Sports Quiz – October 1, 2023

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Questions

  1. What Japanese-born outfielder won World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals (2006) and the Philadelphia Phillies (2008)?
  2. Marathoner Abebe Bikila, who won the gold medal while running barefoot at the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics, represented what country?
  3. Name the head coach for the Houston Oilers (1975-80) and New Orleans Saints (1981-85) who said, “The harder we played, the behinder we got.”
  4. Basketball Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing was born in 1962 in what Caribbean nation?
  5. What NASCAR driver was killed in a head-on collision with the wall during practice at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July 2000?
  6. What national ice hockey team won the eight-game Super Series 72 (also known as the Summit Series) between the Soviet Union and Canada held in September 1972?
  7. What LSU Tigers quarterback was selected No. 1 overall by the Oakland Raiders in the 2007 NFL Draft?

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  1. So Taguchi.
  2. Ethiopia.
  3. Bum Phillips.
  4. Jamaica.
  5. Kenny Irwin Jr.
  6. Canada, 4-3-1.
  7. JaMarcus Russell.

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