Sports Quiz – May 20, 2022

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Questions

1. What three-time Norris Trophy winner and four-time Stanley Cup champion holds the single-season record for the most goals scored by a defenseman with 48 in 1985-86?
2. Name the British racing pioneer who held the land and water speed records simultaneously in 1930.
3. What French Formula 1 driver crashed into a recovery vehicle at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix and died from his injuries nine months later?
4. What 1981 song by Terry Cashman included the lyrics “Willie, Mickey and the Duke” in the refrain?
5. Which Pro Football Hall of Fame running back had the higher career average yards per carry in the NFL regular season: Emmitt Smith or Walter Payton?
6. In 1960, team owner Bill Veeck installed Major League Baseball’s first “exploding” scoreboard – complete with flashing lights, pinwheels and pyrotechnics – at what stadium?
7. Name the Oscar-winning biographical film from 2021 that was executive-produced by tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams.

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1. Paul Coffey.
2. Sir Henry Segrave.
3. Jules Bianchi.
4. “Talkin’ Baseball.”
5. Walter Payton had 4.4 yards per carry, Emmitt Smith had 4.2.
6. Chicago’s Comiskey Park.
7. “King Richard.”

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