Sports Quiz – Feb. 11, 2017

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By Chris Richcreek

Questions

1. Name the last pitchers before the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw in 2015 to record at least 300 strikeouts in a season.
2. Who was the last St. Louis Cardinal to lead the National League in RBIs for a season?
3. How many consecutive seasons have the Clemson Tigers football team won at least 10 games?
4. Dwane Casey is the Toronto Raptors’ all-time leader in regular-season coaching victories (210 entering the 2016-17 season). Who is No. 2 on the team’s list?
5. In 2016, Connor McDavid tallied five points in an NHL game, becoming the third rookie player in Edmonton Oilers history to do such. Name either of the other two.
6. Who was the last NASCAR Cup driver before Carl Edwards (2015) and Martin Truex Jr. (2016) to win the Charlotte 600 race and Darlington 500 race in the same year?
7. In 2016, Serena Williams set the record for most Grand Slam singles victories in the Open Era. Who had held the mark?

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1. Randy Johnson (334 strikeouts) and Curt Schilling (316), teammates in Arizona in 2002.
2. Albert Pujols, with 118 RBIs in 2010.
3. Six seasons.
4. Sam Mitchell had 156 regular-season coaching victories (2004-08).
5. Dave Lumley (1980) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2011).
6. Jimmie Johnson, in 2004.
7. Martina Navratilova, with 306 Grand Slam singles wins.

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