Sports Quiz – July 29, 2017

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By Chris Richcreek

Questions

1. Who holds the Boston Red Sox’s record for most consecutive games with at least one hit?
2. Name the last major-league team to hit .300 or better for a season.
3. Who was the only player to win the Heisman Trophy while Paul “Bear” Bryant was his head coach?
4. Name the first NBA player to make at least 150 3-pointers in each of his first five seasons in the league.
5. Shawn Thornton, in 2017, became the second hockey player to record more than 600 games in the AHL and 700 games in the NHL. Who was the first?
6. With his 2017 win at Dover, Jimmie Johnson became the third driver in NASCAR Cup history to win 11 times at a single track. Who were the other two to do it?
7. When was the last time before 2017 (Australian Open) that the men’s and women’s No. 1 seeds at a tennis Grand Slam failed to reach the quarterfinals?

Scroll Down for Answers

1. Dom DiMaggio hit safely in 34 consecutive games in 1949.
2. The Boston Red Sox in 1950 (.302 batting average).
3. John David Crow, with Texas A&M in 1957.
4. Portland’s Damian Lillard.
5. Jim Morrison (1951-1973).
6. Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip.
7. It happened at the 2004 French Open.

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