Sports Quiz – May 11, 2018

#Middlebury #SportsQuiz

Questions

1. Who were the only major-league shortstops to hit 20 homers twice through their age-21 season?
2. Name the last starting pitcher before St. Louis’ Carlos Martinez in 2017 to strike out at least 11 hitters and walk at least eight in the same game.
3. In 2016, New Orleans’ Drew Brees became one of three players with 30 touchdown passes in nine different seasons. Who else did it?
4. How many times has Xavier’s men’s basketball team reached the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament?
5. In 2018, Carolina’s Justin Faulk became the 10th defenseman in NHL history to reach a natural hat trick. Who was the ninth to do it?
6. How many Canadian teams currently play in Major League Soccer, and how many of them were original members of the league?
7. Boxer Joe Louis holds the record for most consecutive successful world heavyweight title defenses. How many?

Scroll Down for Answers

1. Houston’s Carlos Correa (2015-16) and Seattle’s Alex Rodriguez (1996-97).
2. Seattle’s Randy Johnson, in 1993.
3. Brett Favre and Peyton Manning.
4. Three times – 2004, 2008 and 2017.
5. Chicago’s Dustin Byfuglien, in 2007.
6. Three – Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, none of which were an original member of the MLS.
7. Twenty-five.

(c) 2018 King Features Syndicate, Inc.