Sports Quiz – March 4, 2022

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Questions

1. On Sept. 1, 1971, what team fielded the first starting nine made up entirely of Black and Latino players in Major League Baseball history?
2. What Hawaiian fullback played college football at the University of Utah before his NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1998-2002) and Jacksonville Jaguars (2003-04)?
3. What Argentine golfer signed an incorrect scorecard and effectively handed the victory to Bob Goalby at the 1968 Masters Tournament?
4. Alois Lutz (1898-1918) of Austria is known for his pioneering contribution to what sport?
5. What member of the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame was forced to box in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II and had a pro boxing career in the U.S. from 1948-49?
6. What motorsports event, first held in 1964, traditionally takes place in Eagle River, Wisconsin, on the third weekend in January?
7. What combat sport, originating in Russia in the 1920s, is an acronym for “samozashchita bez oruzhiya,” meaning “self-defense without weapons”?

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1. The Pittsburgh Pirates.
2. Chris Fuamatu-Ma’afala.
3. Roberto De Vicenzo.
4. Figure skating.
5. Harry Haft.
6. The World Championship Snowmobile Derby.
7. SAMBO.

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