Ball Park Trivia Homework
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BALL PARK TRIVIA HOMEWORK 1. What's the oldest Major League Baseball stadium still in use? Fenway Park in Boston Wrigley Field in Chicago Yankee Stadium 2. Which ballpark doesn't have a retractable roof? Enron Field SkyDome Tropicana Field 3. At 5,280 feet above sea level, Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, has the highest altitude of any Major League ballpark. Which has the second-highest? Turner Field, Atlanta Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona 4. What relatively new park shares a name with its razed predecessor? Comiskey Park Veterans Stadium Shea Stadium 5. What's the Green Monster? Seattle Mariners mascot Left-field fence at Fenway The Metrodome's turf 6. What distinctive feature can you find at Houston's Enron Field? A train An oil derrick Free chili 7. Which city's baseball stadium wasn't host for Olympic opening ceremonies? Atlanta, Georgia Los Angeles, California Montreal, Quebec, Canada ANSWERS 1. What's the oldest Major League Baseball stadium still in use? Fenway Park in Boston Wrigley Field in Chicago Yankee Stadium 2. Which ballpark doesn't have a retractable roof? Enron Field SkyDome Tropicana Field Yep. The Tampa Bay (Florida) Devil Rays play indoors, even on sunny spring days. 3. At 5,280 feet above sea level, Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, has the highest altitude of any Major League ballpark. Which has the second-highest? Turner Field, Atlanta Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona Yes. At 1,100 feet, it's a distant second. Bank One 4. What relatively new park shares a name with its razed predecessor? Comiskey Park Veterans Stadium Shea Stadium Nice going! Comiskey Park opened in 1991 on Chicago's South Side, across the street from the original. 6. What's the Green Monster? Seattle Mariners mascot Left-field fence at Fenway The Metrodome's turf You hit it out of the park! The daunting wall is the stuff of baseball legend in Massachusetts 8. What distinctive feature can you find at Houston's Enron Field? A train An oil derrick Free chili Yep. The 48,000-pound train runs on 800 feet of track just off left-center field. 9. Which city's baseball stadium wasn't host for Olympic opening ceremonies? Atlanta, Georgia Los Angeles, California Montreal, Quebec, Canada Light that torch. It was host to Olympic baseball in '84, but the big bash was at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. .