Questions tagged [trivia]
For questions generally relating to small, specific facts regarding a player, team, or game that are not common knowledge and can be answered with fact-based answers. Questions should also be tagged with the sport referenced.
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Longest time between goals in NHL playoffs
Eric Staal of the Minnesota Wild scored a goal against the Winnipeg Jets on April 15th of the 2017/18 NHL season. The last playoffs goal he had scored came 9 years before that for the Carolina ...
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Is cricket the second most popular game after football?
Is cricket the second number game after football in terms of its popularity? but some people are saying that squash is most playing game after football. I think cricket is most playing game after ...
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Which team has scored the most goals during a single whole UEFA Champions League season?
Which team has scored the most goals during a single whole UEFA Champions League season, including their games in the group stage and any knockout matches they played?
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What is the longest ban ever imposed in cricket?
What is the longest ban ever imposed in cricket (excluding life bans)? Please provide the offence and the duration of the ban.
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What football match had on the playing field the highest number of golden ball (Ballon d'or) winners?
I was recently watching the highlights of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-final between France and Brasil. In that match Zidane was playing for France, and Ronaldinho and Ronaldo for Brasil, all ...
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What is the longest suspension ever imposed in any major league in football?
What is the longest ban ever imposed in any major league in football (excluding life bans)? Please provide the offence and the duration of the ban.
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What is the longest additional time ever added in Europe's top five leagues?
What is the longest additional time ever used in Europe's top five leagues? Please mention the details of the match.
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Which is the most frequently played match in football European Cups?
According to this source Juventus and Real Madrid have played 19 times in the past. In quarter-finals of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League they will play two more times for a total of 21. So,
What is ...
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What proportion of NHL hat tricks are natural?
In sports such as football and hockey, a hat trick is an event where a player scores 3 goals in a game.
In the NHL, a hat trick is said to be a natural hat trick, when a player scores 3 goals in a ...
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How much of a season must be played for it to count under an NBA pension?
To qualify for an NBA retirement pension you need to have played at least three seasons in the league.
What is the last date a player can join a team during the season, and still get credit for that ...
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Athletes who have won medals in multiple disciplines in the same Olympics games
Has there been any male or female athlete who won medals in multiple disciplines during the same Olympics game? If so, list the athlete's name, as well as the year, and the disciplines of medal ...
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What happens when time runs out in Curling Olympics matches?
During the Olympic Games in curling it is easy to see two stopwatches (one per team) with a time that starts from 38 minutes each .
What happens if the time should end for a team?
Has this ...
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Who was the first Korean to compete in the Olympics?
The Wikipedia article South Korea at the Olympics mentions that the first people from Korea to win an Olympic medal were in 1936, competing for the empire of Japan. But what about the first people ...
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Athletes under the Olympics flag competing in team sports
The Russian Olympic team has been banned from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics due to government supported doping allegations. However, 168 athletes from Russia were permitted to participate in ...
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When exactly did Dale Earnhardt crash?
I've been researching Dale Earnhardt's fatal crash at Daytona in 2001.
I have yet to find any mention of the exact time when the crash happened.
Is there a credible source that lists the precise ...
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Did any player on Eagles Super Bowl winning roster play on the 04 season Super bowl?
The Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52 to win their first Super Bowl.
The last time the Eagles made it to the Super Bowl was during the 2004 season, also against the ...
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Super Bowl MVP winners from the losing team
How many times a player from the losing team was named the super bowl MVP?
Please list all these MVP winners, year it occurred, as well as the team and position they played.
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Would the Copa del Rey change its name for a queen?
If a princess such as Leonor, Princess of Asturias succeeds to the Spanish throne, would the name of the Copa del Rey change to become the Copa de la Reina?
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Was there a professional sports competition where every entrant was a previous winner?
Has there ever been a professional sports division that was, at any time, solely comprised of former league champions?
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What is the record for combined (Test, ODI & T20) most player of the series award?
Which are the players who won most Man of the Series awards in international cricket including Test, ODI & T20.
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Last tennis players to win Grand Slam on home soil
Who are the last male and female singles' tennis players to win a grand slam on home soil?
In other words, which male and female Australian, French, British and American athletes most recently won ...
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When has a fan stepped in as the 4th official after a linesman got injured?
A local referee David Thornhill (Norwich City fan and qualified referee, who also featured in Saturday’s match day programme) stepped in as fourth official when assistant referee Mark Jones was forced ...
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What happens to a half century recorded when a player scores a century?
When a player crosses fifty runs, it is called a half century, and is recorded in the batsman's records. When a player crosses one hundred runs, it is a century, and is also recorded in the batsman's ...
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What is the record for the most number of runouts in a Test match?
In the 2nd India vs South Africa Test, 2018, there were 5 runouts, is this the record or close to it?
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NFL conference top seed hosting divisional round playoff game as an underdog
The Philadelphia Eagles hosted and beat the Atalanta Falcons on NFC's Divisional playoffs round of the 2017-18 NFL season. The eagles became the first top seed team since the 70's to host a playoff ...
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Quarterback pass to self
In the wild card round of the 2017-18 NFL season, Marcus Mariota, quarterback of the Tennessee Titans, made a pass to himself for a 6-yard touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs.
This makes me ...
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Highest test innings one batsman scoring most of the runs
I haven't been able to find this record by searching. Obviously England's first innings in the current Ashes test is unusual, with Cook scoring 244, and the other 10 Englishmen scoring only 235 (12 ...
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Major league athletes with extra regular season games played
I'm looking for athletes in the top North American Leagues: NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL that played more games in a season than games scheduled for a team.
For example, each NFL team is scheduled to play ...
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Most final appearances without winning a title in one season
Carsten Ramelow, Bernd Schneider and Oliver Neuville lost three finals in 2002:
DFB Pokal (2-4 to Schalke 04, with Leverkusen)
Champions League (1-2 to Real Madrid, with Leverkusen)
FIFA World Cup (0-...
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Is there any link between Scoliosis and sprinting?
The fastest man ever, Usain Bolt, world record holder of the 100 and 200 meter sprints suffers from Scoliosis. This is a condition which causes curvature to the spine. The curvature in his spine has ...
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What is written on the last ATP finals trophy?
I was wondering what do they write on these trophies, what material they are made of too. Couldn't find this in Internet.
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Which team has scored the most goals during the group stage of a single UEFA Champions League?
PSG just finished first of Group B in the UEFA Champions League Group stage.
PSG scored 25 times during the six games, finishing with an average goalscoring rate of 4.1666 per match.
Is this the ...
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Longest 3rd and 4th down conversions
In week 9 of 2017 season LA Rams converted a 3rd and 33 and scored a touchdown on the same play against the New York Giants.
Inspired by this, I'm wondering what are the longest 3rd and 4th down ...
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Championship points decided by a net cord?
In 1988, Boris Becker dramatically beat Ivan Lendl in 5 sets in the Masters tournament at Madison Square Garden. The final set went to tie breaks, ending with a backhand net cord by Becker.
Have ...
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NFL fields missing team logo
NFL teams usually have their team logo painted in the middle of their home field on the 50 yard line.
I've noticed that some stadiums are missing the logo and instead have the NFL logo printed at the ...
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World cup winners qualified through play-offs
Has it ever happened that a team got to the world cup through the playoff and then won the cup?
Or any team who did the playoff is historically doomed? I couldn't find any statistics, maybe you know ...
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Consecutive goals scored by one player for a team
What is the NHL record for most consecutive goals scored by one player for a team? Jason Zucker of the Minnesota Wild has just scored 6 straight for them, over 3 games.
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What is Panna (the game) [closed]
I didn't know the difference between a nutmeg and a panna. Then I found out that Panna is a game. I was wondering if I could get the exact rules of the game Panna?
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What is the largest number of runs scored with one out remaining in an MLB game?
In major league baseball, what is the largest number of runs scored by a team with only one out remaining in the bottom of the last inning? I could find records only for the largest number of runs ...
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Which NFL teams have natural grass stadiums?
What percentage of NFL teams play on natural grass at their home stadium?
How many are indoor versus outdoor fields? Please further breakdown the percentages for indoors and outdoors fields. When ...
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What football stadium is at the highest altitude in the world?
After Brazil's goalless draw against Bolivia during 2018 World Cup Qualifiers, which was played on Estadio Hernando Siles Stadium, La Paz, the Brazilian players needed some oxygen refreshment after ...
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How many of Junior Grand Slam Winners made it to ATP/WTA Top 10?
I know that Federer won a Junior Grand slam in past and then later he become number one. But how many of Junior Grand Slam Winners make it to pro tennis and reach top 10?
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What NFL teams have been shutout in consecutive games?
Miami Dolphins were almost shutout for the 2nd consecutive game. A TD as time expired last week vs. Jets are only points Miami has in last 2 games.
Has a team ever been shutout in consecutive games?
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Why are NFL players introduced with their college team?
At the beginning of many prime time NFL games, the starting players say their names and the college they attended. Why are the college names announced?
Many of these players have been in the league ...
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Could Wilt Chamberlain dunk from the free throw line?
I have read in this ESPN article that Wilt Chamberlain could dunk the ball from the free throw line.
Did he really do that? Is there any proof of him actually doing so?
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What is the record for winning a Formula 1 race by leading least number of laps?
What is the record for winning a Formula 1 race by a driver who has lead the least number of laps in that race?
For example: if one driver has been in position 1 for the entire race but on the last ...
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How rare is an inside-the-park grand slam home run?
Michael A. Taylor hit an inside-the-park Grand Slam on Friday, September 8, 2017. How rare is this event compared to other rare events in baseball?
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How many seasons did Steve Young play?
Steve Young, in an interview, stated that he played 18 seasons of football.
However, if you look at the Wikipedia page on him, it lists 17 seasons (15 in the NFL, 2 in the USFL), not 18.
How can ...
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Which team has the longest time not winning the top flight league championship?
September 6, 2017, marks 10,000 days since Liverpool FC last won the English league title. Of course, I know they're not the record-holders, but I'd like to know who are?
Which team has gone the ...
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Has any team won the country's top league (division) playing from temporary stadium?
In the Premier League 2017/18, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. are using the Wembley Stadium as temporary home while their new stadium is being constructed.
So, I was wondering if they win the Premier League ...
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