A more democratic sports trivia thread [rules page one]

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:20 am

incorrect

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:07 am

hmmm, i'll guess ronaldo, don't know the number......10?

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:32 pm

sorry gents was away.....

incorrect answer....ill help out a bit, the number of goals was 13

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:09 pm

It wasn't Ronaldo, then?

Henry?

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:11 pm

no....to be even more helpful, its not a currently active player....

to the best of my knowledge Henry hasnt really ever had a great WC showing.

Curmudgeonx · Post by **Curmudgeonx** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:56 pm

Eh, soccer question . . . I will come back when I might have a clue.

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:06 am

romario then, in '94? was that the year it was in the US?

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:18 am

Let's go with Pele.

And if Pele is incorrect, I'll go with ole "Hand of God" Diego Maradona...

Incidentally, I once saw a youtube video where during a celebration after a goal, Maradona appears to do a line of blow off the back of some dude's hand. Priceless.

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:33 am

pretty much incorrect on all of the answers thus far....pele is the all time leader with 15 but they came over a number of WC's

ill give it a bit longer, and then ill just give up cause im not good at asking reasonable questions lol.

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:23 am

hmmm, i looked it up, pretty tough. and wiki says ronaldo is the all time leader w/ 15 while pele had 12 (but pele won 3 world cups, wow!)

FiveThreeEight · Post by **FiveThreeEight** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:48 pm

Didn't whoever holds this record do it in 2002?

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:07 pm

er no...i kill threads apparently....

the answer was just fontaine from a little ways back in the day with 13 goals in one world cup. Note...those were all of the goals he scored in world cup competition.

open question.

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:25 am

don't get down on yourself, baby, i thought it was a good one....high degree of difficulty is a good thing!

Cheesemore · Post by **Cheesemore** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:47 pm

It's not you, this thread has been on the decline for a while now

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:01 pm

Which major American sports team holds the record for most consecutive playoff appearances, and for what length of time?

Sorry if this was earlier in the thread.

Curmudgeonx · Post by **Curmudgeonx** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:45 pm

Hmm, you are Massachusetts oriented, but the Red Sox and Celtics have had occasional bad years.

I will go with the Bruins.

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:09 pm

Damn, I've done a great job of typecasting myself. Anybody want to take a swing at how long the Bruins playoff streak lasted? Serbia?

Gold Knight · Post by **Gold Knight** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:57 pm

48 games, putting it out there...

spurgistan · Post by **spurgistan** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:00 pm

Sorry, I actually meant seasons when a team made the playoffs, guess that wasn't clear enough. curmudgeon still gpt it right. I am such a bad question maker.

Curmudgeonx · Post by **Curmudgeonx** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:21 am

In what US state can the largest high school gymnasium be found?

Hint #1 It is used for basketball

Bonus points for the city and mega bonus points if you can identify the high school team that plays there. My first born child if you can name two NBA players that came from there

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:27 pm

illinois and mt caramel?

Curmudgeonx · Post by **Curmudgeonx** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:04 pm

Nope. Close on the State though. You are all heathens for not knowing about the *hint* hysteria involved with this state.

FiveThreeEight · Post by **FiveThreeEight** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:59 pm

I would say Indiana is the state.

Curmudgeonx · Post by **Curmudgeonx** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:43 pm

538 is correct

The largest high school gym is in New Castle, Indiana. It seats 9300 people, and over 10,000 during sectional and regionals (temporary wood bleachers).

The New Castle high school team is know as the Trojans. Kent Benson and Steve Alford were the NBA players from New Castle.

New Castle is also home to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

Massachusetts might have been where Naismith lived when he invented basketball, but it was perfected in Indiana.

Your go 538

Nephilim · Post by **Nephilim** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:16 pm

Curmudgeonx wrote:538 is correct

The largest high school gym is in New Castle, Indiana. It seats 9300 people, and over 10,000 during sectional and regionals (temporary wood bleachers).

The New Castle high school team is know as the Trojans. Kent Benson and Steve Alford were the NBA players from New Castle.

New Castle is also home to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

Massachusetts might have been where Naismith lived when he invented basketball, but it was perfected in Indiana.

Your go 538

obviously, since it has produced such worthies as alford and benson......

*giant fart sound*

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