Sports Quiz – Dec. 20, 2019

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Questions

1. When was the last time before 2018 that the Boston Red Sox were at least 40 games above .500 at some point in the season?
2. In 2018, the Angels’ Mike Trout became the second major-leaguer to hit at least 30 homers and steal at least 20 bases in a season three times by the age of 26. Who else did it?
3. Name the last team before the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2017 to win a playoff game without scoring a touchdown.
4. How many consecutive years has Gonzaga’s men’s basketball team made the NCAA Tournament?
5. Who holds the Edmonton Oilers’ franchise record for career shutouts by a goaltender?
6. In 2019, LAFC’s Vela reached 20 goals in a season faster than anyone in Major League Soccer history (20 games played?) Who had been the fastest?
7. What was the biggest upset in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile race before Storm the Court won with 45-1 odds in 2019?

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1. It was 1949.
2. Willie Mays.
3. Indianapolis, in 2006.
4. Twenty-one consecutive seasons entering 2019-20.
5. Tommy Salo, with 23 shutouts (1999-2004).
6. In 2018, Atlanta United’s Josef Martinez needed 22 games to tally 20 goals.
7. Vale of York won the 2009 Juvenile at 30-1 odds.

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