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

1. Name the three pitchers since Lew Burdette in 1957 to win at least three games in a World Series.

2. Boston's Ted Williams twice won a Triple Crown without winning the American League MVP award in the same season. Name the two players who beat him out for the award.

3. Who was the first receiver in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history to have back-to-back 1,000- yard seasons?

4. When was the last time before 2006 and 2007 that the Atlantic Coast Conference did not have a team in the men's basketball Final Four for two consecutive seasons?

5. Which two NHL teams, entering the 2007-08 season, held the longest current streak for not making the NHL playoffs?

6. Which Olympics was the film"Chariots of Fire" based on?

7. When golfer Zach Johnson won the 2007 Masters, three players tied for second, two shots off the pace. Name at least two of them.

Answers: 1. Bob Gibson in 1967, Mickey Lolich in 1968 and Randy Johnson in 2001.

2. Joe Gordon in 1942 and Joe DiMaggio in 1947.

3. Keyshawn Johnson in 2001-02.

4. It was 1979 and 1980.

5. The Florida Panthers and the Columbus Blue Jackets (six seasons each).

6. The 1924 Summer Olympics.

7. Retief Goosen, Rory Sabbatini and Tiger Woods.

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