Fun Sports Trivia Questions That’ll Stump Anyone
Are you prepared to be the hit of the party? Whether you’re getting your social time in via Zoom or in person, these will stump even the biggest sports fan. And they’re sure to make you laugh out loud.
Q: In 1920, the University of Texas football players had their mascot (a longhorn cow) at the annual sports banquet under less than ideal circumstances. What were those circumstances?
A: He was dinner.
The university couldn’t afford the upkeep of Bevo so they fattened him up and slaughtered him before the banquet.
Q: Women were originally barred from running the NYC Marathon. Why?
A: Doctors were worried that their uteruses might fall out.
It took until 1972 for women to be able to take their rightful places at the starting line.
Q: This WWE wrestler holds the title for the most wishes (Make-A-Wish) granted by a single individual, with over 600 wishes.
A: John Cena.
The WWE (Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment) star is the most requested celebrity by kids for their Make-A-Wish.
Q: What is the Westminster Dog Show is named after?
A: A bar.
The “sporting gentlemen” who came up with the famed dog show used to meet up at the Westminster Hotel to talk about their hunting dogs. So when they started the organization in 1877, they named it after their favorite place.
Q: Which famously solid athlete once scarfed down a dozen hot dogs and shotgunned eight bottles of soda in between games of a double header (i.e. back-to-back games in one day)?
A: Babe Ruth
Shockingly, he had terrible heartburn afterward and was rushed to the hospital.
Q: The very first Wimbledon was in 1877 and was actually a fundraiser for England’s favorite sport at the time. What was that sport? (Hint: it’s not tennis)
A: Croquet
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club was focused first on croquet but then the good people of London began to fall in love with the new sport of tennis. The rest is history.
Q: Baseball player Marty Cordova famously missed a game because…..
A: He was too sunburnt to play.
Cordova must have been working on his summer glow because he fell asleep in a tanning bed and was too sunburnt to play.
Q: College GameDay mainstay Lee Corso played football in college at Florida State. Who was his football playing roommate who became a famous actor?
A: Burt Reynolds (RIP)
The two played together at Florida State in the 1950s and Corso is said to have been a catalyst in Reynolds’ acting career. Maybe his football experience is what drew him to the role in the 1974 version of “The Longest Yard.”
Q: Who was the first president to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game?
A: William Howard Taft in 1910
It took 20 years after the sport started to get the president involved.
Q: What was the temperature of the coldest game in NFL history?
A: - 13 degrees
The 1967 game between Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay was dubbed the Ice Bowl. With windchill it was -36 degrees.