Sports Quiz – May 31, 2024

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Questions

1. What kicker from West Germany became an Oklahoma Sooners football legend when he made a 41-yard field goal in the final seconds to beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 29-28?
2. What is the nickname of the athletic teams at the University of California, Irvine?
3. Who are the only two racecar drivers representing the United States to have won a Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship?
4. What Jamaican boxer, who briefly held the WBC heavyweight title in 1986, was bludgeoned to death by his nephew in 2006?
5. What South American national soccer team won a shocking upset over Brazil in a 1950 FIFA World Cup final match that Brazilians call “The Maracana Smash”?
6. Name the 2023 sports drama film based on the true story of five young Mexican-American caddies who built their own golf course in South Texas in 1955.
7. What team won the 1989 World Series that was delayed by the Loma Prieta earthquake?

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1. Uwe von Schamann.
2. The Anteaters.
3. Phil Hill (1961) and Mario Andretti (1978).
4. Trevor Berbick.
5. Uruguay.
6. “The Long Game.”
7. The Oakland A’s beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0.

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