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A multiple-choice quiz by yank001998. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
yank001998

Time
7 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
76,239

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is Derek Jeter's middle name?

Answer: (One word only)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What did Derek Jeter accomplish for the first time in baseball history in the season of 2000? Hint

Won the Cy Young Award and MVP season award

Hit a grand slam in the All-Star game and World Series

Won the Rookie of the Year award and World Series MVP

Won All Star game MVP and World Series MVP in the same year.

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Question 3 of 10

3. What round was Derek Jeter drafted in 1992? Hint

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Question 4 of 10

4. What statistical category did Jeter lead the league in over the past seasons of 1996-2001?

Answer: (Getting on base)

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Question 5 of 10

5. How many games did Derek Jeter play in 1995? Hint

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Question 6 of 10

6. Derek Jeter was who's best man at a Yankee's wedding?

Answer: (Two words (or just surname))

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Question 7 of 10

7. On the Derek Jeter SNL (Saturday Night Live) who did he sign his name as on a hat, on the 'Weekend Update' segment of the show?

Answer: (One word (surname))

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Question 8 of 10

8. Against what team did a boy help a Derek Jeter hit a home run by reaching over the fence and bringing it over, creating a great deal of controversy?

Answer: (One or two words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Derek Jeter had the most hits in post season history out of any player in baseball history at the end of the 2001 season. How many did he have? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. Derek Jeter hit how many home runs in the 2001 World Series? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Derek Jeter's middle name?

Answer: Sanderson

He recieved his middle name by an old family name.

2. What did Derek Jeter accomplish for the first time in baseball history in the season of 2000?

Answer: Won All Star game MVP and World Series MVP in the same year.

He is the first ever to do this feet in baseball History. Players such as Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron couldn't complete this feat.

3. What round was Derek Jeter drafted in 1992?

Answer: 1

1 in 5 players get drafted to the majors and he went first round in 1992.

4. What statistical category did Jeter lead the league in over the past seasons of 1996-2001?

Answer: Hits

He had more hits from 1996-2001 than players like A-Rod, Todd Helton, and Larry Walker. Jeter compiled 1187 hits in that time span.

5. How many games did Derek Jeter play in 1995?

Answer: 15

He didn't start in 1995 and only played 15 games. He was 12 for 48 in 1995. The following year he started and won Rookie of the Year (AL).

6. Derek Jeter was who's best man at a Yankee's wedding?

Answer: Jorge Posada

Jeter and Posada are very good friends on and off the field.

7. On the Derek Jeter SNL (Saturday Night Live) who did he sign his name as on a hat, on the 'Weekend Update' segment of the show?

Answer: Garciaparra

He signed a Red Sox hat, as Nomar.

8. Against what team did a boy help a Derek Jeter hit a home run by reaching over the fence and bringing it over, creating a great deal of controversy?

Answer: Baltimore Orioles

The ball shouldn't have been a home run, yet the umpires didn't see the boy reach over the fence to get it. This happened in the 1996 ALCS.

9. Derek Jeter had the most hits in post season history out of any player in baseball history at the end of the 2001 season. How many did he have?

Answer: 93

In 16 postseason series, Jeter was 93 for 306 for a .304 batting average with the Yankees.

10. Derek Jeter hit how many home runs in the 2001 World Series?

Answer: 1

He smacked one in the WS in 2001 against the Diamondbacks. He hit a measley .148 as Arizona beat the Yankees 4 games to 3.

Source: Author yank001998

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