Saturday, September 22, 2007

Longer [Than] - Random Trivia Questions

Dan Fogelberg compared the length of his love to the fish in the sea and the stars in the sky. Your task is to determine the larger or largest of each of the following sets of sports distances.

Longer [Than] Questions

  • Q1) Altitude to which Edmund Hillary climbed on May 29, 1953 vs. total distance traveled by Mark McGwire's home runs in 1998.
  • Q2) Length of the Tour de France vs. length of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
  • Q3) Width of NFL goalposts vs. width of a soccer goal.
  • Q4) Height of a badminton net vs. minimum depth of an Olympic swimming pool.
  • Q5) Distance from the rubber to home plate on a baseball field vs. length of a ten-pin bowling lane.
  • Q6) Width of a basketball court (NCAA, NBA, or FIBA) vs. width of a doubles tennis court.
  • Q7) Width of a standard pool table vs. width of a table tennis table.
  • Q8) Distance covered by the Ironman Triathlon vs. longest distance run by one person in 24 hours.
  • Q9) Maximum length of the field (including endzones where applicable) in the National Football League vs. the Canadian Football League vs. Major League Soccer.
  • Q10) Distance of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing events: Kentucky Derby vs. Preakness Stakes vs. Belmont Stakes.
  • Q11) In men's track and field, longest current world record in the throwing events: Discus vs. hammer vs. javelin vs. shot put.
  • Q12) In women's track and field, longest current world record in the throwing events: Discus vs. hammer vs. javelin vs. shot put.

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