Sports Quiz – Aug. 20, 2015

By Chris Richcreek

Questions

1. Who holds the record for the most multiple-hit games in a major-league season?
2. Between 1980 and 1989, four men managed the New York Mets. Name three of them.
3. When was the last time before 2015 that the Big Ten had a player taken in the first 10 picks of the NFL Draft?
4. Who was the last player before Andray Blatche in 2014 to have a double-double off the bench for the Nets in an NBA playoff game?
5. When was the last time before 2014 that three of the NHL’s Original Six franchises made the conference finals in the Stanley Cup playoffs?
6. Which auto manufacturer has won the most Daytona 500s?
7. In 2015, Sloane Stephens became the second women’s tennis player to have a Grand Slam victory against both Serena and Venus Williams. Who was the first?

Answers below

1. Al Simmons had 85 for the Philadelphia A’s in 1925.
2. Joe Torre, George Bamberger, Frank Howard and Davey Johnson.
3. It was 2008 (Michigan’s Jake Long and Ohio State’s Vernon Gholston).
4. Armen Gilliam, in 1994.
5. It was 1979 (Boston, Montreal and New York Rangers).
6. 6. Chevrolet, with 23.
7. 7. Lindsay Davenport, who completed the feat in 2000.

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