Q 01/05

Which pitcher threw a 1970 no-hitter against the Padres while, by his own account, on LSD?

A) Vida Blue

B) Bill Lee

C) Dock Ellis

D) Luis Tiant

Answer · why

C) Dock Ellis

Ellis later said he thought it was an off day and only learned he was pitching that afternoon. He walked eight batters and hit one, but no Padre got a...

Q 02/05

Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game in 1962 was played in which unlikely city?

A) Hershey, Pennsylvania

B) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

C) Syracuse, New York

D) Fort Wayne, Indiana

Answer · why

A) Hershey, Pennsylvania

The Warriors played several 'home' games away from Philadelphia that season. The arena was about half full, and no film of the game has ever been foun...

Q 03/05

How did Fred Lorz briefly 'win' the marathon at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics before being found out?

A) He cut through a cornfield

B) He took a streetcar downtown

C) He was towed by a bicycle

D) He rode part of the course in a car

Answer · why

D) He rode part of the course in a car

Lorz dropped out with cramps at nine miles, hitched a ride, and started running again when the car broke down at mile 19. He was crowned before the tr...

Q 04/05

1904 Olympic marathon winner Thomas Hicks was kept going with brandy, egg whites and which poison?

A) Arsenic

B) Strychnine

C) Cocaine

D) Belladonna

Answer · why

B) Strychnine

In small doses the rat poison acts as a stimulant, and it was legal at the time. Hicks had to be carried across the line and nearly died.

Q 05/05

After the 1980 'Miracle on Ice', which team did the US beat to clinch the gold medal?

A) Sweden

B) Finland

C) Czechoslovakia

D) Canada

Answer · why

B) Finland

The Soviet game was not the final: it was a medal-round game. Two days later the Americans trailed Finland after two periods and scored three times in...