This is basically something like Estragand's quiz, but involving Virginia, Maryland, and the DC Area. Some of these might be easy.


1. The original name of the now-defunct USAir Arena.

2. The previous owner of the Redskins from 1974-1997. Also had the stadium named after him until FedEx took over naming rights.

3. He threw a no-hitter against the Orioles in '01.

4. In 1990, the #1 ranked Virginia Cavaliers lost to this team, who would go on and split the NCAA Football National Championship with Colorado.

5. He hit his 500th homer as an Oriole on September 6, 1996.

6. This baseball analyst threw the first shutout in Camden Yards history in 1992.

7. This former Buffalo Bill attended Virginia Tech.

8. This well-known National Championship caliber team lost to Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl.

9. The full name of the Virginia Cavaliers football stadium.

10. This former Hokie was a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team.

11. This is the name of the Washington Wizards in their innagural season.

12. The Redskins traded this player for all-time great Sonny Jurgensen.

13. Glenn Davis was traded to the Orioles for these three players.

14. He sported an 18-7 record for the O's in their 1983 championship season.

15. Virginia Tech was last shutout by this team and in what year?


That's all I could come up for right now. I might do a part two on this one. Try to do this without looking up the answers, ya cheaters.

Jack Kent Cooke

I'm not 100% on this, but was it Nomo?

Georgia Tech

Eddie Murray

Jim Palmer?

Well, you got 4 out of 5 right, but Palmer is not the answer.

The Capital Centre

Rick Sutcliffe

Might be a big list, but I'm guessing you're shooting for Bruce Smith

A year might help, but I'm guessing you're shooting for Florida State

Scott Stadium?

Wording's confusing..but do you mean their former name of "Washington Bullets"?

Curt Schilling, Steve Finley and...Pete Harnisch? Only remember because a douchebag sportsguy in Denver called this a "terrible trade for the Astros..trading a proven superstar like Davis" HA!

Mike Boddicker?

That's correct. Cap Center is good too.

Also correct.

That is also right.

Not who I'm looking for. Should've been more specific though. This was the '95 Sugar Bowl against a well-known National Championship caliber team.

Almost got it, but the name is just a bit longer.

I guess I should've been more specific.. Here's a hint: The team began it's first season in a different city for one year under a different name.

Correct. Orioles and bad trades, seems like an ongoing theme even today.

Nope, but Boddicker was on the team in '83.

Scott McGreggor.

Yes Show, that is correct. Scott McGregor lead the team with his 18-7 record. Still a few more questions left to answer.

Texas?

Correct again. Tech beat Texas 28-10.

Geez, my quiz seems so inferior to Estragand's... Anyways, here's the remaining questions nobody has gotten so far:


9. The full name of the Virginia Cavaliers football stadium.

10. This former Hokie was a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team.

11. This is the name of the Washington Wizards in their innagural season.

12. The Redskins traded this player for all-time great Sonny Jurgensen.

15. Virginia Tech was last shutout by this team and in what year?

For some reason I was thinking Texas won this game.

The city was Chicago. The team name I have no clue.

Partial credit on that one.. Yes, Chicago was the city. Does anybody know the nickname for the team at the time?

Chicago Packers!

Was it Norm Snead? To Philly.

Yep, it was Norm Snead they traded... As for the other question, the Chicago Packers is not the answer.. Here's another hint: it's the name of an animal.

The Chicago Packers became the Zephyrs ...is that what you're looking for?

If so, "Zephyr" isn't an animal.

Chicago used to have the "Stags" in the 40's an 50's. But they went out of business and weren't the "team eventually known as the Bullets/Wizards"

Hey, you're right. They were the Chicago Packers in their first season. Don't know where I got the Zephyrs part from.

Only a couple questions left to answer:

9. The full name of the Virginia Cavaliers football stadium.

10. This former Hokie was a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team.

15. Virginia Tech was last shutout by this team and in what year?

Can we cheat yet? I'm sure I could find those first two. #15 sounds painfully tough!

Oh wait..guesses for #10-- Willie Anderson? Mitch Richmond?

Sure, cheat on #9 and #10 if you want, but I'm not giving away the last one.

Cheating is fun! Actually, I think it's pretty darn fun to search for these questions. Learned additional fun facts while searching. Kids, visit your local library this weekend and find out how to "Read More About It"!

Carl Smith Center, Home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium.

So let me get this straight--the AREA around the stadium is the "Carl Smith Center"?
-- The stadium itself is "Scott Stadium"?
-- The field in the stadium is "David A. Harrison II Field"?
Funny. But quite a few places do that. CSU recently added to Hughes Stadium's name by christening the field "Sonny Lubick Field". I believe they have "Jack Murphy Field" in Qualcomm Stadium. Even the Devil Rays' Spring Training joint has the field/stadium combo ("Al Lang Field at Progress Energy Park").

Vernell Coles

Cincinnati in September 1995. That's hardcore, man...I can't recall the last time the Broncos were shut out.

Oh yeah, speaking of the Donkies, I wanna' add a Virginia-related question!:

This former Virginia Cavalier QB literally tag-teamed with Tommy Maddox in the 1992 season

Yeah, I figured the VT shutout question would throw everybody off. Wouldn't have known that had I not attended the Hokies/Bearcats game a few weeks ago.

Well, I'm stumped about the tag-teaming w/Tommy Maddox.

Time for me to steal this idea... :D

Go for it Scrooge. Do a Florida quiz or something.. In fact, I think the others should do the same thing.

Shawn Moore.

Man, 92 was probably the worst QB experiment I've ever seen. Reeves should've never been hired by another NFL team after he actually tried to have Elway split time with Maddox.

Warning--- THREAD HI-JACK!

Actually, Reeves didn't try to split time between Elway and Maddox. Elway had been the starter until he was hurt around the 8th or 9th week, in a Sunday night game against the Giants. Maddox finished that game and the Broncos won. Elway went out with a shoulder injury.

Maddox was the starting QB the next week and got hammered (0-24 at Oakland). The next week, Maddox started again, and the Broncos lost to the previously winless Seahawks.

Since Maddox was so terrible, they had to bring in their #3 man, Shawn Moore (Moore had been on the practice squad for most of 91, but was in uniform the final month of 91). That's when they did the tag-team gig, in a game against the Cowboys. They literally swapped out, every play. The gig continued the next week, in another loss at Buffalo.

Elway returned for the final two games, as the Broncos went 1-1 to finish at 8-8. Elway was the starter again and no tag-team system was in place.

Moore disappeared from the NFL after the '92 season (a shame, since he seemed to have more poise than Maddox, at that point). Maddox was the backup QB for the '93 season,throwing all of ONE pass-- a TD to Dave Wyman on a fake fieldgoal attempt. Maddox was cut in August 1994 in favor of Hugh Millen. When Maddox was drafted, Elway was 32, which was considered ancient by some NFL "experts". There was an article in some national publication, circa 1991, lamenting the fact that Elway was now 30.

The Maddox draft pick was greeted with enthusiasm by most fans. In September 1992, Maddox even appeared in one of Elway's car commercials. Elway for 2 or 3 more years, then we get the new guy. Torch is passed, blah blah. Also important to note that Maddox came out after his sophomore season, at age 20. Had things worked out, he wouldn't have been the starter until 94 or even 95. Reeves was a Cowboys man--where Danny White sat for years until he took over for Roger Staubach.

Immediately following the '92 season, Reeves was canned. The consensus opinion is that Reeves' long feud with Elway was the cause. The two had a well-publicized feud, even making the cover of Sports Illustrated once. Reportedly, during the 91-92 season offseason, Reeves had tried to pursue a deal with Washington, sending Elway to the Redskins (I don't know if I believe this, though-- coming out of 91, the Redskins had All-Pro Superbowl MVP Mark Rypien as their starter. I doubt that they would have jumped off of the Rypien bandwagon for Elway). This story didn't surface until the mid-90's when all-time Bronco blow-jobber (and current NFL Network putz) Adam Schefter dropped it.

Owner Pat Bowlen was basically forced to side with either Elway or Reeves. Plus the fact that the Broncos were 12-4 and in the AFC title game in '91. '92 was supposed to be a Super Bowl year. Falling to 8-8 and out of the playoffs was unacceptable (something that always gets overlooked in the Elway injury/'92 debacle was that '91's top receiver, Michael Young, was injured for most of the season).

There was also some controversy over play-calling. Elway had his best year in '91 when he was given play-calling duties (well, his best year at that point in time). Reeves reigned him in for '92 and dictated the plays, fanning the fued even more.

Reeves was always considered too conservative. Run left, run right, desperation pass, was a typical offensive series. Elway's numbers were ordinary in Reeves' years. As soon as Reeves left, Elway's number skyrocketted.

Reeves was essentially the same as Giants head coach. He seemed to evolve when he went to Atlanta, however. Around November 1997, he seemed to finally ditch his old 1970's Dallas Cowboys playbook and the Falcons improved.

Moral of this Post: Starting a Broncos conversation with ES is like giving troops to the huns.

Yes, we need more quizzes.