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Batter up: Take your swings at this trivia quiz

Chris Richcreek King Features Syndicate

1. Between 1999 and 2004, only three pitchers won at least 14 games in each of the six seasons. Name them.

2. Who hit the most home runs during his career: Andre Dawson or Dale Murphy?

3. Name the tight end who was chosen the earliest in an NFL Draft.

4. Only five Big Ten men’s basketball teams have started a season 20-0, including Illinois in 2004-05. The other four times were done by a total of two schools. Name them.

5. How many of the NHL expansion franchises in the 1990s have reached the Stanley Cup Finals?

6. Between 1950 and 1959, each year’s men’s World Figure Skating Championship was won by one of three Americans. Name them.

7. Who is the oldest player to win the men’s golf U.S. Open?

Answers:

1. Bartolo Colon, Greg Maddux and Russ Ortiz.

2. Dawson had 438 homers in 21 seasons; Murphy had 398 homers in 18 seasons.

3. Ron Kramer was the 4th overall pick by Green Bay in 1957.

4. Ohio State (1960-61, 1961-62) and Indiana (1974-75, 1975-76).

5. Three: Florida (1996), Anaheim (2003) and Tampa Bay (2004).

6. Dick Button (1950-52), Hayes Alan Jenkins (1953-56) and David Jenkins (1957-59).

7. Hale Irwin was 45 when he won the U.S. Open in 1990.