Gunpowder's Gold Star Trivia

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon May 09, 2016 11:51 am

Cabo Verde is correct. The Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) are led by Nhuck. That's his name. They were ranked as high as 27th in the world two years ago. Their best international finish ever was reaching the quarterfinals in the 2103 Africa Cup of Nations. FIFA is weird.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri May 13, 2016 8:51 pm

Name the active MLB franchise with the:

a. 2nd best all time winning percentage after NYY
b. worst all time winning percentage
c. most runs, AB, and hits all time (the same team)
d. most all time home runs
e. highest all time batting average
f. lowest all time batting average
g. most runs allowed all time
h. best ERA all time
i. 2nd worst ERA all time after COL

Gold star to anyone who gets them all. (Hell, gold star to anyone who gets (i).) Silver star to whoever gets the most right by Sun. night otherwise.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri May 13, 2016 8:58 pm

a. The team with the second-best all-time winning percentage would be the New York-San Francisco Giants. This was established over a longer period of time (since 1883) than the latecomer New York Highlanders-Yankees.

eta: Dodgers have best ERA. Cause it's the weekend and it is gonna take forever waiting to not give consecutive answers, and those are the only two I am pretty sure of, the rest are guesses.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sat May 14, 2016 7:21 am

B. Indians

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Sat May 14, 2016 10:57 am

e. COL

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sat May 14, 2016 11:26 am

Feel free to guess at all of them at once. I'll give the answers Sunday night, unless someone hits them all first.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Sat May 14, 2016 11:57 am

Rex wrote:Name the active MLB franchise with the:

a. STL
b. TEX
c. CIN
d. NYY
e. COL
f. SD
g. CHC
h. ATL
i. MIL

Gold star to anyone who gets them all. (Hell, gold star to anyone who gets (i).) Silver star to whoever gets the most right by Sun. night otherwise.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun May 15, 2016 7:58 pm

okay okay, due to popular demand, reveal on Monday.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon May 16, 2016 8:26 pm

Rex wrote:Name the active MLB franchise with the:

a. 2nd best all time winning percentage after NYY
b. worst all time winning percentage
c. most runs, AB, and hits all time (the same team)
d. most all time home runs
e. highest all time batting average
f. lowest all time batting average
g. most runs allowed all time
h. best ERA all time
i. 2nd worst ERA all time after COL

Gold star to anyone who gets them all. (Hell, gold star to anyone who gets (i).) Silver star to whoever gets the most right by Sun. night otherwise.

Okay, we're done tabulating the votes. Here are the answers:

a. The New York Baseball Giants/SF Giants, at .538
b. Padres, at .464. This one surprised me, but makes some sense. Very few really good years.
c. Cubs, at 96,257/717,116/188,452. Figured this would be the one out of Cubs/Reds/Braves with the most favorable home conditions.
d. Yankees, at 15,255, despite being late arrivals.
e. Rockies, at .275, that one was kinda easy. Next highest is .267
f. Mets, at .250
g. Phillies, at 95,790. They're also Phirst in losses.
h. Dodgers, at 3.53. Another pretty easy one.
i. Rays, at 4.42. This one actually makes a lot of sense, they spent a lot of their history as the doormat of the 2000s AL East.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri May 20, 2016 11:25 am

Would never have guessed this:

What is the second-largest city in New England by population?

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri May 20, 2016 11:39 am

Providence?

eta: wrong. me too surprised.

Post by **Sabo** » Fri May 20, 2016 11:40 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:Would never have guessed this:

What is the second-largest city in New England by population?

It's gotta be another Massachusetts city. Worcester? Springfield?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri May 20, 2016 11:42 am

Sabo wrote:
Johnny Carwash wrote:Would never have guessed this:

What is the second-largest city in New England by population?
It's gotta be another Massachusetts city. Worcester? Springfield?

Worcester is correct. I thought this was going to last hours.

It's defined strictly by city limits, not metropolitan areas.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri May 20, 2016 12:00 pm

The rankings of the five largest cities by population in California might surprise you

[+] spoiler: 1. Los Angeles
2. San Diego
3. San Jose
4. San Francisco
5. Fresno

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri May 20, 2016 12:15 pm

Got the five, missed the order. Flipped 2+3, and flipped 4+5.

duff · Post by **duff** » Fri May 20, 2016 12:51 pm

Got first three and had 4 at 5.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue May 31, 2016 5:36 pm

What do the following players have in common?

Carlton Fisk
Gary Carter
Dusty Baker
Rob Deer
Candy Maldonado

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue May 31, 2016 7:14 pm

Not virgins?

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue May 31, 2016 7:16 pm

never been in my kitchen?

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue May 31, 2016 7:52 pm

All played for the Giants, except Fisk, who secretly always wanted to don the orange and black.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Tue May 31, 2016 8:01 pm

Nope so far.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 6:40 am

This can't be right, but they never hit a triple?

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 7:46 am

Ryan wrote:This can't be right, but they never hit a triple?

Nope.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 8:00 am

All their brothers were coaches who told me I was a good player when I was 8?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:15 pm

What two Cardinals batted 4-5 in the order the night Mark McGwire hit #62, and hit back-to-back HRs themselves later in the game?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:24 pm

Ryan wrote:What two Cardinals batted 4-5 in the order the night Mark McGwire hit #62, and hit back-to-back HRs themselves later in the game?

The game I was watching only cut over when McGwire was at bat. Anything else didn't really happen.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 2:21 pm

Correct. Ray Langford and...Ron Gant!

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 4:35 pm

What is this a list of?

Mega Centurion
RotoFury
Elite Demolisher
Zombie Strike Doominator
Elite Mega CycloneShock
Apollo XV-700
Mega Mega Mastadon

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 4:38 pm

Engrish translations of Japanese Calvin Johnson highlight videos

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 4:45 pm

Monsters and robots that fought against Meca-Streisand in that old South Park episode.

Post by **Sabo** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 4:48 pm

Ryan wrote:What is this a list of?

Mega Centurion
RotoFury
Elite Demolisher
Zombie Strike Doominator
Elite Mega CycloneShock
Apollo XV-700
Mega Mega Mastadon

Fireworks?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 5:25 pm

Protein powders

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 6:36 pm

Somewhere in the deep recesses of my mind, I know this...

It's a toy-related thing.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Aug 12, 2016 6:18 am

Yes! They're goddamn Nerf guns

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sat Aug 20, 2016 3:19 pm

Name the five countries that have won more Winter Olympic gold medals than Summer Olympic golds. Answer is in the spoiler.

[+] spoiler: In order of obviousness:
Norway (118 to 56)
Austria (59 to 18)
Canada (62 to 59)
Switzerland (50 to 47)
Liechtenstein (2 to 0)

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Aug 20, 2016 3:22 pm

Great question - I got the first 4.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 2:15 pm

Dustin Johnson is second on tour with 12 wins since 2008. Who's first?

[+] spoiler: It's Tiger (18).

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:05 pm

7 players have batted .300 and slugged .500 in more than 10 seasons.

[+] spoiler: 1. Musial 16
2. Ruth 15
3. Aaron 13
4. Cobb 12
4. Gehrig 12
4. Williams 12
7. Cabrera 11

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:12 pm

I guessed Frank was one. 'Only' hit >.300 nine times.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:52 pm

Everybody would guess #4 had the years of over .300 avg., but his having the years of slugging over .500 is a bit of a surprise.