A lot of professional athletes are big, so it's no surprise that many athletes are nicknamed "Big" something. How many of these big guys can you identify? Give yourself one point for the nickname and a second point for the athlete's real name.
Big Boys Questions
- Q1) After the Houston Rockets selected Hakeem Olajuwon with the first pick of the 1984 NBA draft, which player did the Portland Trail Blazers choose over Michael Jordan?
- Q2) Who was the only center to lead the NBA in assists for a season?
- Q3) What 1994 #1 pick of the Milwaukee Bucks held out until he received the highest NBA rookie contract ever, $68 million over ten years?
- Q4) Who is the only NBA player to surpass 20,000 points, 11,000 rebounds, 4,000 assists, 1,200 steals, and 1,500 blocks in his career?
- Q5) In 1990, who became the first Major League Baseball player to hit 50 homers in a season since 1977?
- Q6) What Major League Baseball player topped 20 homers, 100 RBIs, and 100 runs every season from 1991 to 1998, batting over .300 in all but the last of those years and capturing two MVP awards along the way?
- Q7) Who holds the Major League Baseball record for most home runs by a rookie?
- Q8) Who holds the Major League Baseball record for most strikeouts per nine innings in a career?
- Q9) Who was the first NFL quarterback to earn a perfect QB Rating of 158.3 twice in a single season?
- Q10) Who was both the PGA Rookie of the Year and the European Tour Golfer of the Year in 1994?
- Q11) What driver has led the most laps at the Indianapolis 500 in his career?
- Q12) What tennis player was the model for Lolita's tennis coach in Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel?
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