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Sports quiz





1. In 2007, San Francisco’s Barry Bonds established the record for most home runs by a person 40 or older with 78. Who had held the mark?

2. On how many different teams did brothers Sandy Alomar Jr. and Roberto Alomar play together?

3. In the 1999 NFL Draft, quarterbacks went in the top three spots (Tim Couch, Donovan McNabb, Akili Smith) for the first time since 1971. Who were the top three then?

4. When was the last time before 2008 that the Cornell men’s basketball team made the NCAA Tournament?

5. Name the last season in which the Chicago Blackhawks won an NHL playoff series.

6. How many times has Tony Stewart won the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway?

7. Entering 2008, tennis star Roger Federer had won how many consecutive Wimbledon men’s singles titles?

Answers

1. Carlton Fisk with 72.

2. Three – San Diego (1988- 89), Cleveland (1999-2000) and the Chicago White Sox (2003- 04).

3. Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning and Dan Pastorini.

4. It was 1988. 5. The 1995-96 season. 6. Twice – in 2005 and 2007. 7. Five – (2003-07).

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