On vacation after July 23.
July 23, 2008:
Question: How many times in NFL history has a player had more than one of his punts blocked in a single season?
Answer: 194 times.
July 22, 2008:
Question: What athlete has earned the most Olympic Gold Medals in their career?
Answer: Larisa Latynina and Paavo Nurmi both have earned 9 Gold Medals, Latynina with a total of 18 medals and Nurmi with 12.
July 21, 2008:
Question: Who is the player to have the most punts blocked in a single season, and how many was it?
Answer: Harry Newsome
July 20, 2008:
Question: Who is the only quarterback in the history of the NFL to get sacked over the course of their career on less than 3% of the plays that he dropped back to pass?
Answer: Steve Walsh
July 17, 2008:
Question: Who introduced the idea of wearing a helmet to American football?
Answer: James Naismith
July 16, 2008:
Question: What NFL team in this decade has scored the lowest points in a single season and what season was it in?
Answer: The Browns team from the year 2000.
July 15, 2008:
Question: Who is the oldest pitcher to ever start in an MLB All-Star Game?
Answer: Nolan Ryan
July 14, 2008:
Question: How many times has New York hosted the MLB All-Star Game?
Answer: 8
July 11, 2008:
Question: What did the Falcons get in return for Brett Favre when they traded him to the Packers? Was it worth it and why?
Answer: The Packers traded their 1992 first round pick (19th overall) to the Falcons, who used the pick to draft Tony Smith, who oddly enough played with Favre at Southern Mississippi. Was it worth it for the Falcons? Well the Falcons head coach at the time, Jarry Glanville, said that it would take a plane crash for him to put Favre into a game. I’m going to go ahead and go out on a limb here and say that was a bad decision. Why? Because Smith started a total of six games in his career while Favre set the record for most consecutive starts by a quarterback at 253, or 275 including playoffs. Favre also has more career rushing yards than Smith, who was a running back.
July 10, 2008:
Question: Who are the only two teams to never have a player participate in the Home Run Derby?
Answer: The Rays and Nationals. The Rays will get their first participant in Monday’s Derby when Evan Longoria takes his cuts at Yankee Stadium. The Nationals franchise had 4 players take part when they were in Montreal, (Hubie Brooks -1986, Larry Walker – 1992, Henry Rodriguez – 1996, Vladimir Guerrero – 2000) but never had a winner.
July 9, 2008:
Question: How many times before 1994 had an NFL player had over 100 receptions in a single season? Who were the players, how many receptions did they have and what years was it accomplished in?
Answer: It had only happened 4 times before 1994. In 1964 Charley Hennigan had 101 receptions, in 1984 Art Monk had 106 receptions and in 1992 Sterling Sharpe had 108 receptions and again in 1993 Sharpe had 112 receptions.
July 8, 2008:
Question: Who are the top 5 players in NFL history in terms of receptions in a single season and how many receptions did each player have? One player made the list twice, who is the only other player to make it on to the Top 10 list twice?
Answer: The list looks like this:
1. Marvin Harrison, 143 receptions in 2002
2. Herman Moore, 123 receptions in 1995
T3. Cris Carter, 122 receptions in 1995
T3. Jerry Rice, 122 receptions in 1995
T3. Cris Carter, 122 receptions in 1994
Marvin Harrison is also ranked at 9 with 115 receptions in 1999.
July 7, 2008:
Question: Of the three quarterbacks in NFL history to throw over 400 completions in a single season, which one had the highest completion percentage during that season?
Answer: Rich Gannon completed 418 passes on 618 attempts in 2002 for a 67.6 completion percentage.
July 4, 2008:
Question: What baseball player born on Independence Day has hit the most career home runs?
Answer: Vinny Castilla with 320 total homeruns during his career.
July 3, 2008:
Question: Who are the top five players in NFL history in terms of scoring the most non-offensive touchdowns?
Answer: Deion Sanders with 19, Rod Woodson with 17, and Brian Mitchell, Lemar Parrish, and Aeneas Williams all have 13. Devin Hester and Dante Hall are the closest active players, both with 12.
July 2, 2008:
Question: What school with at least 10 bowl appearances has the best winning percentage in bowl games?
Answer:Utah, with 12 bowl appearances and 9 wins, giving them a bowl winning percentage of 75%.
July 1, 2008:
Question: How many players in NFL history have only played in one game in their career, but scored a touchdown? Who were they and which player had the most productive game?
Answer: Only 5 players have scored a TD in their only NFL game ever. They were Rollin Roach, Charlie McBride, Randy Burks, Bill Slyker and the most productive game was by Vincent Alexander with 86 all purpose yards (71 rushing, 15 receiving) and a rushing touchdown in a 1987 game, playing for the New Orleans Saints against the LA Rams. The Saints won the game.
