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Sports Quiz: Ready for big leagues?

Chris Richcreek King Features Syndicate

1. Who was the last National League Most Valuable Player other than Barry Bonds to be a back-to-back winner of the award?

2. Name the first third baseman to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

3. Which college football team has won the most Orange Bowls?

4. Name the last player to be named NBA Most Valuable Player in a season in which his team won less than 50 games.

5. In what year did Philadelphia Flyers great Bobby Clarke become a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame?

6. Name the only Major League Soccer team to win back-to-back MLS Cup titles.

Answers

1. Dale Murphy in 1982 and 1983.

2. It was Jimmy Collins in 1945.

3. Oklahoma, with 12 Orange Bowl victories.

4. Moses Malone of Houston in 1981-82. The Rockets won 46 games.

5. It was 1987.

6. D.C. United did it in the league’s first two seasons (1996, ‘97).