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This Day in Sports (August 6)

Can you answer the multiple choice questions about sports events that happened on August 6th?
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1. 1890: Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young pitches a 3 hitter in his debut for this team based in Cleveland.
Blue Sox ✓
Indians ✓
Colts ✓
Spiders ✓
2. 1936: Jack Lovelock breaks the world record for the 1,500 meter at the Berlin Olympics. What country was he from?
New Zealand ✓
Australia ✓
UK ✓
Saudi Arabia ✓
3. 1948: American Bob Mathias wins the decathlon at what age?
15 ✓
17 ✓
20 ✓
56 ✓
4. 1952: This St. Louis Brown pitcher becomes the oldest ever to pitch a shut-out.
Urban Shocker ✓
Jack Powell ✓
Satchel Paige ✓
Lefty Stewart ✓
5. 1953: MLB Hall-of-Famer, Ted Williams, comes back from military service in which country?
Russia ✓
Korea ✓
Japan ✓
Germany ✓
6. 1963: The NBA’s Philadelphia Nationals rebrand their name to this.
Syracuse ✓
Capitols ✓
Americans ✓
76ers ✓
7. 1966: This famous boxer retains his heavyweight title.
Muhammad Ali ✓
Mike Tyson ✓
Floyd Mayweather ✓
Connor McGregor ✓
8. 1972: Hank Aaron breaks this Yankees record for most home runs with one team in a career.
Jackie Robinson ✓
Babe Ruth ✓
Lou Gehrig ✓
Derek Jeter ✓
9. 1983: The NFL’s first exhibition game in Europe is played at Wembley Stadium in what city.
Birmingham ✓
Rome ✓
London ✓
Berlin ✓
10. 1997: This country slams world record 952 for 6 in the 1st cricket Test against India in Colombo.
Myanmar ✓
Australia ✓
Bangladesh ✓
Sri Lanka ✓
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