Sports Quiz – Feb. 2, 2018

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Questions

1. When was the last time before 2016 that the Chicago Cubs won 100-plus games in a season?
2. Two major-league players each smacked a triple to reach 3,000 career hits. Name either one to do it.
3. New Orleans QB Drew Brees set a regular-season record in 2016 for most 400-yard passing games in a career. Who had he been tied with at 14 games?
4. When was the last time before 2016 (Kentucky’s Malik Monk) that a player scored at least 47 points in a game against the University of North Carolina’s men’s basketball team?
5. The Vegas Golden Knights, in their inaugural NHL season (2017-18), set a record with an eight-game winning streak. Name either of the two teams that won five in a row in their first NHL season.
6. Who did the U.S. men’s hockey team beat in the final game to secure the Olympic gold medal in 1960?
7. Brooks Koepka, in 2017, tied a men’s U.S. Open record for lowest score to par (16 under) in winning the event. Who else did it?

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1. It was 1935 (100-54).
2. Paul Molitor in 1996, and Ichiro Suzuki in 2016.
3. Peyton Manning.
4. Duke’s Dick Groat scored 48 points against North Carolina in 1952.
5. The New York Rangers (1926-27) and the Edmonton Oilers (1979-80).
6. Czechoslovakia.
7. Rory McIlroy, in 2011.

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