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                                                                                                       sports Thursday 31 december 2020
            2020 sports quiz: Brady to Bundesliga, Big Ten to Brooklyn




            By FRED LIEF                 empty stadium.               gee Airmen.                  a. it is now assured of daily  lowed  Sarah  Fuller  to  play
            AP Sports Writer             June                         b.  The  Washington  Red  COVID-19 testing and safe-      in  a  Power  Five  football
            You've  had  time  to  shel-  The  phrase  "Compassion,  Wolves;  a  fierce  wolf  look-  ty protocols.             game.
            ter at home and bone up.     Love, Understanding" refers  ing up against a silhouette  b.  it  feared  "withering  liti-  b. a practice squad receiv-
            Your  2020  year-end  sports   to ...                     of the Capitol.              gation"  from  parents  and  er  pressed  into  service  as
            quiz awaits. Like much else   a.  a  statement  by  NBA  c.  The Washington Skins;  a  alumni.                      the  Denver  Broncos'  quar-
            these days, quizzes will be   Commissioner  Adam  Silver  board-certified  dermatolo-  c.  it  would  lose  streams  terback.
            graded on the curve:         on  the  need  to  transform  gist giving a high-five.    of  recruits  to  the  SEC  and  c. the amateur golfer with
            January                      social justice.              August                       ACC.                         the best score at the Mas-
            The  IOC  sets  conduct      b.  the  words  on  the  car  San  Diego  Padres  star  Fer-  October                  ters.
            guidelines  for  athletes  at   hood  of  Black  NASCAR  nando  Tatis  Jr.    offends  Which  traditional  school  December
            the  Tokyo  Olympics.  What   driver Bubba Wallace.       baseball purists by …        sports  song  comes  under  The NBA fines Kyrie Irving of
            does it specifically bar?    c. the title of a new mem-   a. hitting a grand slam on a  scrutiny  because  of  its  un-  the  Brooklyn  Nets  $25,000.
            a. Therapy pets at the Ath-  oir  by  UFC  star  Conor  Mc-  3-0 pitch with his team way  savory history?           Why?
            letes  Village,  such  as  py-  Gregor.                   ahead late in the game.      a.  University  of  Florida  —  a.  for  making  a  tamper-
            thons and parrots.           July                         b.  calling  players  who  run  "We Are the Boys from Old  ing  overture  to  Milwaukee
            b.  Political  messages  and   The  renamed  Washington  to first base "lame, sorry los-  Florida."                 Bucks star Giannis Antetok-
            gestures  on  the  medal     Football  Team  might  get  ers."                         b. University of Texas — "The  ounmpo.
            stand.                       another  rebrand.  Which  c.  laying  down  a  bunt  to  Eyes of Texas."               b.  for  saying  Knicks  owner
            c. Bitcoin deposits to Thom-  name/logo  has  NOT  been  break up a no-hitter.         c.  Columbia  University  —  James Dolan has made an
            as  Bach's  offshore  ac-    mentioned  as  a  possible  September                     "Roar, Lion, Roar."          "unconscionable  mockery"
            count.                       choice?                      The  Big  Ten  changes  its  November                     of New York basketball.
            February                     a.  The  Washington  Red  mind  and  says  it  will  play  Who is Kendall Hinton?      c.  for  not  speaking  to
            Pete Rose again asks to be   Tails; a propeller plane cel-  football  this  season  be-  a.  a  sidelined  Vanderbilt  the  media  during  the
            reinstated  to  baseball.  His   ebrating  the  famed  Tuske-  cause …                 kicker  whose  absence  al-  preseason.q
            latest reason?
            a. The Houston Astros drew
            more lenient treatment for
            sign stealing.
            b. Gambling, like baseball,
            is now a national pastime.
            c.  He  is  approaching  80,
            and enough is enough.
            March
            Tom Brady writes in an Ins-
            tagram post that his "foot-
            ball journey" will …
            a.  "mean  farewell  to  Fox-
            borough."
            b. "take place elsewhere."
            c. "move the chains."
            April
            Wimbledon  is  canceled
            because of the new coro-
            navirus.  When  was  the
            Grand  Slam  tournament
            last called off?
            a. 1945 -- World War II.
            b. 1918 -- World War I.
            c.  1066  --  Norman  con-
            quest of England.
            May
            The  Bundesliga  is  the  first
            major soccer league to re-
            turn during the pandemic.
            In  connection  to  German
            soccer,  what  does  the
            term "Geisterspiele" mean?
            a. a defensive soccer tac-
            tic.
            b.  a  popular  stadium  sau-
            sage.
            c.  a  ghost  game  in  an
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