- Rotating Quiz #262: All Stars - 2 Updates
- QFTCI5EP Game 7, Rounds 7-8: transit, po-lit-ical - 1 Update
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 14 10:35PM -0700 Don Piven wrote: > some of the questions may refer to the outcome of tonight's game, so you > might want to wait until the All-Star Game is over before posting your > answers. All of my answers are going to be outright guesses, because seriously, who cares about the All-Star Game? > 1) Who hit the first home run in an All-Star Game? Babe Ruth > 2) Name the only player to hit a grand slam in an All-Star Game. Mickey Mantle > 3) This Hall-of-Fame, Cy Young Award-winning pitcher once gave up three > home runs in one of his All-Star Game appearances. Nolan Ryan > 4) Hammerin' Hank Aaron holds the record for number of All-Star Game > roster appearances with 25. Which two legendary players are tied for > second and third in number of roster appearances? Willy Mays, Cal Ripkin, Jr. > 5) The All-Star Game has gone into extra innings 11 times. Two All-Star > Games are tied for the most innings played. How many innings? 13 > Yankees, but he also holds the record for the most hits given up by a > pitcher appearing in at least one All-Star Game. Plus or minus two, how > many hits did he give up in his ten appearances? 27 > 7) The 2002 All-Star Game ended with the score tied 7-7 after eleven > innings, because the teams ran out of what? pitchers > 8) 1961 was a weird year in All-Star Game history. First, two All-Star > Games were played, one on July 11, and one on July 31. The second game > ended in a tie after regulation play. Why? called because of darkness > 9) In the 2007 All-Star Game, the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki did > this for the first time in his major league career, also becoming the > only person to do so in an All-Star Game. What was this feat? hit for the cycle > 10) The New York Mets' Dwight Gooden has a spot in All-Star Game history > he might not want to have earned; in two of his four All-Star > appearances, he was charged with what? errors > 11) Plus or minus 5, how many total home runs have been hit in all of > the All-Star Games? (INCLUDING this year's game, so you might want to > wait to post your answers until after the game is over.) 103 -- Dan Tilque |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 15 06:58AM +0100 > 1) Who hit the first home run in an All-Star Game? George Herman Ruth > 2) Name the only player to hit a grand slam in an All-Star Game. Hank Aaron?? > 3) This Hall-of-Fame, Cy Young Award-winning pitcher once gave up three > home runs in one of his All-Star Game appearances. Whitey Ford??? > 4) Hammerin' Hank Aaron holds the record for number of All-Star Game > roster appearances with 25. Which two legendary players are tied for > second and third in number of roster appearances? Willy Mays, Pete Rose > 5) The All-Star Game has gone into extra innings 11 times. Two All-Star > Games are tied for the most innings played. How many innings? 17 > Yankees, but he also holds the record for the most hits given up by a > pitcher appearing in at least one All-Star Game. Plus or minus two, how > many hits did he give up in his ten appearances? 43 > 7) The 2002 All-Star Game ended with the score tied 7-7 after eleven > innings, because the teams ran out of what? Pitchers > 8) 1961 was a weird year in All-Star Game history. First, two All-Star > Games were played, one on July 11, and one on July 31. The second game > ended in a tie after regulation play. Why? Darkness > 9) In the 2007 All-Star Game, the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki did > this for the first time in his major league career, also becoming the > only person to do so in an All-Star Game. What was this feat? First pitch lead-off home run > 10) The New York Mets' Dwight Gooden has a spot in All-Star Game history > he might not want to have earned; in two of his four All-Star > appearances, he was charged with what? A balk??? > 11) Plus or minus 5, how many total home runs have been hit in all of > the All-Star Games? (INCLUDING this year's game, so you might want to > wait to post your answers until after the game is over.) 234 |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 14 11:42PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:-bydnYIxbp6KhvrEnZ2dnUU7- > area of this US city. It includes a light rail system that > can take you from the highly rated airport to downtown in > 35 minutes for a fare of $2.50. Name the city. Dallas > this eclectic southwestern US city. A proposed billion-dollar > light rail project was turned down by local voters in 2014. > Name the city. Austin > Some of its 53 stops include Waterfront, Main Street--Science > World, and Commercial--Broadway, which are in the main city. > Name the main city served by SkyTrain. Vancouver > and subways. It serves cities in three neighboring counties, > as well as the main city where it operates. On weekdays it has > 420,000 average daily riders. Name the main city served by BART. San Francisco > It has 60 km of track and has been considered a success. > A large percentage of commuters use the system to get to work > in the city's downtown. Name the city. Calgary > 8. "The Loop" refers to a 3 km stretch of elevated railway in this > city's downtown. It has 8 stations and its tracks are used by > various lines that make up this city's "L" system. What city? Chicago > expanded slowly because of a lack of federal funds. It is > operated by the Bi-State Development Agency. Name the main > city served by this transit system. St Louis > thriller featuring a domineering mother, a sleeper assassin son, > and the would-be assassin's army buddy from the Korean War. > What is the novel's title? The Manchurian Candidate > Nixon and Senator Joseph McCarthy, as well as a foul-mouthed > personification of Uncle Sam. What true-life event in American > history is central to its plot? Alger Hiss case; Julius and Ethel Rosenberg case > 4. Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel "The Jungle" is largely set in > Chicago and is a scathing indictment of the health violations > and unsanitary conditions of what US industry? Meat packing > of the most popular and famous American writers of the early > 20th century and chronicles the rise of oligarchic tyrannies in > the United States and other parts of the world. Pete Gayde |
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