Sports Quiz – Nov. 8, 2015

By CHRIS RICHCREEK

  1. In 2014, Detroit’s Victor Martinez became the third A.L. player in history to have a season of 30-plus homers and less than 50 strikeouts at age 35 or older. Who were the first two?
  2. Name the last major-league playoff team before the 2014 Kansas City Royals to not have at least 100 regular-season home runs.
  3. Who was the last player before Jacksonville’s Allen Hurns in 2014 to score on each of his first two NFL receptions?
  4. Name the first men’s basketball coach to take five different schools to the NCAA Tournament.
  5. Who was the first graduate from Harvard to score a goal in the Stanley Cup Finals?
  6. In 2015, Alex Morgan became the third-fastest U.S. female player (79 games) to score 50 goals in international competition. Who did it faster?
  7. How many losses did heavyweight boxer Joe Frazier have during his 37-fight pro career.

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  1. Joe DiMaggio (1950) and Ted Williams (1957).
  2. The Los Angeles Dodgers, in 1988.
  3. Detroit’s Charles Rogers, in 2003.
  4. Lon Krueger (Kansas State, Florida, Illinois, UNLV and Oklahoma).
  5. Alex Killorn, for Tampa Bay in 2015.
  6. Michelle Akers (49 games) and Abby Wambach (64 games).
  7. Four – two to George Foreman and two to Muhammad Ali.

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