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Sports
Team How well do YOU know professional teams and their nicknames? The
following Sports Challenge, pertains to nicknames of professional teams
of Major League Baseball, National Football League, National Basketball
League and the National Hockey League. Write
down your answers to
the following Sports Challenge Questions. |
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| Quiz I |
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| 1. Name as many teams as you can where the mascot is a BIRD. |
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| 2. Name as many teams as you can where the team calls New York, HOME. | |
| 3. Name as many teams as you can where the mascot lives in or around the OCEAN. | |
| 5. Name as many teams as you can, where the team name refers to a COLOR. | |
| 6. Name as many teams as you can, where the nickname refers to a NATIVE AMERICAN. | |
| 7. Name as many teams as you can where the nickname is in the HORSE family. | |
| 8. Name as many teams as you can where the nickname refers to a "holy" or "unholy" mascot. | |
| 9. Name as many teams as you can where it has a reference in the mascots name to a HOT TEMPERATURE. | |
| 10. Name as many teams as you can where the mascot is in the FELINE family. | |
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| Quiz II |
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| 1. Name as many teams as you can where it's name is in NUMBERS. | |
| 2. Name the teams with the nickname of RANGERS. | |
| 3. What three team mascots appeared in the haunted forest in the movie, "The Wizard of Oz"? | |
| 4. Name as many mascots as you can that you might find while hunting in the American Woods. | |
| 5. Name as many mascots you find on a ship at sea. | |
| 6. Name the mascots that SOUND good. | |
| 7. Name the teams that have a logo with a design of what comes out of a "Thunderstorm". | |
| 8. Name the teams that don't have a plural name (name without an "s") | |
| 9. Name the mascots you will likely find in D.C. | |
| 10. Name the mascots that FLY, but are NOT birds. | |
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| Quiz III |
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| 1. Name as many STATES where they are the first name of the team, instead of a CITY as the first name. | |
| 2. Name as many teams as you can where the first name is NEITHER a state or a city. | |
| 3. Name the two sports that have had (at different times) a "Colorado Rockies" team. | |
| 4. What two sports in the SAME city, have had the same team mascot name? | |
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5. Name as many team names that are associated with these HOROSCOPE SIGNS: a) Taurus,
b)Gemini,
c)
Aries, d) Leo, e) Pisces |
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| 6. What is the alternative nickname of the New York Yankees? | |
| 7. Who are the NFL's "Monsters of the Midway." ? | |
| 8. What is the nickname of the University of Hawaii's teams? | |
| 9. Name the nicknames of teams that share the SAME nickname that are within the four major sports (hockey, baseball, football, basketball). | |
| 10. In which city, do all 3 professional sports teams have the same team colors? | |
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| Quiz IV |
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| 1. Which Professional Football team only has their logo on one side of their helmet? | |
| 2. Which Professional Football team has NO logo on their helmets? | |
| 3. What is the most
common college football team nickname? |
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| 4. What is the
original nickname of the New York Jets football team? |
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| 5. What articles of clothing and what colors for the clothing have teams used for nicknames? | |
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Sports Players Nicknames Quiz
| Quiz V |
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| Nickname |
Real
Name |
| 1. The Splendid Splinter |
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| 2. The Sultan of Swat |
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| 3. Hammerin' Hank |
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| 4. The Big Unit |
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| 5. The Georgia Peach |
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| 6. The Yankee Clipper |
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| 7. The Say Hey Kid |
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| 8. Pops |
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| 9. The Rocket |
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| 10. Dr. K |
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| 11. Charlie Hustle |
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| 12. Stan the Man |
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| 13. Shoeless Joe |
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| 14. Oil Can |
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| 15. The Wizard of Oz |
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| 16. Mr. October |
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| 17. Sweetness |
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| 18. The Refrigerator |
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| 19. Too Tall |
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| 20. White Shoes |
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| Quiz VI |
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| 1. Mean |
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| 2. The Freak |
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| 3. The Minister of Defense |
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| 4. Broadway Joe |
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| 5. Diesel |
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| 6. Prime Time |
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| 7. The Snake |
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| 8. Galloping Ghost |
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| 9. Bad Moon |
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| 10. Bambi |
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| 11. Night Train |
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| 12. The Nigerian Nightmare |
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| 13. The Bus |
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| 14. Monsters of the Midway |
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| 15. G-Men |
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| 16. Purple People Eaters |
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| 17. The Steel Curtain |
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| 18. The Dawg Pound |
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| 19. Air Jordan |
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| 20. The Big Dipper |
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| Quiz VII |
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| 1. Godzilla |
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| 2. Magic |
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| 3. The Mail Man |
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| 4. Tiny |
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| 5. Wilt the Stilt |
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| 6. The Worm |
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| 7. The Great One |
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| 8. The Admiral |
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| 9. The Bash Brothers |
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| 10. The Big Hurt |
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| 11. Boom Boom |
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| 12. Campy |
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| 13. Catfish |
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| 14. Flo Jo |
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| 15. The Flying Dutchman |
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| 16. The Golden Bear |
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| 17. The Great White Shark |
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| 18. The Greatest |
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| 19. The Juice |
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| 20. The Kansas Comet |
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| Quiz VIII |
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| 1. The Man in Black |
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| 2. Meadowlark |
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| 3. Mr. Cub |
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| 4. Pee Wee |
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| 5. Popeye |
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| 6. Satchel |
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| 7. Smokin' Joe |
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| 8. Spud |
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| 9. Sugar |
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| 10. Yogi |
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| 11. Thunderfoot |
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| 12. Double Duty |
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