Sports Quiz – Sept. 17, 2016

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By Chris Richcreek

Questions

1. When was the last time before 2015 (Virginia) that an ACC baseball team won the College World Series?
2. In 2015, Mark Melancon set a Pittsburgh Pirates record for most consecutive saves (35). Who had held the mark?
3. Three players scored at least 25 touchdowns and kicked at least 70 field goals during their NFL career. Name two of them.
4. How many consecutive 20-win seasons did Billy Donovan have as the coach of the Florida Gators men’s basketball team?
5. Who holds the NHL record for most coaching victories with one team?
6. In 2016, Martin Truex Jr. set a NASCAR Cup record for leading the most miles in a race (588). Who had held the mark?
7. Who was the last men’s tennis player before Novak Djokovic in 2016 to win the first two Grand Slam events of a season?

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1. Wake Forest, in 1955.
2. Joel Hanrahan had 26 consecutive saves in 2011.
3. George Blanda, Gordy Soltau and Bobby Walston.
4. Sixteen consecutive seasons.
5. Al Arbour, who notched 740 victories with the New York Islanders.
6. Jim Paschal led 502 miles in a race in 1967.
7. Jim Courier, in 1992.

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