1. Name the last Royals pitcher
before Zack Greinke in 2009 to strike
out at least 200 batters in a season.
2. During the 1940s, three different
Yankees won the A.L. Most Valuable
Player Award. Name two of them.
3. Entering 2010, how many consecutive
seasons has the University of
Florida football team lost to at least
one team in the SEC West Division?
4. In what season did fans begin voting
for starters to the NBA’s All-Star
Game?
5. How many consecutive seasons
(through 2009-10) have the Detroit
Red Wings made the NHL playoffs?
6. Who holds the Ultimate Fighting
Championship record for most number
of consecutive title defenses?
7. When was the last time that Germany’s
men’s soccer team failed to be
in the final four teams of the World
Cup?
Answers
1. Kevin Appier struck out 207 in
1996.
2. Spud Chandler (’43), Joe DiMaggio
(1941, ’47) and Joe Gordon (’42).
3. Eleven consecutive years.
4. It was the 1974-75 season.
5. Nineteen seasons.
6. Middleweight Anderson Silva,
with six consecutive defenses.
7. It was 1998.
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