Sports Quiz – March 4, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY

By Chris Richcreek

Questions

1. Name the first player in major-league history to have an extra-base hit in his first six postseason games.
2. How many times has a New York Mets player hit 40 or more home runs in a season?
3. When was the last time before the 2015 season that the Iowa Hawkeyes played in the Rose Bowl?
4. A.C. Green holds the NBA record for most consecutive games played. How many is it?
5. Who was the last rookie under the age of 20 before Edmonton’s Connor McDavid to average at least a point a game for the season?
6. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, cyclist Kristin Armstrong became the second American woman to win three gold medals in the same event in any Olympics. Who was the first?
7. In 2016, golfer Henrik Stenson tied a record for lowest final round in winning a men’s major (63). Who also holds the mark?

Scroll Down for Answers

1. Colby Rasmus of the Houston Astros in 2015.
2. Three times – Carlos Beltran (41 in 2006), Todd Hundley (41 in 1996) and Mike Piazza (40 in 1999).
3. It was after the 1990 season.
4. He played in 1,192 consecutive games.
5. Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby, in the 2005-06 season.
6. Speedskater Bonnie Blair (1988-94).
7. Johnny Miller, who shot a 63 in the final round of the 1973 U.S. Open.

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