Sports Quiz – July 7, 2023

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Questions

1. What Basketball Hall of Famer was both head coach and starting point guard for the Seattle SuperSonics from 1969-72?
2. Left-handed pitcher Vida Blue won the American League Cy Young Award and was MVP in 1971 playing for what team?
3. Name the American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics and played three NFL seasons with the New York Giants.
4. What British motorcycle race, first held in 1907, was described by Sports Illustrated’s Franz Lidz as “a test of nerves and speed that may be sports’ most dangerous event”?
5. Outfielder Pete Gray, who lost his right arm in a childhood accident, played one Major League Baseball season for what team in 1945?
6. Norway’s Thor Thorvaldsen won gold medals at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics competing in what sport?
7. What Italian racecar driver, winner of the first Formula One World Drivers’ Championship in 1950, was killed in an auto accident in the French Alps while driving to the 1966 French Grand Prix?

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1. Lenny Wilkens.
2. The Oakland A’s.
3. Henry Carr.
4. The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy.
5. The St. Louis Browns.
6. Sailing.
7. Giuseppe Farina.

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