Sports Quiz – Feb. 16, 2018

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Questions

1. When was the last time before 2015-16 that the New York Mets made the playoffs in two consecutive years?
2. Name the last reliever before Travis Wood of the Chicago Cubs in 2016 to hit a home run in a playoff game.
3. In 2016, Derek Carr set an Oakland Raiders record for most passing yards in a game (513). Who had held the franchise mark?
4. When was the last time before 2017 that Rhode Island’s men’s basketball team won a game in the NCAA Tournament?
5. Name the Toronto Maple Leafs’ only No. 1 overall NHL draft pick before Auston Matthews in 2016.
6. In 1985, Russian Garry Kasparov became the youngest winner in the history of the world chess championship. How old was he?
7. Who gave boxer Sugar Ray Robinson his first pro defeat, in 1943?

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1. It was 1999-2000.
2. Rosy Ryan of the New York Giants in the 1924 World Series.
3. Cotton Davidson threw for 427 yards against Denver in 1964.
4. It was 1998, when the Rams reached the Elite Eight.
5. Wendel Clark, in 1985.
6. He was 22.
7. Jake LaMotta.

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