Norman Macht’s Icebreaker Quiz: Vice Presidents, Homonyms and Nursery Rhymes
by Norman Macht
Presented at Sventh Annual Winter Meeting on Jan. 12, 2013
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| Vice Presidents |
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| 1. | Murders made them presidents and a Hall of Fame pitcher |
Andrew Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnnson and Walter Johnson |
| 2. | A vice president from Texas and an Astros manager |
John and Phil Garner |
| 3. | The first vice president and the winning pitcher of three games for Pittsburgh in the 1909 World Series | John and Babe Adams |
| 4. | A resignation made him president and a Hall of Fame pitcher |
Gerald and Whitey Ford |
| 5. | The vice president who becamepresident and resigned and a manger of the Reds and Braves who finished 6th in each of the four years he managed |
Richard and Russ Nixon |
| 6. | Woodrow Wilson’s vice president and a record-holding relief pitcher |
Thomas and Mike Marshall |
| 7. | A vice president who was elected president and the manager of the 1927 pennant-winning Pirates |
George and Donie Bush |
| 8. | Lincoln’s first vice president and a 20-game winner for the 1939 Dodgers |
Hannibal and Luke Hamlin |
| 9. | Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second vice president and a Hall of Fame shortstop |
Henry and Bobby Wallace |
| Homonyms: players whose names sound alike but are spelled differently | ||
| 10. | A schoolboy and a preacher |
Rowe and Roe |
| 11. |
A Hall of Fame first baseman and a Hall of Fame second baseman |
Foxx and Fox |
| 12. | A Hall of Fame outfielder and Hall of Fame first baseman |
Joe Kelley and George Kelly |
| 13. | A Montreal pitcher for 13 years and a manager in Milwaukee, Montreal and California |
Steve Rogers and Buck Rodgers |
| 14. | This Braves reliever struck out Pete Rose for the final out in the game that broke Rose’s NL record 44 game hitting streak | Gene Garber |
| 15. | He was traded by the Phillies for Steve Carlton in 1972 and a 22-game winner for the 1945 pennant-winning Cubs |
Rick Wise and Hank Wyse |
| Nursery Rhymes: Name the player who appears in the nursery rhyme. Example: Hickory dickory — Dock Ellis or Doc Gooden (but the rest will use last names) | ||
| 16. | Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden _______? | Heinie Groh |
| 17. | Mary had a little ________, its fleece was ________ as _______. |
Mike Lamb of Astros and Rangers, or Ray Lamb of Dodgers and Indians; Roy White of the Yankees; JT Snow of the Giants |
| 18. | Little Jack ________ |
Bob Horner of the Braves |
| 19. | Little Miss ________ |
Billy Muffett of Cardinals, Giants and Red Sox |
| 20. | Jack and Jill ran up the ________ |
Bill Hill, Carmen Hill or Marc Hill |
| 21. | Baa, baa ________ | Joe Black or Don Black |
| 22. | London __________ | Rocky Bridges or Tommy Bridges |