Baseball Trivia

Every sport with a history as long a baseball iswhich have been made and, probably, broken
bound to have a considerable stock of trivia. Thismany times since. For example, the first 500
is absolutely ideal for quiz nights and family games.home run club members. The majority of people
There are so many baseball teams that the stockwould know that Babe Ruth started the club with
of baseball trivia is probably never ending. I do nothis 500th home run in 1929, but who were the
think that there is anyone who would be able tonext to join the club?
answer all the questions that could be asked onThere are many websites which now give some
the subject.wonderful trivia questions and answers. These are
In fact, it is not only one subject. There aregreat if you are planning on having a baseball trivia
people who will specialize in knowing facts aboutquiz. You can have a lot of fun by having friends
the teams. You may think that there cannot beround for the evening and organizing a night of
much baseball trivia when it comes to the teams,questions. If everyone came with some questions
but you would be wrong. What was the combinedalready prepared, you could take it in turns.
weight of the team in 1926 for example? TherePerhaps you could really make a big night of it
are some trivia specialists who would be able toand invite lots of people round and charge a small
tell you exactly what the answer is for theirfee to enter. You could raise money for charity
favorite team. (They may be a little insulted aboutand have a great time as well as finding out some
us calling this trivia, however. You must alwaysreally interesting facts, which you will probably
consider the fact that your idea of trivia may beinstantly forget! Questions which have a chance of
someone else's passion and hobby.) What aboutbeing answered are always good. Also ones which
uniform numbers trivia? These are great triviahave a reasonable chance of people guessing the
questions. For example, what number did Joeanswer to are fun if you are having a trivia quiz
DiMaggio wear in his first rookie season with theamong friends.
Yankees? That is a nice one, because although heThe idea of trivia is that it is obscure little
was always known for wearing number 5, hequestions that make people think the hardest.
actually went out in the number 9 uniform forBecause it is such a huge subject, baseball trivia
that first season.questions are always fun and if you have a supply
There is some lovely general historical baseballof them in your head, you will always have
trivia too. Some of this is based around recordssomething to talk about at parties.