Fun sports trivia questions and answers.

How many games did the longest Wimbledon men's singles match on record last?
A: It went 112 games, with Pancho Gonzales beating Charlie Pasarell 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9. It took place in 1969--two years before the tie breaker was introduced to the game.

What unique player restriction is in effect in both polo and jai alai?
A: Left-handers are barred from competition.

What was the winning speed when automobile designer Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911?
A: He average 74.59 miles per hour in his marmon Wasp, the only single-seater in the race and the first car to have a rearview mirror.

What baseball team was the first to introduce numbers as a permanent part of their players' uniforms?
A: The New York Yankees, in 1929.

What team always marches last in the opening procession of the Olympics?
A: The team representing the host nation.

Whose bat was San Francisco Giant slugger Willie Mays using when he slammed four home runs in a single game in April 1961?
A: Teammate Joe Amalgitano's.

Who said, "It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it on one afternoon on the golf course"?
A: Hank Aaron.

What football gear did Miami Dolphin running back Woody Bennett introduce and market in 1983?
A: A lightweight padded girdle to cushion blows.

Where can you find the world's largest collection of baseball cards--more than 200,000?
A: At the prestigious Metropolitan Museum  of Art in New York City.

What famous American sports figure served a director of physical fitness for the navy during World War II?
A: Undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion GeneTunney.

What colors were chosen for the five Olympic rings and why?
A: The rings are blue, red, yellow black, and green. They were chosen because at least one of them appears in the flag of every nation in the world.

How many sides are there on the rip of a standard tennis racket?
A: Eight.

What vessels were used when the first regattas were held in the seventeenth century?
A: Gondolas. The regattas were held on the Grand Canal in Venice.

How many field goals and how many free throws did basketball great Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain make in his famous 100-point game in 1962?
A: Chamberlain, playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, scored 36 field goals and 28 free throws against the New York Knickerbockers in that historic game.

By what name was Dimitrios Synodinos better known in the sporting world?
A: Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder--the famous Las Vegas odds maker.

In what city did basket ball's barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters get their start?
A: In Chicago--home of team organizer Abe Saperstein.

When the New York Knickerbockers became the first baseball club to adopt an official uniform in 1849, what did team members wear on their heads?
A: Straw hats. The rest of the uniform consisted of blue woolen pantaloons and white flannel shirts.