Sports Quiz – Nov. 21, 2016

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By Chris Richcreek

Questions

1. In 2015, Alex Rodriguez became the second player to belt 30 or more homers in 15 major-league seasons. Who was the first?
2. How many combined years did Chuck Tanner and Jim Leyland manage the Pittsburgh Pirates?
3. When was the last time before 2015 that Duke’s football team won a game without scoring a touchdown?
4. How many times have the Atlanta Hawks reached the conference finals following the franchise’s move from St. Louis?
5. Who was the last Chicago Blackhawk before Patrick Kane in 2016 to win the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player?
6. Name the first driver to win a race in all three major NASCAR series: Cup, Xfinity and trucks.
7. Who are the only two male tennis players to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same calendar year?

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1. Hank Aaron.
2. Twenty – Tanner managed nine seasons (1977-85), and Leyland followed with 11 (1986-96).
3. It was 1978 (3-0 against Wake Forest).
4. Three times – the 1968-69 season, 1969-70 and 2014-15.
5. Stan Mikita, in 1968.
6. Ken Schrader, who completed the “triple threat” in 1995.
7. Don Budge (1938) and Rod Laver (1962, ’69).

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