Statistics for This Day in Sports (August 19)

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Question	Answer	% Correct
1909: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens. What event happens annually there?	Indianapolis 500	100%
1957: The New York Baseball Giants vote to move their team to which city?	San Francisco	100%
1988: The NHL’s Rangers sign this ex-Canadien legend.	Guy Lafleur	80%
2001: This German Ferrari driver wins the Hungarian Grand Prix.	Michael Schumacher	80%
1921: This Detroit Tiger reaches the 3,000 hit milestone.	Ty Cobb	80%
2016: Dilshod Nazarov wins this country’s only Olympic gold medal in history.	Tajikistan	40%
1951: The St. Louis Browns send Eddie Gaedel to the plate and he is walked in four pitches. How tall was he?	3’ 7” (109 cm)	20%
2016: This country beats Sweden for the Olympic soccer gold medal	Germany	20%