Top sports fans will know the answers to this quiz

2006-11-02 / Sports

By Chris Richcreek

1. Between 1999-2003, three Boston Red Sox players combined to win four American League batting-average titles. Name them.

2. Who was the first New York Yankee to lead the American League in batting average for a season?

3. Name the winner of college football's first Rose Bowl in 1902.

4. True or false: Shaquille O'Neal has compiled more seasons of averaging 20 points and 10 rebounds than Wilt Chamberlain did during his NBA career.

5. When was the last time the same city held championships in the NHL's Stanley Cup and the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup at the same time?

6. At what Olympics was Jim Thorpe declared the "greatest athlete in the world."

7. Golfer Jay Haas set a record in 2006 for most career PGA Tour cuts made. Whose record of 590 did he break?

Answers:

1. Nomar Garciaparra (1999, 2000), Manny Ramirez (2002) and Bill Mueller (2003).

2. Babe Ruth hit .378 in 1924 to lead the American League.

3. Michigan beat Stanford, 49- 0.

4. True: He's had 13 such seasons; Chamberlain had 12.

5. Edmonton in 1987.

6. He was proclaimed such by Sweden's King Gustav at the 1912 Olympics at Stockholm.

7. Tom Kite had held the mark.

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