Sports Quiz

By Chris Richcreek

Questions

1. In 2014, the Angels’ Albert Pujols became the third-youngest player (34) to reach 500 home runs in a major-league career. Who was younger?
2. Who was the first pitcher to start a game as a designated hitter?
3. In 2013, DeMarcus Ware became the Dallas Cowboys’ all-time leader in sacks. Who had held the record?
4. Who was the last men’s basketball player to lead the nation in blocks per game and reach the Final Four before Kentucky’s Anthony Davis did it in 2012?
5. The Los Angeles Kings set an NHL record in 2014 for most playoff games en route to winning a Stanley Cup. How many was it?
6. Which was the only Olympics in the past six in which Finland’s men’s hockey team did not win a medal?
7. Who was the last American golfer before Michelle Wie in 2014 to win the U.S. Women’s Open?

Answers

1. Alex Rodriguez and Jimmie Foxx, both 32 years old.
2. Rick Rhoden of the New York Yankees, in 1988.
3. Harvey Martin, with 114.
4. Akeem Olajuwon of the University of Houston in 1984.
5. Twenty-six games.
6. It was 2002.
7. Paula Creamer, in 2010.

(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.