Rick Barry’s Super Sports Trivia Game A Buzztime Trivia Series Book Rick Barry

ISBN: 0-7570-0134-3 Length: 288 Pages Size: 4 X 7-inch Format: Paperback Category: Games / Trivia / Sports Price: $7.95 US Availability: In Print Click below for: Synopsis • Contents Introduction • Reviews

Synopsis

Irascible, opinionated, and absolutely brilliant, Rick Barry was named one of the fifty greatest players to have ever competed in professional basketball. A natural on the court, Barry possessed the physical ability, quick mind, and God-given talent to play among the best. Now, Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry challenges all those who pride themselves on their knowledge of sports with his unique book of trivia.

Drawing information from the history, legends, and lore of basketball, baseball, football, boxing, hockey, auto racing, and more, Barry has created a series of quizzes that are guaranteed to provide hours of entertainment and fun. But unlike other trivia books that simply supply the answers to the questions, this book includes interesting information along with each answer--you’ll actually learn as you play!

Rick Barry’s knowledge of sports results in a trivia book with a spin that’s more challenging than a fastball. If you’re ready for a game that is interesting, educational, and always fun to play, Rick Barry’s Super Sports Trivia Game is the way to go.

Rick Barry gained national attention as a basketball player for the University of Miami when he became the 1965 NCAA Scoring Champion, averaging 37.4 points per game. A year after being drafted by the San Francisco Warriors, he was named NBA Rookie of the Year. In 1967, Barry was named the All-Star Game MVP, and in 1969, he led the Oakland Oaks to an ABA championship. Amazingly, by the time he retired, he was a twelve-time all-star; was the only player to lead the NCAA, ABA, and NBA in scoring; and had the second-best career free-throw percentage in NBA history, at 90 percent.

Today, Rick Barry hosts a popular San Francisco sports talk-radio show, writes a sports column for the San Francisco Examiner, and is a basketball coach consultant for professional players and teams. He is also actively involved in improving organized youth sports as an owner of the United States Basketball Academy.

Contents

Acknowledgments
How to Play the Games

Rick Barry, A Basketball Life

Introduction

Welcome, sports fans. Are you ready to put your knowledge of athletic facts and details to the test? My trivia book is guaranteed to offer the challenge, while providing endless hours of fun and enjoyment. The games in this book have been designed in a way that allows you, the reader, to play either alone or with others. In most trivia books, when looking up the answer to a question, the reader is able to see the answers to other questions at the same time. This book doesn’t allow that to happen, but you must first understand how to play the games. Ready?

The Basics
There are eighty games in this book, and each game has twelve questions. Every game is also numbered and has been given a title that reflects the basic category of its questions, such as “Memorable Performances,” “Remarkable Rookies,” “Lovable Losers,” and “Sports Brawls.” Throughout, you’ll also find a number of games titled “Grab Bag,” which include a potpourri of questions from various sports.

The Page Setup
Each page holds four frames that are situated from the top of the page to the bottom (as seen in the example on the next page). Each frame is divided in half. The left half contains a question. The right half contains the answer to the question from a previous page. (Seem a little confusing? Not to worry--it actually sounds more complicated than it really is.) Stay with me... Questions are always on the left side of each frame. Answers (to questions from previous pages) are always on the right side of each frame.

Playing the Game
The most important point to keep in mind is that the twelve questions for each game are not read from the top of the page to the bottom. Rather, they are found on the same frame level on succeeding pages. Let me help make this clearer with an example and some accompanying graphics.

Let’s start with Game #1, which begins in the top frame of page 1--a right-hand page. Here, you will find the name and number of the game you are about to play.

Game #1 begins in the top frame of page 1 (a right-hand page). Turn the page and look at the next right-hand page (page 3) for the game’s first question, which is located on the left side of the top frame. First question is on left side of top frame. The first question of Game #1 appears on the next right-hand page (page 3). It is found on the left side of the top frame.

So where’s the answer to this question? Turn the page again and continue to look at the top frame of the next right-hand page (page 5). The answer is located on the right side of the frame. On the left side of this frame, you’ll find the second question of Game #1.

The answer to the first question of Game #1 is on the following right-hand page--located on the right side of the top frame. The left side of the top frame has the Game’s next question.

And that’s how you continue--turning the page for each new question (Q), and finding its answer (A) on the following right-hand page. Individual games are always played on the same frame level.

Progression of Questions and Answers
So there you have it. Beginning with the top frame (and staying in that top frame), play the games, which flow from one right-hand page to the next until you have reached the last page. Then you simply make a U-turn and continue playing the games--still in the top frame--from the back of the book to the front. While going in this direction, the answers to the questions will be found on consecutive left-hand pages.

Once you’ve completed the games in the top frame from the front of the book to the back, and then from the back to the front again, you’ll find yourself back on page 1. Simply drop down one level to the next frame and begin playing the games found on this new level. Again, questions and answers will flow from one right-hand page to the next. Just be sure to stay on the same frame level.

There’s Help on Every Page...
To be absolutely sure there’s no confusion while playing the games, helpful instructions are provided on each and every page. I promise you, once you get the hang of it, you’re going to love it. So kick back and get ready to be entertained, amused, and enlightened by the challenging questions you’re about to face and their fascinating fact-filled answers.

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