2020 Eddie and Jared’s Sports Packet Written by Edward Fuhrer, Jared Carson and with one tossup contributed by Josh Rubel
1. One hockey player from this country who dominated its domestic league in the 1970s and 1980s contract was too expensive to be bought by the New York Islanders, and his son ended up being a 4th round pick in the 2010 NHL Draft to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Another player from this country was the youngest player on Team Europe in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey by almost three years. Other than (*) Tom Kuhnhackl and Tobias Reider, other players from this country include Marcel Goc and Marko Strum, who led this country to a silver medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics. The leading scorer in the 2019-20 NHL season, Leon Draisaitl, was from, for ten points, what country where domestic teams play in cities like Munich and Berlin.
ANSWER: Federal Republic of Germany [ACCEPT: West or East Germany, or Bundesrepublik Deutschland] (EF)
2. This trade sent running back Darrin Nelson to the San Diego Chargers, however, he would re-sign with one of the teams in this trade. This trade allowed for one team to draft wide receiver Jake Reed, who would put up a total of almost seven thousand total yards and 36 touchdowns. This trade saw a total of 18 total players being traded, making this an NFL record. As a result of this trade, one team used one of their first-round picks (*) acquired in the trade haul and trade up with the Pittsburgh Steelers to select future Hall of Famer, running back Emmitt Smith, allowing him to kickstart an NFL dynasty in the 1990s. For ten points, what NFL trade, is notable for sending the 1982 Heisman Trophy Winner to Minnesota, starting the Dallas Cowboys dynasty of the 1990s.
ANSWER: The Herschel Walker Trade (JC)
3. One radio personality from this country travelled to Mozambique to lift a curse on this nation’s national soccer team placed by a witch doctor during which they did not qualify for the World Cup in 32 years. Johnny Warren was a key figure for the modernization of this country’s national side, which was the last team to win the AFC Asian Cup on home soil. This country’s national team plays (*) in a stadium that was built for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Mark Schwarzer, a former goalie for Middlesbrough, is the all time leader in appearances for this country’s national team which is set to compete as the invited team to the Copa America in 2021. Tim Cahill played for, for ten points, what country whose team is nicknamed the Socceroos and draws players from clubs in cities like Melbourne and Sydney.
ANSWER: Commonwealth of Australia (EF)
4. This player’s first career home run came on a game-tying run in a 2012 game against the Houston Astros. This player was a 12th inning pinch-hitter in a 2018 game against the San Diego Padres before hitting a walk-off single that sent home Gorkys Hernandez. This player, who won back to back silver-sluggers in 2014 and 2015 also hit a grand slam in a 2014 game that led his team to an 8-3 win. This 2014 (*) World Series MVP hit two home runs off of Zach Grenike in a Opening Day 2017 game. This player is the highest active pitcher in career home runs. The Arizona Diamondbacks recently signed, for ten points, what former ace for the San Francisco Giants known for his hitting ability.
ANSWER: Madison Bumgarner [ACCEPT: MadBum] (EF)
5. The latest team to do this feat from New Caledonia was Hienghène Sport, who became the first club not from New Zealand to complete this feat in their confederation. Defence Force is the only non-Mexican club to complete this feat in CONCACAF, while Yomiuri, now Tokyo Verde, is the only AFC club to complete this feat. The latest CAF club to complete this feat is Espérance ST of Tunisia in 2011, (*) while no club in South American clubs have ever completed this feat. The first club in UEFA that completed this feat did it with their famed Lisbon Lions squad, while Ajax and PSV completed this feat before the rebranding of the European Cup. However, the most famous occurrence of this feat came in 1999, as Manchester United became the first club to complete this feat in the Champions League era. For ten points, name this feat in which a club wins their top-tier league, their primary cup competition, and the major continental trophy in one season.
ANSWER: Continental Treble [NOTE: Accept just Treble until “major continental trophy” is read, after it is read then prompt. Do Not Accept: Domestic Treble, they are two different things.] (JC)
6. This draft was the last draft hosted by an NBA team in the Western Conference. This draft had a total of eight players selected who would never play in the NBA and was the last draft to have a senior in college selected 1st overall. This class would see a combined three players become future players become NBA All-Stars (*) and only one player from this draft class would be selected to an All-NBA Team. That player, Michael Redd would be selected with the 43rd pick by the Milwaukee Bucks, while the rookie of the year for the following season would be picked up by the Orlando Magic with the 5th overall pick. For ten points, name this NBA draft that was headlined by Kenyon Martin, and considered to be the worst draft class in NBA history.
ANSWER: 2000 NBA Draft (JC)
7. Before their success, this university was nicknamed Tumbleweed Tech. The first NCAA Tournament appearance for this school occured in 1975, however their first Final Four appearance occurred two years later, losing to the eventual tournament runner-ups North Carolina. This university signed head coach Chris Beard for 19 days before leaving to coach for Texas Tech and has not made an NCAA Tournament since 2013. This team has made a total of (*) four Final Four appearances in their history, all led by head coach Jerry Tarkanian. This university’s best appearance came in 1990, in which this school won the National Championship, in the most lopsided title game in NCAA tournament history, beating Duke 103-73. For ten points, what school plays their games in the Thomas & Mack Center, and is nicknamed the Runnin’ Rebels.
ANSWER: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (JC)
8. In a 2013 NFL game in this country, Steven Jackson ran for two touchdowns in the only win that season for the Atlanta Falcons that was not at the Georgia Dome. Kosovan immigrant Lirim Hajrullahu was signed by the Los Angeles Rams after previously playing kicker for a team in this country. Mark Rypien was the first NFL starting quarterback to be from this country, and (*) Pittsburgh Steelers second round pick Chase Claypool went to high school in this country’s city of Abbotsford. In Madden 20, potential team names for a relocated team to this country’s largest city include the Huskies and the Mounties. The Buffalo Bills lost a 1961 preseason game to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, a team from, for ten points, what country whose football teams include the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts.
ANSWER: Dominion of Canada (EF)
9. One failed plan in 1999 attempted to build an indoor one of these sporting venues near Pittsburgh International Airport. One of these sporting venues was refurbished for the purpose of including it in a video game. The most highly attended college football game in history was held at one of these venues in Tennessee, and one of these venues in Michigan was used to build a near replica of it in California. Two companies (*) abbreviated ISC and SMI own a majority of the types of these sporting venues used at the top level of competition, and one of these sporting venues has Lake Lloyd in the middle of it. For ten points, name these sporting venues which include famous ones in places like Talladega and Daytona.
ANSWER: NASCAR race tracks [ACCEPT: reasonable equivalents in the place of tracks] (EF)
10. (TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED): After a game between these two teams, commentator Mark Boyle said, “Ring the bell, baby! Ding dong, the witch is dead!”. The first NBA meeting between these two teams came in 1977, in which Bob McAdoo led all scorers with 36 points in a loss. Before meeting for the first time, both teams combined for three ABA titles and two NBA titles. The last time these two teams met in the playoffs was the 2013 Eastern Conference Semifinals, which lasted a total of six games. (*) However, their first best of seven series was the 1994 Eastern Conference Final, in which the eventual winners would go on to lose the NBA Finals to the Houston Rockets in seven games. However, one of their most famous games would be Game 1 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals, in which one player managed to score a total of eight points in the span of nine seconds before going on to win the series in seven. For ten points, name the two teams led by Reggie Miller and Patrick Ewing in the 1990s.
ANSWER: Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks (JC)
11. Former Lone Star Conference and Division II member Tarleton State will move into this conference following the end of the 2020 season. This conference produced a total of one National Champion in its football history. This conference is abnormal as the farthest eastern school in this conference is located in the city of Chicago. New Mexico State (*) has won this conference’s basketball tournament six times in the past seven years between 2012 and 2019. This conference holds the record for the most teams in an FBS conference with 16, even though this conference dropped football as a sponsored sport after the 2012-13 season. For 10 points, name this conference which was founded by members such as Brigham Young University and the University of Utah.
ANSWER: Western Athletic Conference [ACCEPT: WAC] (JC)
12. Joe Micheletti originally served as the reporter for NHL games that were broadcasted nationally on this network. A controversy arose in the Montreal Gazette over this network having scheduling preference over the CBC. This is not NBC, but Mike Emrick called his first Stanley Cup games for this network. During the 1996 NHL all-star game, this network (*) experimented with a glowing puck that stuck around until 1998 until public backlash led to it not being used again. This network currently is the namesake of the regional networks for NHL games in Missouri and Texas, which are known as this network’s “Southwest” and “Midwest” sports networks. For ten points, name this national network which hosts hockey discussion on it’s “Sports 1” TV channel.
ANSWER: FOX Sports [ACCEPT: FOX Southwest, FOX Midwest] (EF)
13. A Disney Channel show in this athlete’s native country is centered around him being bullied by a teammate because the teammate is much richer than him. This man won an international sportsmanship award in his sport for encouraging a crowd to not boo Australian Steve Smith during a 2019 match. In this man’s only world cup victory, he battled for 31 runs in a finals win over Sri Lanka. This captain of (*) Royal Challengers Bangalore is known for his ability to bat from behind, averaging 18 more runs in ODI play whenever his team is batting second. This man has been the captain of three ICC World Teams of the Year from 2017 through 2019, and currently internationally plays alongside players like Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni. For ten points, name this current captain of the Indian National Cricket team.
ANSWER: Virat Kohli (EF)
14. The reason this team was founded was due to the Athletics moving from Kansas City to Oakland. This team spent one season playing at Sick’s Stadium, before becoming the only team in the four major sports leagues in America to relocate after one season. This team’s only pennant victory came in 1982, in which they defeated the California Angels in five games before losing to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven. (*) This team played in all three divisions of the American League, before joining the Cardinals in the National League Central Division in 1998. This team has a total of six retired numbers, with one being former MLB commissioner Bud Selig and pitcher Rollie Fingers. For ten points, name this midwestern MLB team that plays their games at Miller Park.
ANSWER: Milwaukee Brewers (JC)
15. The draft pick that would eventually pick this man was traded from the SuperSonics for Olden Polynice. This player had a brief spell out of retirement in 2008 where he played for multiple Scandanavian teams including the Finnish team Torpan Pojat. This player’s only slam dunk contest appearance was a poor performance in 1990 and this player is the only player whose number is retired by the University of Central Arkansas. This player wore the #8 whenever he played (*) for the Dream Team as opposed to the number that he wore for the entirety of his career. In the 1994 playoffs, this man led the Chicago Bulls but complained after not being allowed to take a game-winning shot, which led to him potentially being traded. The steals and assist leader of the Chicago Bulls 1990s dynasty was, for ten points, what small forward who played alongside Michael Jordan and wore the #33.
ANSWER: Scottie Maurice Pippen (EF)
16. (POSITION AND TEAM REQUIRED) It does not involve the San Francisco 49ers, but one player who held this position and team combination was replaced by Steve Young after only starting 2 games, that player was Steve DeBerg. Before moving to the Baltimore Ravens, Trent Dilfer had this position and team combination for five years. Doug Williams won MVP in Super Bowl XXII (22) with this position and (*) team combination, and Josh Freeman had this position and team combination for most of the early 2010s. One holder of this position and team combination threw a league leading 30 interceptions in 2019 before being released. Jimmy Testaverde and Jameis Winston held, for ten points, what position and team combination that Tom Brady will have in the 2020-21 season.
ANSWER: Quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers [Prompt on Partial Answers] (EF)
17. A 1994 jersey for this NHL team featured yellow diagonal lines which went over a red bottom third, that jersey was brought back for three games in the 2019-20 season. The only ever winter classic jersey for this team saw them sport bright yellow lettering on jerseys which had numbers with a white outline. A proposed alternate jersey for this team was famously vetoed by Mike Keenan and would’ve (*) had a group of three trumpets playing music as the sleeves would resemble a staff of notes. This team’s current home jerseys feature a musical note with a wing on them, and a dark blue alternate jersey for this team featured the Gateway Arch in the background of a circular logo. For ten points, name this NHL team whose jerseys are themed after the type of music that the team is named after on top of being the 2019 Stanley Cup champions.
ANSWER: St. Louis Blues (EF)
18. One tradition at this school involves depicting one of their rival school’s names in a mirror image on T-shirts promoting the game. Another one of this school’s traditions involves playing Nebraska on Thanksgiving, which was a tradition that ended whenever Nebraska left the Big 12 in 2010. A spirit group called the RUF/NEKS (“roughnecks”) oversees this school’s two equine mascots and during a game in (*) 2019 against West Virginia, the wagon that those two mascots were pulling flipped during a performance. This school plays the Bedlam Series with its main rival, and has had quarterbacks like Kyler Murray and Baker Mayfield. For ten points, name this Big 12 school which is in the town of Norman.
ANSWER: University of Oklahoma [ACCEPT: OU, DO NOT ACCEPT: Oklahoma State University] (EF)
19. A scheme to increase pension funds for participating athletes led to two of these games being played each season between 1959 and 1962. Until 2010, the ESPY awards were intentionally scheduled to film days after this event in order to reduce scheduling conflicts. The first one of these games were held at the 1933 World's Fair, and fan voting was first introduced in this game in 1947 but was revoked after fans stuffed ballot boxes to get 7 out of the (*) 9 starters on one of the teams to be from the same team. Michael Young would hit a sacrifice fly to end the 2008 rendition of this game which nearly lasted 5 hours and 15 innings. The home field advantage for the World Series was formerly decided by, for ten points, what game featuring the MLB’s best players from the AL and the NL which was set to be hosted in Los Angeles in 2020.
ANSWER: Major League Baseball All-Star Game [Prompt on Partial Answers if MLB not mentioned] (EF)
20. This athlete’s Youtube channel features highlights of him beating Dominic Thiem in the Qatar Open, and said his favorite nickname was being called “Jesus Christ.” He was the youngest player ever to defeat four top ten opponents in a single tournament when he made the finals at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, and his most successful tournament ended in a straight set loss to Rafael Nadal. This man won the 2018 ATP Most Improved Player of the Year, and he reached a career high rank after (*) winning the ATP Finals, elevating him to #5 in the world. This tennis player is the most successful player ever from his home country, and his last appearance in a Grand Slam led to a third round loss to Milos Raonic in the 2020 Australian Open. For ten points, name this man who hosts a podcast called “The Greek Abroad,” a 21 year old tennis player nicknamed “Saint Stephanos?”
ANSWER: Stefanos Tsitsipas (JR)
TIEBREAKER TOSSUP: One video in this work claims that Tulsi Gabbard will be the president throughout the 2030s. One section of this work uses audio from the end of the 2013 Iron Bowl with a panning shot of the earth in the background. This 25-chapter work begins with one character needing to set a magnetometer to 113 degrees and not being able to communicate with another character for every 434 days. This work (*) which featured a game that included the destruction of the centennial light, features a character whose nickname is “Juice”. A game between the Denver Broncos and the Pittsburgh Steelers and another where Nebraska is used as a football are some of the football games oversaw by, for ten points, what Jon Bois creation where the satellites “Nine” and “Ten” observe the far-future of American football.
ANSWER: 17776 [ACCEPT: What Football Will Look Like In The Future] (EF)