1. Before the Chicago White Sox in 2005, name the last team to win the World Series without beating the New York Yankees at some point in the playoffs.

2. Entering this season, how many times had the Detroit Tigers franchise won 100-plus games in a season?

3. How many times has a Division I college football player rushed for five touchdowns in a bowl game?

4. Three NBA centers have recorded 10,000-plus points, 9,000-plus rebounds, 3,000-plus assists and 1,500-plus blocked shots in their career. Name them.

5. Name the lowest-seeded team to reach the NHL Stanley Cup Finals.

6. When was the last time before 1990 that the U.S. men's soccer team appeared in the World Cup?

7. Which decade had the most Triple Crown winners in horse racing?

Answers: 1. The Florida Marlins in 1997.

2. Five - 1915, 1934, 1961, 1968, 1984.

3. Five times - Neil Snow (Michigan, 1902), Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State, 1988), Sheldon Canley (San Jose State, 1990), Steven Jackson (Oregon State, 2003) and Reggie Campbell (Navy, 2005).

4. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon and Vlade Divac.

5. The Edmonton Oilers were the eighth-seeded team in the Western Conference when they reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006.

6. It was 1950.

7. The 1940s had four of the 11 Triple Crown winners - Whirlaway (1941), Count Fleet (1943), Assault (1946) and Citation (1948).