Sports Quiz – Jan. 3, 2020

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Questions

1. In 2018, Mookie Betts became the third player in Boston Red Sox history to hit for the cycle when batting leadoff. Name either of the other two to do it.
2. Which hitter holds the major-league record for most plate appearances in a season?
3. In 2018, Patrick Mahomes twice tied a Kansas City Chiefs record for most touchdown passes in a game (six). Who else holds the mark?
4. Duke’s R.J. Barret set an ACC record for most points by a freshman men’s basketball player (860). Who had held the mark?
5. Name two of the last three NHL teams before the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2018-19 season to score at least 325 goals. Hint: They all played in the 1995-96 season.
6. Joe Gibbs Racing set a modern-era record in 2019 for most NASCAR Cup Series victories in a season (19). Which organization had held the mark?
7. Who was the last tennis player older than Rafael Nadal (33 in 2019) to win the U.S. Open men’s singles title?

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1. Brock Holt (2015) and Leon Culberson (1943).
2. Philadelphia’s Jimmy Rollins, with 778 in 2007.
3. Len Dawson, who did it in 1964.
4. Georgia Tech’s Kenny Anderson scored 721 points in the 1989-90 season.
5. Pittsburgh (362 goals), Colorado (326) and Detroit (325) all totaled at least 325 goals.
6. Hendrick Motorsports won 18 races in 2007.
7. Ken Rosewall was 35 when he won it in 1970.

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