Sports has taken some unexpected turns over the last six months. How well do you remember them?
Sports has taken some unexpected turns over the last six months. How well do you remember them?
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Quiz: A Strange Time for Sports
ByVICTOR MATHERAUG. 13, 2020
Sports has taken some unexpected turns over the last six months. How well do you remember them?
It has been a strange six months, with sports going away, coming back, and sometimes changing drastically. Sports fans can be forgiven for being in a bit of a daze: Where is my favorite athlete? Is the big game still on? Did that bizarre thing really happen?
Here's a chance to prove you've been paying attention.
When the coronavirus started spreading, sports shut down, sometimes very, very rapidly. 
Which conference tournament game was actually halted at halftime?
Clemson-Florida State, A.C.C.
Creighton-St. John's, Big East
Michigan-Rutgers, Big Ten
Oregon-Oregon State, Pac-12
When many other sports were shut down, the Ultimate Fighting Championship pressed on with bouts in a location it called "Fight Island." Where is Fight Island?
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Minsk, Belarus
Stanley, the Falklands
After a three-game round robin, what two N.H.L. teams dropped from top seeded all the way down to No. 4 seeds for the Stanley Cup playoffs?
Bruins and Blues
Capitals and Golden Knights
Flyers and Stars
Lightning and Avalanche
With no baseball of their own to watch, many American fans embraced the K.B.O. league in South Korea. Which is NOT a real team in the K.B.O.?
Cranes
Dinos
Heroes
Wyverns
The National Women's Soccer League returned, played an abbreviated season, and has already finished it. Who won?
Chicago Red Stars
Houston Dash
North Carolina Courage
Portland Thorns
The N.F.L. draft was held virtually, with much of the action coming from Commissioner Roger Goodell's basement. Joe Burrow, the L.S.U. quarterback, went No. 1 to the Bengals, but who was selected second?
Jeff Okudah, cornerback, Ohio State
Tua Tagovailoa, quarterback, Alabama
Andrew Thomas, tackle, Georgia
Chase Young, defensive end, Ohio State
Which star athlete did NOT test positive for the coronavirus?
Kevin Durant
Ezekiel Elliott
Yadier Molina
Alex Morgan
Postponements scrambled the Triple Crown. In what order are the races scheduled this year?
Belmont, Kentucky Derby, Preakness
Belmont, Preakness, Kentucky Derby
Preakness, Belmont, Kentucky Derby
Preakness, Kentucky Derby, Belmont
How did the Iditarod winner, Thomas Waerner, and his dogs finally get back home to Norway after being stranded in Alaska by the pandemic?
By antique airplane
By boat through the Panama Canal
By dogsled through the Arctic
By hot air balloon
The Tokyo Summer Olympics were delayed. By what name will the Games be known now?
"Tokyo 2020"
"Tokyo 2021"
"Tokyo 2022"
"Tokyo 2024"
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