Hi all,
I've been creating a quiz on local sports, possibly for a new book, and thought this group would be interested. Here are the first ten questions:
Quiz: Hawaii Sports Trivia
1. This surfer was the “Queen of Makaha.” She helped launch the Women’s Professional Surfing Association and the women’s pro surfing tour. In 1977 she was named Hawaii’’s first female lifeguard.
2. This Kauai native was the second Hawaii golfer, after Ted Makalena, to win a PGA tour event when he captured the 1990 Hawaiian Open.
3. In 1948, this man, who later became a heart surgeon, set a U.H. football record with 302 passing yards. The mark stood until 1984 when it was broken by Raphel Cherry. He’s honored by a theatre at Saint Louis.
4. Alexander Hume Ford founded this organization in 1908 to resurrect the forgotten sport of surfing.
5. This school’s basketball team scored one of the biggest upsets in sports history in 1982 with its 77-72 victory over the number-one ranked University of Virginia, led by 7’ 4” Ralph Sampson.
6. This man is considered to be the most successful high school football coach ever in Hawaii. Under his guidance, Saint Louis won 241 games, 18 Interscholastic League of Honolulu championships,14 Oahu Prep Bowl titles and was even ranked #2 in the nation.
7. This sports legend played semi-pro football in Hawaii in 1941, and lived in Kaimuki, 6 years before breaking the baseball color barrier.
8. Barry Bonds played for this local minor league baseball team in 1985.
9. This Punahou football star from the early 1960’s, played in Michigan State’s legendary “Game of the Century” against Notre Dame in 1966. He went into coaching and has lived with Lou Gehrig’s disease since 1977.
10. This man signed with the Los Angeles Rams as a free agent in 1967, and later was UH football coach. Now he can be found on the radio dial.
I've been creating a quiz on local sports, possibly for a new book, and thought this group would be interested. Here are the first ten questions:
Quiz: Hawaii Sports Trivia
1. This surfer was the “Queen of Makaha.” She helped launch the Women’s Professional Surfing Association and the women’s pro surfing tour. In 1977 she was named Hawaii’’s first female lifeguard.
2. This Kauai native was the second Hawaii golfer, after Ted Makalena, to win a PGA tour event when he captured the 1990 Hawaiian Open.
3. In 1948, this man, who later became a heart surgeon, set a U.H. football record with 302 passing yards. The mark stood until 1984 when it was broken by Raphel Cherry. He’s honored by a theatre at Saint Louis.
4. Alexander Hume Ford founded this organization in 1908 to resurrect the forgotten sport of surfing.
5. This school’s basketball team scored one of the biggest upsets in sports history in 1982 with its 77-72 victory over the number-one ranked University of Virginia, led by 7’ 4” Ralph Sampson.
6. This man is considered to be the most successful high school football coach ever in Hawaii. Under his guidance, Saint Louis won 241 games, 18 Interscholastic League of Honolulu championships,14 Oahu Prep Bowl titles and was even ranked #2 in the nation.
7. This sports legend played semi-pro football in Hawaii in 1941, and lived in Kaimuki, 6 years before breaking the baseball color barrier.
8. Barry Bonds played for this local minor league baseball team in 1985.
9. This Punahou football star from the early 1960’s, played in Michigan State’s legendary “Game of the Century” against Notre Dame in 1966. He went into coaching and has lived with Lou Gehrig’s disease since 1977.
10. This man signed with the Los Angeles Rams as a free agent in 1967, and later was UH football coach. Now he can be found on the radio dial.
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