Sports Quiz – December 24, 2021

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Questions

1. What team selected 17-year-old Jermaine O’Neal in the first round of the 1996 NBA Draft?
2. Name the ESPN game show that had contestants taking on statistician Howie Schwab in a showdown of sports trivia knowledge.
3. During the 2012 and ’13 seasons, what Cincinnati Reds pitcher threw the 279th and 280th no-hitters in Major League Baseball history?
4. What legendary Dutch striker played for Manchester United (2001-06) and Real Madrid (2006-10), and scored 35 goals for the Netherlands national team from 1998-2011?
5. Name the Tennessee Titans wide receiver who scored the winning touchdown versus the Buffalo Bills in the “Music City Miracle” AFC wild-card playoff game in January 2000.
6. What World Golf Hall of Famer was the first Mexican golfer – either male or female – to achieve the world No. 1 rank?
7. What short-lived Marvel Comics series, first published in 1991, centered on an ex-NFL player who derived special crime-fighting powers from spilled chemicals and a nearly indestructible football uniform?

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1. The Portland Trail Blazers.
2. “Stump the Schwab.”
3. Homer Bailey.
4. Ruud van Nistelrooy.
5. Kevin Dyson.
6. Lorena Ochoa.
7. “NFL SuperPro.”

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