SPORTS QUIZ

1. Who was the last A.L. pitcher before Detroit’s Justin Verlander in 2011 to have at least 24 wins and 240 strikeouts in the same season?

2. The Seattle Mariners began play in the major leagues in 1977. Who was the manager when they recorded their first winning season?

3. Three players from Louisiana Tech eventually became members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Name them.

4. Who was the last Indiana Pacer before Danny Granger in 2008-09 and 2009-10 to average at least 24 points per game for two consecutive seasons?

5. Five NHL players have had four-goal games in the NHL All-Star Game. Name four of the five.

6. Which college did coach Bruce Arena lead to four consecutive NCAA Division I men’s soccer championships?

7. Who was the longest-reigning middleweight boxing champion?

Answers

1. Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees, in 1978.

2. Jim Lefebvre led the Mariners to an 83-79 mark in 1991.

3. Terry Bradshaw (inducted in 1989), Fred Dean (2008) and Willie Roaf (2012).

4. Billy Knight in the 1975-76 and 1976-77 seasons.

5. Wayne Gretzky (1983), Mario Lemieux (1990), Vincent Damphousse (1991), Mike Gartner (1993) and Dany Heatley (2003).

6. The University of Virginia, 1991-94.

7. Bernard Hopkins held the IBF title for 11 years (1995-2005).

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FLASHBACK

By Mick Harper

1. Name the singer who had hits with “Wheel of Fortune” and “Rock and Roll Waltz.”

2. Which band’s second album was entitled “Surrealistic Pillow”?

3. Who wrote and released “Nights in White Satin”?

4. Which Link Wray song was banned from the airwaves in a number of markets?

5. Name the group that had Top Ten hits with “Time Stand Still” and “Force Ten.”

6. Who wrote and released “Bad to the Bone”?

Answers

1. Kay Starr, in 1950 and 1952 respectively. It’s said that as a 10-year-old child, Starr supported her family by singing on her own 15-minute radio show for $3 a night.

2. Jefferson Airplane, in 1967. The album included “Somebody to Love.”

3. The Moody Blues, in 1967. Written by band member Justin Hayward, the version on the “Days of Future Passed” album was more than seven minutes but was cut for the single release.

4. “Rumble,” released in 1958, was said to promote juvenile delinquency because a “rumble” was a street fight. The song was an instrumental, which was originally named “Oddball.”

5. Rush, in 1987.

6. George Thorogood, in 1982, on his album of the same name, with the Destroyers.

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