Sports Quiz – April 15, 2017

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By Chris Richcreek

1. In 2016, Colorado’s Trevor Story became the fifth major-league player since 1900 to homer in each of his team’s first four games. Name two of the other four to do it.
2. Which Cy Young Award winner had the highest ERA?
3. Since the 2000 college football season, how many Heisman Trophy winners have been running backs?
4. How many times has Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul led the NBA in assists per game for a season?
5. When was the last time before 2016 that the Montreal Canadiens tallied 10 goals in a game?
6. Wayne Taylor Racing captured the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2017. When was the last time the team won the race?
7. Who was the last British female tennis player before Johanna Konta in 2016 to reach the top 10 in the rankings?

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1. Chris Davis (2013), Nelson Cruz (2011), Mark McGwire (1998) and Willie Mays (1971).
2. Lamar Hoyt of the Chicago White Sox had a 3.66 ERA in 1983.
3. Three – Reggie Bush of Southern Cal (2005 – later vacated), Mark Ingram of Alabama (2009) and Derrick Henry of Alabama (2015).
4. Four times – the 2007-08, 2008-09, 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.
5. It was 1990, versus Pittsburgh.
6. It was 2005, when the team was known as Sun Trust Racing.
7. Jo Durie, in 1984.

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