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This Day in Sports (August 18)

Can you answer the multiple choice questions about sports events that happened on August 18th?
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1. 1914: Oscar Egg bikes 44.247 kilometers in one hour, setting a record that wouldn’t be broken until 1933. What country was he from?
Germany ✓
Yugoslavia ✓
Switzerland ✓
Austria ✓
2. 1915: Baseball park, Braves Field opens in which US city?
Baltimore ✓
Boston ✓
Atlanta ✓
Salt Lake City ✓
3. 1920: This English cricketer makes his 1st class cricket debut.
Ricky Ponting ✓
Ian Botham ✓
Glenn McGrath ✓
Wally Hammond ✓
4. 1934: This Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder is born.
Roberto Clemente ✓
Wille Stargell ✓
Honus Wagner ✓
John Candelaria ✓
5. 1941: The Philadelphia Phillies laughably do this 8 times in one baseball game.
Commit errors ✓
Hit foul balls ✓
Substitute pitchers ✓
Hit batters with pitches ✓
6. 1964: This country is banned from the Olympics because of its apartheid policies.
Korea ✓
United States ✓
Saudi Arabia ✓
South Africa ✓
7. 1980: This Kansas City Royal’s batting average reaches .400.
Brett Saberhagen ✓
Willie Wilson ✓
Frank White ✓
George Brett ✓
8. 1982: This MLB player sets the record with his 13,941st plate appearance.
Pete Rose ✓
Hank Aaron ✓
Cal Ripken Sr. ✓
George Brett ✓
9. 1986: This quarterback signs with the Buffalo Bills.
LeSean McCoy ✓
Jim Kelly ✓
Tyrod Taylor ✓
Sammy Watkins ✓
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Aug 18, 2020
I only knew the answer to the 1964 question :(
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