Sports Quiz – October 21, 2022

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Questions

1. Bob Richards was an ordained minister, the 1984 presidential candidate for the Populist Party and a two-time Olympic gold medalist in what sport?
2. Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rodolfo Castro was suspended and fined after what fell out of his pocket when he slid into third base?
3. Name the competitive swimmer who joined Billy Rose’s Aquacade show in 1940 and went on to star in such films as “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”” (1949) and “Neptune’s Daughter” (1949).
4. What defensive player, a member of the Super Bowl XLI champion Indianapolis Colts, had 16 sacks to lead the NFL in 2004?
5. What specialized golf club gained popularity after Gene Sarazen won tournaments with it in his golf bag in the 1930s?
6. In 1917, the Indiana University Hoosiers’ Men’s Gymnasium basketball arena became the first facility to install what?
7. Who was hired as head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team in 2001 but resigned after five days, having admitted to falsifying parts of his academic and athletic resume?

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1. Pole vault (1952, ’56).
2. His cellphone.
3. Esther Williams.
4. Dwight Freeney.
5. The sand wedge.
6. Glass backboards.
7. George O’Leary.

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