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1. When was the last time the American League batting-average title was won by a hitter with a season average lower than .320?

2. Name two of the three pitchers Alan Ashby caught no-hitters for.

3. Chris Petersen of Boise State and Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema are considered the second and third coaches in modern college football Division I history to win at least 12 games in their first season as a head coach (each in 2006). Who was the first?

4. How many consecutive seasons did Wilt Chamberlain lead the NBA in field-goal percentage?

5. Name the last NHL team to win the Presidents’ Trophy (top regular-season team) and the Stanley Cup in the same season.

6. When was the last time an American male won a gold medal in the Olympics in the discus throw?

7. Who was the youngest golfer to win an LPGA major before Morgan Pressel, at age 18, captured the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship?

Answers

1. 1972, when Minnesota’s Rod Carew hit .318.

2. Ken Forsch (1979), Nolan Ryan (1981) and Mike Scott (1986).

3. Larry Coker in 2001 with the Miami Hurricanes.

4. Five consecutive times (1965-69).

5. The Detroit Red Wings in 2001-02.

6. Mac Wilkins in 1976.

7. Sandra Post was 20 when she won the 1968 LPGA Championship.