Sports Quiz – Oct. 16, 2015

By Chris Richcreek

1. Name the last N.L. pitcher before the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw in 2014 to win the regular-season MVP Award.
2. How many managers did the Chicago White Sox have during the decade of the 1980s?
3. Marshall’s Rakeem Cato, in 2014, set a Division I record for most consecutive games with at least one TD pass (46). Who had held the mark?
4. When was the last time before 2014 that the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks all failed to make the NBA playoffs in the same season?
5. Name the coach who led Canada in 2002 to its first gold medal in men’s Olympic hockey following a 50-year drought.
6. Lionel Messi set a Champions League soccer scoring record in 2014 when he tallied his 72nd goal. Who had held the mark?
7. Name three of the six fighters Manny Pacquiao has lost to in his 65-bout pro boxing career.

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Answers

1. St. Louis’ Bob Gibson, in 1968.
2. Tony La Russa (1980-86), Doug Rader (1986), Jim Fregosi (1986-88) and Jeff Torborg (1989).
3. Russell Wilson, who did it in 38 games with North Carolina State and Wisconsin (2009-12).
4. Never.
5. Pat Quinn.
6. Raul, with 71.
7. Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Marquez, Timothy Bradley, Erik Morales, Medgoen Singsurat and Rustico Torrecampo.

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