Top sports fans will know the answers to this quiz

2006-06-01 / Sports

By Chris Richcreek

1. What team holds the majorleague team record for most consecutive losing seasons?

2. Who was the Reds manager when Cincinnati last won its division?

3. When was the last time before the 2005 season that the University of Texas won a national title in college football?

4. In Dallas Mavericks franchise history, only two players have scored 2,000 or more points in a season. Name them.

5. Jaromir Jagr set the New York Rangers record for points in a season. Who had held the mark?

6. Name the first full-time active NASCAR driver to win the Rolex 24 race at Daytona.

7. Name the tennis player who won the U.S. Open women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles for three consecutive years (1938-40).

Answers: 1. The Philadelphia Phillies had 16 consecutive losing seasons (1933-48).

2. Davey Johnson was the skipper when the Reds won the N.L. Central Division in 1995.

3. It was the 1970 season (Texas was the UPI champion; Nebraska was the AP champion).

4. Mark Aguirre (three times) and Dirk Nowitzki (three times).

5. Jean Ratelle had 109 points in 1971-72. Jagr totaled 122 points in 2005-06.

6. Casey Mears in 2006. 7. Alice Marble.

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