Sports Quiz – Feb. 7, 2020

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Questions

1. When was the last time the Pittsburgh Pirates won 100 or more games in a season?
2. The 1933 New York Yankees had nine future Hall of Famers on their roster. Name four of them.
3. Which two college football teams hold the record for most points (70) scored in a bowl game?
4. Who is the Portland Trail Blazers’ all-time leader in career blocked shots?
5. Goalie Jordan Binnington set a St. Louis Blues franchise rookie record with 24 victories in the 2018-19 season. Who had held the mark?
6. When Germany was split into two countries that competed separately in the Olympics (1968-88), which one captured the most medals?
7. Name the last Australian female golfer before Hannah Green in 2019 (Women’s PGA Championship) to win an LPGA major.

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1. It was 1909, when they went 110-42.
2. Earle Combs, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Tony Lazzeri, Herb Pennock, Red Ruffing, Babe Ruth and Joe Sewell.
3. Army (2018) and West Virginia (2012).
4. Mychal Thompson, with 768 blocked shots (1978-86).
5. Jake Allen had 22 wins as a rookie in the 2014-15 season.
6. East Germany won 519 total medals; West Germany 243.
7. Karrie Webb, in 2006.

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