Sports Quiz – July 7, 2017

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By Chris Richcreek

Questions

1. Who are the only two players to win a Silver Slugger Award in their first five full major-league seasons?
2. Who was the last major-league hitter to top .370 in batting average for a season?
3. What team was the first to win a Super Bowl as an NFL playoff wild-card entry?
4. How many times did Billy Donovan reach the Final Four as coach of the Florida Gators men’s basketball team (1996-2015)?
5. Who was the first player to score in five different ways (shorthanded, even strength, power play, penalty shot, empty net) during an NHL game?
6. At what age did driver Richard Petty win his seventh and final NASCAR Cup season championship?
7. When was the last time before 2017 (Australian Open) that Roger Federer won a grand-slam event in men’s tennis?

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1. Mike Piazza (1993-2002) and Mike Trout (2012-16).
2. Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki, with a .372 batting average in 2004.
3. The Oakland Raiders won Super Bowl XV after the 1980 season.
4. Four times – 2000, 2006, 2007 and 2014.
5. Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux, in 1988.
6. He was 42 when he won the season title in 1979.
7. In 2012, he won Wimbledon.

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