Sports Quiz – Dec. 7, 2018

#Middlebury

Questions

1. Who was the last N.L. player before the Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton in 2017 (59 home runs) to hit 50 or more home runs in a season?
2. In 2017, Boston’s Chris Sale became the fastest pitcher to reach 1,500 strikeouts in major-league history (1,290 innings). Who had been the fastest?
3. How many times did the Minnesota Vikings make the playoffs in the 10 seasons (1991-2001) being coached by Dennis Green?
4. Who was the last men’s basketball player before North Carolina’s Joel Berry in 2016-17 to score at least 20 points in back-to-back NCAA championship games?
5. How many games did the Washington Capitals win in their inaugural NHL season of 1974-75?
6. The Russian men’s soccer team won how many games in its World Cup history (1994-2014) before its two-victory run in the 2018 World Cup?
7. Who was the first British boxer to win an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title?

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1. Prince Fielder belted 50 home runs for the Brewers in 2007.
2. Kerry Wood of the Chicago Cubs reached 1,500 strikeouts in 1,303 innings (1998-2010).
3. Eight of the 10 seasons.
4. UCLA’s Bill Walton, in 1972-73.
5. The Capitals won only eight of 80 games (they also had five ties).
6. Two (one win each in 1994 and 2002).
7. James DeGale won the IBF super middleweight title in 2015.

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