Sports Quiz – February 12, 2021

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Questions

1. What Seattle Seahawks defender scored a safety 12 seconds into Super Bowl XLVIII when he tackled Denver Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno in the end zone?
2. The “Blake Street Bombers” – Larry Walker, Andres Galarraga, Dante Bichette and Vinny Castilla – were members of what MLB team in the mid-1990s?
3. What club did astronaut Alan B. Shepard use to hit golf balls on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971?
4. Who was knocked out by Muhammad Ali’s controversial “phantom punch” in the first round of a May 1965 heavyweight boxing championship rematch?
5. What style of cheese do competitors chase down a hill in England’s famous Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake event?
6. Montreal Canadiens goaltender Gump Worsley suffered a concussion in a 1967 road game against the New York Rangers after being hit in the head by what?
7. In 1938, what American tennis player won the Grand Slam – all four major tournaments – in a single calendar year?

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1. Cliff Avril.
2. The Colorado Rockies.
3. A modified Wilson 6-iron.
4. Sonny Liston.
5. Double Gloucester.
6. An egg thrown from the upper deck.
7. Don Budge.

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