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This Day in Sports (August 3)

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about sports events that happened on August 3rd?
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1. 1852: America’s first intercollegiate sporting event, a heavyweight rowing competition, is played between these two Ivy League schools.
Princeton and Providence ✓
Harvard and Yale ✓
Princeton and Yale ✓
Princeton and Harvard ✓
2. 1921: The MLB issues bans to 8 members of this scandalous team.
Bad Socks ✓
Shoeless Sox ✓
Black Sox ✓
Dark Sox ✓
3. 1923: Baseball is temporarily cancelled because this man, the 29th president of the US, dies.
John F Kennedy ✓
Warren G Harding ✓
Theodore Roosevelt ✓
Franklin D Roosevelt ✓
4. 1932: Automatic timing and photo finish systems are used for the first time at the Olympics in what U.S. city?
San Juan ✓
New York ✓
Los Angeles ✓
Atlanta ✓
5. 1933: The Philadelphia A’s shutout the Yankees ending their 308 game scoring streak. What was that Yankees team’s nickname?
Brooklyn Batters ✓
Staten Island Stuffers ✓
Manhattan Mashers ✓
Bronx Bombers ✓
6. 1936: This African American sprinter wins a gold medal in front of Adolf Hitler.
Usain Bolt ✓
Tyreek Hill ✓
Carl Johnson ✓
Jesse Owens ✓
7. 1949: The Basketball Association of America, and the National Basketball League merge to form this league.
National Basketball Association ✓
American Basketball Association ✓
League of American Basketball ✓
National American Basketball League ✓
8. 1989: The Reds get 16 of these in the first inning.
Hits ✓
Runs ✓
Doubles ✓
Points ✓
9. 1997: Manchester United beats Chelsea to win this, now known as the Community Shield.
London Shield ✓
Charity Shield ✓
England Shield ✓
Premier Shield ✓
10. 2006: Barry Bonds 715th home-run ball (the one that put him over Babe Ruth all time) sells for this much at an auction.
479,200 ✓
321,600 ✓
1.56 million ✓
220,100 ✓
11. Brazilian soccer/football player Neymar transfers from FC Barcelona to this club.
Olympique de Marseilles ✓
Manchester United ✓
Paris SG ✓
FC Metz ✓
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