Sports Quiz – Oct. 11, 2019

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Questions

1. Who holds the major-league record for most times caught stealing in a season?
2. In 2018, Cleveland’s Corey Kluber set a franchise record for consecutive starts without allowing more than three earned runs (22). Who had held the team mark?
3. Which franchise recorded the biggest comeback by a road team to win a playoff game in NFL history?
4. Purdue’s Carsen Edwards set a men’s basketball record in 2019 for most 3-pointers in one NCAA Tournament (28). Who had held the record?
5. Who is the all-time leading U.S. scorer at the men’s Ice Hockey World Championship?
6. Name the last French driver before Simon Pagenaud in 2019 to win the Indianapolis 500.
7. In 2019, Barbora Strycova became the oldest first-time women’s Grand Slam semifinalist in the Open Era of tennis (age 33). Who had been the oldest?

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1. Rickey Henderson, with 42 in 1982 (when he also successfully stole 130 bases).
2. Sonny Siebert, with 21 games in 1965.
3. The Detroit Lions came back from 20 points down to beat the San Francisco 49ers in 1957.
4. Michigan’s Glen Rice had 27 in 1989.
5. Patrick Kane, with 42 points.
6. Rene Thomas, in 1914.
7. Roberta Vinci was 32 when she reached the U.S. Open semifinals in 2015.

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