Sports Quiz – July 27, 2018

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Questions

1. In 2017, Edinson Volquez tossed the sixth no-hitter in Miami Marlins history. Name three of the first five to do it.
2. What was the highest batting average legendary St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson had during any one season?
3. Name the coach of the San Diego State football team the first time it won 11 games in a season as a Division I program in 1969. (Hint: He went on to become a well-known NFL coach.)
4. Who is the all-time blocked shots leader for the Oklahoma City Thunder?
5. Carey Price set a Montreal Canadiens franchise record in 2018 for most career games in goal. Who had held the mark?
6. In how many decades did Richard Petty win at least one of his seven NASCAR Cup season championships?
7. Caroline Wozniacki set a record in 2018 with the longest span between times holding the No. 1 spot in the WTA rankings (six years). Who had held the mark?

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1. Al Leiter, Kevin Brown, A.J. Burnett, Anibal Sanchez and Henderson Alvarez.
2. Gibson hit .303 in the 1970 season.
3. Don Coryell.
4. Serge Ibaka, with 1,300 blocked shots (2009-16).
5. Jacques Plante was in goal for 556 games for Montreal (1952-63).
6. Petty won it twice in the 1960s and five times in the 1970s.
7. Serena Williams went five-plus years between No. 1 appearances.

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