Questions

1. Who holds the record for the highest career batting average by a switch-hitter?
2. Name the two players who hold the major-league record for getting at least one hit on Opening Day for 14 consecutive seasons.
3. In the 2009 season, Tennessee’s Chris Johnson became the sixth player in NFL history to rush for at least 2,000 yards in a season. Name three of the first five.
4. In the past eight years (2003-10), how many of the current Big East men’s basketball teams reached the NCAA Final Four?
5. Name the last two goalies before Philadelphia’s Michael Leighton in 2010 to have three shutouts in one NHL playoff series.
6. How many consecutive gold medals did Norway’s Sonja Henie win in Olympic women’s figure skating?
7. In 2010, golfer Arjun Atwal became the first Monday qualifier in 24 years to win on the PGA Tour. Who was the previous golfer to do it?

Answers (Highlight)

1. Frankie Frisch batted .316 in his 19-year major-league career.
2. Frank Thomas and Will Clark.
3. O.J. Simpson (1973), Eric Dickerson (‘84), Barry Sanders (‘97), Terrell Davis (‘98) and Jamal Lewis (2003).
4. Seven — Marquette (2003), Syracuse (‘03), UConn (‘04, ‘09), Louisville (‘05), Georgetown (‘07), Villanova (‘09) and West Virginia (‘10).
5. Tampa Bay’s Nikolai Khabibulin and Toronto’s Ed Belfour, both in 2004.
6. Three — 1928, ‘32 and ‘36.
7. Fred Wadsworth, at the 1986 Southern Open.