Q 01/05

For which team did Lou Gehrig play all 17 of his MLB seasons?

A) New York Yankees

B) Boston Red Sox

C) New York Giants

D) Brooklyn Dodgers

Answer · why

A) New York Yankees

He never played for anyone else, and apart from minor-league Hartford every team he ever joined was based in New York City.

Q 02/05

What nickname did sportswriters give Gehrig for his durability?

A) The Big Train

B) The Sultan of Swat

C) The Iron Horse

D) The Georgia Peach

Answer · why

C) The Iron Horse

Sportswriters coined it in 1931, six years into his consecutive-games streak.

Q 03/05

How many consecutive games did Gehrig play to set the record that stood for 56 years?

A) 1,307

B) 2,130

C) 2,000

D) 1,999

Answer · why

B) 2,130

Cal Ripken Jr. finally passed it on September 6, 1995, and finished with 2,632.

Q 04/05

Which uniform number did Gehrig wear, the first ever retired by an MLB team?

A) 3

B) 5

C) 7

D) 4

Answer · why

D) 4

He wore it because he batted fourth, right behind Babe Ruth, when the Yankees first put numbers on their uniforms in 1929.

Q 05/05

Which disease ended Gehrig's career and is now often named after him in the US?

A) Multiple sclerosis

B) Parkinson's disease

C) Muscular dystrophy

D) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Answer · why

D) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

ALS attacks the motor neurons; Gehrig's doctors told his wife the mind stays fully aware to the end.