Sports Quiz – September 23, 2022

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Questions

1. What Minnesota Twins first baseman hit a grand slam in Game 6 of the 1987 World Series to help the Twins tie the series with an 11-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals?
2. What 5,000-year-old sport, brought to the United States by Hmong immigrants, has players using sticks and strings to hurl spinning tops?
3. Name the Basketball Hall of Famer who holds the NBA career record for most field goals missed.
4. A 1960 episode of what TV series centered on a robot named Casey who pitched for the fictional Hoboken Zephyrs?
5. What sports website and digital media company was founded as a print publication by David Portnoy in 2003?
6. In 1993, what apparel company became the exclusive supplier of caps for Major League Baseball?
7. The Connecticut Whale, Buffalo Beauts, Boston Pride and Metropolitan Riveters are teams in what women’s pro hockey league?

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1. Kent Hrbek.
2. Tuj Lub (pronounced “too-loo”).
3. Kobe Bryant, with 14,481.
4. “The Twilight Zone.”
5. Barstool Sports.
6. New Era Cap Company.
7. The Premier Hockey Federation (formerly the National Women’s Hockey League).

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