DN Sports Quiz: The Sixers' last title
This week's DN Sports Quiz is about the 1983 Sixers' NBA championship team. Win a $50 Amazon gift card.
This week's DN Sports Quiz is on the 1983 Sixers' NBA championship team. Play to enter to win a $50 Amazon gift card.
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Congratulations to Rich D'Ambrosio, who was one of four people to get all 10 questions correct in last week's DN Sports Quiz on the Phillies.
He was randomly selected from among the four to receive a $50 Amazon gift card. Bill Avington, Ed Moorehouse and Matt Starr also got all 10 questions correct.
Here are last week's questions and answers:
1. Who has started the most games as the leadoff hitter in Phillies history?
a) Jimmy Rollins
b) Tony Taylor
c) Heinie Sand
d) Juan Samuel
2. Curt Schilling, Terry Mulholland and Danny Jackson started the first three games of the 1993 World Series for the Phillies. Who started Game 4?
a) Curt Schilling
b) Roger Mason
c) Tommy Greene
d) David West
3. Prior to Ryan Howard in 2006 and 2008, who was the most recent Phillies player to lead the National League in home runs?
a) Mike Schmidt
b) Greg Luzinski
c) Jim Thome
d) Chuck Klein
4. Who started Game 1 of the 1980 World Series for the Phillies?
a) Dick Ruthven
b) Larry Christenson
c) Marty Bystrom
d) Bob Walk
5. Who has started the most games as the No. 8 hitter in Phillies history?
a) Steve Jeltz
b) Kevin Stocker
c) Carlos Ruiz
d) Bobby Wine
6. During the famous rain-suspended Game 5 of the 2008 World Series, the Phillies' first batter when the game resumed lashed a double to deep centerfield and scored the go-ahead run. Who was he?
a) Geoff Jenkins
b) Jayson Werth
c) Eric Bruntlett
d) Greg Dobbs
7. Eric Hinske struck out as the last batter of the 2008 World Series, and Joe Carter homered as the last batter in 1993. Who struck out as the last batter of the 1980 World Series?
a) Willie Mays Aikens
b) Willie Wilson
c) Frank White
d) Jose Cardenal
8. Who was the last Phillies player to win the Rookie of the Year award?
a) Scott Rolen
b) Ryan Howard
c) Jimmy Rollins
d) Chase Utley
9. Who was the Phillies manager who resigned after losing on Opening Day in 1960, saying, "I'm 49 years old and I want to live to be 50."?
a) Eddie Sawyer
b) Mayo Smith
c) Ben Chapman
d) Frank Lucchesi
10. Who was the Phillies' regular second baseman before Chase Utley took over the job in 2005?
a) Nick Punto
b) Marlon Anderson
c) Placido Polanco
d) Tomas Perez