COFFEE BREAK TRIVIA

Welcome to the Baseball Triva post. I hope that you will find it interesting and somewhat amusing the trivia that is here. I will be ading more to this post each week.

Question: In 1975 what was the first hide used to cover baseballs?
Answer: Cowhide was the first hide used.
Question:  Who was the announcer that said Pope Paul VI’s death “puts a damper on even a Yankees win”?
Answer:  Phil Rizzuto
Question:  Chan-Ho Park was this countries first U.S. major league baseball player, what country is he from?
Answer: South Korea
Question:  Which two cities have the oldest stadiums in major league baseball?
Answer:  Boston and Detroit
Question:   What baseball team's games are announced on TV by Skip Carey?
Answer:  The Atlanta Braves
Question: What shortstop holds the major league records for games played, assists and double plays?
Answer: Ozzie Smith
Question:  What pitcher's 1.12 ERA in 1968 is the lowest in the majors in post-World War II play?
Answer:  Bob Gibson's.
Question: Who was the last American League baseballer to win the Triple Crown, in 1967?
Answer: Car Yastrzemski.
Question: What Pittsburgh Pirate had exactly 3,000 career hits before dying in a plane crash?
Answer: Roberto Clemente.
Question: What's the LCS to a baseball pennant winner?
Answer: League Championship Series.

Question: The literal meaning of the Italian word linguine is what?
Answer: Little Tongues
Question: Animal Crakers have how many differant shapes of animals in them?
Answer: Eighteen--two bears (one walking, one seated), a bison, camel, cougar, elephant, giraffe, gorilla, hippopotamus, hyena , kangaroo, lion, monkey, rhinoceros, seal, sheep, tier, and zebra.
Question: What breakfast cereal was first commercially manufactured?
Answer: Shredded Wheat.
Question: In 1903 why did Milton S Hershey stop making the caramels and start making the chocolate bars?Answer: Caramels didn't retain the imprint of his name in summertime, chocolate did.
Question: What is the most widely eaten fish in the world?
Answer: The Herring
Question: What is the name of the evergeen shrub from which we get capers?
Answer: The Caper Bush
Question: What recipe, first published 50 years ago, has been requested most frequently through the years by the readers of "Better Homes and Garden"?
Answer: The recipe for hamburger pie, which has been updated and republished a number of times over the years.
Question: What is the only essential vitamin not found in the white potato?
Answer: Vitamin A

It's allways fun to know about the star's!
Question: From watching "Ladies Love Cool James" what rapper star took his name from it?
Answer: L.L.Cool J.
Question: In the town of Mayberry who hijacked a bull when they had to much to drink?
Answer: Otis Cambell.
Question: In 1996 Aiwa TV add who’s version of the Star Spangled Banner was featured?
Answer: Jimmy Hendrex’s
Question: In the movies who played: Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald, Count Dracula and Beethoven
Answer: Gary Oldman.

Welcome to the Sports Trivia area of the Blog. Will be adding more to this as the days go on.
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Question: NFL jerseys first placed names on the back in what decade?
Answer: The 1960's.
Question: The David O’Brien Award is given to the player who plays this position in collage football, what is the position?
Answer: Quarterback.
Question: What teams played in the first all-California Super Bowl?
Answer: The San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers.
Question: In the 1980’s one team won two World Series, what team was it?
Answer:  The Los Angeles Dodgers

It's fun to learn about our world and the people in it!
Question: Tasmania, Tanzania, or Transylvania which is further from the equator?
Anzwer:  Transylvania.
Question: Aruba maintain the strongest ties to what European country?
Anzwer:  The Netherlands.
Question: The Chinese call these kwai-tsze or quick little fellows what are they?
Anzwer: Chopsticks.