Can you name the Baseball Trivia - 3 Strikes You are Out? by Troublemaker

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You must answer 10 straight questions correct to win the game. If you answer 3 questions incorrectly, the game will be over. Type 'Play Ball' to Begin
You made it by the skin of your teeth! Mention Ted Williams in your comments so we know you made it.
MAKE OR BREAK TIME!! Who was the first player to win the Triple Crown? (Paul) Hines, (Tris) Speaker, (Honus) Wagner, (Cap) Anson
#9 Which pitcher is credited with iventing the 'slider'? (Dizzy) Dean, (Walter) Johnson, (Cy) Young, (George) Blaeholder
#8 Who is the only player in history to lead the league in triples, homeruns, & rbi in same season? (Mel) Ott, (Mike) Schmidt, (Jim) Rice, (Carl) Yastrzemski
#7 What was the last name of the person who interfered with the foul ball, arguably causing the Cubs to miss the World Series Simpson, Bachman, Buckner, Bartman
#6 Who was the youngest player to participate in the All Star game? (Steve) Avery, (Doc) Gooden, (Kerry) Wood, (Prince) Fielder
#5 Who was the oldest player to participate in the All Star Game? (Satchel) Paige, (Rickey) Henderson, (Dave) Winfield, (Eddie) Murray
#4 Who was the only pitcher to throw a no hitter on opening day? (Jack) McDowell, (Tom) Seaver, (Bob) Feller, (Wilson) Alvarez
#3 Which team holds the record with 10 homeruns in a game? Rockies, Indians, Blue Jays, Royals
#2 The 1899 Cleveland Spiders hold the record for worst record in a season, how many losses did they have (154 games)? 127, 131, 133, 134
#1 Whose record did Ichiro break for most hits in a season? (Pete) Rose, (Tony) Gwynn, (Ralph) Kiner, (George) Sisler
You made it! Mention Willie Mays in the comments so we know you made it
Last One!!! What year did the Yankees win their first World Series? 1915, 1918, 1923, 1925
#9 Who was the 1st DH to win a Silver Slugger Award? (Reggie) Jackson, (Al) Oliver, (Hal) McRae, (Don) Baylor
#8 Which player won the 1st ever World Series MVP? (Don) Larsen, (Johnny) Podres, (Lew) Burdette, (Bob) Turley
#7 What current team did the Washington Senators become when they moved in 1972? Orioles, Rangers, Twins, Nationals
#6 Which of the following players NEVER won the Triple Crown? Mantle, Gehrig, Musial, Cobb
#5 Which was the first NL Team to win the World Series? Giants, Cubs, Reds, Senators
#4 Who won the NL Manager of the Year Award in 2009? Piniella, LaRussa, Cox, Tracy
#3 Which Pitcher won the NL Cy Young Award in 2009? Lee, Carpenter, Wainwright, Lincecum
#2 Who was named the World Series MVP for 2009? Matsui, Jeter, Rodriguez, Sabathia
#1 How many teams are currently in MLB? 28, 30, 32, 34
You Aced It!!! You are a baseball GOD. Mention Babe Ruth in the comment section so we know you nailed them all
Last One!! How many gold gloves has Ken Griffey Jr won? 8, 9, 10, 11
#9 Which of the following players has NOT won 3 Silver Slugger Awards at 1st base? (Jason) Giambi, (Mark) Teixeira, (Cecil) Cooper, (Carlos) Delgado
#8 Who led the majors in stolen bases in 2009? Crawford, Ellsbury, Bourn, Figgins
#7 How many homeruns did Ryan Howard hit in 2009? 42, 43, 44, 45
#6 Which of the following players has NOT been the AL MVP? (Zoilo) Versalles, (Elston) Howard, (Boog) Powell, (Wade) Boggs
#5 Who managed the 1987 World Series winning Twins? (Billy) Gardner, (Ray) Miller, (Tom) Kelly
#4 Which team once held their spring training in the Dominican Republic? Dodgers, Astros, Marlins, Mets
#3 Which team has NOT lost to the Red Sox in a World Series, since they have changed their name to the Red Sox? Pirates, Robins, Phillies, Cardinals
#2 Which of these players has NOT won a Cy Young Award? (Early) Wynn, (Orel) Hershiser, (Nolan) Ryan, (Doug) Drabek
#1 What division do the St Louis Cardinals play in? NL West, AL West, NL Central, AL Central

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Baseball Trivia - 3 Strikes You are Out Quiz

by Troublemaker

Created Mar 20, 2010 in Sports
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	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 21:26 GMT	30 points
	New style I'm working on, this is a quick prototype. Let me know if you like the "Three Strikes" style. Also, I'm working on a score tracking quiz, that will add & subtract for right/wrong answers and will give you an actual score for your quiz. Please leave feedback

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 21:46 GMT	16 points
	also, every question after a wrong answer is different, so if you missed one or two, you can go back and take it again and see different questions after you missed the one on your first time through

	DJC_83:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:00 GMT	8 points
	Interesting quiz. I like the three strikes style, but having the count reset after each strike is a little annoying. A quibble: the Pirates did lose to Boston in 1903. Is the answer to that question the Pirates because Boston wasn't officially named the Red Sox yet?

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:04 GMT	2 points
	Yes, they were the Boston Americans. It is a very tough quiz. So you'd prefer just ten straight questions and you get three strikes? I can do that too. I'm trying to find alternatives to the answer in order quizzes, and alternatives to getting one wrong answer and the game is over type quizzes at the same time. The reasoning of starting over is to make it similar to the answer in order/hide the next clue quiz, without having to go back and answer THE SAME questions each darn time you take the quiz. That is way more annoying than this, I think everyone will agree. lol

	ac65:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:08 GMT	3 points
	a little more specificity on which team the Washington Senators became, or dont list the Twins and the Rangers. Washington actually became both of those teams, so need to be more specific

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	DJC_83:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:11 GMT	8 points
	Babe Ruth. You might consider having the final answer be the only non-hidden one. That way the quiz will actually end rather than the user having to either wait the clock out or give up.

	DJC_83:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:12 GMT	5 points
	The Washington AL team from 1901-60 which moved to Minnesota was variously called the Senators and the Nationals. Nicknames, especially in the 1800s and the early 1900s, weren't official like they are today.

	ac65:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:13 GMT	7 points
	i believe they played as teh Senators from 1901-1904, the Nationals from 1905-1955, then reverted to the Senators name from 1956 till they moved in 1960. You could simply say what team did the Senators become when they moved from wash in 1972. There is too much confusion over Senators/NAtionals name

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:15 GMT	4 points
	There are three final answers, and I wanted 1) to distinguish between the people who finished with 0 strikes (Babe Ruth), 1 strike (another player), and 2 strikes (another player). Also, I cannot have the game end on the third strike if I have the correct answer as the only unhidden answer ya know? I hear what you are saying and I agree, but there's no real way to do it. If i leave the three strikes you are out up and let the time run down, well people can just keep guessing until they hit the right answer and keep going. Make sense? So you kinda need to have the wrong answer end the game, not the right one. Agreed that there should be a way around that though

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:16 GMT	3 points
	ac65 & DJC83, good point, will specify

	ac65:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:18 GMT	4 points
	i think all of the 1b have won a silver slugger at least 3 times. I know Cooper, McGWire and Delgado have, and when i put teixeira i missed it anyway

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:18 GMT	5 points
	ac65, fixed. what do you think of the style of the quiz as opposed to the content?

	Vladman1327:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:18 GMT	4 points
	You spelled "Whose" wrong in the Ichiro question.

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:19 GMT	5 points
	McGwire has not. Other three have. will double check that. Mac did it twice though I'm pretty sure

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:20 GMT	5 points
	fixed Vladman, thanks. Other feedback?

	rk559:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:20 GMT	5 points
	Kerry Wood is spelled wrong. Interesting quiz though.

	ac65:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:22 GMT	5 points
	on further review, all the 1b listed have won 3 Silver Sluggers. Cooper, Delgado and Teix have won 3 AL silver sluggers and McGwire won 2 in the AL and one in the NL. need to fix

	ac65:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:23 GMT	6 points
	by the way, LOVE THE QUIZ........... :)

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:25 GMT	5 points
	D'oh, sorry ac65, will fix, musta just checked the NL list. Thanks for the compliment, I did this on the fly as a prototype, so I apologize for content/spelling mistakes.

	DJC_83:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:26 GMT	4 points
	To avoid resetting the count after each strike, you could have a strike on Question #x lead to a different series of questions beginning at Question #x+1. If the user gets another strike on a question in this series, then you'd branch off into another series of questions. A strike in this final series would end the game. However, I think this would be impossible to do, since you'd need 1 Question #1, 2 Questions #2, 4 Questions #3, 8 Questions #4, etc., for a total of 1023 questions, way more than the 200 maximum. I may be wrong on this, though.

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:30 GMT	5 points
	changed McGwire to Giambi. Yes DJC, it is not impossible, I was actually going to do that and for a 10 question quiz, it takes 173 questions, so it is possible. Did this first to get feedback before I spend an entire night thinking of 173 baseball questions without using the same player/team as answers for 2 or more of them. lol

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:32 GMT	5 points
	you wouldn't need 4 question 3's because there is only 3 strikes ya know?

	Vladman1327:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:37 GMT	4 points
	Babe Ruth. Also, it took me forever to do this. :( Good quiz, though.

	DJC_83:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:38 GMT	4 points
	What I mean is that the correct answers to the 3 different Questions #10 all lead to a single unhidden clue (no ee in Column 3). Of course, then you can't have individual results for each number of strikes. But in the current setup, eventually all anyone would have to do is list Babe Ruth in the comments to pretend they got all 10 with no strikes. If you're really interested to know how many strikes users get, in the response users get after the 10th question with no strikes, you could say type Babe Ruth and then click "Give up." Use a different player for the other two final answers. If you make each of the three players non-hidden answers, they'll be recorded in the stats for the quiz which users can see when they click "See the most missed." Does this make sense?

	Obama:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:42 GMT	3 points
	who cares if they weren't called the red sox then? it's the same franchise. also, the twins were known as the senators in their first two years and then the nats for awhile and then the senators for the last couple years before they moved to minnesota. then the next year a new franchise in washington became the senators until the moved to texas.

	drza:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:45 GMT	5 points
	ted williams managed the Senators,why would I mention that though?

	bojanthebest:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 22:57 GMT	3 points
	babe ruth, so i aced it huh.

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:03 GMT	4 points
	DJC83, I kinda follow, but the game still won't end on strike three. You can't have two unhidden answers and have the game end.

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:04 GMT	8 points
	Obama, that was more confusing than you 2800 page health care bill. The question now specifies in 1972, so should be clear

	DJC_83:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:23 GMT	3 points
	I worked out the scenario I described above (which avoids resetting the count), and it actually requires a lot fewer than 1023 questions. (So I was wrong.) You need 1 Question #1, 2 Questions #2 (1 for users with 0 strikes, 1 for users with 1 strike), and 3 Questions each for #3-#10 (1 each for 0-strike, 1-strike, and 2-strike users). That's a total of 27 questions, which is quite doable, although a little complicated to design.

	SportsGuy21:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:24 GMT	2 points
	Babe Ruth.

	Iconoclast:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:25 GMT	3 points
	Ted Williams

	SportsGuy21:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:26 GMT	4 points
	as for feedback, I love the idea. it takes thought and eliminates the random guessers. I just wish Sporcle would let you set it up so it could tell us what % of people get it and at what kind of success.

	DJC_83:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:28 GMT	3 points
	You're right, the game won't end automatically if the user answers only 1 of multiple unhidden answers, but when they click "Give up," their stats will be recorded. So you can see what % of users struck out, what % got all 10 with 0 strikes, with 1 strike, and with 2 strikes. So you'd need the one unhidden answer for three strikes, which you've already got, plus three unhidden ones for 0-strike, 1-strike, and 2-strike winners.

	DJC_83:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:31 GMT	3 points
	Hmm, on second thought, doing it the way I described would permit users to guess a second time for a question they struck out on. So forget about what I said.

	DJC_83:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:43 GMT	3 points
	On question 8 in the 1-strike sequence, Don Larsen doesn't result in a strike.

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:49 GMT	3 points
	DJC, yes that's the problem, to keep people who lose from just keepin on guessin. Also, no it does take 173 questions to do it correctly, trust me I have the map of questions written right next to me.

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:54 GMT	4 points
	SportsGuy21, hey buddy, thanks for the feedback. The purpose of this quiz is to test the limits of Sporcle, because they are interested in making this type of game easier to make and track stats for, which is why I'm asking for your feedback on what you would like to see, before telling them what they need to do to set a new program, only to find out it's got more problems or didn't do "this" that people wanted or "that" etc. So please keep the feedback coming. These quizzes are fun and people actually love taking them, but they can't really be published on main page because of aforementioned problems, and that they are very "sloppy", having to bonus answer everything, type "Whatever" to begin, etc. So they are working on it.

	Troublemaker:	Mar 20th, 2010 at 23:56 GMT	3 points
	DJC, yes i spelled it Larson for some stupid reason, fixed. told ya I did this in literally less than an hour today. Sorry for typos