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This Day in Sports (August 11)
Can you answer the multiple choice questions about sports events that happened on August 11th?
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Last updated: August 11, 2020
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| First submitted | August 11, 2020 |
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1919: This NFL team is founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau.
Chicago Bears
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New England Patriots
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Detroit Lions
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Green Bay Packers
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1929: Babe Ruth becomes the first MLB player to hit this many home runs in a career.
100
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300
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500
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1000
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1950: This Yankee great is benched for the first time after batting a .279 average.
Joe DiMaggio
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Ted Williams
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Willie Mays
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Yogi Berra
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1951: The first televised baseball game in color is broadcasted at this city.
Los Angeles
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New York City
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Chicago
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Cleveland
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1962: SF Giants manager Alvin Dark orders the grounds crew do what to the basepaths to prohibit Dodger All-Star Maury Wills stealing bases.
Elevate them
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Water them down
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Plant grass
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Put down spike strips
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6.
1984: 101,799 fans show up to watch France play a soccer match against what country?
Italy
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Spain
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Brazil
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UK
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1985: Rudolf Povarnitsin sets the new high jump record. What country was he from?
USSR
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Yugoslavia
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Belarus
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Romania
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1993: This Red Sox pitcher pitches his 2,000th strikeout
“Smoky Joe” Wood
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Cy Young
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Pedro Martinez
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Roger Clemens
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2013: Usain Bolt runs the best 100m time of the year. What country is he from?
Nigeria
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Jamaica
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USA
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Venezuela
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2016: This Oceania country wins the men’s sevens rugby gold medal.
Samoa
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Australia
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Fiji
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New Zealand
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toowise
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Level 78
Aug 11, 2020
50% not bad considering the only thing I know about baseball is that it's similar to the British school game of rounders !
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