Trivial Questions

[frankbmd]

:DWhat do NASCAR and basketball have in common?

Steve D did not provide the correct answer.

Sorry Cliff, Brad's not the ticket.

Hint: This would apply to all participants in both sports.

Nice try Peter. No credit.

Good guess, Jim, but incorrect.

Just saw the Paul S answer and he is very close. The correct answer will be posted in the next post.

Hint: Movement is critical in the correct answer.

Raymond, your mother may be more upset with your incorrect answer than you grammar.:D

It may be truthful at some level, but it is not a correct answer unless I say so. Sorry, Mom.

I like it Steve, but squeaky sneakers aren’t unique to basketball and the hint referenced movement, not the lack of movement.;)

Peter, back to the drawing board.

[Steve D]

They both have sponsor patches/company ads on their uniforms?


Steve

[Cliff Bowman]

Brad Daugherty?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Both are more popular than lacrosse.

[Jim65]

Both are alternatives to sleeping pills.

[clydepepper]

Participants in each perform over rubber? or wear rubber.

I may have the correct answer...just can't seem to say it in a grammatically correct sentence.

Mom would be real upset at that.

[steve B]

Getting stuck in the net is bad?

[Paul S]

They both "travel", in the sense that NASCAR does it on a racetrack and basketball players do it on a court.

What do I win?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Something to do with driving in lanes?

[clydepepper]

Frank-

I guess the best way to state my guess, which you labeled incorrect, would be that they both perform with rubber hitting the surface on which they perform.

Now, THAT's, both a grammatically correct sentence AND is A correct response...whether or not it's the one you choose or not.

Mom is looking down on this second post much more favorably regardless of the 'correctness' of the response.

[Steve D]

When a basketball player stops, and when a driver slams on the brakes, the player's shoes, as well as the car's tires, squeek or squeal.


Steve

[Steve D]

OK, let's go with the reverse:

When a driver hits the gas pedal, and when the player starts moving after having stood still, the tires and shoes squeek and/or squeal.

:D
Steve

[Peter_Spaeth]

Is there a fast break in NASCAR?

[frankbmd]

NASCAR and basketball are two sports where sitting on your butt can result in ‘traveling’. :eek:

Paul S gets honorable mention for alluding to traveling, but with no ands, ifs or butts cited.

Another trivial question is more than welcome.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Definitely not up to standard, this question.

[Steve D]

:rolleyes:

Steve

[clydepepper]

Definitely not up to standard, this question.

+1

It's okay Frank...just call it a comfortable 0-for-3

[frankbmd]

The traveling paradox precipitated this thread.

When a basketball player lands on his rear end with the ball, he is guilty of “traveling”.

I maintain that such a player is guilty of “sitting”, not “traveling”.;)

If the basketball player were sitting in a car, like the NASCAR driver, “traveling” might be a plausible violation, but a sitting basketball player is quite stationary in reality.

In NASCAR you can go 200mph while sitting, whereas in basketball the speedometer drops to zero.

[Paul S]

Definitely not up to standard, this question.
Frank's golf cart is an automatic - he doesn't drive standard anymore:)

[clydepepper]

Frank's golf cart is an automatic - he doesn't drive standard anymore:)



You might even say he's off a different type of grid.


I mean that as a compliment.