Sports Quiz – March 2, 2018

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Questions

1. The Baltimore Orioles had only 19 stolen bases during the 2016 season. Name the last time a major-league team had fewer stolen bases for a season.
2. Kendrys Morales set a Royals team mark in 2015 for most total bases in one game (15). Who had held the record?
3. When was the last time before 2016 that the NFL had two games end in a tie in the same season?
4. How many consecutive years has the Kansas men’s basketball team won its opening game in the NCAA Tournament?
5. When was the last time before the 2016-17 NHL season (Toronto Maple Leafs) that three rookies each reached 60 points for the same team?
6. When Josef Newgarden (26 years old) won the 2017 IndyCar series championship, he was the youngest to do so since who?
7. When was the last time before 2017 that tennis star Venus Williams reached the semifinals of three majors in the same year?

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1. The Detroit Tigers stole only 17 bases in 1972.
2. George Brett had 14 total bases in a game in 1979.
3. It was 1997.
4. Eleven consecutive years entering 2018.
5. It was the 1980-81 Quebec Nordiques (Peter Stastny, Anton Stastny and Dale Hunter).
6. Sam Hornish Jr. was 23 when he won the title in 2002.
7. It was 2002.

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