Sports Quiz – February 2, 2024

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Questions

1. What U.S. Olympic gymnast retired from the sport in 1972 and went on to a successful career on the stage, most notably playing the title character in “Peter Pan”?
2. George Balabushka was considered to be the finest craftsman of what wooden sports equipment?
3. Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Ron Jaworski were in the ownership group of what Arena Football League team that began play in 2004?
4. What member of the 1908 Chicago Cubs is the only player to have thrown four strikeouts in a single inning in a World Series game?
5. How many games did Marty Mornhinweg win in his two seasons as head coach of the Detroit Lions from 2001-02?
6. What American cyclist recovered from near-fatal wounds suffered in a 1987 hunting accident to win his second and third Tour de France titles in 1989-90?
7. Name the Swiss businessman who was elected president of FIFA in 1998 and was ousted in 2015 after a corruption and bribery scandal.

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1. Cathy Rigby.
2. Pool cues.
3. The Philadelphia Soul.
4. Orval Overall.
5. Five.
6. Greg LeMond.
7. Sepp Blatter.

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