Sports Quiz – Sept. 14, 2018

#Middlebury

Questions

1. Who was the oldest catcher to hit a home run in the All-Star Game before St. Louis’ Yadier Molina (34 years, 363 days) did it in 2017?
2. When was the last time before August 2017 that the Los Angeles Dodgers were 50 games over .500 during a season?
3. Between the 2000 and 2017 NFL seasons, how many teams other than New England and Pittsburgh won the AFC Championship?
4. When was the last time before 2018 that the West Virginia men’s basketball team was ranked as high as second in The Associated Press Top 25 poll?
5. In 2018, Tampa Bay’s Mikhail Sergachev became the youngest player in team history (19 years, 300 days) to score an NHL playoff goal. Who had been the youngest?
6. When was the last time for 2018 that Germany’s men’s soccer team was eliminated in the first round of the World Cup?
7. In 2018, Gennady Golovkin tied the record for most title defenses as a middleweight. Who else holds the mark?

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1. Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees (34 years, 83 days old), in 1959.
2. It was 1953.
3. Four – Baltimore (twice), Indianapolis (twice), Denver (twice) and Oakland.
4. It was December of 1959.
5. Jason Wiemer (20 years and 2 days old), in 1996.
6. It was 1938.
7. Bernard Hopkins (1996-2005).

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