Quizbowl sports
Babe Ruth
American baseball player regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time.
Won 1994 Super Bowl
Dallas Cowboys
Won 1998 Super Bowl
Denver Broncos
Won 1999 Super Bowl
Denver Broncos
OJ Simpson
Former football star and actor whose murder trial became a media circus
Won 1975 Super Bowl
Pittsburgh Steelers
Won 1976 Super Bowl
Pittsburgh Steelers
Micheal Phelps
an American former competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals.
How many metals has the U.S won at the Olympics?
2,522 medals (1,022 of them gold)
George Foreman
American boxer. He won the world heavyweight title with a second-round knockout of then-undefeated Joe Frazier in 1973. Two successful title defenses were made before his first professional loss to Muhammad Ali in "The Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974
Tom Brady
American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and former New England Patriot of the National Football League. Brady has played in a record nine Super Bowls, winning six of them, the most of any player in NFL history. He has won a record four Super Bowl MVP awards as well as three NFL MVP awards.
Won 1971 Super Bowl
Baltimore Ravens
Won 2001 Super Bowl
Baltimore Ravens
Won 2013 Super Bowl
Baltimore Ravens
Harlem Globetrotters
Basketball team famous for their comedy acts and appearances in pop culture.
Muhammad Ali
Born Cassius Clay, and Nicknamed "The Greatest," he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
Won 1986 Super Bowl
Chicago Bears
Won 1972 Super Bowl
Dallas Cowboys
Won 1978 Super Bowl
Dallas Cowboys
Won 1993 Super Bowl
Dallas Cowboys
Won 2016 Super Bowl
Denver Broncos
Serena Williams
Female tennis champion who holds the record for career prize money ($81 million)
Won 1997 Super Bowl
Green Bay Packers
Won 2011 Super Bowl
Green Bay Packers
Won the 1968 Super Bowl
Green Bay Packers
Won the first Super Bowl(1967)
Green Bay Packers
Won 2007 Super Bowl
Indianapolis Colts
Usain Bolt
Jamaican former sprinter. He is a world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. Owing to his achievements and dominance in sprint competition, he is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time.
Won 2020 Super Bowl
Kanas City Cheifs
Won 1970 Super Bowl
Kansas City Chiefs
Won 1984 Super Bowl
LA Raiders
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Lionel Messi
Won 2000 Super Bowl
Los Angeles Rams
Won 1973 Super Bowl
Miami Dolphins
Won 1974 Super Bowl
Miami Dolphins
Micheal Vick
NFL career came to a halt in 2007 after he pleaded guilty for his involvement in a dog fighting ring and spent 21 months in federal prison.
Won 2002 Super Bowl
New England Patriots
Won 2004 Super Bowl
New England Patriots
Won 2005 Super Bowl
New England Patriots
Won 2015 Super Bowl
New England Patriots
Won 2017 Super Bowl
New England Patriots
Won 2019 Super Bowl
New England Patriots
Won 2010 Super Bowl
New Orleans Saints
Won 1987 Super Bowl
New York Giants
Won 1991 Super Bowl
New York Giants
Won 2008 Super Bowl
New York Giants
Won 2012 Super Bowl
New York Giants
Won 1969 Super Bowl
New York Jets
Won 1977 Super Bowl
Oakland Raiders
Won 1981 Super Bowl
Oakland Raiders
Won 2018 Super Bowl
Philadelphia Eagles
Won 1979 Super Bowl
Pittsburgh Steelers
Won 1980 Super Bowl
Pittsburgh Steelers
Won 1996 Super Bowl
Pittsburgh Steelers
Won 2006 Super Bowl
Pittsburgh Steelers
Won 2009 Super Bowl
Pittsburgh Steelers
Dale Earnhardt
Regarded as one of the most significant drivers in NASCAR history, he won a total of 76 Winston Cup races over the course of his career, including the 1998 Daytona 500. In February 2001, he died due to injuries sustained in a collision during the final lap of the Daytona 500, an event that was widely lamented in the racing industry.
Won 1982 Super Bowl
San Francisco 49ers
Won 1985 Super Bowl
San Francisco 49ers
Won 1989 Super Bowl
San Francisco 49ers
Won 1990 Super Bowl
San Francisco 49ers
Won 1995 Super Bowl
San Fransisco 49ers
Won 2014 Super Bowl
Seattle Seahawks
Won 2003 Super Bowl
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Won the 2021 Super Bowl
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jackie Robinson
The first African American player in the major league of baseball. His actions helped to bring about other opportunities for African Americans.
Jesse Owens
United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
Won 1983 Super Bowl
Washington Redskins
Won 1988 Super Bowl
Washington Redskins
Won 1992 Super Bowl
Washington Redskins
Wayne Gretzky
a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "The Great One", he has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself.
Shaquille O'Neal
a retired professional American basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA on TNT. He is considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. At 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall and 325 pounds (147 kg), he was one of the tallest and heaviest players ever.
Wilt Chamberlain
an American basketball player who played as a center and is considered one of the greatest players in history. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Los Angeles Lakersof the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Harlem Globetrotters before playing in the NBA. Chamberlain stood 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall, and weighed 250 pounds (110 kg) as a rookie before bulking up to 275 and eventually to over 300 pounds (140 kg) with the Lakers.
Micheal Jordan
an American former professional basketball player and the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association(NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls. He was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
Mike Tyson
an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title, at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old. He's well known for his lisp and biting someone's ear off during a match.
Peyton Manning
an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time due to his numerous career achievements, he spent 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and was a member of the Denver Broncos in his last four seasons.
Lance Armstrong
an American former professional road racing cyclist known for winning the Tour de France. He is infamous for the biggest doping scandal in cycling history.
Lebron James
an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He is often regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time, which has resulted in frequent comparisons to Michael Jordan. His accomplishments include three NBA championships, four NBA MVP Awards, three NBA Finals MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals.
Kobe Bryant
an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he played his entire 20-season professional career in the league with the Los Angeles Lakers. He won five NBA championships and was named the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), and was a two-time NBA Finals MVP winner.
Joe Louis
an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949, and is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. Nicknamed the "Brown Bomber", Louis' championship reign lasted 140 consecutive months, during which he participated in 26 championship fights.
Arnold Palmer
an American professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Dating back to 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed The King, he was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s.
Tiger Woods
an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins and ranks second in men's major championships and also holds numerous golf records. Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers, and one of the most famous athletes of all time.
Willie Mays
an Americanformer Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder who spent almost all of his 22-season career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants, before finishing with the New York Mets. He is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.
Deflategate
controversy involving the allegation that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady ordered the deliberate deflation of footballs used in the Patriots' victory against the Indianapolis Colts in the 2014 American Football Conference (AFC) Championship Game. The controversy resulted in Brady being suspended for four games; the team was fined $1 million and forfeited two draft selections in 2016.
Joe DiMaggio
nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Born to Italian immigrantsin California, he is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, and is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak (May 15-July 16, 1941), a record that still stands.
Mickey Mantle
nicknamed The Commerce Comet and The Mick, was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees as a center fielder, right fielder, and first baseman. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers and is regarded by many as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history.
Rumble in the Jungle
was a historic boxing event in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) on October 30, 1974. Held at the 20th of May Stadium(now the Stade Tata Raphaël), it pitted the undefeated world heavyweight champion George Foreman against challenger Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion.
Jim Thorpe
was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and basketball.
"Fight of the Century"
was the boxing match between WBC/WBA heavyweight champion Joe Frazier(26-0, 23 KOs) and The Ring/linealheavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (31-0, 25 KOs), held on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was the first time that two undefeated boxers fought each other for the heavyweight title. Frazier won in 15 rounds via unanimous decision. It was the first of a trilogy, followed by the rematch fights Super Fight II (1974) and Thrilla in Manila (1975), both won by Ali.
