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Sports / Sports Quiz
Published 03/24/2010 - 6:51 p.m. CST

1. Three second basemen have compiled four consecutive 100-RBI seasons. Name two of them.
2. Who was the first Colorado-born player to be elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame?
3. Four NFL players have made 10 consecutive Pro Bowls, been named AP Defensive Player of the Year and won a Super Bowl. Name three of them.
4. Name the last University of Kansas freshman men's basketball player before Xavier Henry in 2009 to tally at least 30 points in a game.
5. Entering the 2009-10 NHL season, how many times has New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur recorded 10 or more shutouts in a season?
6. Before Jimmie Johnson won the Auto Club 500 race in California in 2010, how many consecutive times had a Roush Fenway driver captured the February event?
7. When was the last time American tennis players won both the men's and women's singles titles in the same year at the U.S. Open?

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Published 03/10/2010 - 12:46 a.m. CST

1. Name the Houston Astros pitcher who holds the mark for most victories in franchise history.
2. Who holds the major-league mark for most career steals of home?
3. Name the two NFL players to have at least 50 rushing touchdowns and 30 receiving touchdowns.
4. Who is the only U.S. men's basketball coach to win two Olympic gold medals?
5. How many times has the home team won the NHL's Winter Classic?
6. Name the last Major League Soccer expansion team before the Seattle Sounders (2009) to make the postseason.
7. Who were the last three horses to win the Triple Crown?

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Sports / Sports Quiz
Published 02/24/2010 - 12:32 a.m. CST

1. Four people managed both the Yankees and the Mets during their careers. Name three of them.
2. How many times did Boston Red Sox great Ted Williams have 100-plus walks in a season?
3. In 2008, Baltimore's Ed Reed became the second player in NFL history to return two interceptions 100-plus yards. Who was the first to do it?
4. Three men's basketball coaches have won an NCAA title, an NIT postseason championship and an Olympic gold medal. Name two of them.
5. The New York Rangers and Washington Capitals were involved in the longest shootout in NHL history. How many rounds was it?
6. When was the last time before John Crews in 2009 that a U.S.-born male won the Philadelphia Marathon?
7. How many consecutive LPGA Player of the Year Awards had Lorena Ochoa won entering 2010?

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Published 02/02/2010 - 12:24 a.m. CST

1. Who is the Dodgers' all-time leader in shutouts?
2. When the Texas Rangers had their first winning season in 1974, who was the team's manager?
3. Name the last conference before the SEC to win at least three straight national championships in college football.
4. Who is the only player in NBA history to have four seasons of 100 blocks and 100 three-pointers made?
5. Name the only player to have 600-plus goals and 2,000-plus penalty minutes for his NHL career.
6. Who was the last U.S. man before Meb Keflezighi in 2009 to win the New York City Marathon?
7. Name the last Grand Slam golf event Tiger Woods won in consecutive years.

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Sports / Sports Quiz
Published 01/27/2010 - 12:12 a.m. CST

1. Johnny Bench is the Cincinnati Reds' all-time leader in home runs, with 389. Who is No. 2?
2. Name the only manager to lead the Seattle Mariners to the playoffs.
3. Who held the mark for most 4,000-yard passing seasons before Indianapolis' Peyton Manning broke it in 2006?
4. When was the last time before 2009 that the University of Washington won the men's Pac-10 regular-season basketball title?
5. Who holds the mark for consecutive road wins to start an NHL season?
6. Which team has appeared the most times in Major League Soccer's championship game?
7. Name the last U.S. boxer to win an Olympic gold medal in the lightweight division.

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Published 01/20/2010 - 2:28 p.m. CST

1. When was the last time a 2nd baseman led the majors in home runs for a season?
2. Name the last 20-game winner for the Chicago Cubs.
3. When was the last time before 2008 (Oregon State versus Pittsburgh in the Sun Bowl) that a college football bowl game had a final total score of three points or less?
4. Name the last repeat winner of the NBA's Sixth Man Award.
5. Claude Julien was the third-fastest coach to win 100 games with the Boston Bruins (it took him 176 games to do it). Name the two faster coaches.
6. In 2009, Landon Donovan won the Honda Player of the Year Award as the top player on the U.S. national soccer team. How many times has he been given the award?
7. Name the horse that won the first Kentucky Derby in 1875.

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Sports / Sports Quiz
Published 12/21/2009 - 7:14 p.m. CST

1. Only one player hit 50 or more home runs in a season during the decade of the '70s. Name him.

2. Which combination of brothers hit more combined major-league home runs: Jose and Ozzie Canseco or Carlos and Lee May?

3. Before winning the Hawaii Bowl in 2008, Notre Dame's football team held an NCAA record for the longest bowl losing streak. How many games was it?

4. True or false: Robert Horry, the leader in NBA postseason games played, reached the playoffs in all 16 of his NBA seasons.

5. How many times did Jeremy Roenick tally 50 or more goals for a season during his 20-year NHL career?

6. In which Olympic year did the U.S. men's basketball team win its first gold medal?

7. When Bobby Jones won golf's grand slam in 1930, what four events did he win?

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Published 11/16/2009 - 10:45 p.m. CST

1. In 2008, Jamie Moyer became the second-oldest pitcher to start a World Series game (45). Who was the oldest?
2. Entering 2009, name the managers who won Manger of the Year award in both the American League and the National League.
3. Name the last time a defensive lineman won The Associated Press' NFL Most Valuable Player award.
4. For which two schools was John Calipari an assistant men's basketball coach before becoming the head coach at UMass in 1988?
5. Name the last NHL team before Pittsburgh in 2009 to win Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals on the road after the home team won the first six games.
6. Who is the only driver to win an Indianapolis 500, a Daytona 500 and a Formula One driving championship?
7. Roger Federer and Andy Roddick played the longest Grand Slam final in tennis history at Wimbledon in 2009 (77 games). Who had held the mark?

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Sports / Sports Quiz
Published 11/13/2009 - 12:19 a.m. CST

1. Who was the only second baseman before Boston's Dustin Pedroia in 2008 to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award?

2. Jim Kaat pitched 25 seasons in the major leagues. Who was the president of the United States when he started, and who was when he finished his career?

3. The University of Oklahoma's football team set a mark in 2008 for most points scored in a season (716). What team had held the record?

4. Three fathers and sons have each won an NBA championship. Name two of the three combos.

5. Name four of the five NHL teams Scotty Bowman coached.

6. When was the last time an American male won the gold medal in the Olympic marathon?

7. True or false: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player all won their debuts on the PGA's Championship Tour (formerly Senior Tour).

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Published 10/21/2009 - 1:50 p.m. CST

1. Detroit's Placido Polanco set a major-league record in 2007 for consecutive errorless games at second base. How many did he have?

2. Three New York Yankees have won the Rookie of the Year Award the same year they played for a World Series-winning team. Name two of them.

3. Name the last team to lead the NFL in total defense, rushing defense and passing defense in the same season.

4. When was the last time before Kansas' Cole Aldrich in 2009 that a men's basketball player had a triple-double in the NCAA Tournament?

5. Mike Sillinger holds the NHL record for most teams played for by one player. How many?

6. Name the first person to win all three Alpine skiing gold medals at a Winter Olympics.

7. Who was the last women's golfer other than Annika Sorenstam to win two majors on the LPGA Tour in one season?

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Sports / Sports Quiz
Published 09/21/2009 - 3:29 p.m. CST

1. When Atlanta's Chipper Jones won the National League batting title with a .364 average in 2008, it was the highest average to win an N.L. title since when?

2. Detroit's Miguel Cabrera captured the American League home run title in 2008 with 37, the lowest total to win the A.L. homer title since when?

3. Who holds the Pittsburgh Steeler record for most TD passes in a season?

4. Which conference won the most NCAA men's Division I basketball championships from 2000 through 2009?

5. Steve Yzerman won three Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings. When was the last one?

6. Which two bowlers hold the mark for being named PBA Player of the Year the most times?

7. Name the only trainer to win a Triple Crown in a single year using different horses.

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Published 09/13/2009 - 6:30 p.m. CST

1. How many times did 300-game winner Greg Maddux tally at least 20 victories in a major-league season?
2. Who held the single-season American League strikeout record for a pitcher before Nolan Ryan recorded 383 K's for California in 1973?
3. When Ohio State won the Rose Bowl following the 1996 season, how many years had it been since the Buckeyes last won it?
4. Since 1989, how many times have the San Antonio Spurs not made the NBA playoffs?
5. Name the last rookie goalie before Columbus' Steve Mason in 2008-09 to have 10 or more shutouts in a season?

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