Sports Quiz – June 19, 2020

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Questions

1. In 1982, the California Angels retired No. 26 in honor of the Major League Baseball franchise’s first owner. Who was he?
2. In Super Bowl XXVII, the Dallas Cowboys’ Leon Lett was enroute to a fumble return touchdown, but he had the ball swatted away before he crossed the goal line, resulting in a touchback. What speedy Buffalo Bills receiver forced Lett’s fumble?
3. In the final round of the 1995 Open Championship, what Italian golfer sunk a 60-foot putt on the 18th hole to force a playoff with eventual winner John Daly?
4. In what team sport would you find two “bails” balanced atop three stumps?
5. How many home runs did Jose Canseco’s identical twin brother, Ozzie, hit during his 24 Major League Baseball game appearances?
6. Syracuse University basketball standout Rony Seikaly was the first draft pick ever selected by what NBA expansion team in 1988?
7. In 1999, the New Orleans Saints traded eight draft picks to the Washington Redskins in order to select what Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Texas?

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1. Gene Autry.
2. Don Beebe.
3. Costantino Rocca.
4. Cricket.
5. Zero.
6. The Miami Heat.
7. Ricky Williams.

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