Saturday, December 8, 2007

Same Name, Sports Edition - Random Trivia Questions

Like last week's random quiz (and answers), this week you are looking for people who share their first and last names. Instead of each pair containing an entertainment figure, this time one or both is an athlete.

Same Name, Sports Edition Questions

What name is shared by...
  • Q1) ...two running backs, one of whom was the first college sophomore to win the Walter Payton Award as the outstanding Division I-AA player for Georgia Southern in 1999, and the other of whom set the NFL single-game rushing record as a rookie?
  • Q2) ...a goalie for the St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers and a host of That's Incredible!, Time Machine, and Hollywood Squares?
  • Q3) ...the multisport broadcaster for ABC who borrowed his "Whoa, Nellie!" call from Dick Lane and the NFL tight end who was called the Boomer Sooner in college?
  • Q4) ...the Major League Baseball player who pitched a perfect game for the Texas Rangers against the California Angels on July 28, 1994 and a singer who topped the country charts with "Lucille" in 1977 and the pop charts with "Lady" three years later?
  • Q5) ...the ESPN NFL reporter and writer nicknamed the Professor and Tarzan?
  • Q6) ...the NFL wide receiver who tied with Tony Martin for most receiving touchdowns with 14 in 1996 and the pop singer whose video was ranked number one on MTV's 25th anniversary countdown?
  • Q7) ...two NFL players, one from the University of Texas who set an NCAA career rushing record in 1998 and one from Texas Tech who had a chance to break the record the following year but was derailed by a sprained left knee?
  • Q8) ...two Major League Baseball players, one of whom led the hapless 1962 New York Mets in homers and RBIs, and the other of whom was nicknamed the Big Hurt?
  • Q9) ...the Major League Baseball pitcher who led the 1962 New York Mets with 10 wins but also tallied 24 losses and the first NFL running back to reach both 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards in the same season?
  • Q10) ...the Major League Baseball player who won five World Series with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees from 1990 to 2000 and a U.S. Secretary of the Treasury?
  • Q11) ...the male golfer who set a U.S. Open record with a 203 over the first three rounds in 1981 and the actor who was born as Nathan Birnbaum?
  • Q12) ...the Major League Baseball pitcher who took over as closer for San Francisco Giants at the end of the 2007 season and a Beach Boys singer?

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