Sports Quiz – December 20, 2024

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Questions

1.  Name the Miami Dolphins wide receiver who caught the final touchdown pass of quarterback Dan Marino’s NFL career in January 2000.
2. Quinn Buckner compiled a 13-69 record in his lone season as an NBA head coach of what team from 1993-94?
3. Nafissatou Thiam, who won gold medals in the women’s heptathlon in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games, competed for what country?
4. Hilda “Howlin’ Hilda” Chester (1897-1978), known for her cowbell and “Hilda Is Here” sign, was a famous fan of what Major League Baseball team?
5. Between Formula 1 rivals Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna, who won more drivers’ championships?
6. What former NFL referee was a colonel in the Army Reserve and won the Bronze Star for actions in the Persian Gulf War?
7. The Cy-Hawk Trophy is awarded to the winner of the rivalry game between what two college football teams?

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1. Oronde Gadsden.
2. The Dallas Mavericks.
3. Belgium.
4. The Brooklyn Dodgers.
5. Prost, with four (Senna had three).
6. Jeff Triplette.
7. The Iowa State University Cyclones and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.

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