1. True or false: Cy Young pitched in the first World Series in 1903.

2. Who was the last pitcher to win the National League Most Valuable Player award?

3. How many Southeastern Conference titles did Steve Spurrier win as head coach of the University of Florida football team?

4. Which NBA player held the record for most points in a single overtime before Denver’s Earl Boykins broke it in 2005 with 15 points?

5. Which player had a hat trick in a losing effort at the 2004 NHL All-Star Game?

6. When was the last time before Jack Roush’s drivers did it in 2005 that a NASCAR team owner had his drivers finish in the top three spots in a race?

7. In 1987 and 1988, Pat Cash lost the Australian Open men’s singles final each year in five sets to a different player. Name the winners.

Answers:

1. True — he was 2-1 in four World Series games for Boston as the Pilgrims beat Pittsburgh, 5 games to 3.

2. Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1968.

3. Six outright SEC titles.

4. Butch Carter had 14 points for Indiana versus Boston in 1984.

5. Colorado’s Joe Sakic.

6. At the 1997 Daytona 500, Rick Hendrick’s drivers (Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte, Ricky Craven) finished 1-2-3.

7. Stefan Edberg (1987) and Mats Wilander (1988).