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Athletes Who Quit to Do Something Unexpected

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Athletes Who Quit to Do Something Unexpected — Daily trivia Sunday, March 22, 2026: questions and answers

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  1. Q 01Which NBA legend retired in 1993 to play Minor League Baseball for the Birmingham Barons?

    • AMichael Jordan
    • BMagic Johnson
    • CLarry Bird
    • DCharles Barkley
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    Michael Jordan

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    Michael Jordan retired from basketball in October 1993 and played for the Birmingham Barons, the Chicago White Sox's Double-A affiliate, in 1994. He batted .202 before returning to the Bulls in 1995.

  2. Q 02Which heavyweight champion earned far more from a kitchen appliance deal than from his boxing career?

    • AGeorge Foreman
    • BLennox Lewis
    • CMike Tyson
    • DEvander Holyfield
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    George Foreman

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    George Foreman earned over $250 million from the George Foreman Grill in royalties and licensing. In 1999, he sold his naming rights for approximately $138 million, dwarfing his boxing earnings.

  3. Q 03Which NFL safety turned down a $3.6 million contract to enlist in the Army Rangers after 9/11?

    • AMyron Rolle
    • BAdam Vinatieri
    • CTroy Polamalu
    • DPat Tillman
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    Pat Tillman

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    Pat Tillman of the Arizona Cardinals turned down a 3-year, $3.6 million contract in May 2002 to enlist in the Army. He was tragically killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004.

  4. Q 04Which aggressive Wimbledon FC footballer launched an acting career in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?

    • ADavid Beckham
    • BPaul Gascoigne
    • CEric Cantona
    • DVinnie Jones
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    Vinnie Jones

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    Jones, a 'Crazy Gang' regular who won the 1988 FA Cup with Wimbledon, played the enforcer Big Chris and won an Empire Award for Best Newcomer; he has been typecast as hard men ever since, including Bullet-Tooth Tony in Snatch.

  5. Q 05Which WBC heavyweight champion retired to enter politics and has been mayor of Kyiv since 2014?

    • AWladimir Klitschko
    • BVitali Klitschko
    • CLennox Lewis
    • DOleksandr Usyk
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    Vitali Klitschko

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    Vitali Klitschko held the WBC heavyweight title and retired in 2013 to focus on Ukrainian politics. He was elected mayor of Kyiv in 2014 and has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance during the war.

  6. Q 06Which Heisman-winning running back competed in bobsled at the 1992 Winter Olympics?

    • ABo Jackson
    • BHerschel Walker
    • CBarry Sanders
    • DMarcus Allen
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    Herschel Walker

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    Herschel Walker competed as a brakeman in the two-man bobsled event at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, finishing seventh with teammate Brian Shimer.

  7. Q 07Which cricketer captained a 1992 World Cup winner and became his country's Prime Minister in 2018?

    • ASachin Tendulkar
    • BKapil Dev
    • CImran Khan
    • DWasim Akram
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    Imran Khan

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    Imran Khan led Pakistan to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. He founded the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and was elected Prime Minister in 2018, serving until his removal by a no-confidence vote in 2022.

  8. Q 08Which 303-win Hall of Fame pitcher became a professional photographer after retiring?

    • ANolan Ryan
    • BGreg Maddux
    • CRandy Johnson
    • DRoger Clemens
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    Randy Johnson

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    His photography company's logo is a dead bird, a nod to the 2001 spring-training pitch that struck and killed a dove in mid-flight, an incident he says he is asked about nearly as often as his World Series win.

  9. Q 09Which Ravens lineman retired at 26 in 2017 for a maths PhD at MIT, where he now teaches?

    • ALaurent Duvernay-Tardif
    • BJohn Urschel
    • CMyron Rolle
    • DMatt Birk
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    John Urschel

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    His thesis, 'Graphs, Principal Minors, and Eigenvalue Problems', was completed in 2021 under Michel Goemans; he is an assistant professor in MIT's mathematics department and served on the College Football Playoff selection committee.

  10. Q 10Which Raiders first-round pick left the NFL after six seasons to become a full-time minister?

    • ANapoleon Kaufman
    • BTim Brown
    • CCharles Woodson
    • DDarren McFadden
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    Napoleon Kaufman

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    Drafted 18th overall in 1995, Kaufman retired abruptly after the 2000 season, founded The Well Christian Community Church in Livermore, California, with about 15 families in 2003, and has coached high-school football in the Bay Area.

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