Sports Quiz – January 3, 2025

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Questions

1. What two NFL teams combined for 79 points, 809 yards passing and 1,036 total yards in an epic AFC divisional playoff game in January 1982?
2. Name the defenseman who played 13 seasons in the NHL – most notably with the Detroit Red Wings from 1986-94 – until his death in an auto accident in May 1999.
3. Basketball Hall of Famer Denise Curry was a three-time All-American (1979-81) for what college team?
4. In 1979, CBS Sports “traded” NFL play-by-play announcer Don Criqui to NBC in exchange for what sportscaster?
5. What American swimmer, winner of two gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, is the older sister of actor/director Joanna Kerns (“Growing Pains”)?
6. On April 6, 1973, the New York Yankees’ Ron Blomberg made history by becoming the first player to do what in a regular-season Major League Baseball game?
7. What NASCAR driver was declared the unofficial winner of the first Daytona 500 in 1959, then had the result overturned three days later and wound up finishing second to Lee Petty?

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1. The San Diego Chargers defeated the Miami Dolphins 41-38 in overtime.
2. Steve Chiasson.
3. UCLA.
4. Curt Gowdy.
5. Donna de Varona.
6. Bat as a designated hitter.
7. Johnny Beauchamp.

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