Yikes!

Take a break from the serious business of winning and losing, and see how you score on 2005 Red Sox trivia.

1. What specific color is the Green Monster?

2. What is Manny Ramírez’s good luck charm?

3. What shampoo does Johnny Damon use (at least at Fenway Park)?

4. Which players cut their own hair?

5. How many rows in Fenway have just one seat?

6. True or false: The Fenway crowd consumes about 10,000 hot dogs per game.

7a. How tall is the Green Monster?

7b. How tall is Wally the Green Monster?

8. When was the last time Trot Nixon donned a new baseball cap?

9. True or False: It is illegal to buy tickets from a scalper.

10. Match the car to the player who drives it:

Edgar Renteria	Silver Mercedes CL600
Curt Schilling	1968 Corvette convertible
David Ortiz	Red Mini Cooper
Keith Foulke	H1 Hummer
Bronson Arroyo	Maroon Mercedes CLK500
Trot Nixon	A purplish-blue Bentley
Tony Graffinino	Silver Infiniti
Doug Mirabelli	White Ford GT with blue racing stripes
Bill Mueller	Silver Land Rover
Manny Ramírez	Red Mercedes SL65

11. Which players usually walk to work?

12. What type of grass is planted at Fenway?

13a. Average number of spectators brought by ambulance to the hospital per game?

13b. Most typical spectator injury?

14a. According to the official rules, what happens if a batted ball gets stuck in the left field scoreboard?

14b. Has it ever happened?

15. Which player has the most broken bats this year (unofficially)?

16. What flavor of Powerade do the players drink in the dugout?

17. What base on Fenway’s diamond is farthest north?

18a. The average number of NESN TV cameras used in a home game broadcast is?

18b. How many of those cameras are unmanned?

19. How many miles did the team fly this year?

• a. 95,000
• b. 114,000
• c. 53,000
• d. 60,000

20. Match the player to the song played when he’s at bat or enters the game:

Mike Myers	‘‘Black Betty’’ by Ram Jam
Jason Varitek	‘‘Tom Sawyer’’ by Rush
Mike Timlin	‘‘A Country Boy Can Survive’’ by Hank Williams, Jr.
Doug Mirabelli	‘‘Live like you were dying’’ by Tim McGraw
Bill Mueller	‘‘Kryptonite’’ by 3 Doors Down
Kevin Millar	‘‘What’s My Name?’’ by DMX
Keith Foulke	‘‘Halloween’’ movie theme
Gabe Kapler	‘‘St. Anger’’ by Metallica

21. Ted Williams hit the longest home run in Fenway history. Who hit the second-longest home run?

22. How many balls are used during a typical batting practice?

23. Typical number of parking tickets issued around Fenway Park on game days?

24. What does Mike Timlin wear under his uniform?

25. The biggest tattoo on the team belongs to?

26. What’s the highest number of runs scored in an inning that can be posted on the manual left field scoreboard?

27. Match the player with the cause:

Curt Schilling	ALS research
Mike Timlin	Muscular Dystrophy Association
Jason Varitek	Children’s Hospital Boston
Tim Wakefield	The Jordan Fund (helps special needs children)
Johnny Damon	ALS research
John Olerud	Franciscan Hospital for Children, the Jimmy Fund

28. Who are the youngest and oldest current Red Sox players?

29. Who is the only Red Sox player with hometown ties?

30. Which five Red Sox players appeared this year on ‘‘Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’’?

31. True or false: Jimmy Fallon, the star of ‘‘Fever Pitch,’’ is a Red Sox fan.

32. How old is the Citgo sign?

33. Name the wives of three Red Sox players or officials who ran this year’s Boston Marathon?

34. Approximately how many rows are behind the centerfield Jumbotron?

35. How much does it cost per game to run Fenway’s lights?

36. What four flavors of sunflower seeds are available to players in the dugout?

37. Name Curt Schilling’s favorite place in Boston other than Fenway?

38. What two former Red Sox players still have mail slots in the locker room?

39a. What year did the Red Sox begin wearing uniform numbers?

39b. What’s the highest jersey number the Red Sox have ever given out?

40. Which player had the shortest stint with the Sox this year?

41. What is David Ortiz’s good luck charm?

42. What message appears in Morse code on the left-field scoreboard?

43. What states did the World Series Championship trophy travel to this winter?

44. What is the official team gum?

45. Which current players have twins?

46. How long is the red-clay track (including the warning track) that surrounds the field?

47. What is the name of Bronson Arroyo’s new album?

48. Which players had the longest at bat (i.e. saw the most pitches) this year?

49. Which player was born in Alaska?

50. Which of the following designs have been mowed into the Fenway grass?

• a. American flag
• b. Stars
• c. Jack-o’-lanterns
• d. The name ‘‘Bruce’’
• e. The number nine