Sports Quiz – December 31, 2021

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Questions

1. How many points did Ernie Nevers score in the Chicago Cardinals’ 40-6 victory over the Chicago Bears in November 1929?
2. After refusing a trade to the Philadelphia Phillies, what St. Louis Cardinals outfielder filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball that was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1972?
3. What Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender, who won two Stanley Cups for the Montreal Canadiens from 1910-25, had his career – and eventually his life – cut short by tuberculosis?
4. What West German tennis player stunned Martina Navratilova in the 1982 Avon Championships WTA finals match at New York City’s Madison Square Garden?
5. In 1985, Lynette Woodard became the first female player in the history of what famous basketball team?
6. In how many consecutive matches did Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy score to set the English Premier League record during the 2015-16 season?
7. A football trick play in which the quarterback fakes a pass while handing the ball off to a runner is named after what national landmark?

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1. 40.
2. Curt Flood.
3. Georges Vezina.
4. Sylvia Hanika.
5. The Harlem Globetrotters.
6. 11.
7. The Statue of Liberty.

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