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Jock Names, Jr.

written by: mwprods
 
Strap on this second installment of the balls-game quiz that inquires into your acuity of athletic appellations.

Question 1:


The NFL players Peyton and Archie Manning are the only Manning family men known by their actual birth names.
False
True

Question 2:


Which fact is true about the two baseball players named Goose?
Their playing days were separated by some 50 years.
Both their given names are Gander.
They both loved foie gras.
Both were pitchers.

Question 3:


Which of the baseball players known as Sparky, has the first and middle name of George Lee?
Sparky Frickshun
Sparky Farkas
Sparky Anderson
Sparky Lyle

Question 4:


Why did baseball player Mordecai Brown get the nickname Three-Finger Brown?
For emphasis, he used to give opponents the finger, in triplicate.
At age 7, his hand was mangled by a corn shredder.
He was born with just 3 fingers on his pitching hand.
He held up 3 fingers to taunt batters before throwing them 3 straight fastballs.

Question 5:


Yankee teammates Bernie Williams and Melky Cabrara were, respectively, born Bernardo and Melchior.
False
True

Question 6:


Earl and Kultida Woods named their son Tiger when he was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, CA. because his birth had been a tough ordeal.
False
True

Question 7:


NFL running backs Duce Staley and Deuce McAllister are two of a kind, because both of their monikers are actual given names.
True
False

Question 8:


Bubba was the birth name of how many of these eight athletes: Church, Crosby, Franks, Long, Trammell, Smith, Walton, Wells?
1
2
0
All

Question 9:


Which one of the following statements is true about the pigskin brothers, Tiki and Ronde Barber?
They were born in a huddle.
They are fraternal, not identical twins.
They are named after Hawaiian snack foods.
Both of their jock names are nicknames.

Question 10:


Jock Callander is a former ice hockey player whose real first name is Jock.
True
False

 


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