The Reader’s Digest has short quizzes about a variety of things. Perhaps the most common is testing your word knowledge. I don’t know if they ever had a sports quiz, but in any case here is a multiple choice quiz testing your depth of sports knowledge. It could be better to finish lower on the scale than higher. Perhaps it’s best to finish in the middle.

1. Red Grange’s nickname was: (A) The Galloping Ghost (B) The Jogging Redhead. (C) The Galloping Swede.

2. The University of Minnesota’s nickname is: (A) The Silver Squirrels (B) The Golden Gophers. (C) The River Rats.

3. Joe DiMaggio’s moniker was: (A) The Yankee Clipper. (B) The Italian Stallion. (C) The Frisco Thumper.

4. Babe Ruth’s nickname was: (A) Big Baby. (B) The Bambino. (C) Mr. Home Run.

5. Ty Cobb’s nickname was: (A) The Georgia Peach. (B) The Alabama Tangerine. (C) Mr. Swiftly.

6. Reggie Jackson is known as: (A) Mr. November. (B) Mr. October. (C) Mr. Long Weekend.

7. Jim Grant was known better by his nickname which is: (A) Jim (Bullhead) Grant. (B) Jim (Mudcat) Grant. (C) Jim (Alley Cat) Grant.

8. The same was true with Harold Reese who was known as: (A) Little Harold Reese. (B) Pee-Wee Reese. (C) Good Hands Reese.

9. Also true about Nat Clifton who was know as: (A) Orange Crush Clifton. (B) Sweetwater Clifton. (C) Grape Juice Clifton.

10. Earvin Johnson is known as: (A) Clutch Johnson. (B) Magic Johnson. (C) Sparkling Johnson.

11. Minneapolis. Laker star Jim Pollard was known as the: (A) The Kangaroo Kid. (B) Mr. Hops. (C) Jim (Moonshot) Pollard.

12. The Alabama football team is known as the: (A) Crimson Tide (B) Purple Tide. (C) Bloody Froth.

13. Tulane’s football team is: (A) The Turquoise Wave. (B) The Green Wave. (C) The Thundering Herd.

14. Grantland Rice wrote about the Notre Dame backfield and called them the: (A) The Four Horseman. (B) The Seven Mules. (C) The Four Freshman.

15. Boxer Ray Robinson was know as: (A) Salty Ray Robinson. (B) Sugar Ray Robinson. (C) Peppery Ray Robinson.

16. I just couldn’t resist this: His faithful Indian companion, Tonto, had a special name for the Lone Ranger. It was: (A) Kemo Sabe. (B) Chemotherapy. (C) Paleface.

The answers are:

1.A 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.A 6.B 7.B 8.B 9.B 10.B 11.A 12.A 13.B 14.A 15.B 16.A

1-4 correct. It’s a cruel world

5-9 correct Congratulations. You are the friend of a sports fan

10-14 correct You are a sports fan

15-16 correct Please seek help