Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What moniker is traditionally used for locker rooms at ballparks and stadiums?
Historically kept in a separate building, today's ballparks have separate clubhouses for the home team, the visiting team, and the umpires inside the ballpark.
- Multiple Choice
2. What historic ballpark did not officially host a night game until 1988, more than seventy-four years after opening?
For many years, the city of Chicago had an ordinance that banned night events at Wrigley Field due to its location in a residential neighborhood, where it was felt that the lights and noise would bother the neighbors.
- Multiple Choice
3. Prior to 2001, what team's mascot slid into a giant mug of beer every time the team hit a home run?
At County Stadium, home of the Milwaukee Brewers from 1970 to 2000, every time a Brewer hit a home run, mascot Bernie Brewer slid into a giant mug of beer.
This popular in-game celebration was continued when the Brewers moved to Miller Park in 2001, but the mug of beer was replaced with a "splash zone."
- Multiple Choice
4. What ballpark has its own peculiar rules regarding balls that strike any of the four overhead catwalks?
At Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, home to the Tampa Bay Rays, the catwalks are not only a nuisance, they've also required adapting the rules of the game.
If a ball strikes either of the two lower levels, it is in play. If it lands on the field, it is a fair ball; if it is caught, it's an out.
If a ball strikes either of the top two levels in fair territory, it is a home run. If it does so in foul territory, it's a foul ball.
- Multiple Choice
5. Where was songwriter Jack Norworth when he was inspired to write "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in 1908?
In 1908, Jack Norworth, a songwriter and vaudeville performer, was on the subway in New York City when he got a flash of inspiration from a sign that said "Baseball Today — Polo Grounds."
10 more questions in the full game
Access the full game with one of our downloads.
See download options