Test your sports mettle

1. Who was the first pitcher to win a Cy Young Award?

2. Four major-league players played in all four decades from the 1970s to the 2000s. Name two.

3. Rice’s Chase Clement and Jarrett Dillard set an NCAA record in 2008 for touchdowns by a quarterback-receiver tandem. Who had held the mark at 39?

4. When was the last time a Boston Celtic grabbed 900-plus rebounds in a season?

5. Name the first NHL team to win the Stanley Cup one season, then miss the playoffs the next two seasons.

6. When was the last time the winner of the World Series of Poker’s no-limit Texas Hold ‘em Main Event was a repeat winner?

7. After Evander Holyfield won the undisputed heavyweight boxing title in 1990, name the three men he beat before losing to Riddick Bowe in 1992.

Answers

1. Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe in 1956 (only one award was given that year).

2. Rickey Henderson, Mike Morgan, Jesse Orosco and Tim Raines.

3. Tim Rattay and Troy Edwards of Louisiana Tech, and Colt Brennan and Davone Bess of Hawaii.

4. Robert Parish had 996 in 1988-89.

5. The Carolina Hurricanes (who won the Cup in 2006).

6. It was 1997, when Stu Ungar won his third title.

7. George Foreman, Bert Cooper and Larry Holmes.