CARL BASSEWITZ’s TRIVIA

1. What famous white actress did 7 ft. tall Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain date?
2. What college football star was known as the “Italian Stallion” when he played for Alabama in the early 1970’s?
3. Who was the first black ‘Heisman Trophy’ winner?
4. What one athlete played in the N.C.A.A. Basketball finals, the Rose Bowl, and the Super Bowl?
5. Who is the oldest player to ever play in a major league baseball game.
6. What pro basketball team at one tie had the following players on its’ roster: Julius Evering, George Gervin, Swen Nater, Charlie Scott, Rick Barry and Don Bussee?
7. Who was drafted second in the 1968 N.B.A. draft immediately after Law Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)?
8. Whose N.B.A. nicknames are these; (a) Ice (b) Bad News (c) Tiny (d) Sky King (e) Hercules (f) Truck (g) Big-E (h) Mad-Dog
9. Who scored baseball’s one-millionth run?
10. How old was George Blanda when he played his final game?

 

ANSWERS

1. Kim Novac
2. Johnny Musso
3. Ernie Davis in 1960
4. Joe Kapp
5. Satchell Page
6. The A.B.A.’s Virginia Squires
7. Neal Walk
8. a) George Gervin b) Marvin Barnes c) Nate Archibald d) Curtis Perry e) Swen Nater f) Wes Unseld g) Elvin Hayes h) Freddie Carter
9) Bob Watson
10) 48

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