Sports Quiz – Aug. 9, 2019

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Questions

1. Against which pitcher was Hall of Famer Hank Aaron’s first major-league home run?
2. Who replaced Casey Stengel as the manager of the New York Mets in 1965?
3. Since 2009, how many times has a Stanford football player finished as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy?
4. When was the last time before 2018 that the Minnesota Timberwolves made the playoffs?
5. Name the last NHL team to rally from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series.
6. Who was the last NASCAR driver before Brad Keselowski in 2019 to lead at least 446 laps at a NASCAR Cup race?
7. When was the last time before tennis’ 2019 French Open that the top four men’s seeds reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam event?

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1. St. Louis’ Vic Raschi, in 1954.
2. Wes Westrum.
3. Five times (Toby Gerhart, 2009; Andrew Luck, 2010 and 2011; Christian McCaffrey, 2015; Bryce Love, 2017).
4. It was 2004.
5. The Los Angeles Kings, in 2014.
6. Kyle Petty led 484 laps in a race in 1992.
7. It was the 2013 Australian Open (Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, David Ferrer).

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