Sports Quiz – April 1, 2017

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By Chris Richcreek

Questions

1. In 2015, four players were voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. When was the last time before 2015 that a quartet was voted in?
2. Shoeless Joe Jackson holds the career batting average mark for two major-league teams. Name them.
3. In 2015, Tyrod Taylor set a Buffalo Bills record for most consecutive passes without an interception (222). Who had held the team mark?
4. Entering 2017, three teams in men’s college basketball had come back from a 14-point or more deficit to win a Final Four game. Name two of them.
5. In 2016, Evgeni Malkin became the second-leading scorer of power-play goals (111) in Pittsburgh Penguins history. Who was No. 2 at the time, and who is No. 1?
6. Chase Elliott, in 2017, became the fifth driver in NASCAR Cup series history to win consecutive Daytona 500 poles. Name two of the other four.
7. In 2016, Karolina Pliskova became the fourth female tennis player to beat both Williams sisters in the same Grand Slam event. Who else did it before her?

Scroll Down for Answers

1. It was 1955 (Joe DiMaggio, Ted Lyons, Dazzy Vance and Gabby Hartnett).
2. The Chicago White Sox (.340 in five-plus seasons) and the Cleveland Indians (.375 in five-plus seasons).
3. Drew Bledsoe had 175 consecutive passes without an interception for Buffalo in 2002.
4. Loyola University Chicago (1963), Seton Hall (1989) and Duke (2001).
5. Jaromir Jagr and Kevin Stevens had 110 each. Mario Lemieux leads with 236.
6. Fireball Roberts (1961-63), Buddy Baker (1979-80), Bill Elliott (1985-87) and Ken Schrader (1988-90).
7. Martina Hingis (2001), Justine Henin (2007) and Kim Clijsters (2009).

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