Sports Quiz – Oct. 15, 2016

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By Chris Richcreek

1. Name the last team before the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015 to have two winning streaks of at least 11 games in the same season?
2. In 2015, Texas pitcher Yovani Gallardo became the fourth native of Mexico to win at least 100 major-league games. Name two of the first three to do it.
3. In what sport other than football is legendary running back Jim Brown a member of a Hall of Fame?
4. In 2015, Denzel Valentine became the fourth player in Michigan State men’s basketball history to have a triple-double in a game. Name two of the first three to do it.
5. Which country has won the most Ice Hockey World Championships?
6. In 2016, bowler Jesper Svensson, 20, became the youngest player to win the PBA’s Tournament of Champions. Who had been the youngest?
7. Between 2000 and 2016, how many horses won the first two races (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes) of the Triple Crown?

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1. The Cleveland Indians, in 1954.
2. Fernando Valenzuela (173 victories), Esteban Loaiza (126) and Ismael Valdez (104).
3. The Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
4. Magic Johnson, Draymond Green and Charlie Bell.
5. The combined Soviet Union/Russian team has 27 world championships. Canada has 26.
6. Marshall Holman was 21 when he won the event in 1976.
7. Seven – War Emblem (2002), Funny Cide (’03), Smarty Jones (’04), Big Brown (’08), I’ll Have Another (’12), California Chrome (’14) and American Pharoah (’15).

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