Mark Coen's Packet of Stuff That No Longer Exists BONUSES 1. (30) Name the team given its sartorial slip-up, FTP each. * In honor of the bicentennial, this baseball team's owner dressed his team in collared, short-sleeved shirts and shorts. A: CHICAGO WHITE SOX * Two words: white skates. A: CALIFORNIA Golden SEALS * This IHL team celebrated Valentine's Day this year by wearing pinkish jerseys festooned with hearts and Cupids. A: INDIANAPOLIS ICE 2. (30) The World League came back this year, but in an all-European format. Six U.S. teams bit the dust in this reorganization. F5P each, name them. A: OHIO GLORY, NY-NJ KNIGHTS, BIRMINGHAM FIRE, SAN ANTONIO RIDERS, ORLANDO THUNDER, SACRAMENTO SURGE 3. (25) Name the WHA team given the city, 5 points each and 5 for all 4. * San Diego A: MARINERS * Minnesota A: FIGHTING SAINTS or NEW FIGHTING SAINTS * Phoenix A: ROADRUNNERS * Cincinnati A: STINGERS 4. (30) Name the school that voluntarily gave up the given sports programs, for 15 points each. * This San Francisco school gave up all sports for budgetary reasons. They were more or less cannon fodder; they were on the losing end of 4 of the 5 highest scoring games in NCAA history. A: USIU or UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY * This branch campus of a northeast state school has dropped men's basketball after setting an all-division NCAA record by dropping 108 straight games, the last one in OT to Montclair State. A: RUTGERS-CAMDEN 5. (30) Only lasting 2 years, the Federal League had only 2 champs. For 5 points each, name the cities that won each title, and for 10 points each name their managers. A: INDIANAPOLIS, CHICAGO; Bill PHILLIPS, Joe TINKER 6. (25) The geographic marvel known as Conference USA currently has 11 schools. Tulane joined as an independent, and the other 10 schools came from the breakup of 2 other conferences. FTP each, name them. A: METRO, GREAT MIDWEST The league's 12th team will come, for 5 points, from what league that will bite the big one on June 30? A: SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE 7. (30) 30-20-10, name the defunct league. 30: Its first 4 titles were won by the New York Arrows. 20: Steve Zungul was its leading scorer 6 times, its regular season MVP six times, and playoff MVP four times. 10: Running from 1978 to 1992, it was the first pro U.S. indoor soccer league. A: MISL or MSL or MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE or MAJOR SOCCER LEAGUE 8. (30) FTP each, answer these questions on the transient nature of the eventually cancelled 1940 Winter Olympics. * This city was originally scheduled to hold the Games, but bowed out as host in 1937 when its country went to war with China. A: SAPPORO, Japan * This Swiss town then agreed to host the games, but quit as host over a dispute over whether or not ski instructors were professionals. A: ST. MORITZ * Finally, this former Winter Games host agreed to take over, but the Games were cancelled when the host city's country invaded Poland. A: GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN 9. (30) Name the school who killed the given college basketball winning streak, for 10 points each. * UCLA's 88-game streak, in 1974. A: NOTRE DAME * San Francisco's 60-game streak, in 1957. A: ILLINOIS * UNLV's 45-game streak, in 1991. A: DUKE (in the NCAA finals) 10. (30) Not only do teams and leagues die horrible deaths; so do TV shows with sport themes. FTP each, name the show given the description. * This early '80s offering followed a California AA baseball team populated with actors who would later find fame, such as Dennis Franz and Ken Olin. A: BAY CITY BLUES * From Hanna-Barbera, this 1970 prime time animated series used the same folks who did voices for the Flintstones for this cruddy show about neighbors who play football for the fictional Rhinos. A: WHERE'S HUDDLES * Based on a 1977 film based on a book by Dan Jenkins, Bruce McGill and the king of cheese TV, David Hasselhoff, star as teammates for the New York Bulls in this 1980 flop. A: SEMI-TOUGH 11. (30) Name the ancient video game system, FTP each. * It had an 8-position joystick and tried to compete with newer systems by producing board-video game combos. A: ODDYSEY2 * George Plimpton did typically pretentious ads for this system, touting its graphics. Instead of a joystick, it had a control disk. A: INTELLIVISION * The controllers for this system had a small joystick with a wide knob and a phone-like bubble keypad. A: COLECOVISION 12. (30) This hockey league only lasted from 1910 to 1917, and was only eligible to play for the Stanley Cup starting in 1914. In that short time, it did manage to have 2-member teams win the thing, fittingly in its first and last year of competing for it. FTP each name the league in question and the two teams that did it proud. A: NATIONAL HOCKEY ASSOCIATION, or NHA TORONTO BLUESHIRTS, MONTREAL CANADIENS 13. (25) Pity the citizens of Memphis, Tennessee. While they do get the Oilers for a while, they've already suffered through the collapse of teams in the WFL (with 2 names, no less), the USFL, and the CFL. For 5 points each, give the four nicknames under which pro football has flopped in the city of Elvis. A: SOUTHMEN, GRIZZLIES, SHOWBOATS, MAD DOGS 14. (30) Since 1981, five cities have hosted Formula One auto races in the hopes of sparking interest. None succeeded, and Formula One left the States. For 5 points each, and a bonus 5 for all 5, name these former host cities. A: DETROIT, LONG BEACH, LAS VEGAS, DALLAS, PHOENIX 15. (30) Given the founding date and original name of a collegiate athletic conference, give its current name for 10 points each. * 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association A: BIG 8 * 1969 as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association A: BIG WEST * 1895 as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives A: BIG 10 16. (30) Given a defunct college football bowl game, name its location for 10 points each. * Bacardi Bowl A: HAVANA, Cuba * Salad Bowl A: PHOENIX, Arizona * All-American Bowl A: BIRMINGHAM, Alabama 17. (25) Like any year, many former sports figures passed away in 1995. For each person I name that died last year, name the sport they contributed to for 5 points each, bonus 5 for all 4. * Vada Pinson A: BASEBALL * Fred Perry A: TENNIS * Fabio Casartelli A: CYCLING * Woody Strode A: FOOTBALL 18. (30) Given an original USFL team, name the team it became, either through merger or through relocation, FTP each. * Washington Federals A: ORLANDO RENEGADES * Arizona Wranglers A: ARIZONA OUTLAWS * Michigan Panthers A: OAKLAND INVADERS 19. (30) When the ABA merged with the NBA, four teams joined the senior league. F5P each, name these teams. A: INDIANA PACERS, DENVER NUGGETS, NEW JERSEY NETS, SAN ANTONIO SPURS The league also held a dispersal draft to spread around the players of two other ABA teams not making the jump. For 5 more points, name these teams. A: KENTUCKY COLONELS, SPIRITS OF ST. LOUIS 20. (30) The Olympics weren't the only game in town in Ancient Greece. Given the starting year and the winner's prize, name the pan-Hellenic athletic festival for 10 points each. * 582 B.C., crown of bay leaves A: PYTHIAN games * Also 582 B.C., but victors got a crown of pine A: ISTHMIAN games * 573 B.C., crown of parsley A: NEMEAn games 21. (20) Four of the first five MLB all-star games were held in parks that no longer exist. For 5 points each, name these four stadia that are now just a memory. A: COMISKEY PARK, POLO GROUNDS, BRAVES FIELD, GRIFFITH STADIUM