Sports Quiz – February 24, 2023

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Questions

1. Who penned an article – intended to be an April Fools’ Day joke – for the April 1, 1985, issue of Sports Illustrated about Sidd Finch, a fictional New York Mets pitching prospect who threw a 168-mph fastball?
2. Eric Piatkowski, a 1994 first-round NBA Draft pick for the Indiana Pacers, has his No. 52 jersey retired by what college team?
3. What figure skater from Japan became the first woman to land a triple axel in the Olympics when she accomplished the feat at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games?
4. Name the Kansas City Chiefs running back who died while attempting to save three children from drowning in a Louisiana pond in 1983.
5. What U.S. swimmer won four medals at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and was a contestant on Season 25 of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars”?
6. Basketball Hall of Famer “Phog” Allen was head coach of what college team from 1919-56?
7. South Africa’s senior national rugby team is commonly known by what name?

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1. Barry Bremen.
2. The Carolina Cougars.
3. Myron Rolle.
4. Ken Norton.
5. Clint Malarchuk.
6. The Boston College Eagles.
7. The Cleveland Spiders.

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