1970s Sports Moments - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 39 times
The average score is 15 of 35

Answer Stats

	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1975	Muhammad Ali beats the boxer in Answer 6 in the 'Thrilla in ______'	Manila	82%
1974	'The Rumble in the Jungle' sees Muhammad Ali use his rope-a-dope tactic to beat which opponent?	George Foreman	79%
1971	Boxing fight billed 'Fight of the Century' sees Muhammad Ali dealt his first career loss by which boxer?	Joe Frazier	79%
1972	Olympian who sets a then-record of 7 Gold Medals at a single Olympics	Mark Spitz	71%
1976	First Gymnast to get a Perfect 10 in the Olympics	Nadia Comăneci	65%
1978	Tennis player who wins 4 consecutive US Open titles	Chris Evert	56%
1972	The inaugural season-ending WTA tournament is held. Name either the winner or the runner-up	Chris Evert / Kerry Melville	56%
1970	Tennis player that wins a Calendar-year Grand Slam winning all 4 events in singles, also wins her 20th singles Major.	Margaret Court	56%
1973	An international Rugby Championship ends up with how many teams ending up in a tie?	5	53%
1972	Lasse Virén wins the 10,000m in a world record to complete double Gold of 5,000m & 10,000m. Which country did he represent?	Finland	53%
1974	Baseball right fielder who overtakes Babe Ruth's record en route to a new record of 755 Home Runs in the MLB	Hank Aaron	53%
1970	The inaugural season-ending ATP tournament is held. Name either the winner or the runner-up	Stan Smith / Rod Laver	53%
1973	European country that beats India to win their first (field) Hockey World Cup	Netherlands	50%
1973	First NFL running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season	O. J. Simpson	50%
1979	The Montreal Canadiens wins 4th consecutive Stanley Cup. Name any of the teams they beat in the final from 1976-1979.	Philadelphia Flyers / Boston Bruins / New York Rangers	47%
1973	Tennis player (from Answer 2) wins her last (and record-setting) singles Grand Slam title. How many singles Grand Slam titles did she win?	24	44%
1972	LA Lakers winning streak is ended by the Milwaukee Bucks, how many games was the streak?	33	44%
1971	The first AFC and NFC Championship games are held. Name either of the champions	Baltimore Colts / Dallas Cowboys	44%
1978	Ice Hockey player who had 6 consecutive 100-point seasons (1970-1975) scores his last goal	Bobby Orr	44%
1972	Wolfgang Nordwig becomes the first non-American to win the Pole Vault gold, representing which country?	East Germany	41%
1977	Australian Tennis player who wins her 4th Australian Open title	Evonne Goolagong	38%
1979	This 16-year old Tennis player wins the US Open Championship	Tracy Austin	38%
1972	Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first player in NBA history to reach how many career points	30,000	32%
1972	Name one of the 2 Gymnasts that won 3 Gold Medals during the 1972 Olympics	Olga Korbut / Sawao Kato	32%
1974	Belgian bicycle racer who wins his record-tying 5th Tour de France	Eddy Merckx	29%
1970	Team that became the first team from the Netherlands to win the European Cup	Feyenoord	29%
1974	Footballer that wins back-to-back and 3rd overall Ballon d'Or	Johan Cruyff	26%
1975	First Tennis player to win a 4th season-ending ATP Championship	Ilie Năstase	21%
1977	Pete Maravich sets a record for points by a guard in a single NBA game, how many points did he score?	68	18%
1977	First driver to win the Indianapolis (Indy) 500 for a 4th time	A. J. Foyt	18%
1971	First man during the Open Era to win a Grand Slam tournament without dropping a set	Ken Rosewall	18%
1976	Dimitrion Yordanidis completes a marathon in 7 hours and 33 minutes, how old was he?	98	12%
1972	World Records are set in the Pentathlon and the Decathlon, name either of the world record setting athletes	Mary Peters / Mykola Avilov	9%
1972	Australina Swimmer who wins 3 Gold Medals in World Record times at the age of 15	Shane Gould	9%
1971	Speed Skater sets 2 World Records, the first sub 2-minutes 1500m and the first 15-minutes 10,000m.	Ard Schenk	3%