Sports Quiz – June 3, 2017

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By Chris Richcreek

1. In 2015, Ryan Braun became the Milwaukee Brewers’ all-time leader in home runs. Who had held the top spot?
2. Three major-league players had careers of at least 3,000 hits and 600 home runs. Name them.
3. Who was the first defensive player to be named MVP of the Super Bowl?
4. How many times has Villanova’s men’s basketball team reached the Final Four, and how many times have the Wildcats won the title?
5. Who was the first Philadelphia Flyers player to tally 50 or more goals in a season?
6. Name the first athlete born in the year 2000 or later to win a gold medal in an Olympic sport.
7. When was the last time before the 2016 Ryder Cup that the U.S. men’s golf team won the event by at least six points?

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1. Robin Yount, with 251.
2. Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Alex Rodriguez.
3. Linebacker Chuck Howley of the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V.
4. Villanova has reached the Final Four five times and won it all twice (1985, 2016).
5. Rick MacLeish had 50 goals in the 1972-73 season.
6. Swimmer Penny Oleksiak of Canada, in 2016.
7. It was 1981, when the U.S. won 18.5-9.5.

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