SPORTS QUIZ

1. How old was Pete Rose when he had his last 200-hit season?

2. Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs was the first shortstop to hit three home runs in a game. Who was the second?

3. In 2011, Patrick Peterson tied an NFL record with his fourth punt return for a TD in a season. Whose mark did he tie?

4. Name the only conference to have three No. 1 seeds in one year in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

5. When was the last time before 2012 that the St. Louis Blues won an NHL playoff game?

6. Name the last country other than South Korea in the modern Olympic era to win a gold medal in the women’s archery team competition.

7. How many times in his career did golfer Jack Nicklaus finish as the runner-up in a major?

Answers:

1. He was 38 in 1979, when he tallied 208 hits for Philadelphia.

2. Freddie Patek did it for the Angels in 1980.

3. Detroit’s Jack Christiansen (1951), Denver’s Rick Upchurch (1976) and Chicago’s Devin Hester (2007) all returned four punts for touchdowns.

4. The Big East, with Connecticut, Louisville and Pittsburgh as No. 1 seeds in 2009.

5. It was 2004.

6. South Korea has won every gold medal since team competition began in 1988.

7. Nineteen times.

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