YANKEE
QUIZ, PART III
By
Harvey Frommer
Welcome
to 2018 and by popular demand, the third in the series of teasing,
tantalizing,
tough questions about the New York Yankees. Enjoy. And reminder,
no
peeking. If you get
half the answers correct you are an All Star.
31. Who founded “Yankeeland
Farm” in Frederick,
Maryland after his playing career ended and had a successful career as
a
breeder?
A
Charlie Keller
B Tom Tresh C Elston
Howard D
Bob Kuzava
32. Who
was
the central figure when the first Old-Timer’s game was
staged in a
major-league park and the first uniform number retired?
A. Babe
Ruth B. Lou Gehrig C Lefty Gomez
D. Joe McCarthy
33.
Who was the General Manager before Brian Cashman?
A. Bob Watson B. Lou
Piniella C. Bob Quinn
D. Gene Michael
34. How Many games did Ron Guidry win in his
record Cy Young season of 1978?
A.
19 B. 20
C. 23.
D. 25
35.
Who was
nicknamed "Chairman of the Board"?
A. Whitey
Ford B. Reggie Jackson C. Yogi
Berra D. Frank Howard
36. Who
was the last Yankee and major leaguer to
wear Number 42?
A.
Billy Martin B. Mariano Rivera C. Carlos Beltran
D. Johnny Blanchard
37.
Who wore #51 for sixteen Yankees seasons,
from 1991-2006?
A.
Paul O’Neill B.
Hideo Matsui
C. Bernie Williams D.
Jorge
Posada
38.
Who replaced Joe Torre as Yankee manager in 2008?
39. Who
was called “Donnie Baseball"?
40.
Who made the first error in the “House That Ruth Built?”
And Bonus who made first error in new Yankee
Stadium?
A.
Lou Gehrig B. Babe Ruth C. Tony Lazzeri
D. Wally Pipp
41.
What pitcher did Bucky Dent hit the go-ahead home run off at Fenway
Park in the
1978 tie breaker game?
A. Mike
Torrez B. Dennis
Eckersley C. Bill Lee
D. Bob Stanley
42.
Mickey Mantle hits his final home run, off a Red Sox Pitcher. Who was
he?
A.
Ray Culp B. Jim Lonborg C.
Jose
Santiago D. Sparky Lyle
43.
Who
has put in more consecutive years as the everyday play-by-play
announcer than anyone else in Yankees history?
A. Red Barber
B. Mel Allen C. John
Sterling D. Curt Gowdy
44.
What was the smallest single game Yankee Stadium crowd?
A. 1,000 B. 413
C. 5400
D. 8810
45. Who asked: “Where
is Reggie Jackson? We need Mr. October or a Mr.
September. Winfield is Mr. May.”
46. How
many times did George Steinbrenner change
manager during his first twenty-three seasons?
A. 10 B 15 C18. D. 20
47. Who made up the "Core Four"?
48. Who said "Yankee
Stadium was a mistake, not mine, but the Giants.”
A. Yogi
Berra B. Harry Frazee C. Jake
Rupert D. Babe Ruth
49. Very tough one: What
is the significance of 3,465 to the
Yankees?
50.
When did the
Yankees play at Shea Stadium when Yankee Stadium was being refurbished?
ANSWERS
31. A
Charlie
Keller
32.
B.
Lou Gehrig
33. A. Bob
Watson
34. C.
25-3
35.
A. Whitey Ford
36. B. Mariano Rivera
37.
C.
Bernie Williams
38. Joe Girardi
39. Don Mattingly
40.
B.
Babe
Ruth *Bonus: Tony
Graffanino, throw
to first base, fifth inning
41. A. Mike
Torrez
42.
B.
Jim Lonborg
43. C. John Sterling
44.
B.
413
45. George
Steinbrenner
46. D. Twenty times,
47. Derek Jeter, Jose Posada,
Andy
Petite, Mariano Rivera
48.
C. Jake
Ruppert
49.
Derek
Jeter’s final hit total. Only
five players in the history of baseball recorded more: Pete Rose, Ty
Cobb, Hank
Aaron, Stan Musial and Tris Speaker.
50. 1974
and 1975
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Some
of the material in
this article was excerpted from Frommer’s The Ultimate Yankee Book http://www.frommerbooks.com/ultimate-yankees.html
One of the most prolific and respected sports
journalists and
oral historians in the United States, author of the autobiographies of
legends
Nolan Ryan,
Tony Dorsett, and Red Holzman,
Dr. Harvey
Frommer
is an expert on the New York Yankees and has arguably
written more books, articles and reviews on the New York Yankees than
anyone.
In 2010, he was honored by the City of New York to serve as historical
consultant for the re-imagined old Yankee Stadium site, Heritage Field
A professor for more than two decades in the
MALS program at Dartmouth College, Frommer was dubbed “Dartmouth’s Mr.
Baseball” by their alumni magazine. He’s also the founder of www.HarveyFrommerSports.com.