Sports Trivia

20

In 1985, Olympic basketball star Lynette Woodward made history when she became the first female member of a professional basketball team. Which team did she join?

15

Can you name the Australian aborigine who won the Wimbledon Women's singles tennis championship in 1980?

4

Which pair of brothers played in the Major League baseball all-star game during the 1990's?

1

What team in the National Football League was named after an 1845 poem by Edgar Allan Poe?

12

In which three consecutive years did the Oakland A's play in the World Series, and who were their opponents?

1

Where did each of these people play their college basketball? a. Michael Jordan b. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar although under a different name c. Magic Johnson

2

She was the outstanding female tennis player of the 1970s and early 1980s. She was ranked number one in the world seven times. In 1974 won a record 56 consecutive matches. Who was she?

9

In 1976 at what Olympic city did Nadia Comaneci score a perfect 10 in gymnastics?

4

Participants in rhythmic gymnastics primarily use what three objects as props in their performances?

14

Which tennis player won the Wimbledon mens' singles championship 7 of the last 8 years of the 20th century?

10

Name three major sports figures with the same name as a fruit, vegetable or flower.

3

In what two sports can a "perfect game" occur?

12

Which three golfers, all born in 1912, are credited with making the game into the popular pastime it is today?

16

What significant change in the basic rules of major league baseball first occurred in the 1973 season, and is still used today?

7

Most sports fans agree that the four greatest are the Irish, French, English, and Kentucky. The greatest what?