Sports Quiz – Aug. 26, 2017

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By Chris Richcreek

  1. Name the last major-league team to win at least 20 consecutive games in a season.
  2. Which Baltimore Orioles pitcher in the 1960s tossed shutouts in his first two major-league starts?
  3. Which team ended the NFC’s run of 13 consecutive Super Bowl victories?
  4. When was the last time before the 2016-17 season that Valparaiso had a men’s basketball coach who did not have the last name of Drew.
  5. Name the last No. 1 seed in the NHL playoffs before Chicago in 2017 to be eliminated in the first round.
  6. Who was the last American male boxer before Shakur Stevenson in 2016 to win a gold or silver medal at the Olympics?
  7. In 2017, Justin Thomas recorded the lowest-ever score for a 72-hole PGA event (253). Who had held the record for the lowest score?

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  1. Oakland won 20 in a row in 2002.
  2. Tom Phoebus, in 1966.
  3. Denver, in Super Bowl XXXII after the 1997 NFL season.
  4. It was the 1987-88 season.
  5. The Vancouver Canucks, in 2012.
  6. Andre Ward won a gold medal in 2004.
  7. Tommy Armour III shot 254 in a tournament in 2003.

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