Sports Quiz – Feb. 14, 2020

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Questions

1. Name either of the starting pitchers before Chris Sale and Jacob deGrom in 2018 to face each other with a sub-2.00 ERA and at least 100 innings pitched for that season. (Hint: The year was 1985.)
2. Washington Nationals rookie Juan Soto set a record in 2018 for the youngest player (19) to steal three bases in a game. Who had been the youngest?
3. Minnesota’s Adam Thielen tied an NFL record in 2018 by having eight straight games of at least 100 receiving yards. Who else holds the mark?
4. When was the last time before 2019 that a first-time men’s basketball champion was crowned in the NCAA Tournament?
5. The Detroit Red Wings swept the Stanley Cup Finals two consecutive years (1997 and 1998). Name either team the Red Wings beat.
6. Name the only driver other than Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel to win the Formula One season championship between 2010 and 2019.
7. Entering 2020, how many of tennis star Serena Williams’ 23 grand slam titles were won in the decade of 2010-2019?

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1. Dwight Gooden and John Tudor.
2. Rickey Henderson was 20 years, 241 days old when he did it for Oakland in 1979.
3. Detroit’s Calvin Johnson, who did it in 2012.
4. It was 2006 (the University of Florida).
5. The Philadelphia Flyers in 1997 and the Washington Capitals in 1998.
6. Nico Rosberg, in 2016.
7. She won 12, with four of them at Wimbledon.

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