Sports Quiz – June 12, 2020

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Questions

1. What international sports competition, created by media mogul Ted Turner, was first held in Moscow in 1986?
2. Name the quarterback who took over for the injured Phil Simms in 1990 and led the New York Giants to a win in Super Bowl XXV.
3. In 2019, who became the first player ever to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame with a unanimous vote?
4. What 1977 sports comedy film featured the three boorish, brawling Hanson brothers playing for the Charlestown Chiefs?
5. In one of the most lopsided transactions in NFL history, the Dallas Cowboys traded running back Herschel Walker to what team in 1989?
6. What golfer suffered one of the most disastrous collapses in a major tournament by scoring a triple-bogey and losing the lead on the final hole of the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links?
7. What Major League Baseball team celebrates a home run with mascot Bernie taking a plunge down a winding slide?

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1. The Goodwill Games.
2. Jeff Hostetler.
3. Mariano Rivera.
4. “Slap Shot.”
5. The Minnesota Vikings.
6. Jean van de Velde.
7. The Milwaukee Brewers.

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