Sandy Wood
Lunchtime Quiz: Hacks, Helmets & Hoops
by Sandy Wood - May 19, 2010 - 11:30 AM

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In the United States, exactly 15 metropolitan areas are lucky enough to be home to professional sports teams in the “Big Three” – baseball (MLB), football (NFL), and basketball (NBA). Your goal? Name as many of the 15 as you can in only three minutes. A winning score is 10 of 15, or 67 percent. Good luck!

Take the Quiz: Hacks, Helmets & Hoops

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Comments (14)

  1. got them all w/48 seconds to spare

    posted by jamie on 5-19-2010 at 11:44 am

  2. What about Seattle? Supersonics, Seahawks, and Mariners.

    posted by Nancy on 5-19-2010 at 11:53 am

  3. Nancy, that answer would have worked in 2008, but Seattle’s NBA franchise moved to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 5-19-2010 at 11:56 am

  4. I hope not too many old Sonics fans see Nancy’s comment! (The Supersonics picked up and moved to Oklahoma City a couple years ago.)

    posted by Jason English on 5-19-2010 at 11:56 am

  5. Nancy, welcome to 2010! The Supersonics moved to OKC to become the Thunder a few seasons ago.

    posted by JW on 5-19-2010 at 11:59 am

  6. Sorry about the echo effect there! Seems Sandy and Jason were a bit quicker on the keyboard than I.

    posted by JW on 5-19-2010 at 12:00 pm

  7. Big THREE! THREE! Major loss of respect here. There are FOUR major sports in America. And in the middle of the NHL playoffs….

    posted by NateH on 5-19-2010 at 12:06 pm

  8. Hockey is not a major sport. Their playoff games are being shown on Versus, for goodness sake.

    posted by Adrian on 5-19-2010 at 12:08 pm

  9. NateH, as a resident of Hockeytown, I understand your point. But the quiz wouldn’t have been the same with the NHL added, since it would have reduced the number of answers from 15 down to 12 (if I’m counting correctly)… and then I’d have to extend the time since more teams were involved. I hope you can appreciate why I left the NHL out of the mix.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 5-19-2010 at 12:17 pm

  10. What’s the NHL? Is that soccer? We don’t really follow soccer in America. Just kidding. The NHL is WAAAY more interesting and compelling than the soporific MLB.

    posted by Frank on 5-19-2010 at 12:18 pm

  11. I got them all but Cleveland, except that Cleveland doesn’t have an NHL Hockey team … substitute Pittsburgh and you have an accurate list

    posted by Scott G on 5-19-2010 at 12:33 pm

  12. I missed 2.

    Philadelphia I just flat-out missed. Denver popped into my mind literally as the clock went from :01 to :00. So I think that should count.

    posted by Colin Perkins on 5-19-2010 at 1:16 pm

  13. ScottG — the sports were basketball, football, and baseball — NOT hockey.
    -”BB”-

    posted by Bicycle Bill on 5-19-2010 at 2:23 pm

  14. Oakland is a total sleeper on that list.

    posted by Phil on 5-19-2010 at 4:23 pm

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