4-for-4 - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Steve Kerr. The shooting guard helped Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls win titles from 1996 to 1998, then was traded to San Antonio Spurs, who won the 1999 championship. He added another ring with the team in 2003. Bill Russell, Sam Jones, and K.C. Jones all won a record eight consecutive titles with the Boston Celtics from 1959 to 1966 (Russell finished with a record 11 rings, one more than Sam Jones).
• A2) Al Arbour. The New York Islanders accomplished the feat from 1979-80 to 1982-83, immediately after Scotty Bowman and the Montreal Canadiens had done it. The all-time record is five in a row for Toe Blake with the Canadiens from 1955-56 to 1959-60.
• A3) Maureen Connolly. In 1953, Little Mo easily bested Julie Sampson Haywood in the Australian final, then took out Doris Hart in straight sets to capture the French, Wimbledon, and U.S. Championships.
• A4) Margaret Smith Court. She partnered with Ken Fletcher in 1963 and with John Newcombe (a shared Australian mixed doubles title), Fletcher, and Fred Stolle in 1965 before earning solo glory in 1970.
• A5) Al Oerter. In the middle of his 1956 to 1968 run, the New Yorker became the first man to surpass the 200-foot mark in 1962.
• A6) Carl Lewis. The Alabama native also won back-to-back 100m golds in 1984 and 1988, 200m gold in 1984, and 4x100m relay golds in 1984 and 1992 before capturing his ninth and final gold in the long jump in 1996. Besides Oerter and Lewis, the only other person to win individual golds in four consecutive Olympic games is sailor Paul Bert Elvstrom.
• A7) Steven Redgrave. The Brit teamed up with Matthew Pinsent for their second straight coxless pairs gold, to add to Redgrave's golds in the coxed pair in 1984 and coxless pair in 1988.
• A8) John Wooden. The Wizard of Westwood's UCLA Bruins won seven in a row from 1967 to 1973. No other team has won more than two titles in a row. Because freshmen weren't eligible to play back then, no players have won more than three in a row (Lew Alcindor, Sidney Wicks, and Henry Bibby).
• A9) Carlos Delgado. The Toronto Blue Jays first baseman remains the last person to go deep four times in a game on September 25, 2003.
• A10) Bill Madlock. The Chicago Cubs third basemen raised his average from .333 to .339 to leapfrog Ken Griffey Sr.'s .336.
• A11) Casey Stengel. Taking over late in 1949, the Old Professor led the New York Yankees to that year's championship and the next four.
• A12) Ted Williams. In 1946, the Splendid Splinter knocked a fourth inning offering by Kirby Higbie out of the park, and four innings later he did the same to Rip Sewell's famous eephus pitch.