Sports Quiz – June 2, 2023

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Questions

1. According to NHL rules, what penalty is assessed for “the actions of a player who, as a result of distance traveled, shall violently check an opponent in any manner”?
2. What 1973 AL Rookie of the Year for the Baltimore Orioles was awarded the Bronze Star for his Army service in the Vietnam War?
3. What trick play in football shares a name with someone who removes a parasitic flightless insect?
4. What sport, widely known today as underwater hockey, was developed in the 1950s by members of the British Sub-Aqua Club?
5. Name the ice-dancing duo from Great Britain who won the gold medal at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics.
6. The “700 Level” contained the cheapest seats and the rowdiest fans at what now-demolished sports stadium?
7. What database, launched in October 2018, is used by college athletes who wish to play at another NCAA institution?

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1. Charging.
2. Al Bumbry.
3. The flea flicker.
4. Octopush.
5. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
6. Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium.
7. The Transfer Portal.

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