oddball trivia 9/2/2025
👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽 Hey, hi, hello. It's ya boy combatdavey coming at you from Toronto, Ontario, where a handful of dispiriting losses have led fair weather Blue Jays fans to (quietly) hop off the bandwagon, offering us lifers a bit more space.
Today is Tuesday, September 2, i.e. 9/2. Below you will find some sports trivia questions about 9s, 2s, 92s, 29s, and 1992.
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1️⃣ Only one player who wore #92 at any point of his NHL career scored more than 65 goals in a season. Who was it?
Answer
Bernie Nicholls, who scored 70 goals for the L.A. Kings in 1988-89, wore #92 for 107 games as a Chicago Blackhawk from 1994 to 1996.
2️⃣ The only active MLB player wearing #92 is former Toronto Blue Jay Génesis Cabrera. How many different teams has Cabrera pitched for this season?
Answer
Génesis Cabrera has pitched for four (4) teams this season: the New York Mets, the Chicago Cubs, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Minnesota Twins. His ERA is currently 6.69.
3️⃣ Six (6) NBA players in history have had 9 steals and 2 blocks in a game: Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Dirk Nowitzki, Dudley Bradley, Larry Steele, and a player who only made one All-Star team and is currently an NBA head coach. Who is he?
Answer
Doc Rivers, an All-Star for the Atlanta Hawks in 1987-88, had 9 steals and 2 blocks as a Los Angeles Clipper in a game vs. Phoenix on November 6, 1991.
4️⃣ Only three (3) NFL QBs have ever thrown 29 or more regular season pick-sixes: Brett Favre (32), Dan Marino (29), and what currently active QB, who (currently) has 30?
Answer
Los Angeles Rams QB Matthew Stafford has thrown 30 career (regular season) pick-sixes, a statistic that will not surprise anyone who has ever had him on a fantasy team.
5️⃣ What member of the Basketball Hall of Fame led the "Dream Team" in scoring at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, averaging 18.0 points per game?
Answer
Charles Barkley led the team in scoring despite only starting four of Team USA's eight games.
Aaaaaaaaand I'm done. That's it, that's all, that's everything for now. Stay tuned for a QH post tomorrow that will almost certainly make fun of Bill Belichick's disastrous UNC debut.
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