Mets Trivia

I was looking through some Mets trivia today and found a few interesting questions that I thought I could post and see how many people know their trivia without looking up the answers.  The difficulty ranges depending on your knowledge.   Post your guesses and I'll post the answers in a few days.

1) Who started at third base for the New York Mets on Opening Day in 1962?

                a. Don Zimmer

                b. Rod Kanehl

                c. Ed Charles

                d. Elio Chacon

2) How many years did John Franco spend with the New York Mets?

               a. 13

               b. 12

               c. 15

               d. 16

3) Which 20-year-old first baseman made his debut for the New York Mets during the 1974 season?

              a. Greg Brock

              b. Rudy Pemberton

              c. Lou Brock

              d. Brock Pemberton

4) How many regular season games did the 1986 Mets win?

             a. 105

             b. 108

             c. 100

             d. 98

5) The ground ball hit by Mookie Wilson and botched by Bill Buckner is now among the most replayed images in all of baseball. Who scored the winning run that put the Mets into the decisive game 7?

             a. Ray Knight

             b. Tim Teufel

             c. Gary Carter

             d. David Wright

6) On September 21, 2001, ten days after the terrorist attacks of September 11 .  The Mets played the Atlanta

Braves at Shea.  Down 2-1 Mike Piazza hit a two-run home-run bringing the Mets to victory.  Who did he hit the home-run off of?

           a. John Rocker

           b. Tom Glavine

           c. Steve Karsay

           d. Mike Remlinger

7) Who was the 1994 opening day starting pitcher?

          a. Al Leiter

          b. Bobby Jones

          c. Dwight Gooden

          d. Mike Hampton