Sports Quiz – March 30, 2018

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Questions

1. In 2016, Miguel Montero of the Chicago Cubs became just the third player to have a pinch-hit grand slam in the postseason. Name either of the other two to do it.
2. Which pitcher is the Milwaukee Brewers’ franchise leader in career strikeouts?
3. How many consecutive AFC East titles have the New England Patriots won entering 2018?
4.  Which of these two conferences, entering 2018, was the last to win an NCAA men’s basketball championship: Big Ten or Pac-12?
5.  In 2017, Washington’s Barry Trotz became the fifth NHL coach to reach 737 career regular-season victories. Name two of the four ahead of him on the list.
6. Who was the first Asian boxer to hold a world heavyweight title in one of the four major sanctioning organizations?
7. In 2017, Weston McKennie became the third youngest player (19) to score in his U.S. men’s soccer debut. Name either of the two younger players.

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1. Cincinnati’s Mark Lewis, in 1995, and Ricky Ledee of the New York Yankees, in 1999.
2. Yovani Gallardo, with 1,226 strikeouts.
3. Nine AFC East championships.
4. The Big Ten won in 2000, while the Pac-12 last won in 1997.
5. Scotty Bowman, Joel Quenneville, Ken Hitchcock and Al Arbour.
6. Ruslan Chagaev, who won the WBA title in 2007.
7. Juan Agudelo (age 17) in 2010, and Landon Donovan (18) in 2000.

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