Sports Quiz – Feb. 19, 2017

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By Chris Richcreek

1. In 2015, the Nationals’ Max Scherzer became the sixth pitcher to toss two no-hitters in a season. Name three of the other five to do it.
2. The New York Mets’ Daniel Murphy set a record in 2015 for homering in the most consecutive postseason games (six). Who had held the record?
3. Who was the first NFL player to tally 1,000 points for two different teams?
4. When was the last time before 2016 (Wisconsin) that a winning team in an NCAA Tournament men’s basketball game scored 47 or fewer points?
5. Which did NHL legend Gordie Howe win more of: the Hart Trophy (league MVP) or the Art Ross Trophy (top scorer)?
6. When was the last time before 2016 that the Colorado Rapids reached the conference finals of the MLS Cup playoffs?
7. In 2016, Nyquist became the second horse in 10 years to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile race one year and the Kentucky Derby the next. Who was the other?

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1. Johnny Vander Meer (1938), Allie Reynolds (’51), Virgil Trucks (’52), Nolan Ryan (’73) and Roy Halladay (2010).
2. Carlos Beltran of the Houston Astros did it in five consecutive postseason games in 2004.
3. Adam Vinatieri, with New England and Indianapolis.
4. Butler scored 47 points in a win versus Mississippi State in 2003.
5. He won six of each.
6. It was 2010, when the Rapids won the MLS Cup.
7. Street Sense, in 2006-07.

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