Sports Quiz – March 9, 2018

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Questions

1. When was the last time before 2016 that the Chicago Cubs lost a postseason game by a 1-0 score?
2. How many times did Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio have more home runs than strikeouts in a major-league season?
3. Which Big Ten football team was the first to go to the Rose Bowl?
4. Who was the first NBA player to officially record a quadruple-double?
5. Name the last NHL player before Washington’s Alex Ovechkin to start a season with back-to-back hat tricks.
6. How many consecutive yearly Directors’ Cups has Stanford won for having the most success in Division I college athletics?
7. Who was heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano’s final bout against before retiring with a 49-0 record?

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1. It was 1918, when Boston’s Babe Ruth shut out the Cubs in the first game of the World Series.
2. Seven times (1937, ’38, ’39, ’40, ’41, ’46 and ’48).
3. Michigan, in 1902.
4. Nate Thurmond, for Chicago in 1974 (22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, 12 blocked shots).
5. In 1917, Cy Denneny, Joe Malone and Reg Noble all did it.
6. Twenty-three.
7. Archie Moore, in 1955.

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