more trivia of the inane...

[Rupert Patrick]

That may be true, Rupert, but it is not the answer being sought. In fact, if your answer was correct, no doubt it would have been mentioned in the source article for the question. So, instead, let's say no; it is not the answer.
(Rupert - You have a PM with the source article.)

I won't give it away, but it is a good question.

[Mark L. Ford]

Jimmy Walker never played football and was the father of Jalen Rose.

Dyno-mite!

I liked both answers-- I'll toss out a hint here, Jimmy Walker was the very first pick of the 1967 NBA Draft.

[JWL]

Which active-at-the-time NFL player made an appearance in a Lady Gaga music video?

This one stumped people.

The answer is Kerry Rhodes. He made an appearance as a policeman in the video for the song "Paparazzi."

[oldecapecod11]

by Rupert Patrick » Sun Nov 29, 2015 5:28 pm

oldecapecod11 wrote:
That may be true, Rupert, but it is not the answer being sought. In fact, if your answer was correct, no doubt it would have been mentioned in the source article for the question. So, instead, let's say no; it is not the answer.
(Rupert - You have a PM with the source article.)

"I won't give it away, but it is a good question."

Admittedly, it is a good question and it led to some very surprising revelations.
When listing - actually, trying to list - the answers to the rest, the guesses were wrong more than 50% of the time.
(Wrong, as per their interpretation, that is.)

[Todd Pence]

George Blanda and Joe Namath share this dubious three-time "achievement", but it worked out better for George than it did for Joe.

[Mark L. Ford]

Most interceptions thrown in a season?

[Todd Pence]

Not quite . . .

[Mark L. Ford]

Not quite . . .

Still, interceptions wasn't a bad guess-- Blanda had more interceptions than anyone in the AFL or NFL in '62, '63 and '65 (he and Babe Parilli shared the record in '64); and Namath had the same distinction in '66, '74 and '75. (By the same token, baseball slugging greats like Reggie Jackson and Sammy Sosa sometimes led their league in striking out). Does it have to do with something done in three different games rather than seasons?

[conace21]

Namath and Blanda have both thrown 6 interceptions in a game three times. Blanda's Oilers actually beat Buffalo in one of the three games. The best Namath could do was a tie against Houston.

[Mark L. Ford]

OK, seeing how that sounds like a good answer to the Blanda-Namath puzzle, here's a trivia question that doesn't require much football knowledge --

Of these 12 words, which three are NOT in the King James Version of the Bible?
BEARS, COLTS, CHARGERS, EAGLES
FALCONS, GIANTS, JAGUARS, LIONS
RAMS, RAVENS, SAINTS, STEELERS