Year-end Bay Area sports quiz
Year-end Bay Area sports quiz
Memories usually fade, but good sports fans pride themselves on having accurate memories — particularly about players, teams and events those fans deem most important.
The past year in Bay Area sports included a no-hitter by a Giants pitcher, an epic season by a Stanford running back and two big-time golf tournaments separated by only a few days and a few miles.
[...] nothing was more memorable than the Warriors’ ride to the NBA title and their subsequent start as defending champs.
What follows are 26 questions about 2015 intended to test the memories of Bay Area sports fans.
The Warriors deservedly account for nearly half the questions.
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Here’s hoping you find the process memorable:
Steve Kroner is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.
E-mail: skroner@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @SteveKronerSF
Klay Thompson set the NBA record for points in a quarter with 37 in the third period Jan. 23.
Who was the Warriors’ opponent that night?
a Clippers
c Lakers
d Spurs
Which two players shared the previous record of 33 points in a quarter?
d Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley
Thompson did not miss a shot from the floor or the foul line in that quarter.
How many treys did he make?
In the calendar year of 2015, the Warriors lost only one regular-season home game.
Which team beat them?
a Bulls
b Cavaliers
c Jazz
d Spurs
Stephen Curry set the NBA record for three-pointers in a season with 286 in 2014-15.
Who held the previous mark of 272?
Curry was selected as the regular-season MVP.
Who was the Warriors’ last player to win the regular-season MVP award?
c Nate Thurmond
During the playoffs, how many times did the Warriors trail in a series by a game or more?
During the Western Conference finals, Curry endured a scary fall.
Over which Houston player did Curry tumble?
Andre Iguodala was named the Finals MVP.
In how many games of the Finals did he start?
Before Iguodala, who was the Warriors’ last MVP of the NBA Finals?
c Nate Thurmond
The Warriors opened this season with an NBA-record 24 consecutive wins.
What was the previous mark for a winning streak at the start of a season?
After Milwaukee ended the Warriors’ winning streak, the Bucks came to Oracle Arena six nights later and lost 121-112.
A Bay Area company printed T-shirts for that game.
What was the message on those shirts?
c Cry in Your Beer
Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey finished second to Alabama’s Derrick Henry in the Heisman Trophy voting?
Who finished third?
a Leonard Fournette, LSU RB
Oklahoma QB
c Keenan Reynolds, Navy QB
d Deshaun Watson, Clemson QB
In the Pac-12 title game against USC, McCaffrey set a Stanford record with 461 all-purpose yards.
Who held the previous mark of 389?
a Christian McCaffrey
b Brad Muster
Quarterback Jared Goff set several Cal records in 2015, including most TD passes in a season with 43.
Who held the previous record of 35?
Tyler Ervin set the San Jose State record by rushing for 300 yards in a game, the most rushing yards by an FBS player in a game this season.
Against which team did Ervin hit the 300 mark?
a Boise State
b Fresno State
c Georgia State
d San Diego State
Khalil Mack tied the Raiders’ franchise record for sacks in a game when he recorded five — all in the second half — of a 15-12 win at Denver on Dec. 13.
Who shares the record with Mack?
Carlos Hyde has had the 49ers’ top two rushing games of this season, with 168 yards and 93 yards, respectively.
Who had the third-most rushing yards in a game this season with 75?
Who threw the Giants’ one no-hitter of 2015?
a The no-hit pitcher issued three walks.
b The Giants committed three errors.
c Three N.Y. batters were hit by pitches.
d The Mets stole three bases.
Who led the A’s in homers with 20 in 2015?
The Sharks and Todd McLellan parted ways in April.
For how many seasons was he San Jose’s head coach?
Which woman repeated as champion of the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic at Lake Merced Golf Club in April?
a Juli Inkster
Which man did Rory McIlroy beat in the final of the Match Play Championship at Harding Park in May?
a Paul Casey
b Jim Furyk
McIlroy’s success in the Match Play prevented him from going to a sporting event that he planned to attend on the Saturday of the tournament.
Which event was it?
b Flames-Ducks playoff game in Anaheim
c Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight in Las Vegas
d Grizzlies-Warriors playoff game at Oracle Arena
Who won the Honda Cup, which goes to the best female college athlete in the country?
c Andi Sullivan, Stanford soccer
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