Sports Quiz: Who’s got game?

1. For five consecutive seasons (2002-06), at least one A.L. team per year won 90 or more games but did not qualify for the postseason. Name three of the teams.

2. Name the last pitcher to toss a no-hitter in the same season that he lost at least 20 games.

3. Between the 2000 and 2006 seasons, how many times has a Big 12 football team appeared in the Bowl Championship Series title game?

4. When was the last time before 2006 that the Denver Nuggets won a division title?

5. When Evgeni Malkin started his rookie season with Pittsburgh in 2006 by scoring goals in six consecutive games, it was the longest NHL streak since 1917. Who did it then?

6. Name the last season in which the driver who won the NASCAR season championship also won the most races that season.

Answers

1. Seattle (93) and Boston (93) in 2002, Seattle (93) in 2003, Oakland (91) in 2004, Cleveland (93) in 2005 and the Chicago White Sox (90) in 2006.

2. Sam Jones of the Chicago Cubs in 1955. He was 14-20 for the season.

3. Five — Oklahoma (2000, 2003, 2004), Nebraska (2001) and Texas (2005).

4. It was 1988.

5. Montreal’s Joe Malone (at least 1 goal in 14 games), Ottawa’s Cy Denneny (12 games) and Montreal’s Newsy Lalonde (eight games) all accomplished the feat that season.

6. Jeff Gordon in 2001.