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Every sports has plenty of trivia

Chris Richcreek King Features Syndicate

1. How many times has Barry Bonds led the National League in home runs?

2. Which skipper won the World Series while having the fewest career regular-season victories?

3. Who was the last rookie quarterback before Tennessee’s Vince Young (2006 season) to make the Pro Bowl?

4. How many men’s basketball coaches have there been at the University of Tennessee during the 34 seasons that Pat Summitt has been the women’s basketball coach there?

5. When the World Hockey Association began play in 1972-73 as an alternative to the NHL, how many teams did it have?

6. How many world records did swimmer Michael Phelps break at the world championships in Australia in 2007?

Answers

1. Twice — 1993 (46) and 2001 (73).

2. Tom Kelly had 97 total major-league victories when Minnesota won the World Series in 1987.

3. Miami’s Dan Marino (1983 season).

4. Eight — Ray Mears (1962-77), Cliff Wettig (‘77-‘78), Don DeVoe (‘78-‘89), Wade Houston (‘89-‘94), Kevin O’Neill (‘94-‘97), Jerry Green (‘97-2001), Buzz Peterson (‘01-‘05) and Bruce Pearl (‘05-present).

5. There were 12 WHA teams.

6. Five world records (200 meter freestyle, 200 meter butterfly, 200 meter individual medley, 400 meter individual medley, 4x200 meter freestyle relay).