Friday knowledge-off: Sports scandals
Aug 24, 2012, 12:31 PM | Updated: Oct 11, 2024, 1:10 pm
This July 28, 2002 file photo shows Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, center, flanked by best sprinter Robbie McEwen, of Australia, right, and best climber Laurent Jalabert, of France, after the 20th and final stage of the Tour de France cycling in Paris. The superstar cyclist, whose stirring victories after his comeback from cancer helped him transcend sports, chose not to pursue arbitration in the drug case brought against him by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. That was his last option in his bitter fight with USADA and his decision set the stage for the titles to be stripped and his name to be all but wiped from the record books of the sport he once ruled. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
(AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
 This July 28, 2002 file photo shows Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, center, after the final stage of the Tour de France in Paris. Armstrong chose not to pursue arbitration in the drug case brought against him by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. His decision allowed the titles to be stripped and his name to be all but wiped from the record books of the sport he once ruled. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) |
1. Michael Vick, as we know, got in big trouble for his hosting dog fights. Years earlier, as a child, he got in trouble for doing what?
A. Tying up the neighbor boy
B. Running away to the circus
C. Gluing his own eyelids shut
D. Trying to mail his little brother to California
2. The boxing community disowned Mike Tyson in 1997 when he bit of a chunk off Evander Holufield’s ear. When he was a much younger little thug, he first got arrested for doing what?
A. Stabbing his brother
B. Snatching a purse
C. Selling stolen jewelry
D. Holding puppy fights with a young Michael Vick
3. After Tonya Harding’s ice skating career came to an abrupt halt for planning an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan, she got a tattoo. What was the tattoo of?
A. A devil
B. An angel
C. An ice skate
D. A baseball bat
4. Pete Rose’s name is synonymous with scandal after he got caught betting on Major League Baseball games while he was still a team manager. Pete Rose’s nickname is “Charlie Hustle”. Why?
A. He was considered the “Charlie Brown of the dugout”
B. Kids on his little league team called him that to mock him
C. He once climbed an outfield fence chasing a Mickey Mantle homer
D. After his first minor league home run, he ran all the way around the bases twice
5. The movie “Eight Men Out” was about the 1919 Black Sox scandal. The film’s director, John Sayles, was under contract to keep the film under two hours. How did he accomplish that?
A. He sped up the film a tiny, tiny bit
B. He cut two hugely critical scenes
C. He made the actors talk faster than normal
D. He cut off the closing credits mid-roll
For the full conversation, and to hear the answers, listen to this week’s knowledge-off:
Answers: 1. C, 2. B, 3. B, 4. C, 5. C.
