Statistics for This Day in Sports (July 31)

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Question	Answer	% Correct
2012: This man becomes the greatest medal winner in Olympic history.	Michael Phelps	100%
1981: A mid-season stoppage of the MLB finally ends after 42 days. Why did it happen in the first place.	Player’s Strike	86%
1928: The first women’s track event happens at the Olympics in what West European city?	Amsterdam	71%
2007: The Boston Celtics acquire this Hall-of-Famer	Kevin Garnett	71%
1932: The Cleveland Indians play in this stadium for the first time.	Municipal Stadium	57%
1990: This pitcher gets his 300th career victory.	Nolan Ryan	57%
1978: This Cincinnati Red extends his hitting streak to 44 games, tying the NL record	Pete Rose	43%
1971: Dutch soccer team Go Ahead adds this to their name	Eagles	29%
1976: Waldemar Cierpinski wins the marathon event by 50 seconds. What country was he from?	East Germany	29%
1987: This Orioles first-baseman hits his 309th home run.	Eddie Murray	29%
1961: The MLB All-Star game ends in a tie because of this.	Rain	14%
1972: Infielder Dick Allen becomes the 7th player to do this.	Two inside the park home runs in a game	14%
1928: Halina Konopacka throws 39.62 meters, breaking the world record at what event?	Discus	0%
1954: This Braves first baseman gets 18 bases in a single game, breaking the record at the time.	Joe Adcock	0%