Trivia Answers

NOMINATE FOR MENNO LANDS MEMORIES

June

1. Mikey Kelly and Scott Bodiker
2. Anders Weaver
3. Brandi Schroeder
4. Jim Buller
5. Tom Lantz
6. Six
7. Hochstetler (Ali) and Kauffman (Johnny, Seth)

July

1. 2-0
2. James Earl Carter, Jr. (Sept. 22, 1980; attendance 1,171)
3. JD Nafziger
4. Brent Miller (eight)
5. NorthWood (Mar. 2, 1993, at Goshen) or White's (Feb. 14, 1978 at White's in Wabash)
6. Luke Slagel (17:59)
7. Marissa Weldy, Ryan Snyder

Monday Minutiae #1

NOMINATE FOR MENNO LANDS MEMORIES

Today's first edition of Monday Minutiae was postponed from its usual Monday date so I could finish the Menno Lands Memories concept.

Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.

The first question of Monday Minutiae is:
Name the two players in Bethany baseball history with a batting average of .500 or better in a season (minimum 40 at bats).

Trivia Answers

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

These are the best answers. I may have accepted others.

1. 1-2; third base
2. groundout, third base to first base
3-6. Rollins singled, out at second (2B to SS) on fielder's choice by Lofton. Lofton reached on fielder's choice, to second on walk by Utley, to third on fielder's choice by Abreu. Utley walked, out at second (2B to SS) on fielder's choice by Abreu. Abreu reached on fielder's choice.
Bonus: Yankees at A's, 4/5/2006; Braves at Phillies 9/22/05.
7. 1,400. The gym's full capacity cannot be used due to an NFHS rule regarding distance from the bench to the sideline.
8. Ali Hochstetler
9. 1989-90
10. Bruin (bear); blue
11. Boys basketball
12. Varsity boys baseball head coaches. Lehman filled in for a game after the birth of one of Reinhardt's children in 2005.
13. Mikey Kelly, Michelle Thomas
14-15. Ellie Schertz, Hannah Grieser, Casey Snyder, Emma Gerig
16. 9
17. 3'0" at center court, 3'6" at sidelines
18-19. Runners on first and second, no out. Batter pops up in infield, out on infield fly rule. Runner from first called out for passing runner from second. Runner from second hit by batted ball.
20. Nevco

Bleeding Bruin Blue Trivia Contest #2 Winner

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

The winner of this week's trivia challenge, getting 12½ of a possible 19½ points, is Barb Slagel. I'll post the answers in a few minutes.

Next Week's Athlete of the Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, April 19, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side. As I said several months ago, the first person to correctly name how I determined the times will get mentioned in a future post. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. (You can even include the quotes if you want.) The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.

Saturday's Trivia: Potpourri

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

TRIVIA SCHEDULE: Sunday, Scoring; Tuesday, Stupid Answers; Thursday, Categories; Saturday, Potpourri. Deadline: Sunday, Apr. 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT. You can look up the answers.

Potpourri (No relation implied or stated.)

16. In the 2009 preseason poll conducted by the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association, how many points did Bethany receive?

17. What is the height of a regulation tennis net?

18-19. Name a sequence of events in baseball which can result in a triple play without the defense touching the ball. (This is a two-point question. Creativity can be a good thing.)

20. What company manufactured the scoreboards on Bethany's outdoor athletic fields? (Note: this is not the same as the scoreboards in the gyms.)

Categories (Either I give the things that fit, you give me the category or vice versa.)

12. Brent Reinhardt, Tim Lehman, Dan Bodiker

13. Athletes with two sectional championships in same school year (½ pt. each)

14-15. Girls 4x100m relay team — first in twenty years (½ pt. each)

Stupid Questions (answer is either obvious or covered on Bleeding Bruin Blue.)

7. What is the seating capacity of Bethany's gym (boys basketball)?

8. What girls cross country runner from Bethany advanced to the state meet in 2008?

9. When was the first basketball season played in the Menno Lands.

10. Name Bethany's current mascot and primary color.

11. What Bethany team most recently won a sectional championship?

Scoring

1. What was the count on this batter and what position did he play? (½ pt. each)


2. What happened to this batter when the ball was put in play?


3-6. What happened to this sequence of batters? (½ pt. each) (Sample answers: Banks singled to left, to second on walk by Sandberg, scored on double by Santo. Sandberg walked, scored on double by Santo. Santo doubled to right (2 RBI), scored on home run by Williams. Williams homered to left (2 RBI). This is more complex than will be necessary.)


Bonus: What games did these examples come from? Sample answers not included.

Thursday's Trivia

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

TRIVIA SCHEDULE: Sunday, Scoring; Tuesday, Stupid Answers; Thursday, Categories; Saturday, Potpourri. Deadline: Sunday, Apr. 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT. You can look up the answers.

Categories (Either I give the things that fit, you give me the category or vice versa.)

12. Brent Reinhardt, Tim Lehman, Dan Bodiker

13. Athletes with two sectional championships in same school year (½ pt. each)

14-15. Girls 4x100m relay team — first in twenty years (½ pt. each)

Stupid Questions (answer is either obvious or covered on Bleeding Bruin Blue.)

7. What is the seating capacity of Bethany's gym (boys basketball)?

8. What girls cross country runner from Bethany advanced to the state meet in 2008?

9. When was the first basketball season played in the Menno Lands.

10. Name Bethany's current mascot and primary color.

11. What Bethany team most recently won a sectional championship?

Scoring

1. What was the count on this batter and what position did he play? (½ pt. each)


2. What happened to this batter when the ball was put in play?


3-6. What happened to this sequence of batters? (½ pt. each) (Sample answers: Banks singled to left, to second on walk by Sandberg, scored on double by Santo. Sandberg walked, scored on double by Santo. Santo doubled to right (2 RBI), scored on home run by Williams. Williams homered to left (2 RBI). This is more complex than will be necessary.)


Bonus: What games did these examples come from? Sample answers not included.

Tuesday's Trivia: Stupid Answers

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

TRIVIA SCHEDULE: Sunday, Scoring; Tuesday, Stupid Answers; Thursday, Categories; Saturday, Potpourri. Deadline: Sunday, Apr. 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT. You can look up the answers.

Stupid Questions (answer is either obvious or covered on Bleeding Bruin Blue.)

7. What is the seating capacity of Bethany's gym (boys basketball)?

8. What girls cross country runner from Bethany advanced to the state meet in 2008?

9. When was the first basketball season played in the Menno Lands.

10. Name Bethany's current mascot and primary color.

11. What Bethany team most recently won a sectional championship?

Scoring

1. What was the count on this batter and what position did he play? (½ pt. each)


2. What happened to this batter when the ball was put in play?


3-6. What happened to this sequence of batters? (½ pt. each) (Sample answers: Banks singled to left, to second on walk by Sandberg, scored on double by Santo. Sandberg walked, scored on double by Santo. Santo doubled to right (2 RBI), scored on home run by Williams. Williams homered to left (2 RBI). This is more complex than will be necessary.)


Bonus: What games did these examples come from? Sample answers not included.

Sunday's Trivia: Scoring

NOMINATE FOR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

TRIVIA SCHEDULE: Today, Scoring; Tuesday, Stupid Answers; Thursday, Categories; Saturday, Potpourri. Deadline: Sunday, Apr. 12, 7:30 p.m. EDT

Scoring

1. What was the count on this batter and what position did he play? (½ pt. each)


2. What happened to this batter when the ball was put in play?


3-6. What happened to this sequence of batters? (½ pt. each) (Sample answers: Banks singled to left, to second on walk by Sandberg, scored on double by Santo. Sandberg walked, scored on double by Santo. Santo doubled to right (2 RBI), scored on home run by Williams. Williams homered to left (2 RBI). This is more complex than will be necessary.)


Bonus: What games did these examples come from? Sample answers not included.

Trivia Answers

1. Goshen
2. Rick Mirer (NFL stats) (and yes, I realize that the question wasn't clear as to if the player or league was top level. Please do not leave comments about Mirer's NFL career.)
   
3. 1987
4. St. Louis Cardinals
5. Joe Magrane (career stats) (not to be confused with Danny Cox, who took the loss when he came on in the 5th)
   
6. Minnesota Twins
7. Frank Viola (career stats)
8. Bethany 2, Argos 0
9. Argos 54, Bethany 49
10. Argos forfeited (due to an ineligible player?).
11. Larry Gingrich/Ryan Stiffney
12. 36
13. Howe Military
    
14. Mark DeLeeuw
15. Blocked shots
16. Boys soccer coaches
17. Boys basketball regional opponents
18. Sites of boys basketball sectional championships
19. Baseball career batting average leaders (.457, .414, .385 respectively)
20. Baseball single-season stolen base leaders (31, 26, 24 in 1992, 1998, 1980 respectively)
    

Bleeding Bruin Blue Trivia Contest Winner

The winner of this week's trivia challenge, getting 15 of a possible 20 points, is Denise Risser. I'll post the answers in a few minutes.

Next Week's Athlete of the Week: Next week's nominations will be due Sunday, January 11, at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The list of times by week is linked to on the right side. As I said several months ago, the first person to correctly name how I determined the times will get mentioned in a future post. To nominate someone, send an e-mail to senorloco1908@gmail.com and put "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" in the subject line. (You can even include the quotes if you want.) The body of the message can be used for whatever you want. The three simple things that will disqualify a message are:

1. A subject line that reads "AOW nomination: [name of athlete ('athlete' is singular, not plural)]" without actually naming an athlete.
2. Anyone nominating multiple people will have only the last nomination counted.
3. Señor Loco reserves the right to ignore e-mails with unnecessarily vulgar sections.
4. Nominating Twila Albrecht or Jordan Weaver: they have won in the last three weeks.
   

Saturday's Trivia and Trivia Wrap-Up

Saturday's Trivia: Categories
Each question consists of a list. The answer is the category that contains those items.

• 16. Dan Bodiker, Myron Bontreger, Hank Willems
• 17. Pioneer, Southern Wells, Lafayette Catholic
• 18. Hamilton, FW Blackhawk, Fremont
• 19. Scott Bodiker, Paul Alvey, Craig Chupp
• 20. Jeremy Kauffman, Eric Risser, Gary Bontrager

Deadline: Sunday, Jan. 4 on the quarter-hour following the conclusion of the 4:30 Philadelphia/Minnesota NFL playoff game. (Game ends 7:30-7:44, deadline 7:45; game ends 7:45-7:59, deadline 8:00; etc.)

Previous Questions (remember you can answer any or all of these; my e-mail is senorloco1908@gmail.com):

• 1. What school did the Bethany baseball team defeat for the program's only sectional title?
• 2. What member of this team (the team BCHS beat) went on to play a major professional sport at its highest level?
• 3. In what year did the sectional take place?
• 4-5. In Game 7 of that year's World Series, name the losing team and their starting pitcher.
• 6-7. Who won that Game 7? Who was their starting pitcher?
• 8. On Jan. 7, 2005, what was the official score of the Bethany/Argos boys varsity basketball game?
• 9. As the teams left the floor after the game, what was the score?
• 10. Why are the answers to #8 and #9 different?
• 11. Larry Crilow owns the Bethany record for most points in a single game with 45. Who is second on that list? (Bonus if you can name both people who have tied this.)
• 12. How many points did he/they score?
• 13. What was Bethany's opponent in their second boys home game in the Menno Lands?
• 14-15. Entering the 2008-09 season, name the only returning player in the top two of a single-game record category, and the stat in which he is second.
• 16. Dan Bodiker, Myron Bontreger, Hank Willems
• 17. Pioneer, Southern Wells, Lafayette Catholic
• 18. Hamilton, FW Blackhawk, Fremont
• 19. Scott Bodiker, Paul Alvey, Craig Chupp
• 20. Jeremy Kauffman, Eric Risser, Gary Bontrager

Boys Basketball Trivia Seconds

11. Larry Crilow owns the Bethany record for most points in a single game with 45. Who is second on that list? (Bonus if you can name both people who have tied this.)
12. How many points did he/they score?
13. What was Bethany's second boys home game in the Menno Lands?
14-15. Entering the 2008-09 season, name the only returning player in the top two of a single-game record category, and the stat in which he is second.

Tuesday's Trivia & Sunday's Deadline

8. On Jan. 7, 2005, what was the official score of the Bethany/Argos boys varsity basketball game?
9. As the teams left the floor after the game, what was the score?
10. Why are the answers to #8 and #9 different?
(Monday's Trivia; The Rules)

Deadline: The deadline for this contest will be Sunday evening on the first quarter-hour following the conclusion of the NFL's Philadelphia/Minnesota wild-card playoff game. As the game starts at 4:30, the deadline will probably be somewhere in the vicinity of 7:45 or 8:00 p.m. EST.

Remember that all of this week's questions can be answered until then. Just because you didn't see all of the questions as soon as they were up doesn't mean you can't answer them.

Monday's Trivia

(scroll down a post for full details)

• 6-7. Who won that Game 7? Who was their starting pitcher?

Bleeding Bruin Blue Weekly Trivia Contest

In lieu of this week's Athlete of the Week award, Bleeding Bruin Blue will hold a trivia contest this week. There are two main differences between the trivia award and AOW, namely:

1. The trivia award is given based on trivia knowledge, rather than domination in the field of athletics.
2. Any reader is eligible for the trivia contest, not just athletes, and no one is ineligible because they won recently.

With that in mind, the basic format of the trivia contest will be that I post trivia questions and readers respond to them. They can e-mail me, they can leave their responses in the comments section...the method of response is not the most important thing. (This does not say that it does not matter. Please do not give me the answer by carrier pigeon, banner towed by aircraft, telephone, or fax. Skywriting is OK if I actually see it. While we're inside parentheses, you can also look up the answers for all I care.) At the end of the week, defined in this case as sometime Sunday afternoon, whoever has answered the most questions correctly will win. If multiple people have the same number of correct answers, I will randomly choose one. I will accept answers for any of that week's questions up until the end of the week.

With the previous paragraph in mind, here is the first set of questions:

• 1. What school did the Bethany baseball team defeat for the program's only sectional title?
• 2. What member of this team (the team BCHS beat) went on to play a major professional sport at its highest level?
• 3. In what year did the sectional take place?
• 4-5. In Game 7 of that year's World Series, name the losing team and their starting pitcher.