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Of the players selected in MLB draft history, 22 have jumped straight to the majors without ever playing in the minors. In the past 40 years, it’s happened eight times, and three of those eight were position players. Name any one of those position players.

(Hint: One of them was an outfielder drafted out of Oklahoma State who still holds the career and single-season Division I home run records, and hit 20-plus home runs and struck out more than 100 times in each of his first five Major League seasons, all with the Rangers. Another was a two-way player out of Washington State who currently has the two-way college player of the year award named after him and won an American League batting title. And the most recent was drafted by San Diego from Cal in 2000, and played 12 seasons primarily as an outfielder with the Padres, Mets, Pirates, Yankees, Cubs, Diamondbacks and Nationals.)

Pete Incaviglia, John Olerud, Xavier Nady

Racing & Combat

Name the actor: Fezzik, 1987, The Regal Damsel on the Occasion of Her Nuptials

Andre Rene Roussimoff, aka Andre the Giant

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In addition to Illinois, this Big Ten school is the only one without a live or costumed mascot.  A brief flirtation with a live mascot did occur in 1927, in conjunction with the opening of the school's new football stadium, as Bennie and Biff were borrowed from a local zoo and paraded into games in a cage.  This practice was discontinued, however, when the animals "grew larger and more ferocious," leading the then athletic director to conclude, "It was obvious that the...mascots had designs on the...men toting them, and those designs were by no means friendly."

Michigan