Triple Crown Trivia Questions

Baseball's Triple Crown is batting average, home runs, and RBIs—not stolen bases. Stolen bases have never been part of the traditional stat line.

They are always run in that sequence: Kentucky Derby first, then Preakness, then Belmont. This order is fixed by tradition and schedule.

Secretariat's combined winning margin across the 1973 Triple Crown races was 36 lengths (Derby: 2.5, Preakness: 2.5, Belmont: 31), not 31.

In American horse racing, the Triple Crown is awarded to a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes in a single year. It is the most recognized Triple Crown across all sports.

The 'Triple Crown of Acting' is winning competitive Oscars, Emmys, and Tonys. Grammys are not included, unlike the EGOT. Only 24 people have achieved it.

Only 5 tennis players have achieved the calendar-year singles Grand Slam, while 13 horses have won the Triple Crown since 1919, most recently Justify in 2018.

The first recorded use of 'Triple Crown' was in 1853 for English racing's 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Derby, and St. Leger. The US adopted the term decades later.

In the 1930s: Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937) – 3 winners. In the 2010s: American Pharoah (2015), Justify (2018) – 2 winners. So the 1930s had more.