Sports Quiz – Aug. 16, 2019

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Questions

1. Since records started being kept in 1988, which major-league batter holds the mark for most pitches faced in one at-bat?
2. Name the last National League team before the 2018 Arizona Diamondbacks to win at least nine consecutive series to start a season.
3. How many times have the New England Patriots won 13 or more games in a season, and how many of those times was the head coachl Belichick?
4. Wofford College’s Fletcher Magee became the all-time leader in career 3-pointers made (509) for Division I men’s basketball in the 2018-19 season. Who had held the mark?
5. Who was the last NHL player before Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov in the 2018-19 campaign to have at least 128 points for the season?
6. Who was the first Major League Soccer goaltender to reach 200 career wins?
7. Name the last horse to win the Preakness and Belmont Triple Crown races after not winning the Kentucky Derby.

Scroll Down for Answers

1. San Francisco’s Brandon Belt faced 21 pitches in an at-bat in 2018.
2. The 1907 Chicago Cubs.
3. Seven times, with all of them being under head coach Bill Belichick.
4. Oakland’s Travis Bader, with 504 (2010-14).
5. Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux tallied 161 points in the 1995-96 season.
6. Nick Rimando of Real Salt Lake, in 2018.
7. Afleet Alex, in 2005.

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