Sports Trivia Quiz Questions From the 80s and 90s

80s & 90s Sports Trivia Questions

 

What NBA team retired jersey numbers 3, 33, 32, and 35 in the 1990s?
A: The Boston Celtics.

 

What golfer bid a tearful farewell to fans after playing his last U.S. Open, in 1994?
A: Arnold Palmer. 

 

What NBA star retired for the third time on May 14, 1996?
A: Magic Johnson.

 

Who did the Boston Bruins lose 18 straight playoff series to, form 1946 to 1987?
A: The Montreal Canadians.

 

Who threw a record six touchdown passes in one Super Bowl, in 1995?
A: Steve Young.

What Dallas star was the NFL's tallest player during the 1980s, at six-foot-nine?
A:  Ed "Too Tall" Jones.

What football league had expansion teams in Baltimore, Las Vegas and Shreveport for the 1994 season?
A: The Canadian Football League

Who led the NBA in hair colors in 1995?
A: Dennis Rodman.

What NFL team did Rafael Septien boot balls for from 1978 to 1986?
A:   The Dallas Cowboys.

What golfer had played 87 straight Grand Slam tournaments until a shoulder injury forded him to miss the 1996 British Open?
A: Tom Watspm.

What quarterback spent 46 days in 1996 at the Menninger Clinic to kick an addiction to the pain killer Vicodin?
A:  Brett Farve.

Who summed up a playoff loss to Jack Nicklaus at the 1991 U. S. Senior Open with "the Bear crushed the Mouse"?
A: Chi Chi Rodriguez.

Who was the American League base-stealing champ for nine years in the 1980s?
A: Rickey Henderson

Whose all-time NBA assists record was broken by John Stockton in 1995?
A: Magic Johnson's. 

What did John Daly number the new iron he began teeing off with in 1996, because it had virtually no loft?
A: Zero.

Whose 1996 return to the NBA earned him simultaneous Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and Sports Illustrated covers?
A: Magic Johnson.

What NFL footballer saw his weight reach a league-leading 340 pounds in 1988?
A: William "The Refrigerator" Perry.

What three NFL teams had lost four Super Bowls each, through 1996?
A: Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings.

Who was the only pitcher to lead the National League in strikeouts three times during the 1980s?
A: Steve Carlton

What Cowboy's 99-yard run from scrimmage put him in the NFL football record book in 1983?
A: Tony Dorsett's.

Who became the NFL's all-time touchdown leader in 1994?
A: Jerry Rice

What Celtics star of the 1980s did the Boston Globe say looked like Herman Munster?
A: Kevin McHale.

Who was the first athlete to rap at a Pro Bowl musical gala, in 1995?
A: Deion Sanders.

What golfer ended nine years of final-round frustration by winning the 1996 Memorial Tournament?
A: Tom Watson. 

What hoopster scored in double figures in 787 straight games, from December 4, 1977 to December 4, 1987?
A: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

What NFL team was second to the 49ers in wins during the 1980s?
A: The Washington Redskins. 

What did Dolphins receiver Mark Duper legally change his name to in 1985?
A: Mark Super Duper.

Who had the most rushing yards in the NFL for the 1980s?
A: Eric Dickerson.