Sports Quiz – June 23, 2023

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Questions

1. Former San Diego Chargers placekicker Rolf Benirschke hosted the daytime version of what TV game show in 1989?
2. What 2002 sports comedy film starred Miguel J. Nunez Jr. as a suspended pro basketball player who dresses as a woman in order to play in a women’s pro league?
3. What Los Angeles Dodgers general manager (1968-87) resigned after making controversial statements about racial inequality in sports during an interview with “Nightline’s” Ted Koppel?
4. What is the nickname for the Western Michigan University’s athletic teams?
5. Name the snowboarder from France who won a gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics and died in a mountain-climbing accident in 2009.
6. What Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender and four-time Vezina Trophy winner has his No. 1 retired by the Detroit Red Wings?
7. Who jockeyed Secretariat on his three Triple Crown race victories in 1973?

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1. “Wheel of Fortune.”
2. “Juwanna Mann.”
3. Al Campanis.
4. The Broncos.
5. Karine Ruby.
6. Terry Sawchuk.
7. Ron Turcotte.

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