Sports Quiz

By Chris Richcreek

1. Who holds the record for the most Opening Day starts by a pitcher?
2. Which of the following players had the most seasons of 40 or more home runs for the Philadelphia Phillies: Chuck Klein, Mike Schmidt or Jim Thome?
3. When was the last time before the 2012 season that the Stanford football team won the Rose Bowl?
4. Who was the last Maryland player drafted by an NBA team in the top five picks before Alex Len was selected No. 5 by Phoenix in 2013?
5. In 2014, Jeff Carter and Drew Doughty became the seventh and eighth NHL players to win an Olympic gold medal and a Stanley Cup in the same year. Name three of the first six.
6. Ted Ligety, in 2014, became the second American with two Alpine skiing Olympic gold medals. Who was the first?
7. Who had held the record for best 36-hole score at the U.S. Open before Martin Kaymer shot a 130 in 2014?

Answers below

1. Tom Seaver, with 16.
2. Mike Schmidt did it three times (1979, ’80, ’83); Klein (’29, ’30) and Thome (2003, ’04) twice each.
3. It was the 1971 season.
4. Steve Francis was the No. 2 overall pick by Vancouver in 1999.
5. Ken Morrow, Brendan Shanahan, Steve Yzerman, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Jonathan Toews.
6. Andi Mead-Lawrence, in 1952.
7. Rory McIlroy shot a 131 for 36 holes in 2011.

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