George Will’s 2014 Opening Day Baseball Quiz

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The online quiz and answers can be found here.
 
45 questions in all.  A sampling of some of the questions:
 
1. Which two players won three batting titles by at least 44 points?

  •  Rogers Hornsby, Larry Walker
  •  Wade Boggs, Rod Carew
  •  Rod Carew, Rogers Hornsby
  •  Miguel Cabrera, Babe Ruth

2 Who hit more than 50 home runs in a season in which he had fewer than 50 strikeouts?

  •  Johnny Mize, 1947
  •  Babe Ruth, 1920
  •  George Foster, 1977
  •  Andruw Jones, 2005

3. Who won a batting title hitting .361 but slumped to .243 the next season?

  •  Harvey Kuenn, 1959-1960
  •  Dixie Walker, 1944-1945
  •  Norm Cash, 1961-1962
  •  Wade Boggs, 1988-1989

4. Who was the oldest MVP?

  •  Dennis Eckersley, 1992
  •  Willie Stargell, 1979
  •  Barry Bonds, 2004

 
5. Who caught the most games?

  •  Jason Kendall
  •  Bob Boone
  •  Carlton Fisk
  •  Ivan Rodriguez

 
 
62% here.
 

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I was in the mid 50s - think it was 56%.  A number of the misses were of the "go with your first instinct" variety, which just proves that it's been too damn long since I took the SATs.