Sports Quiz – Nov. 16, 2018

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Questions

1. In 2017, the Dodgers’ Corey Seager became the fourth player in major-league history to have two three-homer games before his 24th birthday. Name two of the other three to do it.
2. Name three of the four teams managed by Hall of Famer Whitey Herzog.
3. In 2016, Brad Kaaya became the all-time career passing yards leader (9,968) at the University of Miami, Fla. Who had been No. 1?
4. When was the last time the Washington Wizards won an NBA playoff game against the Celtics in Boston?
5. Of the 31 NHL teams, how many are based in the U.S.?
6. Since the current World Cup format began in 1986, how many times has at least 10 European men’s soccer teams advanced to the round of 16?
7. When Triple Crown winner Justify triumphed in the Preakness in 2018, it put Bob Baffert in a tie for the most wins at that race by a horse trainer (seven). Who else did it seven times?

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1. Mookie Betts, Juan Gonzalez and Boog Powell.
2. Texas (1973), California (’74), Kansas City (’75-’79) and St. Louis (’80-’90).
3. Ken Dorsey, with 9,565 yards (1999-2002).
4. It was 1982.
5. Twenty-four.
6. Six times (1986, ’90, ’94, ’98, 2006 and 2018).
7. R. Wyndham Walden (between 1875 and 1888).

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