Sports Quiz – Oct. 24, 2015

By Chris Richcreek

1. When was the last time before 2014 (Los Angeles Angels) that a team with the best record in baseball did not win a game in the postseason?
2. In 2014, Kolten Wong hit the fourth postseason walk-off homer in St. Louis Cardinals history. Name two of the first three to do it.
3. How many seasons did Hall of Fame punter Ray Guy lead the NFL in punting?
4. When was the last time before 2013 that Wichita State’s men’s basketball team reached the Final Four?
5. Name the last time before 2015 that the Anaheim Mighty Ducks reached the conference finals of the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs.
6. At which Olympics did men’s ice hockey make its debut?
7. Who was the first golfer to make three eagles in one round at the Masters?

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Answers

1. In 1980, it happened to the New York Yankees.
2. Ozzie Smith (1985), Jim Edmonds (2004) and David Freese (2011).
3. Three times — 1974, ’75 and ’77.
4. It was 1965.
5. It was 2007, when they won the Stanley Cup.
6. It was 1920, at the Summer Olympics. Men’s hockey became part of the Winter Olympics in 1924.
7. Dustin Johnson, in 2015.

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