Sports Quiz – Feb. 26, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY

By Chris Richcreek

  1. When was the last time before 2014 that Oakland had six players named to the All-Star team?
  2. Name the last major-league player before Bryce Harper in 2015 to have 30 home runs and 100 walks in a season in which he was 22 or younger.
  3. Jay Cutler holds the Chicago Bears record for most TD passes in a career (154). Who is No. 2?
  4. Lon Kruger was the first men’s basketball coach to take five different teams to an NCAA Tournament. Who was the second?
  5. What was hockey legend Gordie Howe’s age when he won the World Hockey Association Most Valuable Player Award in 1974?
  6. Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500 twice during his NASCAR career. How many times did he have the Daytona 500 pole position?
  7. In 2016, Angelique Kerber became the oldest women’s tennis player (28) to debut at No. 1 in the WTA rankings. Who had been the oldest?

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  1. It was 1975, when the A’s had seven players be part of the team.
  2. Eddie Mathews, in 1954.
  3. Sid Luckman, with 137 (1939-50).
  4. Tubby Smith (Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Texas Tech).
  5. He had just turned 46 years old.
  6. Four times, including for both of his victories.
  7. Jennifer Capriati, who was 25 years, 200 days old when she became No. 1 in October 2001.

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