Sports Quiz – February 9, 2024

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Questions

1. What Hockey Hall of Famer won four consecutive Selke Trophies for best defensive forward as a member of the Montreal Canadiens from 1978-81?
2. Bill Vukovich, winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1953 and 1954, died in a crash while leading what race in 1955?
3. Name the 1990 sports comedy/drama film that starred C. Thomas Howell and Peter Horton as beach volleyball players.
4. What British swimmer, born with cerebral palsy, won 13 medals in six Summer Paralympic Games?
5. Who was interim head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team when they beat the Michigan State Spartans 17-3 in the 2003 MasterCard Alamo Bowl? (Hint: He was Nebraska’s head coach from 2008-14.)
6. On July 5, 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in the American League as a member of what MLB team?
7. Scott Zolak was the backup quarterback for what NFL team from 1991-98?

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1. Bob Gainey.
2. The Indianapolis 500.
3. “Side Out.”
4. Sascha Kindred.
5. Bo Pelini.
6. The Cleveland Indians.
7. The New England Patriots.

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