Got a minute? Test your sports trivia skills

As we head off into the holiday sunset, here’s some sports trivia to ponder with your eggnog. Happy holidays and good luck.

1. Who was Joey Gamache’s opponent in his last fight?

2. Who were the three players then Boston Celtics coach Rick Pitino said weren’t going to be walking through that door?

3. Toughie. In the movie “Hoosiers,” how many shots did Jimmy Chitwood miss?

4. He won 510 games as a major league pitcher but never won the Cy Young Award. Who is he?

5. In the 1986 Super Bowl, what Patriots tight end injured his knee on their first series of the game?

6. Hideo Nomo pitched a no-hitter for the Boston Red Sox during the 2001 season. Two parter:

a. Against what team did he throw the no-hitter?

b. What batter made the final out of the game?

7. What was the nickname of the Hickory High team in the movie “Hoosiers?”

8. One of the more memorable Eastern Maine Class A basketball boys championship games occurred in 1992 between Bangor and Old Town. Mark Reed’s shot with six seconds left gave the Rams the win, but not before an Old Town player made a frantic length-of-the floor run for a pull-up jumper just inside the free-throw line that bounced off the rim. Who was the Old Town player?

9. In two of Joey Gamache’s Bangor fights, he fought fighters with colorful nicknames – Rocky Berg and Bobby Amsler. What were the fighters’ nicknames?

10. In the movie “Tin Cup,” what was the name of Cheech Marin’s character?

11. What was then-Red Sox general manager Lou Gorman’s reasoning for not acquiring All-Star outfielder Willie McGee?

12. Who started at quarterback for the University of Maine in their first game after the Mike Buck era?

13. The University of Maine’s 1993 hockey national championship didn’t come easy. The Black Bears had to rally from behind to beat Lake Superior State in the final. They also had a hard-fought overtime win over Michigan in the semifinals. Who scored the overtime goal for Maine against Michigan?

14. What player played for the Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves?

15. Who was the “interim” coach of the University of Maine hockey team during Shawn Walsh’s suspension?

16. Andy Bedard two-parter:

a. What team did Andy Bedard’s Mountain Valley team beat for the 1994 Class B state title?

b. How many points did Bedard score in the game?

17. In the 1995 hockey final four, Maine again met Michigan in the semifinals. Again the game went to overtime – three overtimes, in fact. Who scored the game-winner for Maine?

18. Two former USFL football players are playing in the NFL. Who are they?

19. Remember Christian Laettner’s buzzer-beater against Kentucky in the 1992 NCAA tournament? Who in-bounded the ball to Laettner three-quarters the length of the floor away?

20. Cindy Blodgett won four state championships at Lawrence High School. What schools did Lawrence beat for Eastern Maine championships during those years?

Don Perryman can be reached at 990-8045, (800) 310-8600 or dperryman@bangordailynews.net.

Answers: 1. Arturo Gatti. 2. Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish. 3. Three, one in his back yard during a visit from his coach, another in the sectional against Terhune and one in the state championship game. 4. Cy Young, 5. Lin Dawson. 6a. Baltimore. 6b. Delino DeShields. 7. Huskers. 8. Scott Springer. 9. Rocky “Ice” Berg, Bobby “The Leatherneck” Amsler. 10. Romeo. 11. “Where would we play him?” 12. Jeff DelRosso. 13. Lee Saunders. 14. Eddie Matthews. 15. Greg Cronin. 16a. Camden-Rockport. 16b. 53. 17. Dan Shermerhorn. 18. Doug Flutie and Sean Landeta. 19. Grant Hill. 20. Stearns (’91, ’92), Winslow (’93), Cony (’94).