Sports Quiz – February 19, 2021

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Questions

1. Who was the trainer of Triple Crown-winning racehorses Gallant Fox (1930) and Omaha (1935)?
2. It’s tradition for Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players to touch a sign posted in Notre Dame Stadium before taking the field. What does the sign read?
3. What former NFL defensive lineman played the role of Sloth in the 1985 adventure comedy film “The Goonies”?
4. What American female distance runner won the Boston Marathon in 1979 and ’83, and won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics?
5. What cross-country skiing distance race, first held in 1973, is traditionally run every February in northern Wisconsin?
6. What Boston Celtics player suffered a season-ending knee injury attempting a dunk after the whistle in the final minutes of a 97-84 loss to the Indiana Pacers in 2007?
7. What NHL defenseman, who played with the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche from 1990-2009, raced in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series from 2009-15?

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1. James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons.
2. “Play like a champion today.”
3. John Matuszak.
4. Joan Benoit.
5. The American Birkebeiner.
6. Tony Allen.
7. Patrice Brisebois.

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