Sports Quiz – February 28, 2025

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Questions

1. The Varsity Match, first played in 1872, is an annual rugby union fixture played between what two English universities?
2. What Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman won Stanley Cups with the New Jersey Devils (1995, 2000, 2003) and Anaheim Ducks (2007)?
3. Whose permanent residence was a three-room suite at Salt Lake City’s University Park Hotel during his tenure as head coach of the Utah Utes men’s basketball team from 1989 to 2004?
4. Who had more NFL regular-season head-to-head victories between the Green Bay Packers’ Curly Lambeau and the Chicago Bears’ George Halas?
5. Pitcher Gus “Cannonball” Weyhing, who played from 1887-1901, holds what dubious Major League Baseball career record?
6. The mashie-niblick, cleek, jigger and baffing spoon are obsolete types of what sports equipment?
7. First overall NBA Draft picks Victor Wembanyama (2023) and Zaccharie Risacher (2024) both hail from what country?

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1. Oxford and Cambridge.
2. Scott Niedermayer.
3. Rick Majerus.
4. Halas went 32-18-4 vs. Lambeau.
5. Most batters hit, with 277.
6. Golf clubs.
7. France.

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