Sports Quiz – January 20, 2023

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Questions

1. What University of Illinois Fighting Illini football star scored a kickoff return touchdown, four rushing touchdowns and threw a touchdown pass in a 1924 game vs. the Michigan Wolverines?
2. Who compiled a 15-17 record as head coach of the Miami Dolphins from 2005-06?
3. The Mean Green is the nickname of what Conference USA school’s athletic programs?
4. What baseball executive resigned from the Boston Red Sox on Halloween in 2005 and left Fenway Park wearing a gorilla suit to avoid reporters?
5. Name the filmmaker who directed the 2016 comedy “Everybody Wants Some!!”, which was inspired by his time playing baseball for the Sam Houston State Bearkats in the early 1980s.
6. In the 1951 “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” National League playoff game, the New York Giants’ Bobby Thomson hit a walk-off home run against what Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher?
7. What university became the 11th member of the Big Ten Conference in 1990?

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1. Red Grange.
2. Nick Saban.
3. The University of North Texas.
4. Theo Epstein.
5. Richard Linklater.
6. Ralph Branca.
7. Penn State University.

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