Sports Quiz – Oct. 12, 2018

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Questions

1. In 2017, the Angels’ Mike Trout became the fourth player in American League history to hit 20-plus home runs six times before turning 26 years old. Name two of the three others.
2. The New York Yankees’ C.C. Sabathia, in 2017, became the fourth left-hander to strike out at least 2,800 batters. Who are the other three?
3. In 2017, Atlanta QB Matt Ryan became the first NFL quarterback to toss three touchdown passes in four consecutive playoff games. Name three of the five others tied at three games.
4. When was the last time before 2018 that the University of Virginia’s men’s basketball team beat the Blue Devils at Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium?
5. Chris Kunitz won three Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins (2009, ’16, ’17). With which team did he win his first Stanley Cup?
6. Who was the first American male to win gold medals at three separate Winter Olympics?
7. Name the only female golfer to make the cut at a PGA Tour event.

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1. Mickey Mantle, Alex Rodriguez and Tony Conigliaro.
2. Randy Johnson (4,875 strikeouts), Steve Carlton (4,136) and Mickey Lolich (2,832).
3. Tom Brady, Joe Flacco, Bernie Kosar, Aaron Rodgers and Kurt Warner.
4. It was 1995.
5. Anaheim, in 2007.
6. Shaun White.
7. Babe Didrikson Zaharias, in 1945.

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