Jeopardy + Baseball trivia

[howard38]

Originally Posted by Fred

Eddie, what are you saying? We're all a bunch of baseball geeks here?

While on the topic of trivia - in tonights Eagles/Saints playoff game the quarterbacks for each team come from the same high school.

Here's the trivia question (Jeapordy style) - give me the question regarding two Yankee pitchers that went to the same high school.

Who are Don Larsen and one of the other perfect game guys. David Wells, I think.

[MVSNYC]

I thought of ARod immediately too. Larsen & Wells also...(i guess we are Baseball geeks)

PS- The shot heard 'round the world is one of the most famous HR's ever, shocking it went unanswered.

[honus94566]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

PS- The shot heard 'round the world is one of the most famous HR's ever, shocking it went unanswered.

I would actually bet that only about 1 in ~ 20 Americans would actually know the answer to this question. It's gotta be a very low percentage. Not exactly common household knowledge.

[Koufax32fan]

I just asked my wife, who I think is brilliant even though she is not a baseball fan, and she knew Aaron and Banks, but guessed Babe Ruth for the shot heard round the world. 19 of you should ask a non-fan and we can get an (un)scientific answer.

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by honus94566

I would actually bet that only about 1 in ~ 20 Americans would actually know the answer to this question. It's gotta be a very low percentage. Not exactly common household knowledge.

I agree with that. It was also 63 years ago, putting it out of the lifespan of many Americans. I just finished reading Mike Tyson's amazing (and very dark) autobiography and one of the things he mentioned in there was that many young people don't even have a concept of him as a boxer; they know him more as an actor.

As someone who grew up in the '80s, when Tyson was viewed as an unbeatable force bigger than his sport, I found that shocking. And Tyson's prime was only 25 years ago.

[MVSNYC]

I respectfully disagree with the "1 out of 20" number. did you tell your wife it was in 1951? that should eliminate getting "Babe Ruth" as an answer.

I hear you guys, but i think it would be more than just ONE person out of 20. i also grew up in the 80's, and at that time we didn't have a concept of Ali as a boxer, BUT we knew he was amazing, we knew his importance in history (even if not a sports fan). its all relative. the shot heard 'round the world was then (and still is now) a monumental moment in history, even for non-Baseball fans.

Good discussion.

[howard38]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

I thought of ARod immediately too. Larsen & Wells also...(i guess we are Baseball geeks)

PS- The shot heard 'round the world is one of the most famous HR's ever, shocking it went unanswered.

Guilty as charged!

[t206trader]

Speaking on behalf of my fellow young people (being 26), I'm skeptical that most people under the age of about 40 would know anything about the shot heard round the world (other than the fact that it started the revolution). I couldn't tell you hardly anything about 50's or 60's baseball and I consider myself relatively knowledgeable on baseball in general though I did know the answer to these three particular questions.

[Section103]

Cant say that Im shocked by the lack of answers. Just here to add that my girlfriend appeared on Jeopardy a few years back.