Test Your Knowledge!
In this month’s Topps RIPPED Trivia, we usher in September with some fall-related nuggets, return to school with a 1959 classic, give a nod to some clever bits of trivia from the 1987 Topps set, and more.
As always, avert your eyes from the answers (they’re at the bottom), and please reserve your searching until after the final scores are tallied.
Score:
0-3: Congratulations! You’re normal — these are meant to be hard!
4-6: You buy your penny sleeves by the million.
7-8: You are a former or current Topps employee.
9-10: You 100% looked at the answers.
Let’s get to it!
1. “Les Crados” is the French version of what popular ’80s line of cards?
2. This Twins shortstop with an alliterative first and last name was born in Fall River, MA.
3. The 1968 Topps Hot Rods Milton Bradley set featured this orange car described as a “1963 Plymouth super stock drag racing version” whose fuel is “pushed by dual Chrome Dome Dupree pump.”
4. This subset of the 2022-23 Topps Tier One Bundesliga set featured autographs from standout defenders.
5. Card #SSR-SMP in Allen & Ginter’s 2024 set featured a Best in Show winner with this often-pumpkin-paired name.
6. According to Walter Payton’s rookie card (1976 Topps), Payton led the Bears in rushing yards and touchdowns, and won this “crown.”
7. A 1959 Topps Wacky Plaks card says “Don’t Let School Work Get You Down,” and gives this advice underneath to help.
8. Ozzie Smith’s 1987 card notes that he has been recognized as one of the 10 best [BLANK] in America.
9. Which 1990 sticker set has two cards with the word “hell” on them?
10. Willie McGee’s 1987 Topps card features trivia not about himself, but about Joel Youngblood, who was the first player in history to collect hits for two clubs on the same day. Can you name one of those teams?
Answers:
1. Garbage Pail Kids
2. Greg Gagne
3. The Pumpkin
4. The Scarecrow subset
5. Spice
6. The NFL kickoff return crown (444 return yards on 14 tries for a 31.7 average)
7. “Flunk now and get it over with”
8. “Casually dressed men of America”
9. The Simpsons stickers: card #11 (“I’m Bart Simpson. Who the hell are you?”) and card #12 (“War is hell, man”)
10. The Mets and Expos
