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SPORTS QUIZ

1. Who was the last Yankees pitcher to record back-to-back 20-win seasons?

2. True or false: Nolan Ryan spent more seasons in the National League, but won more games in the American League.

3. When was the last time the University of Minnesota won a Big Ten football championship?

4. Steve Nash holds the record for most NBA seasons shooting 50 percent from the field, 90 percent on free throws and 40 percent on 3-pointers. How many seasons?

5. In 2012, Brayden Schenn became the second player in Flyers history to tally three points in his first NHL postseason game. Who was the first?

6. When was the last time before Brad Keselowski’s victory in 2012 that a Dodge won at NASCAR’s Talladega Speedway?

7. Who holds the record among men’s tennis players for most victories at the ATP World Tour Finals?

Answers

1. Tommy John in 1978-79.

2. True. He had 189 victories in 13 A.L. seasons and 135 in 14 N.L. seasons.

3. It was 1967, under coach Murray Warmath.

4. Four seasons.

5. Rosaire Paiement, in 1968.

6. It was 1976 (Dave Marcis).

7. Roger Federer has won the event six times.

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