Sports Quiz – January 28, 2022

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Questions

1. Name the NASCAR Hall of Famer who in 1963 became the first Black driver to win a race in NASCAR’s premier Grand National Series.
2. What Panamanian jockey amassed 9,530 career wins, including one at the Kentucky Derby (1984) and three straight at the Belmont Stakes (1982-84)?
3. What NFL franchise played its first season in 1967 but did not have a winning campaign until it finished 12-3 in the strike-shortened 1987 season?
4. What New York Yankees lefthanded pitcher was named AL Rookie of the Year in 1981 and threw a no-hitter on July 4, 1983?
5. What name did the NBA’s Washington Wizards franchise have when it was established in 1961?
6. Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) is the global governing body of what game?
7. Name the Denver Nuggets coach who was fined and suspended for ordering his team to stop playing defense during a 156-113 loss to the Sacramento Kings in November 1983.

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1. Wendell Scott.
2. Laffit Pincay Jr.
3. The New Orleans Saints.
4. Dave Righetti.
5. The Chicago Packers.
6. Chess.
7. Doug Moe.

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