Sports Quiz – May 17, 2024

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Questions

  1. What member of the 1919 World Series champion Cincinnati Reds was head coach of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles from 1941-50 and was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969?
  2. Name the Indiana University president who fired men’s basketball coach Bob Knight in 2000 and went on to become president of the NCAA in 2003.
  3. John Salley was the first player to win NBA championships with three different franchises. What were they?
  4. What two college football rivals played in a dramatic 2016 game that became known as “The Block at the Rock”?
  5. In what sport would one find participants using an epee on a piste?
  6. What golf course, located in Louisville, Kentucky, first hosted the PGA Championship in 1996 and was the site of the 2008 Ryder Cup?
  7. What French tennis player won the 1983 French Open and later embarked on a successful music career? (Hint: His son played in the NBA.)

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  1. Greasy Neale.
  2. Myles Brand.
  3. Detroit Pistons (1989-90), Chicago Bulls (1996) and Los Angeles Lakers (2000).
  4. The Florida State Seminoles and Miami Hurricanes.
  5. Fencing.
  6. Valhalla Golf Club.
  7. Yannick Noah.

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