Loaded Questions 1/7/22 - Sports
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1. Going 1st in the 2015 NBA draft, what Timberwolf’s hyphenated first name consists of the first and middle names of a man drafted by the Jazz in the first round of the 1985 NBA Draft?
2. What name is given to a hockey player better known for hard working and checking than scoring? Bobby Clarke, Dave Bolland, and Mike Eruzione have all been described as this.
3. What is the first name of Vieria da Silivia, the Brazilian soccer star for the Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League who in 2019 become the first athlete of either gender to score in five World Cups?
4. Awarded since 2014, the NL and AL Reliever of the Year award are named after what two pitchers respectively, pitching longtime for the Padres and Yankees?
5. Born in Hawaii, what American became the first gold medal winner of women's surfing at the 2020 Olympics?
6. Carson Wentz and Trey Lance are both NFL QBs who played college at what school?
7. Born in Charleston SC, what shot putter for the University of Mississippi made an X with her arms during the podium ceremony for the women's shotput during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
8. In fencing, what defensive action is taken when a fencer blocks an opponent's blade, and what action is taken to block THAT action?
9. "Climbing Free: My Life in the Vertical World" is a memoir by what US rock climber who won rock climbing trophies the 80s and 90s, and made the first free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan?
10. What food names the volleyball drill where two players go back and forth bump, set, spike but without a net?
11. Winning the 2003 Masters, who is the only Canadian to ever win a golf major?
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1. Karl-Anthony Towns (Karl Anthony Malone)
2. Grinder
3. Marta
4. Trevor Hoffman, Mariano Rivera
5. Carissa Moore
6. North Dakota State Bison
7. Raven Saunders
8. Parry, riposte
9. Lynn Hill
10. Pepper
11. Mike Weir