Famous Runners-Up
Test your audience's knowledge of famous runners-up with this trivia game that truly proves winning isn't everything.
15 questions · Published March 7, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Thoroughbred racehorse, Man o' War, lost only one race in his career, the 1919 Sanford Memorial Stakes, when he lost to a horse fittingly named ___________.
Although many believe the term "upset," used to denote an underdog's victory against a heavily favored opponent, originated with the horse Upset, who defeated Man o' War in 1919, the expression predates this event by at least forty years.
- Multiple Choice
2. What color is the ribbon commonly given to the second place finisher in contests that award a blue ribbon to first place winners?
In the same way a silver medal is presented to the second-place finisher behind a gold medal winner, a red ribbon is awarded to the second place finisher behind a blue ribbon winner.
- Multiple Choice
3. In the Milton Bradley board game, "The Game of Life," the player with the most money traditionally retires in Millionaire Estates while the runners-up retire in ________________.
At the end of "The Game of Life," if you believe you will have the most money, you can retire at Millionaire Estates. Other players retire at Countryside Acres.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which former U.S. President ran as a third-party candidate in 1912, placing second in both the popular vote and electoral college?
After failing to receive the Republican Party nomination, Theodore Roosevelt called his own convention and created the Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose" Party). Though he lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson by more than two million votes, Roosevelt still finished ahead of incumbent President, William Howard Taft, the only time in U.S. history that a third party candidate finished second in a national election.
- Multiple Choice
5. The 1998 Major League Baseball season featured an exciting home run race between Mark McGwire and ______________, who finished the season only four dingers behind McGwire.
Following the season-ending strike in 1994, fans were somewhat disenchanted with Major League Baseball. However, in 1998, when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa started smashing home runs at a pace to challenge the 37-year-old record set by Roger Maris, it reinvigorated interest in the game. By the end of the season, McGwire had hit 70 home runs to Sosa's 66.
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