Sports Quiz – April 5, 2019

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Questions

1. Between 1980 and 1989, a member of the Boston Red Sox led the A.L. in walks for a season five times. Name either of the two Boston players to do it.
2. True or false: Slugger Jose Canseco had more strikeouts than hits during his major-league career.
3. When was the last time before 2016-18 that Army’s football team went to consecutive bowl games?
4. Other than James Harden, who has scored the most points in a single game for the Houston Rockets?
5. In the 2018-19 season, Tuukka Rask became the career leader in goaltender victories for the Boston Bruins. Who had been No. 1?
6. Who was the last driver to win the pole for the Daytona 500, then capture the race itself?
7. Who was the last teenager to win a women’s singles title at a Grand Slam tennis tournament?

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1. Dwight Evans (1981, ’85, ’87) and Wade Boggs (’86, ’88).
2. True. He had 1,942 strikeouts and 1,877 hits (including 462 home runs).
3. It was 1984-85.
4. Calvin Murphy had 57 points in a game in 1978.
5. Tiny Thompson had 252 victories for Boston (1928-38).
6. Dale Jarrett, in 2000.
7. Maria Sharapova was 19 when she won the 2006 U.S. Open.

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