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Top sports fans will know the answers to this quiz
By Chris Richcreek

1. Which pitcher has won the most World Series games?

2. When was the last time the Giants won a World Series?

3. Name the two wide receivers taken before Jerry Rice (No. 16 overall by San Francisco) in the first round of the NFLDraft in 1985.

4. What school has appeared in the men's basketball NCAA Tournament the most years?

5. How many times have the Buffalo Sabres lost in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals?

6. In soccer coach Luiz Felipe Scolari's World Cup record run of 12 consecutive victories, how many came with Brazil, and how many with Portugal?

7. When Evander Holyfield won the heavyweight boxing championship in October of 1990, how long did he go before being dethroned?

Answers:

1. Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees, with 10 victories.

2. In 1954, the New York Giants swept the Cleveland Indians in four games. Since then, the Giants moved to San Francisco and were on the losing end of three World Series (1962, 1989, 2002).

3. Al Toon was chosen 10th overall by the New York Jets, and Eddie Brown was the No. 13 pick by Cincinnati.

4. The University of Kentucky, with 47.

5. Twice - in 1975 to Philadelphia and 1999 to Dallas.

6. Seven with Brazil and five with Portugal.

7. Two years, then he lost to Riddick Bowe in November of 1992.
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