Q 01/05

Anthony Rizzo fired up the Cubs clubhouse before Game 7 of the 2016 World Series with the theme from which film?

A) Rudy

B) Hoosiers

C) Rocky

D) Miracle

Answer · why

C) Rocky

Rocky blared from the clubhouse stereo while Rizzo shadow-boxed on a coffee table and quoted the movie. He began the act with the Cubs one loss from e...

Q 02/05

Where did Anthony Rizzo tuck the baseball after catching the final out of the 2016 World Series?

A) Inside his jersey

B) His back pocket

C) Under his cap

D) The umpire's bag

Answer · why

B) His back pocket

His back pocket kept the ball safe while Rizzo threw his hands in the air and ran to the pile of teammates. He then gave it to a front-office staffer ...

Q 03/05

Anthony Rizzo beat which cancer as an 18-year-old minor leaguer, three years before reaching the majors?

A) Hodgkin's lymphoma

B) Acute myeloid leukemia

C) Burkitt lymphoma

D) Ewing sarcoma

Answer · why

A) Hodgkin's lymphoma

Hodgkin's lymphoma was found after Rizzo's legs swelled up on a road trip in 2008. Six months of chemotherapy put him in remission, and he later start...

Q 04/05

Anthony Rizzo's wife Emily got her wish when the couple brought home Kevin, which breed of dog?

A) A French bulldog

B) A cocker spaniel

C) A Jack Russell

D) A dachshund

Answer · why

D) A dachshund

A dachshund named Kevin had long been Emily's dream, and he became Rizzo's first dog. Kevin got to run on the grass at big-league ballparks and will c...

Q 05/05

On the day the Cubs celebrated his 2025 retirement, Anthony Rizzo watched the game from which part of Wrigley Field?

A) The broadcast booth

B) The home dugout

C) The bleachers

D) An owner's suite

Answer · why

C) The bleachers

The bleachers put Rizzo right where a Cubs rookie's first career home run came down, and the ball bounced off his hand. He laughed it off with the fan...