Sports Quiz – Oct. 4, 2019

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Questions

1. Washington’s Bryce Harper set a major-league mark in 2017 for most runs scored in the month of April (32). Who had held the record?
2. In the 1960s, three major-league pitchers compiled seasons in which they won at least 20 more games than they lost. Name two of them.
3. Who succeeded Woody Hayes as head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team?
4. Who holds the Oklahoma City Thunder record for most 3-pointers in a playoff game?
5. When was the last time before 2019 that the New York Islanders were swept in an NHL playoff series?
6. Track star Usain Bolt of Jamaica holds the world record for a 200-meter race (19.19 seconds in 2009). Who holds the U.S. mark?
7. Who was the last golfer before Brooks Koepka in 2019 to go wire to wire in winning the PGA Championship?

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1. Colorado’s Larry Walker, with 29 in 1997.
2. Whitey Ford in 1961 (25-4), Sandy Koufax in 1962 (25-5) and Denny McLain in 1968 (31-6).
3. Earle Bruce, who coached the Buckeyes from 1979 to 1987.
4. Paul George, with eight 3-pointers made versus Utah in 2018.
5. It was 1994, versus the New York Rangers.
6. Michael Johnson, who ran the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds in 1996.
7. Hal Sutton, in 1983.

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