Will's Trivia Challenge - December 2004

[WJMorris3]

Well, lmupepbander got the title in November, will he do it again in December? We'll have to see in about a month. Now, it's time to get to this month's game. For the benefit of new players and those who forget, here's how the game works.

The game's made up of 15 questions, each with multiple valid answers (there will be at least eight valid answers for each question.) All you have to do is PM (private message) a valid answer to me.

In the first round (questions 1-5), the first person to name each of the valid answers gets one point, with the very first answer earning an extra point. Be careful, an answer that does not fit the question scores nothing, as does an answer that's already been given. The trick, of course, is that you don't know which answers have been given, so you have to reason out which ones have NOT been given yet.

In the second round (questions 6-10), each question is worth two points, and in the third round (questions 11-15), each question is worth three points. In all rounds, an extra point is given to the first valid answer to the question. Most points after 15 questions wins.

With that, here we go!

QUESTION #1

Name any player who was awarded the World Series Most Valuable Player award, originally awarded by the editors of Sport Magazine and now announced immediately after the final game of the World Series. (This is to be differentiated from the Babe Ruth Award, awarded by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.)

Answers are due by Wednesday, December 1, at 1:30 AM. Good luck!

[Nick 1733]

I vow to avenge my falter at the end of the First Trivia competition.

Eh, good luck to all and give it your best.

[WJMorris3]

QUESTION #1 - RESULTS

Alright, we asked for a winner of the Sport Magazine World Series MVP award. You said:

lmupepbander (1:25 AM) - Troy Glaus

CaolinaJoe (2:02 AM) - Rick Dempsey

pcgd (2:35 AM) - Livan Hernandez

Braden (2:37 AM) - Pat Borders

zoneranger (6:38 AM) - Willie Stargell

ROCHitman (8:25 AM) - Alan Trammell

OnWis97 (8:34 AM) - Frank Viola

josh_j182 (8:38 AM) - Frank Viola (X)

wheateater (9:15 AM) - Pat Borders (X)

YzerFan19 (9:26 AM) - Alan Trammell (X)

jrh31584 (11:20 AM) - John Wetteland

Brian in Boston (1:30 PM) - Rick Dempsey (X)

STL FANATIC (3:49 PM) - Darryl Porter

Nick 1733 (5:30 PM) - Randy Johnson

bosox (5:44 PM) - Randy Johnson (X)

RyanB06 (6:30 PM) - Curt Schilling

DarthMan (6:59 PM) - Josh Beckett

jpslapshot (7:40 PM) - Tom Glavine

AstroBull21 (8:28 PM) - Billy Hatcher (XX)

jrodsep (8:36 PM) - Jose Rijo

BaltimoreFan (9:29 PM) - Eddie Murray (XX)

Okay, time to explain the X system.If you gave a good answer, but someone else had beat you to it, no points, sorry about that. There'll be one X by your answer.

If you gave an invalid answer, then you get no points, and two X's by your answer. In this case, Billy Hatcher only won the Babe Ruth Award, and Murray never won a World Series MVP at all. Sorry, guys!

Scores look as follows after Question #1...

lmupepbander - 2

Braden - 1

CaolinaJoe - 1

DarthMan - 1

jpslapshot - 1

jrh31584 - 1

jrodsep - 1

Nick 1733 - 1

OnWis97 - 1

pcgd - 1

ROCHitman - 1

RyanB06 - 1

STL FANATIC - 1

zoneranger - 1

AstroBull21 - 0

BaltimoreFan - 0

Brian in Boston - 0

bosox - 0

josh_j182 - 0

wheateater - 0

YzerFan19 - 0

Time for the next question.

QUESTION #2

Name any player who, on October 29, 1996, was named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history.

Answers are due by Thursday, December 2 at 2:00 AM!

[bosox]

And no one said Manny Ramierez. I was going to, but I figured that hed be the most popular one. And I missed Randy Johnson by 14 minutes, and I was gonna put Schilling first.

[Joshawaggie]

I missed Frank Viola by 4 minutes!! I think everytime I answer with one already guessed, it was OnWis. arrrgh

[WJMorris3]

QUESTION #2 - RESULTS

Nice turnout this time. I asked for one of the NBA's 50 greatest players. Here's who you said.

pcgd (2:02 AM) - John Stockton

Nick 1733 (2:04 AM) - Wilt Chamberlain

lmupepbander (2:05 AM) - Larry Bird

CaolinaJoe (2:24 AM) - Bob Pettit

JungleBook45 (2:28 AM) - Clyde Drexler

ColeDMD (2:49 AM) - Sam Jones

zoneranger (6:46 AM) - Jerry West

DarthMan (7:01 AM) - Julius Erving

RyanB06 (8:23 AM) - Larry Bird (X)

OnWis97 (8:39 AM) - David Robinson

jpslapshot22 (8:51 AM) - Oscar Robertson

paynomind (10:29 AM) - Willis Reed

randyc (10:39 AM) - Michael Jordan

AstroBull21 (12:09 PM) - Clyde Drexler (X)

lilg (12:30 PM) - Michael Jordan (X)

wheateater (12:35 PM) - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

jrh31584 (12:59 PM) - George Mikan

Brian in Boston (1:02 PM) - Willis Reed (X)

ROCHitman (3:33 PM) - Walt Frazier

bosox (4:29 PM) - Robert Parish

jrodsep (4:43 PM) - Paul Arizin

josh_j182 (7:04 PM) - Oscar Robertson (X)

ThaFlameofAtlanta (8:29 PM) - Jerry West (X)

BaltimoreFan (8:39 PM) - Pete Maravich

STL FANATIC (9:08 PM) - Scottie Pippen

NJTank (9:51 PM) - Dave Bing

Braden (1:31 AM) - Lenny Wilkens

And after Question 2, scores are...

lmupepbander - 3

pcgd - 3

Braden - 2

CaolinaJoe - 2

DarthMan - 2

jpslapshot22 - 2

jrh31584 - 2

jrodsep - 2

Nick 1733 - 2

OnWis97 - 2

ROCHitman - 2

STL FANATIC - 2

zoneranger - 2

BaltimoreFan - 1

bosox - 1

ColeDMD - 1

JungleBook45 - 1

NJTank - 1

paynomind - 1

randyc - 1

RyanB06 - 1

wheateater - 1

AstroBull21 - 0

Brian in Boston - 0

josh_j182 - 0

lilg - 0

ThaFlameofAtlanta - 0

YzerFan19 - 0

QUESTION #3

Name any NHL player who was presented with the Calder Memorial Trophy (formerly the Calder Trophy) as the rookie of the year.

Deadline is Friday, December 3, at 2 AM! Good luck!

Incidentally, I don't mind if you use this thread to discuss answers that were or were not given, or to remark about missing by X minutes.

[TBGKon]

man im sucking it up

[DarthMan]

all right! fifth!

[Nick 1733]

all right! fifth!

actually you're tied for 3rd, with a bunch of people.

[DarthMan]

even better!

[Snowcap30]

edit.....

[TFoA]

AGH, I was going to put Scottie Pippen at first... But I figured, someone would've already said Pippie Longstockings. Hindsight is always 20/20

[WJMorris3]

QUESTION #3 - RESULTS

I wanted a Calder Trophy winner and here's what you gave me.

CaolinaJoe (2:05:35 AM) - Eric Vail

lmupepbander (2:05:51 AM) - Teemu Selanne

ColeDMD (2:08 AM) - Sergei Makarov

Nick 1733 (2:13 AM) - Chris Drury

AstroBull21 (2:30 AM) - Denis Potvin

Braden (2:32 AM) - Ed Belfour

jrodsep (6:39 AM) - Steve Larmer

YzerFan19 (7:24 AM) - Terry Sawchuk

OnWis97 (8:07 AM) - Sergei Makarov (X)

wheateater (9:09 AM) - Luc Robitaille

jpslapshot22 (9:40 AM) - Sergei Samsonov

pcgd (9:41 AM) - Peter Forsberg

paynomind (10:12 AM) - Willi Plett

josh_j182 (10:26 AM) - Steve Vickers

randyc (10:42 AM) - Andrew Raycroft

RyanB06 (12:19 PM) - Carl Voss

Brian in Boston (2:34 PM) - Camille Henry

DarthMan (3:17 PM) - Johnny Quilty

ROCHitman (3:33 PM) - Bobby Rousseau

jrh31584 (4:05 PM) - Brian Leetch

zoneranger (4:16 PM) - Tom Barrasso

bosox (4:40 PM) - Gary Suter

STL FANATIC (6:45 PM) - Pentti Lund

Only the one dupe, so a lot of people got points. Let's see the updated scores...

CaolinaJoe - 4

lmupepbander - 4

pcgd - 4

Braden - 3

DarthMan - 3

jpslapshot22 - 3

jrh31584 - 3

jrodsep - 3

Nick 1733 - 3

ROCHitman - 3

STL FANATIC - 3

zoneranger - 3

bosox - 2

ColeDMD - 2

OnWis97 - 2

paynomind - 2

randyc - 2

RyanB06 - 2

wheateater - 2

AstroBull21 - 1

BaltimoreFan - 1

Brian in Boston - 1

josh_j182 - 1

JungleBook45 - 1

NJTank - 1

YzerFan19 - 1

lilg - 0

ThaFlameofAtlanta - 0

QUESTION #4

As of midnight EST, December 4, name any Division I-A football team that is currently bowl-eligible (bowl-eligible means at least six wins and more wins than losses on the season). Note: Hawaii and Tulane could still become bowl eligible through games played today but for this question will not be considered correct answers.

Answers are due by Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST!

[Snowcap30]

okay nevermind...again

[WJMorris3]

QUESTION #4 - RESULTS

Okay, I asked for a bowl-eligible team this season. You said...

jpslapshot22 (12:16 AM) - Boston College

pcgd (12:17 AM) - Boise State

AstroBull21 (12:23 AM) - Florida State

ColeDMD (12:53 AM) - Virginia Tech

CaolinaJoe (1:06 AM) - Marshall

wheateater (1:10 AM) - Virginia

paynomind (1:35 AM) - Georgia Tech

randyc (1:43 AM) - Miami (FL)

Nick 1733 (1:56 AM) - Colorado

lmupepbander (2:29 AM) - UCLA

jrodsep (6:05 AM) - Texas Tech

josh_j182 (6:36 AM) - Virginia Tech (X)

ROCHitman (8:07 AM) - West Virginia

bosox (8:30 AM) - Navy

STL FANATIC (9:29 AM) - Michigan

DarthMan (10:12 AM) - Arizona State

BaltimoreFan (10:51 AM) - North Carolina

zoneranger (11:57 AM) - Pittsburgh

jrh31584 (12:37 PM) - Georgia

lilg (2:50 PM) - Arizona State (X)

RyanB06 (3:07 PM) - Connecticut

YzerFan19 (3:41 PM) - Florida

OnWis97 (9:27 PM) - Purdue

Snowcap30 (10:53 PM) - Texas Tech (X)

Three dupes but still, a lot of folks got points. Scores are...

CaolinaJoe - 5

jpslapshot22 - 5

lmupepbander - 5

pcgd - 5

DarthMan - 4

jrh31584 - 4

jrodsep - 4

Nick 1733 - 4

ROCHitman - 4

STL FANATIC - 4

zoneranger - 4

Braden - 3

bosox - 3

ColeDMD - 3

OnWis97 - 3

paynomind - 3

randyc - 3

RyanB06 - 3

wheateater - 3

AstroBull21 - 2

BaltimoreFan - 2

YzerFan19 - 2

Brian in Boston - 1

josh_j182 - 1

JungleBook45 - 1

NJTank - 1

lilg - 0

ThaFlameofAtlanta - 0

QUESTION #5

Alright, staying in the college ranks, name anyone who was named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Answers are due by Monday, December 6, at 9:00 AM!

[WJMorris3]

QUESTION #5 - RESULTS

Alright, I asked for the Most Outstanding Player in any NCAA tournament and you said...

zoneranger (9:17 AM) - Bill Russell

RyanB06 (9:40 AM) - Richard Hamilton

ROCHitman (9:43 AM) - Bobby Hurley

jrodsep (10:04 AM) - Anderson Hunt

bosox (10:26 AM) - Bobby Hurley (X)

pcgd (10:39 AM) - Lew Alcindor

Nick 1733 (11:08 AM) - Michael Jordan (XX)

NJTank (11:35 AM) - Keith Smart

jrh31584 (11:54 AM) - Bill Russell (X)

josh_j182 (12:20 PM) - Bobby Hurley (X)

CaolinaJoe (12:31 PM) - Irwin Dambrot

ColeDMD (12:31 PM) - Pervis Ellison

randyc (12:51 PM) - Emeka Okafor

paynomind (12:57 PM) - Irwin Dambrot (X)

wheateater (1:12 PM) - Darrell Griffith

lmupepbander (1:12 PM) - Jerry West

STL FANATIC (1:48 PM) - Tom Gola

BaltimoreFan (3:24 PM) - Juan Dixon

jpslapshot22 (7:28 PM) - Larry Johnson (XX)

OnWis97 (8:38 PM) - Isiah Thomas

AstroBull21 (9:02 PM) - Jeff Sheppard

DarthMan (8:51 AM) - Emeka Okafor (X)

Nick, Jordan didn't win in 1982, James Worthy did. JP, Anderson Hunt won for UNLV in 1990. Scores are...

CaolinaJoe - 6

lmupepbander - 6

pcgd - 6

zoneranger - 6

jpslapshot22 - 5

jrodsep - 5

ROCHitman - 5

STL FANATIC - 5

ColeDMD - 4

DarthMan - 4

jrh31584 - 4

Nick 1733 - 4

OnWis97 - 4

randyc - 4

RyanB06 - 4

wheateater - 4

AstroBull21 - 3

BaltimoreFan - 3

Braden - 3

bosox - 3

paynomind - 3

NJTank - 2

YzerFan19 - 2

Brian in Boston - 1

josh_j182 - 1

JungleBook45 - 1

lilg - 0

ThaFlameofAtlanta - 0

Looks like the scores are starting to spread out a bit. Alright, time to start with the two point questions. The next five questions are worth two points per correct answer (three for the first good one).

QUESTION #6

Recently, the Pro Football Hall of Fame released a list of 25 modern-era semifinalists for the Class of 2005. Name anyone on that list.

Question's answers are due by Tuesday, December 7, at 6:00 PM! Good luck!

[DarthMan]

urghhh- my first one wrong

[Nick 1733]

my first wrong too, should've answered Carmelo Anthony, that's what I get for guessing.

[WJMorris3]

QUESTION #6 - RESULTS

Man, it's good to be back on the old board. Now where were we?

Oh, that's right. I had you all name a semifinalist for pro football's hall of fame. Here's who you said.

Nick 1733 (5:59 PM) - Randy Gradishar

STL FANATIC (6:02 PM) - Russ Grimm

lmupepbander (6:04 PM) - Ken Stabler

ColeDMD (6:07 PM) - Bob Kuechenberg

BaltimroeFan (6:13 PM) - Steve Young

jrodsep (6:14 PM) - Bob Kuechenberg (X)

jpslapshot22 (6:55 PM) - Russ Grimm (X)

DarthMan (7:00 PM) - Fred Dean

randyc (7:11 PM) - Randy Gradishar (X)

OnWis97 (7:22 PM) - Ray Guy

pcgd (7:30 PM) - Richard Dent

JungleBook45 (7:32 PM) - Michael Irvin

bosox (7:36 PM) - Art Modell

zoneranger (7:37 PM) - Ray Guy (X)

ROCHitman (8:34 PM) - Ralph Wilson, Jr

CaolinaJoe (9:19 PM) - Roger Wehrli

YzerFan19 (9:28 PM) - Dan Marino

AstroBull21 (10:18 PM) - Gary Zimmerman

Brian in Boston (10:43 PM) - Russ Grimm (X)

paynomind (11:09 PM) - Roger Wehrli (X)

wheateater (11:33 PM) - L.C. Greenwood

Nice answers, guys! But where's Derrick Thomas?

Scores are:

CaolinaJoe - 8

lmupepbander - 8

pcgd - 8

Nick 1733 - 7

ROCHitman - 7

STL FANATIC - 7

ColeDMD - 6

DarthMan - 6

OnWis97 - 6

wheateater - 6

zoneranger - 6

AstroBull21 - 5

BaltimoreFan - 5

jpslapshot22 - 5

jrodsep - 5

bosox - 5

jrh31584 - 4

randyc - 4

RyanB06 - 4

YzerFan19 - 4

Braden - 3

JungleBook45 - 3

paynomind - 3

NJTank - 2

Brian in Boston - 1

josh_j182 - 1

lilg - 0

ThaFlameofAtlanta - 0

QUESTION #7

Back to baseball. Name any player who had 49 home runs or more in a major-league season. Answers are due by Saturday, December 11, at 12:00 AM!

[TLChandler]

alright 3 points