SPORTS QUIZ

1. Name the three Chicago White Sox pitchers to throw a perfect game.

2. In 2012, Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera (29 years old) became the sixth-youngest player to get 1,000 career RBIs. Name three of the five younger ones.

3. Who were the first pair of rookie NFL quarterbacks to play in the same Pro Bowl?

4. Name the oldest head coach to win an NCAA men’s basketball national championship.

5. In 2012, Colorado Avalanche’s Gabriel Landeskog became the youngest player (19 years, 286 days) to be named team captain in NHL history. Who had held the mark?

6. How many times has the U.S. won women’s gymnastics all-around team gold at the Olympics?

7. In 2012, Lydia Ko became the youngest LPGA Tour event winner ever at the age of 15. Who had been the youngest?

Answers

1. Charlie Robertson (1922), Mark Buehrle (2009) and Philip Humber (2012).

2. Mel Ott (27 years old), Jimmie Foxx (27), Alex Rodriguez (28), Ken Griffey Jr. (28) and Lou Gehrig (28).

3. Cam Newton and Andy Dalton, after the 2011 season.

4. Jim Calhoun was 68 when UConn won in 2011.

5. Sidney Crosby was 19 years, 297 days old when named captain of Pittsburgh in 2007.

6. Twice — 1996 and 2012.

7. Lexi Thompson was 16 when she won an event in 2011.

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