel 40 miles through the border just to come to our shitty town and our shitty mall. Please leave and take your fucking "Loonies" with you.

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

Actually I don't love anything about Canada. Especially all of the fucking B.C. turds that clog up traffic and every damned store in town. I mean, you people have Vancouver right the fuck there, yet you travel 40 miles through the border just to come to our shitty town and our shitty mall. Please leave and take your fucking "Loonies" with you.

Go easy on them... they're all stoned, every hour of the day, trying to kill the pain of waking up every morning and realizing they don'y live in Toronto.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Go easy on them... they're all stoned, every hour of the day, trying to kill the pain of waking up every morning and realizing they don'y live in Toronto.

Well, this town is built on pot, but the thing is, all of the canucks that come here are driving fucking RVs.

If your seniors are stoned too, I hate you even more!!!!!

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

Well, this town is built on pot, but the thing is, all of the canucks that come here are driving fucking RVs.

If your seniors are stoned too, I hate you even more!!!!!

Have you considered yoga?

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Have you considered yoga?

No, but I recently beat the hell out of a yoga instructor at the Hardware store. He tried to steal my Crazy Glue.

[bbor]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

Actually I don't love anything about Canada. Especially all of the fucking B.C. turds that clog up traffic and every damned store in town. I mean, you people have Vancouver right the fuck there, yet you travel 40 miles through the border just to come to our shitty town and our shitty mall. Please leave and take your fucking "Loonies" with you.

I don't think your "filter" is working anymore

[Johnny93g]

Originally Posted by KJDelaney

#1 is secretly hates Americans.

I didnt know it was a secret

[Bubba Wheels]

All right, here's the answers...just to move on and out of this thing.

1. LaCrosse

2. Baltimore Orioles

3. New York Highlanders

4. Detroit Lions losing to the Denver Broncos.

5. Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens.

6. Orioles, Twins and Rangers, Brewers

7. Ronald Reagan

8. Michigan taught Notre Dame how to play football. Notre Dame was impressed
enolugh to model their own stadium and fight song after Michigan's.

9. A 'punt' that occurs before 4th down. Seldom seen or used anymore.

10. Ft. Wayne Zoellners.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by KJDelaney

#8 is that they are grossly overrated.

Grossly overrated? Perhaps you do not understand the meaning of the words "grossly" and "overrated."

Here's a little bit of info on the University of Michigan:

The most total wins in college football history - 849
The highest all-time winning percentage (.74421)
Leading the NCAA in home attendance every year but one since 1974.
The longest current streak of having over 100,000 at a home game - 193 consecutive games.
The longest current bowl game streak - 31.
The longest current streak of non-losing seasons - 38
The current longest number of games in Div 1-A since last being shutout - 273 games through 2005 Alamo Bowl.
The most televised school in college football history (356 televised games).
The largest NCAA crowd to ever watch a football game: 112,118 on November 22, 2003, at Michigan Stadium.
The largest delta (points for minus points against) in college football history.
42 conference football championships (most of any team in any conference)
25 undefeated seasons (more than any other Division 1-A school).
Highest all-time strength of schedule (SOS) rating in college football -- per cfbdatawarehouse.com.
74 years since playing a (non WWII era) non Division-1A opponent, longest of any program in the country.
109 winning seasons -- most in college football history.
11 National Championships: (1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997)
One of only two schools with a winning record vs. every Division 1-A conference, including independents.
"The Victors," written in 1898 by Louis Elbel, is the only fight song inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
The number one sports rivalry: Michigan vs. Ohio State, according to ESPN's "Top 10 Greatest Sports Rivalries"

Overrated.... Riiiiiiiiight.

[st.cronin]

Steve Yzerman is overrated.

[bbor]

So is Petr Klima.


His mullet on the other hand was underrated.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Steve Yzerman is overrated.

I know you're just trying to wind Schmidty up (which is, like, the easiest thing to do in the world), but... For your edification, or others.

Steve Gregory Yzerman

Steve Yzerman had all the flashy adjectives applied to him as a young, slick center when he entered the NHL. He could score the beautiful goal and his flair translated into some remarkable statistical seasons. But Yzerman's team, the Detroit Red Wings, had struggled before he arrived, and he didn't set the world on fire during his early years. Since then, though, Yzerman has become the longest serving captain in league history and dedicated himself to an all-around game, finally leading the Wings to the Stanley Cup in 1997 after 42 years of futility. At the age of 16, Yzerman moved to Peterborough to play with the OHL's Petes. He had 91 points in 56 games with Peterborough in his second year, but his numbers weren't the usual stratospheric kind registered by young phenomena in the OHL because of the team concept ingrained in the Petes by Dick Todd, the team's no-nonsense coach. Along with Pat LaFontaine and Sylvain Turgeon, Yzerman was still considered one of the top prospects as his draft year approached. He enriched that reputation with a strong performance on Canada's bronze medal team in the World Junior Championship in 1983. The year before the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, the Detroit Red Wings were bought by Mike Ilitch, who entrusted general manager Jim Devellano with the job of rebuilding the failing franchise. The Red Wings had the fourth overall pick, and Devellano's first choice was LaFontaine, a hometown boy who would surely revive the interest of the Detroit fans. But LaFontaine was picked third and Devellano selected Yzerman to be the cornerstone of the new Wings. Still only 18, Yzerman immediately established himself as an impact player with the Red Wings. In his first year, 1983-84, he set Detroit records for goals by a rookie with 39 and for points with 87. He finished second behind goalie Tom Barrasso in the Calder Trophy voting and also made the NHL's All-Rookie Team. He played in the All-Star Game after half a season in the league, making him the youngest player ever to don an All-Star sweater. His success carried over into training camp for the 1984 Canada Cup. Yzerman played so well in the camp that he couldn't be left off the team. Canada won the tournament, though Yzerman missed most of the action due to recurring tonsillitis. Yzerman continued to record impressive numbers. He had a knack for the pretty goal and began to draw fans back to the beleaguered team. He was named Red Wings captain as a 21-year-old in 1986, the youngest player ever to earn that honor. Between 1987 and 1993, he never failed to top 100 points, and five times he scored 50 goals or more while winning the Lester B. Pearson Trophy in 1988-89. He set all-time marks for Detroit when he had 65 goals, 90 assists and 155 points in 1988-89, placing third in the league scoring race behind Gretzky and Lemieux, just as he would in voting for the Hart Trophy that season. In 1994-95, the Wings ended the lockout-shortened season atop the standings, winning the Presidents' Trophy. The team coasted through the first three rounds of the playoffs undefeated on home ice. For the first time in his 11th year in the league, Yzerman was in the Stanley Cup finals. The joy didn't last long. New Jersey's stifling defense shut down Yzerman and the Wings and he had to watch Devils captain Scott Stevens hoist the Stanley Cup after a four-game sweep. Still, after so many seasons of struggling even to make the playoffs, Yzerman was being talked about as the quiet but effective leader of a surging team. Yzerman's high status was evident when his name began to surface in trade rumors in 1995. The Red Wings were a contending team, four games away from the Cup the previous season, an enviable position for which Yzerman had worked hard and sacrificed years of his career. In the spring of 1996 the center exacted a measure of revenge on Mike Keenan, the coach who'd left him off those international teams. Yzerman scored a 60-foot goal to eliminate Keenan's St. Louis Blues from the playoffs. Although the Red Wings lost to the Colorado Avalanche in the next round, Yzerman had come into his own as a leader. Yzerman was a standout player on Team Canada for the 1996 World Cup, scoring an important early round goal against Slovakia to keep the Canadian team on track and notching another in overtime in the first game of the final series against the United States. When Canada fell in the final game, however, Yzerman was once again forced to watch another team celebrate. In the 1997 playoffs, everything came together for the hard-working captain. He was a solid player at both ends of the ice as Detroit faced the Philadelphia Flyers for the Stanley Cup. In four consecutive games, the Wings were too much for the Flyers. At the end of the final game, Yzerman was the first to embrace goalie Mike Vernon. Moments later, in front of his home fans chanting "Stevie" over and over, Yzerman raised the Cup above his head, the first Red Wing to do so since 1955. The next season, Yzerman's name was engraved on another award, this time the Conn Smythe Trophy, after the Red Wings repeated as Cup champions. Yzerman was an effective checker and became a player Detroit coach Scotty Bowman could use in all situations. Yzerman's strong play continued over the next two years capturing the Frank J. Selke Trophy in 1999-00 before injuries limited the talented forward to a mere 54 games in 2000-01 and 52 games in 2001-02. Although his regular season was limited in 2001-02, Yzerman was healthy enough to take part in the Wings Stanley Cup run which landed Yzerman the third Stanley Cup ring of his career. An off-season knee operation limited Yzerman to a mere 16 games in 2002-03 and early exit in the post season. His brave efforts landed him the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. In 2003-04, the Red Wing captain returned to the lineup and was instrumental in helping his team capture the Presidents' Trophy as the top team during the regular season and would surpass the 1,700 point plateau. On the international stage, Yzerman has represented his country on numerous occasions, the first being at the 1983 World Junior Championships. In 1984, he played for Canada at the Canada Cup and in 1985, he went on to make his first of three appearances at the Worlds, the other two being in 1989 and 1990. After an appearane at the 1996 World Cup, Yzerman went on to become a two-time olympian, representing his homeland at the 1998 Nagano Olympics and the 2002 Salt Lake City Games - where he helped Canada capture its first gold medal in more than 50 years.

REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS Season Club League GP G A TP PIM +/- GP G A TP PIM 1980-81 Nepean Raiders CJHL 50 38 54 92 44 1981-82 Peterborough Petes OHL 58 21 43 64 65 6 0 1 1 16 1982-83 Peterborough Petes OHL 56 42 49 91 33 4 1 4 5 0 1982-83 Canada WJC-A 7 2 3 5 2 1983-84 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 39 48 87 33 -17 4 3 3 6 0 1984-85 Canada Can-Cup 4 0 0 0 0 1984-85 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 30 59 89 58 -17 3 2 1 3 2 1984-85 Canada WEC-A 10 3 4 7 6 1985-86 Detroit Red Wings NHL 51 14 28 42 16 -24 1986-87 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 31 59 90 43 -1 16 5 13 18 8 1987-88 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 50 52 102 44 +30 3 1 3 4 6 1988-89 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 65 90 155 61 +17 6 5 5 10 2 1988-89 Canada WEC-A 8 5 7 12 2 1989-90 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 62 65 127 79 -6 1989-90 Canada WEC-A 10 10 10 20 8 1990-91 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 51 57 108 34 -2 7 3 3 6 4 1991-92 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 45 58 103 64 +26 11 3 5 8 12 1992-93 Detroit Red Wings NHL 84 58 79 137 44 +33 7 4 3 7 4 1993-94 Detroit Red Wings NHL 58 24 58 82 36 +11 3 1 3 4 0 1994-95 Detroit Red Wings NHL 47 12 26 38 40 +6 15 4 8 12 0 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 36 59 95 64 +29 18 8 12 20 4 1996-97 Canada W-Cup 6 2 1 3 0 1996-97 Detroit Red Wings NHL 81 22 63 85 78 +22 20 7 6 13 4 1997-98 Detroit Red Wings NHL 75 24 45 69 46 +3 22 6 18 24 22 1997-98 Canada Olympics 6 1 1 2 10 1998-99 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 29 45 74 42 +8 10 9 4 13 0 1999-00 Detroit Red Wings NHL 78 35 44 79 34 +28 8 0 4 4 0 2000-01 Detroit Red Wings NHL 54 18 34 52 18 +4 1 0 0 0 0 2001-02 Detroit Red Wings NHL 52 13 35 48 18 +11 23 6 17 23 10 2001-02 Canada Olympics 6 2 4 6 2 2002-03 Detroit Red Wings NHL 16 2 6 8 8 +6 4 0 1 1 2 2003-04 Detroit Red Wings NHL 75 18 33 51 46 +10 11 3 2 5 0 2004-05 2004-05 Canada W-Cup NHL Totals 1453 678 1043 1721 906 192 70 111 181 80

NHL All-Rookie Team (1984) Lester B. Pearson Award (1989) WEC-A All-Star Team (1989, 1990) Named Best Forward at WEC-A (1990) Conn Smythe Trophy (1998) NHL First All-Star Team (2000) Frank J. Selke Trophy (2000) Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (2003) Played in NHL All-Star Game (1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2000) Missed majority of 2002-03 season recovering from off-season knee surgery, August 2, 2002.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by bbor

So is Petr Klima.


His mullet on the other hand was underrated.

I have to go now. I will deal with the likes of you, later!



Right on about the mullet though. Well done.

[st.cronin]

Michigan may be a decent football school, but I'll believe it when they can stop John Stocco.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

Steve Yzerman is overrated.

Steve Yzerman is one of the top 4-5 players of all-time. He owns you.

If you were here, I'd gleek in your face.

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

Steve Yzerman is one of the 4-5 most overrated players of all-time.

I've always wanted to do that.

[ISiddiqui]

#5 answer is wrong. I under the Ravens' origins was the Browns, originally from the AAFC. But then you can't include the expansion Cleveland Browns because they were the resurrection of the old Browns.

If that's the case, then the Colts count as well, since the original Baltimore Colts were the Miami Seahawks in the AAFC. They went defunct in the NFL, but a few years later got an expansion named the Baltimore Colts.

Also, the 49ers started in the AAFC, so they didn't originate in either the AFC or NFL.

And the Steelers have ALWAYS started in the NFL.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

I've always wanted to do that.

I really don't get your mind-set, unless you're just a jealous fan of some shitty team.

[st.cronin]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

I really don't get your mind-set, unless you're just a jealous fan of some shitty team.

My mindset is I love Stevie Y and enjoy getting you all riled up.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by st.cronin

My mindset is I love Stevie Y and enjoy getting you all riled up.

I have become a fish in a barrel.

[HerRealName]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Overrated.... Riiiiiiiiight.

Well, if you look at 1989 to the present...

http://preseason.stassen.com/over-under/teams.html

[Bubba Wheels]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

#5 answer is wrong. I under the Ravens' origins was the Browns, originally from the AAFC. But then you can't include the expansion Cleveland Browns because they were the resurrection of the old Browns.

If that's the case, then the Colts count as well, since the original Baltimore Colts were the Miami Seahawks in the AAFC. They went defunct in the NFL, but a few years later got an expansion named the Baltimore Colts.

Also, the 49ers started in the AAFC, so they didn't originate in either the AFC or NFL.

And the Steelers have ALWAYS started in the NFL.

Your right! Was the 49ers, not the Steelers. I thought I remembered when the AFL and NFL merged that they were 3 teams short in the AFL and just moved the old AAFC teams over to even that out. But I was mistaken.

The Colts not being the original team was also correct and I missed it. But the Ravens are the old, original Browns so they did orginate in the AAFC and not the expansion Browns of today. So I had that one right.

[Bearcat729]

Originally Posted by Bubba Wheels

But the Ravens are the old, original Browns so they did orginate in the AAFC and not the expansion Browns of today. So I had that one right.

The Ravens are not the the old orginial Browns. The Ravens have no history prior to 1996.

[Bubba Wheels]

Originally Posted by Bearcat729

The Ravens are not the the old orginial Browns. The Ravens have no history prior to 1996.

So, this is not the old Art Modell team with the same roster as the Cleveland Browns of the year before?

Technically you may be right, but they are not really an expansion team. They are a relocated team (same as Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers) that started life in the AAFC as the Cleveland Browns.

[KWhit]

Worst. Quiz. Ever.

[Bubba Wheels]

Originally Posted by KWhit

Worst. Quiz. Ever.

Ha! Thanks for playing! Trust me, last one also!