Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:07 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:What special distinction is held by former Red Sox backup catcher Bob Montgomery?

Last catcher not to wear a helmet? Or last Sox tv color analyst not to be the father of a murderer.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:07 pm

Only catcher in Red Sox history named Montgomery.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:10 pm

EdRomero wrote:Last catcher not to wear a helmet?

Close.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:15 pm

Last batter not to wear a helmet.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:20 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:
EdRomero wrote:Last catcher not to wear a helmet?
Close.

Facemask?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:20 pm

EdRomero wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:
EdRomero wrote:Last catcher not to wear a helmet?
Close.
Facemask?

Last catcher to not wear a cup?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:26 pm

Only catcher not to need a cup.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:38 pm

Jerloma wrote:Last batter not to wear a helmet.

This is correct.

Bonus question: Who was the last batter to wear a helmet without flaps? (Hint: he's more famous than Bob Montgomery.)

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:42 pm

Pete Rose?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:56 pm

Tim Raines Junior's dad.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:59 pm

mister d wrote:Tim Raines Junior's dad.

Correct.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 1:32 pm

mister d wrote:Tim Raines Junior's dad.

Andre Dawson?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:13 pm

After Tampa Bay (0) and Green Bay (105,000), what's the least-populated geographical identifier of a Big 4 sports team?

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:22 pm

Edmonton?

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:25 pm

washington d.c.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:33 pm

Sacramento? Or Orlando?

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:56 pm

Carolina (0)

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:02 pm

New Orleans

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:07 pm

It is Orlando, by far.

Carolina should probably be treated like Tampa Bay too, though.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:09 pm

wow!

By far, though? Buffalo has to be pretty close.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:09 pm

Winnipeg? (14)

(Just saw the answer - have trouble believing it.)

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:12 pm

Rex wrote:wow!

By far, though? Buffalo has to be pretty close.

Turns out that it's really close now. About 3,000 difference. The quiz I just took was using numbers from way back in 2009 when they were closer to 30,000 apart.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:13 pm

the top 10 would probably be nothing but Anaheim and southern and rust belt cities.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:21 pm

follow up: what is the least populous State to be a geographic identifier for a team?

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:27 pm

Rex wrote:follow up: what is the least populous State to be a geographic identifier for a team?

Utah?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:27 pm

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:36 pm

Yeah, I too was surprised by Buffalo and New Orleans being about the same size when I used to blog and was writing about Jacksonville being a horrible spot for a team.

The Alberta cities both have surprisingly huge populations. Edmonton and Calgary both push or exceed 1,000,000 (haven't looked in awhile).

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon May 04, 2015 11:55 am

What's the closest U.S. state capital to Bermuda?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon May 04, 2015 11:58 am

Ryan wrote:What's the closest U.S. state capital to Bermuda?

Boston

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:01 pm

Ryan wrote:What's the closest U.S. state capital to Bermuda?

Richmond?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:05 pm

Dover

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:07 pm

None of those are right (it's Providence, so one of them was close), but you've already illustrated my point here. At first I was guessing Raleigh and Richmond, then I thought, oh, maybe it's way further north than I'm picturing. And then I look at the map and it's exactly where I was picturing it all along but it's still closer to New England.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:10 pm

Yeah, it's really surprising how places in North America we think of as "cold" are of similar latitude to more temperate places elsewhere. I posted something a while back about how the southernmost point in Canada has a similar latitude to Rome.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:26 pm

My guess was Charleston, which is the east coast state capital closest to the latitude of Bermuda. Didn't know it was so far off the coast.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:31 pm

Name the 4 QBs to throw 100 TDs in 150 or fewer starts.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:36 pm

Ryan Leaf

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:42 pm

Marino

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:45 pm

Jerloma wrote:Name the 4 QBs to throw 100 TDs in 150 or fewer starts.

Wait, what?

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:47 pm

Kurt Warner

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon May 04, 2015 12:51 pm

howard wrote:My guess was Charleston, which is the east coast state capital closest to the latitude of Bermuda. Didn't know it was so far off the coast.

Side question: which state capital is closest to Charleston? I'm guessing Columbia.