Sports Quiz – November 27, 2020

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Questions

1. What NFL linebacker, then with the New York Giants, suffered a serious hand injury in a 2015 fireworks accident?
2. The centuries-old game of battledore and shuttlecock evolved into what modern Olympic sport?
3. Harry Caray had a one-season stint in 1970 as a broadcaster for what Major League Baseball team?
4. Name the Japanese soccer great who was the leading scorer and MVP of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament?
5. At the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics, Tara Nott became the first American female to win a gold medal in what sport?
6. What Major League Baseball manager retired in 2010 with a career-record 161 ejections (including three postseason ejections)?
7. What previously unbeaten boxer did Felix Trinidad defeat in a majority decision to unify the WBC and IBF welterweight championship in 1999?

Scroll Down for Answers

1. Jason Pierre-Paul.
2. Badminton.
3. The Oakland Athletics.
4. Homare Sawa.
5. Weightlifting.
6. Bobby Cox.
7. Oscar De La Hoya.

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