Hello again, it's me, David, back with more sports trivia! If you're just checking this out, here's the deal: I’ll share four or five sports trivia questions for you to ponder. Expect to see a mix of local, Canadian and international athletes featured. Have fun with it and check back next week for answers!
Here's last week's trivia, in case you missed it.
And here is your fresh batch of questions:
1. Lucas Cruz is one of Pemberton’s brightest young mountain bike athletes, and his brothers likewise take the sport seriously. What is his youngest brother’s name?
A) Tegan
B) Jackson
C) Dane
D) Levi
Answer: D. 12-year-old Levi Cruz is himself an avid rider and fan who took up his family’s favourite pastime. 17-year-old Tegan has already joined 21-year-old Lucas on the World Cup circuit.
2. Nick Taylor recently won the Canadian Open with a dramatic 72-foot eagle putt. Who was the last Canadian golfer to win this tournament before him?
A) Mike Weir
B) Pat Fletcher
C) Moe Norman
D) Al Balding
Answer: B. Pat Fletcher claimed victory at the Canadian Open in 1954. Mike Weir, however, is the only Canadian man to ever win a major tournament with his breakthrough at the 2003 Masters.
3. Retired NHL goaltender Henrik Lundqvist has been named to the Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2023 class. Which of the following is true about Lundqvist?
A) He played his entire 15-year career with the New York Rangers
B) He once had posters of fellow Hall of Fame inductees Mike Vernon and Tom Barrasso on his wall
C) He is the only goalie in NHL history to manage 30 wins in each of his first seven seasons
D) All of the above
Answer: D. As loyal as he was talented, the lifelong Ranger known as “King Henrik” gets to enter the Hall of Fame this year with two goalies he once admired greatly: Mike Vernon and Tom Barrasso.
4. Whistler local Vicki Romanin is an avid ultramarathon runner who completed the 350-kilometre Tor des Geants 330 last fall despite a litany of injuries in recent years. How did she tear her Achilles tendon?
A) Her cat sliced it up
B) She injured it during a competition
C) She slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk
D) She has not injured her Achilles
Answer: A. In an unfortunate turn of events, Romanin accidentally stepped on her cat, who responded by severing her Achilles tendon.
5. Who led the CFL in regular season passing yardage in 2022?
A) Zach Collaros
B) Nathan Rourke
C) McLeod Bethel-Thompson
D) Trevor Harris
Answer: C. McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who played for the Toronto Argonauts last year, threw for a league-high 4731 passing yards to go with 23 touchdowns (third-best in that department). Impressively, Nathan Rourke wound up second in touchdown passes with 25 despite missing eight games with injury.
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