2010-07-22 / Sports

Top sports fans will know the answers to this quiz

By CHRIS RICHCREEK

1. Which did legendary Dodgers manager Walter Alston win more of in his 23-year career: N.L. pennants or All-Star Games?

2. Name the two players who hold the N.L. mark for most home runs by a third baseman for a season.

3. Between 2000 and 2009, how many times did Boise State’s football team win at least 10 games in a season?

4. In what year did David Stern become commissioner of the NBA, and who was his predecessor?

5. Who held the Vancouver Canucks record for most points in a season before Henrik Sedin broke it with 112 points in the 2009-10 season?

6. When was the last time before 2010 (Amy Williams in the skelton) that Great Britain won an individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics?

7. Entering 2010, who was the only golfer to beat Tiger Woods in a PGA Tour playoff?

Answers:

1. He won seven of each.

2. Mike Schmidt hit 48 for Philadelphia in 1980; Adrian Beltre did the same for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2004.

3. Eight times in the 10-year period.

4. He replaced Larry O’Brien in 1984.

5. Pavel Bure had 110 points in 1992-93.

6. Figure skater Robin Cousins in 1980.

7. Billy Mayfair, at the Nissan Open in 1998.

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