Sports Quiz – Nov. 2, 2018

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Questions

1. In 2017, Cincinnati’s Scooter Gennett became the second player since 1901 with four home runs and at least 10 RBIs in a game. Who was the other?
2. In the 1960s, three San Francisco Giants combined to win the National League home run title in seven seasons. Name the three.
3. When was the last time before 2014-16 that the University of Tennessee’s football team won three consecutive bowl games?
4. Name the last NBA team before the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 and 2017 to win their first seven playoff games in consecutive seasons.
5. Patrick Kane set a record for the U.S. men’s hockey team at the Ice Hockey World Championships in 2018 by tallying a total of 20 points. Who had held the record?
6. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson set a women’s hockey record at the 2018 Winter Games for fastest back-to-back goals in Olympic history (six seconds). Who had held the mark?
7. Who was the last men’s golf major championship winner before Francesco Molinari in 2018 (British Open) to play the final two rounds without going over par on a hole?

Scroll Down for Answers

1. St. Louis’ Mark Whiten, who had four home runs and 12 RBIs in a game in 1993.
2. Orlando Cepeda (1961), Willie Mays (’62, ’64, ’65) and Willie McCovey (’63, ’68, ’69).
3. It was the 1994-96 seasons.
4. The Minneapolis Lakers in 1949 and 1950.
5. Richard Roberge, with 16 points in 1962.
6. Canada’s Caroline Ouellette scored goals 16 seconds apart in 2006.
7. Steve Elkington, at the 1995 PGA Championship.

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