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SPORTS QUIZ

1. Name the last time teams with the best-regular season records in each league met in the World Series.

2. When Al Lopez was manager of the White Sox between 1957 and 1965, how many seasons did Chicago win at least 90 games?

3. In 2010, Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson set the record for rushing yards for a quarterback (1,702). Who had held the mark?

4. Name the last NBA rookie before John Wall in 2010 to have at least seven assists in each of his first five games.

5. In 2012, the Los Angeles Kings set a record with 10 consecutive road playoff victories in the same year. Who had held the mark?

6. Who was the only player to record a hat trick (three goals) in a men’s World Cup soccer final?

7. How many Olympic gold medals did Cuban heavyweight boxer Teofilo Stevenson win?

Answers

1. It was 1999 (New York Yankees vs. Atlanta).

2. Five times (1957, 1959, 1963-65).

3. Air Force’s Beau Morgan rushed for 1,494 yards in 1996.

4. Oscar Robertson, with the Cincinnati Royals in 1960.

5. The 2009-10 Chicago Blackhawks, with seven.

6. England’s Geoff Hurst, versus West Germany in 1966.

7. Three — 1972, 1976 and 1980.

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