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

1. Four pitchers in baseball history have recorded 400 or more saves for their career entering 2007. Name three.

2. Name the last Rookie of the Year to be a member of a pennant winning major-league team before Detroit's Justin Verlander in 2007.

3. The Navy football team set a school record in 2006 for consecutive bowl appearances. How many seasons in a row have the Midshipmen gone to a bowl?

4. In 2006, Denver's Reggie Evans became the fourth NBA player to have at least 20 rebounds in a game without scoring. Name two of the three other players to do it.

5. Name the three players to tally 50 or more goals in each of their first two full NHL seasons.

6. Who was the first back-toback winner of the Daytona 500?

7. Between 1988 and 1994, either SteffiGraf (four times) or Monica Seles (three times) won the women's singles title at the Australian Open. Who ended their run in 1995?

Answers:

1. Trevor Hoffman (482), Lee Smith (478), John Franco (424) and Mariano Rivera (413).

2. Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees in 1996.

3. Four consecutive seasons.

4. Dennis Rodman, Clyde Lee and Happy Hairston.

5. Mike Bossy, Wayne Gretzky and Joe Nieuwendyk.

6. Richard Petty in 1973 and 1974.

7. Mary Pierce beat Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in straight sets.

Reader Comments

No comments have been posted. Be the first!

Other Stories With Comments:
Article	Comments
The Office Cat	1
Family escapes death in semi hit-and-run	1
Feed a family of four for $10 a week	1