Sports Quiz – Jan. 10, 2020

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Questions

1. Kendrys Morales set a Toronto Blue Jays record in 2018 by homering in seven consecutive games. Who had held the franchise mark?
2. How many consecutive seasons did Boston’s Wade Boggs have 200 or more hits?
3. Who was the first offensive lineman to twice finish in the top 10 of Heisman Trophy balloting?
4. Name the first woman to coach a championship-winning team in the WNBA.
5. Who was the oldest player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the NHL playoff MVP?
6. Jill Ellis set a record in 2019 for most games coached with the U.S. women’s national soccer team (132). Who had held the mark?
7. From whom did boxer James J. Braddock win the heavyweight title from in 1935, and who beat him for it in 1937?

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1. Jose Cruz Jr., with six consecutive games in 2001.
2. Seven consecutive years (1983-89).
3. Pittsburgh’s Bill Fralic (1983 and ’84).
4. Anne Donovan, with Seattle in 2004.
5. Boston goalie Tim Thomas was 37 when he won the award in 2011.
6. April Heinrichs, with 124 games coached.
7. He won the title from Max Baer and lost it to Joe Louis.

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