Sports Quiz – June 8, 2018

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1. When was the last time the Seattle Mariners made the playoffs?
2. Name the first pitcher to beat all 30 teams in the major leagues.
3. Against which team in 1984 did the Rams’ Eric Dickerson break the NFL mark for most rushing yards in a season?
4. Since 1985, how many winners of the Wooden Award (most outstanding basketball player) also went on to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship in the same season?
5. Which two teams had the longest winning streak during the 2017-18 NHL season?
6. When was the last time before 2016 (Simone Manuel) that a U.S. woman won an Olympic swimming gold medal in the women’s 100 freestyle?
7. Entering 2018, five golfers had won an NCAA championship and the U.S. amateur in the same year. Name three of them.

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1. It was 2001.
2. Al Leiter of the New York Mets, in 2002.
3. Dickerson broke O.J. Simpson’s mark of 2,003 yards against the Houston Oilers on the way to 2,105 yards overall.
4. Six – Danny Manning (1988), Christian Laettner (1992), Ed O’Bannon (1995), Shane Battier (2001), Anthony Davis (2012) and Jalen Brunson (2018).
5. Nashville and Colorado each won 10 consecutive games.
6. Nancy Hogshead and Carrie Steinseifer (tie), in 1984.
7. Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Ryan Moore and Bryson DeChambeau.

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