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Hall of Fame Trivia Quiz

1. What inductee once walked from Butler to Forbes Field to fulfill a friendly wager on a missed baseball prediction?

2. What all-around Butler High School athlete was the first quarterback at the newly formed Air Force Academy in the 1950s?

3. What inductee was the first NFL player to be wired for sound on a nationally televised game?

4. What inductee held the Major League Baseball strikeout record until Sandy Koufax broke it in 1965?

5. What inductee won three major golf events on the PGA Tour?

6. What inductee gained national attention with his innovative "amoeba defense" in basketball at the University of Pittsburgh?

7. What inductee won a World Series game for the St. Louis Cardinals?

8. What inductee was the first recipient of the Nissen Award in gymnastics, an award similar to the Heisman Trophy in football?

9. What inductee was the first Butler girls basketball player to score over 1,000 points?

10. What inductee won the U.S. Women's Open golf championship in 1984?

11. Who was the first woman inducted into the Butler Area Sports Hall of Fame because of her excellence in judo?

12. What inductee was named Ring Magazine's Fighter of the Month in 1960?

13. What inductee went from a four-year career with the Kansas City Athletics to a business office position with the Pittsburgh Pirates?

14. What inductee set numerous school records as a quarterback at Notre Dame?

15. What inductee gained international fame on the World Wrestling Federation circuit?

Answers:1. Mike Surkalo, 2. Bill Klutinoty, 3. Bill Saul, 4. Rube Waddell, 5. Jim Simons, 6. Fran Webster, 7. John Stuper, 8. Jim Curzi, 9. Lisa Zatalone-Olson, 10. Janet Anderson, 11. Jordie Ritz-Hamilton, 12. Carmen Scialabba, 13. Milt Graff, 14. Terry Hanratty, 15. John Minton.

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