Factburst Quiz
Revisit sporting moments and traditions across baseball, basketball, football, the Olympics, snooker and motor racing. The 10 questions mix named players and teams with scoring, music associated with a tournament and the relocation of a historic event. Establish which competition and era each prompt describes before comparing records or recalling a particular result.
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Correct answer: Don Hahn
The Mets’ primary starting outfielders in the 1969 World Series included Tommy Agee, Cleon Jones, and Ron Swoboda; Don Hahn was not among them.
Correct answer: Basketball
A slam dunk is a basketball scoring move in which a player puts the ball directly through the hoop while holding or pushing it down through the rim. The move requires close range and sufficient elevation to reach the basket.
Further reading: www.nba.com ↗
Correct answer: West Germany
England defeated West Germany 4–2 after extra time in the 1966 World Cup final. Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick; Kylian Mbappé later also scored a men's World Cup final hat-trick in 2022.
Correct answer: Rome
Rome hosted the 1960 Summer Olympics. The Games included the marathon won by Abebe Bikila, who ran barefoot and became the first athlete from sub-Saharan Africa to win an Olympic gold medal.
Further reading: olympics.com ↗
Correct answer: Ron Mix
Hall of Fame offensive tackle Ron Mix was known as “The Intellectual Assassin” because of his intelligence and dominant blocking.
Correct answer: European Championships
The Lightning Seeds recorded “Three Lions” with comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner for the 1996 European Championships in England.
Correct answer: Green
In snooker, the green ball is worth three points when legally potted.
Correct answer: Duke
Duke University hosted the 1942 Rose Bowl in Durham, North Carolina, after the game was moved from Pasadena following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Correct answer: Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus made 150 senior international appearances. A national-team appearance is a single match, so this total should not be described as a number of tournaments.
Correct answer: Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader joined Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart as an owner of Paducah International Raceway in Kentucky.
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