This Day in Sports (August 12)

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about sports events that happened on August 12th?
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1. 1879: The first National ______ Association tournament happens in Chicago.
Water Polo
Triathlon
Archery
Equestrian
2. 1896: This Dutch football(soccer) club forms in Tilburg.
FC Volendam
Feyenoord
Willem II
Go Ahead
3. 1948: The Cleveland Indians of the MLB get 29 of these in a 9 inning game.
Hits
Walks
Doubles
At Bats
4. 1963: This St. Louis Cardinal announces that the 1963 season will be his last.
Albert Pujols
Rogers Hornsby
Bob Gibson
Stan Musial
5. 1965: This Milwaukee team applies for an MLB franchise.
Brewers
Bucks
Deer
Boilermakers
6. 1972: Brothers Ian and Greg score centuries in the same Test Cricket innings. What was their last name?
Garner
Chappell
Brown
Piatkowski
7. 1984: Carlos Lopes wins the Olympic marathon, and breaks the record while doing so. What country was he from?
Mexico
Brazil
Spain
Portugal
8. 1994: The first NFL game on this American TV network is broadcasted.
CBS
ABC
Fox
TNT
9. 2008: This West African country wins its first ever Olympic medal, bronze in the men's single kayak slalom won by Benjamin Boukpeti.
Senegal
Burkina Faso
Benin
Togo
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