Sports Quiz – November 1, 2024

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Questions

1. What is the nickname of the Australian women’s national basketball team?
2. Name the cable TV channel that launched on December 31, 1995, and was dedicated primarily to auto racing and other motorsports.
3. What golfer, at age 59, lost a four-hole playoff to Stewart Cink and finished second at the 2009 Open Championship?
4. Brothers Matt and Tim Hasselbeck both played quarterback for what college team?
5.  Before it became the Michael Jordan Trophy in 2022, the award for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player was named after what sports administrator?
6. Austria’s Gudrun Pfluger, four-time winner of the women’s World Mountain Running Championships from 1992-96, dedicated her post-athletic career to the study and conservation of what animals?
7. What St. Louis Cardinals third baseman hit two grand slam home runs in one inning in an April 1999 game? (Hint: His son debuted with the San Diego Padres in 2019.)

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1. The Opals.
2. Speedvision (rebranded as Speed Channel in 2002).
3. Tom Watson.
4. The Boston College Eagles.
5. Maurice Podoloff.
6. Wolves.
7. Fernando Tatis Sr.

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