Sports Quiz – July 20, 2018

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Questions

1. Baltimore’s Trey Mancini tied a record in 2016-17 by hitting eight home runs in his first 17 major-league games. Who else did it?
2. Pitchers Octavio Dotel and Edwin Jackson hold the major-league mark for playing for the most teams. How many?
3. The Pittsburgh Steelers selected four future Pro Football Hall of Fame players in the 1974 NFL Draft. Name three of them.
4. In 2017, Duke tied the record for most times being ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s basketball preseason poll. Who else has held the ranking nine times?
5. The Nashville Predators set a franchise record in the 2017-18 season for most victories for a season (53). In what season was the previous record?
6. Who was the last American woman before Shalane Flanagan in 2017 to win the New York City Marathon?
7. The 2018 Masters featured the fourth consecutive golfer to win his first major at that event. Name three of the four.

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1. Toronto’s Carlos Delgado (1993-94) and Colorado’s Trevor Story (2016).
2. Each has pitched for 13 teams.
3. Lynn Swann, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth and Mike Webster.
4. North Carolina.
5. The Predators won 51 games in the 2006-07 season.
6. Miki Gorman, in 1977.
7. Jordan Spieth, Danny Willett, Sergio Garcia and Patrick Reed.

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