RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
BobK - 08-09-2026
QB from
Oakland Johnson
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Mick - 08-10-2026
Bob's right, Josh Johnson from Oakland Tech. He's made a professional roster of 14 NFL teams (and got into games on seven of them), made three other non-NFL teams, and made the practice squad of two more NFL teams, including this year. He was Jim Harbaugh's first quarterback at University of San Diego, and Harbaugh has repeatedly credited Josh for his future success.
Harbaugh brought Johnson into the 49er camp. He actually had a good spring training, but didn't make the team. The final QBs were Alex Smith< Colin Kaepernick and Scott Tolzien.
Josh Johnson (quarterback) - Wikipedia
Walter Clarence "Tillie" Voss played for 10 NFL teams in a nine-year NFL career, stints with a few professional independents and a non-playing role with the Cieveland Bulldogs. In the early days of the NFL, franchises turned over rapidly, of his ten teams, today's casual fan would only recognize the names of the Packers and the Giants. He was a member of the Detroit Tigers (1921), Buffalo All-Americans (1921), Rock Island Independents (1922), Akron Pros (1922), Toledo Maroons (1923), Green Bay Packers (1924), Detroit Panthers (1925), New York Giants (1926), Chicago Bears (1927–1928), Dayton Triangles (1929) and Buffalo Bisons (1929).
He also played in the American Basketball League (ABL), predecessor league to the NBA. Across five ABL seasons, he played for Detroit Pulaski (1925–1926), the Rochester Centrals (1926), Brooklyn Arcadians (1926), Washington Palace Five (1926–1927), Detroit Cardinals (1927–1928), Fort Wayne Hoosiers (1928) and Chicago Bruins (1928–1930), seven teams in all.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
BostonCard - 08-10-2026
The Angels hold the worst record in baseball, at .381. If that holds, they would project to be 62-100 by years end.
When was the last time no team in MLB ended the season with 100 losses?
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
Mick - 08-11-2026
2020, the Pirates had the highest number of losses with 41. In the COVID season.
Tonight, Bryce Eldridge became one of just five Giants' rookies to hit 12 or more home runs at age 21 or earlier.
Who are the other four?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
skip75 - 08-11-2026
(08-11-2026, 09:57 PM)Mick Wrote: 2020, the Pirates had the highest number of losses with 41. In the COVID season.
Tonight, Bryce Eldridge became one of just five Giants' rookies to hit 12 or more home runs at age 21 or earlier.
Who are the other four?
Mel Ott, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Dave Kingman???
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
BobK - 08-12-2026
Orlando Cepeda. Not King Kong
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
Mick - 08-12-2026
(08-12-2026, 05:47 AM)BobK Wrote: Orlando Cepeda. Not King Kong
Cepeda and not-Kingman are correct.
(08-11-2026, 11:23 PM)skip75 Wrote: (08-11-2026, 09:57 PM)Mick Wrote: 2020, the Pirates had the highest number of losses with 41. In the COVID season.
Tonight, Bryce Eldridge became one of just five Giants' rookies to hit 12 or more home runs at age 21 or earlier.
Who are the other four?
Mel Ott, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Dave Kingman???
Mays and McCovey are correct...the last one is Jack Clark.
Not Mel Ott because by the time Ott was 21, he'd been on the Giants for four years already...so not a rookie. By the time Ott was 21, he'd hit 86 home runs. Interesting guy, Ott. Led the league in home runs six times, was the NL career HR leader for years, all playing in the cavernous Polo Grounds.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
BobK - 08-12-2026
The polo grounds had extremely short distances down the lines
A Hall of Fame player hit 51 HRs one year playing for the NY Giants. Who was he?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
slide - 08-12-2026
(08-12-2026, 06:12 AM)BobK Wrote: The polo grounds had extremely short distances down the lines
A Hall of Fame player hit 51 HRs one year playing for the NY Giants. Who was he?
Johnny Mize
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
BobK - 08-12-2026
The Big Cat Mize is correct
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
Mick - 08-13-2026
Mays also hit 51 in 1955 as a New York Giant.
Before Mize, Mel Ott hit the most at 42 in 1929.
Aaron never hit 50 in a season.
Barry Bonds, career HR leader, only hit more than 50 once, in his 73 HR year. He had over 40 eight times, including one season of 49. And he only led MLB in HRs twice, the 73 HR season, and his first year as a Giant with 46. Aaron and Mays each led the NL in HRs four times.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
Sam Leopold - 08-13-2026
(08-11-2026, 09:57 PM)Mick Wrote: 2020, the Pirates had the highest number of losses with 41. In the COVID season.
While this is surely correct technically, just in case BC was looking for full-length seasons, in 2017 the Giants and the Detroit Tigers shared the bedrock of baseball, at 64-98.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
Giants - 08-13-2026
This one came up during tonight’s 49ers game.
Who are the six players who won four rings while playing for the Niners?
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
Mick - 08-14-2026
(08-13-2026, 10:18 PM)Giants Wrote: This one came up during tonight’s 49ers game.
Who are the six players who won four rings while playing for the Niners?
Great question. I would guess...Montana. Randy Cross. Jerry Rice. Jesse Sapolu. Brent Jones. Ronnie Lott. Maybe Guy McIntyre.
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
Giants - 08-14-2026
(08-14-2026, 05:18 AM)Mick Wrote: (08-13-2026, 10:18 PM)Giants Wrote: This one came up during tonight’s 49ers game.
Who are the six players who won four rings while playing for the Niners?
Great question. I would guess...Montana. Randy Cross. Jerry Rice. Jesse Sapolu. Brent Jones. Ronnie Lott. Maybe Guy McIntyre.
Sapolu, Montana and Lott are correct. Three to go….
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
BobK - 08-14-2026
Eric Wright
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
skip75 - 08-14-2026
Keena Turner
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Giants - 08-14-2026
Both Turner and Wright are correct. One to go….
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BostonCard - 08-14-2026
Mike Wilson.
Only two other teams besides the Niners have any players who have won at least four Super Bowls with that team. Who are they?
BC
RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 -
skip75 - 08-14-2026
Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots.