History Baseball Quiz

[George H Ruth]

I found this quiz about History of Baseball. I would like you guys to take the quiz and tell me what you got out of possible 50 questions.

I think it's pretty hard quiz. I got 47/50 of possible answers. Some questions are easier then others, and some of the question you really have to think about it before answering it.

http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/quiz?event_id=2191

Good luck to everyone.

[GiambiJuice]

I only got 42 right.

[BoSox Rule]

I did worse than I thought. 38/50.

1. Correct Answer: Rounders
I said none of the above

9. Correct Answer: Cubs
I said Pirates

11. Correct Answer: Eddie Plank
I said Eppa Rixey, don't know why. Stupid.

13. This was just stupid on my part. I didn't read the 1905 part for the bat. I said Frank Baker, it was Honus.

17. Another stupid one. I said Chick Gandil but didn't mean to click his name.

23. 1929 Yankees, I said 27 Senators

33. Like I'm supposed to know where Vin Scully went to school

Got the Yogi one wrong

40. Bobby Richardson, said Tony Oliva

45. Fingers, said Smith

48. Seaver, said Sutton

49. Dawson, said Yount

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Since the quiz dates from July, 10 2006 question #28 no longer has the correct answer. The correct answer in Alex Rodriguez.

[soberdennis]

Since the quiz dates from July, 10 2006 question #28 no longer has the correct answer. The correct answer in Alex Rodriguez.

True. But that was not one of the choices. I got it wrong anyway. I thought it was Ott.
I got 43 right. Most of them were easy for me. But I guessed wrong on some of them.
the ones I got wrong
4. I said the Times. I had absolutely no idea.
16. I said Hartnett. But I should have remembered Schalk.
28. already explained
33. I knew it was a New York school. But I thought Columbia with its great journalism tradition.
39. I had it narrowed down to 2 and guessed the wrong one.
44. I couldn't remember the exact number. I said 15.
45. I should have known Fingers. Stupid me.

[Bill Burgess]

I got 37 right answers. Tough little quiz.

[RuthMayBond]

I got 45, can't complain (who cares where Scully attended college? :grouchy

[brett]

I got 37 right answers. Tough little quiz.

I got 37 too, though I bet we missed some very different ones.

[Scoops]

Also 37. I'm somewhat shocked that Candy Cummings is the least popular answer for curveball inventor, as it was one of the ones I got fastest (thanks to Ken Burns for something, I guess). Also, 27% of people taking this quiz thought Babe Ruth was not in the inaugural Hall of Fame class? Really?! I mean, I can see that it's tough to pick any of those guys, but most people pick Ruth? The 58% for Abner Doubleday made me cringe a little too.

I flat out guessed wrong on a few, as I had no idea which lefty won 300 first (said Hubbell) or who caught four no-hitters (said Ewing), among other things. I did guess Scully correctly though.

[soberdennis]

Also 37. I'm somewhat shocked that Candy Cummings is the least popular answer for curveball inventor, as it was one of the ones I got fastest (thanks to Ken Burns for something, I guess). Also, 27% of people taking this quiz thought Babe Ruth was not in the inaugural Hall of Fame class? Really?! I mean, I can see that it's tough to pick any of those guys, but most people pick Ruth? The 58% for Abner Doubleday made me cringe a little too.

I flat out guessed wrong on a few, as I had no idea which lefty won 300 first (said Hubbell) or who caught four no-hitters (said Ewing), among other things. I did guess Scully correctly though.

My guess is some people thought Ruth hadn't been retired 5 years yet so he couldn't have been elected in 36.
I knew it was Young, though.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Somehow I got 46, with two of the ones I got wrong (44 and 46) getting changed from the correct answer I initially was going to guess.


Luck in knowing what to look up, I guess.

[stejay]

41 out of 50. Not too bad.
http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sports...ion16625=68182

[ChuckBrown]

45

I guessed on about 10 questions. I actually guessed the Vin Scully question right.

[soberdennis]

Somehow I got 46, with two of the ones I got wrong (44 and 46) getting changed from the correct answer I initially was going to guess.


Luck in knowing what to look up, I guess.

In school they teach us to never change our original answers unless we are 100% sure.

[64Cards]

42, missed 3 of the last 6