Red Sox trivia -- questions
1. Fenway Green
2. He keeps a coin in his back pocket that says ‘‘Good Luck’’ on it.
3. Pert Plus. It’s standard in the locker room.
4. Trot Nixon, Jason Varitek, Kevin Millar, Jonathan Papelbon
5. Four: Sect. 6, Box 92, Row B; Sect. 14, Row 15; Sect. 28, Row 3; Sect. 33, Row 15.
6. Fans eat 16,000 Fenway Franks and another 2,000 foot-long dogs per game.
7a. 37 feet
7b. About 6-foot-2, in costume
8. Spring training. (Really.)
9. No. But beware: Boston police warn that scalped tickets may be counterfeit. Also, it is illegal to resell tickets for more than face value.
10.
- Edgar Renteria — A purplish-blue Bentley
- Curt Schilling — H1 Hummer
- David Ortiz — Red Mercedes SL65
- Keith Foulke — White Ford GT with blue racing stripes
- Bronson Arroyo — Maroon Mercedes CLK500
- Trot Nixon — Red Mini Cooper
- Tony Graffanino — Silver Infiniti
- Doug Mirabelli — 1968 Corvette convertible
- Bill Mueller — Silver Land Rover
- Manny Ramírez — Silver Mercedes CL600
12. Kentucky bluegrass
13a. Two
13b. Knee and ankle problems from falling on stairs
14a. The player is awarded an automatic double
14b. Apparently not
15. Johnny Damon
16. Blue ‘‘Mountain Blast’’
17. Third base
18a. 11
18b. Two — one in the left field wall and one in the broadcast booth.
19. C — 53,000
20.
- Mike Myers — ‘‘Halloween’’ movie theme
- Jason Varitek —‘‘Kryptonite’’ by 3 Doors Down
- Mike Timlin — ‘‘Black Betty’’ by Ram Jam
- Doug Mirabelli — ‘‘Live like you were dying’’ by Tim McGraw
- Bill Mueller — ‘‘Tom Sawyer’’ by Rush
- Kevin Millar — ‘‘What’s My Name?’’ by DMX
- Keith Foulke — ‘‘A Country Boy Can Survive’’ by Hank Williams, Jr.
- Gabe Kapler — ‘‘St. Anger’’ by Metallica
22. 150 to 175
23. 210 on average
24. A camouflage-pattern T-shirt, in honor of armed services members
25. David Wells. He has one of his family across his back
26. The number cards for runs scored go as high as 20
27.
- Curt Schilling — ALS research
- Mike Timlin — ALS research
- Jason Varitek — Children’s Hospital
- Tim Wakefield — Franciscan Hospital for Children, the Jimmy Fund
- Johnny Damon — Muscular Dystrophy Association
- John Olerud — The Jordan Fund (helps special needs children)
29. Manny Delcarmen is from West Roxbury
30. Kevin Millar, Jason Varitek, Johnny Damon, Tim Wakefield and Doug Mirabelli
31. Nope — he roots for New York
32. It was built in 1940
33. Shonda Schilling, Dawn Timlin and Stacey Lucchino
34. Eight
35. The electricity costs about $500
36. Barbecue, salsa, cool ranch, and plain
37. The Capital Grille
38. Carl Yastrzemski, Johnny Pesky
39a. 1931
39b. Johnny Lazor, an outfielder who wore No. 82 in 1943, as a rookie.
40. Tim Bausher, a right-handed pitcher, was in uniform on April 29 for one game. He didn’t play.
41. Tattoo of his mom on his right shoulder
42. TAY and JRY, the initials of former owners Thomas and Jean Yawkey
43. All six New England states plus New York, California, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
44. Bazooka
45. Kevin Millar and Johnny Damon
46. About one-quarter mile long
47. ‘‘Covering the Bases’’
48. Kevin Millar, Johnny Damon, and Alex Cora each had 12-pitch at bats
49. Curt Schilling (Anchorage)
50. All of them
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