Top sports fans will know the answers to this quiz

2006-05-04 / Sports

By Chris Richcreek

1. In 2005, New York Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson allowed the most home runs in a season for his career (32). What had been his previous high?

2. How many 20-win seasons did Bob Gibson have for the St. Louis Cardinals?

3. How many times has the Tennessee Volunteers football team lost to Kentucky, South Carolina and Vanderbilt combined since Phil Fulmer became the head coach before the 1993 season?

4. Name the last team to lead the NBA in scoring during the regular season and go on to win the NBA title.

5. Who did Denver beat in the final of the 2005 Division I Frozen Four men's hockey championships?

6. Name the last two U.S. men's figure skaters to win gold medals.

7. When golfer Tiger Woods won the Dubai Desert Classic in February, how may career victories did it give him in events that count toward the European PGA Tour schedule?

Answers:

1. He gave up 30 homers in 1999 while pitching for Arizona.

2. Five - 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 and 1970.

3. The Volunteers lost to both South Carolina and Vanderbilt in 2005 for the first time under Fulmer. They have not lost to Kentucky in his tenure as head coach.

4. The Chicago Bulls averaged 103.1 points per game to lead the NBA in the 1996-97 season.

5. North Dakota lost 4-1 to Denver.

6. Scott Hamilton in 1984 and Brian Boitano in 1988.

7. He had 25 wins.

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