Sports Quiz – August 16, 2024

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Questions

1. Who slid into home plate to score the winning run in the Atlanta Braves’ 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 7 of the 1992 National League Championship Series?
2. Who was ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” play-by-play announcer from 2018-19?
3. In 1950, Patty Berg, Opal Hill, Shirley Spork and Louise Suggs were among the 13 founders of what professional sports organization?
4. Known as “Queen of the Nurburgring,” what German motorsports icon and TV personality died of cancer in 2021 at the age of 51?
5. In 1989, the UCLA Bruins’ Pooh Richardson was the first draft pick in the history of what NBA franchise?
6. Pitcher Dennis Martinez, who threw a perfect game as a member of the Montreal Expos in 1991, hailed from what country?
7. What sportswriter from The Boston Globe got into a physical altercation with New England Patriots cornerback Raymond Clayborn in the locker room following a game in 1979?

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1. Sid Bream.
2. Joe Tessitore.
3. The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).
4. Sabine Schmitz.
5. The Minnesota Timberwolves.
6. Nicaragua.
7. Will McDonough.

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