SPORTS QUIZ

1. The top two home-run hitters for the decade of the 1950s were both Dodgers (Duke Snider, 326 homers; Gil Hodges, 310). Who was No. 3 in the decade?

2. In 2010, Texas’ Nelson Cruz and Ian Kinsler became the second set of teammates to each hit three home runs in a playoff series of five or fewer games. Who was the first?

3. Which team holds the NFL record for most rushing TDs in a season?

4. In 2011, Illinois’ Demetri McCamey became the second player in Big Ten men’s basketball history to have at least 1,600 points and 700 assists for a career. Who was the first?

5. Pittsburgh’s Jaromir Jagr won the NHL scoring title four consecutive years (1998-2001). How many different players have won it since?

6. Kenya’s Patrick Makau set the world record in the marathon in 2011 with a time of 2:03:38 in Berlin. From what country was the previous record holder?

7. In 2011, Tom Lewis tied an amateur record by shooting a 65 in a men’s golf major (British Open). At which major have three amateur golfers shot a 65?

Answers

1. The Braves’ Eddie Mathews, with 299.

2. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth did it in 1928.

3. The Green Bay Packers had 36 rushing touchdowns in 1962.

4. Michigan’s Gary Grant (1984-88).

5. Nine.

6. Ethiopia (Haile Gebrselassie).

7. James McHale (1947), Jim Simons (‘71) and Nick Taylor (2009) all did it at the U.S. Open.

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