Sports Quiz – Oct. 22, 2017

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By Chris Richcreek

1. Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Rod Carew combined for how many batting-average titles?
2. How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit in World Series play?
3. Who is the only football coach to lead the University of North Carolina to multiple ACC championships?
4. Bismack Biyombo set a Toronto Raptors record in 2016 for most rebounds in a playoff game (26). Who had held the mark?
5. The Minnesota Wild set a franchise record in the 2016-17 NHL season for victories (49). What had been the team’s highest total?
6. In 2016, Claressa Shields became the sixth American to win the Val Barker Trophy for best boxer in the Olympic tournament. Name three of the five others.
7. Si Woo Kim, in 2017, joined three others as the only PGA golfers in the past 25 years to win two tournaments before the age of 22. Name two of the three others to do it.

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1. Fifteen – Gwynn with eight and Carew with seven.
2. He appeared in 10 World Series, and hit a total of 15 home runs.
3. Bill Dooley (1971, ’72, ’77).
4. Jonas Valanciunas grabbed 19 rebounds in a playoff game earlier in 2016.
5. The Wild won 48 games in the 2006-07 season.
6. Louis Laurie (1936), Norvel Lee (1952), Howard Davis Jr. (1976), Paul Gonzales (1984) and Roy Jones Jr. (1988).
7. Sergio Garcia, Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods.

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