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- What college basketball team took its 1986
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- orders from John Thompson?Georgetown
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- What diminutive basketballer titled his
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- autobiography "Flying High"?Spud Webb
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- What country's name has often been seen on
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- the pants of wrestling's Iron Sheik?Iran's
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- What New York Yankees slugger hit home runs
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- in eight straight games in 1987?Don Mattingly
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- What board game's 1987 U.S. championship
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- offered a $5,000 savings bond as first prize?MONOPOLY
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- What did CABBAGE PATCH KIDS start doing as
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- of September, 1987?Talking
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- What city unveiled a bronze statue of Kate
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- Smith outside its sports arena in 1987?Philadelphia
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- What board game's 1987 championship saw its
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- two contestants split $1.85 million?Chess's
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- What Golden State Warriors basketballer had
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- his number 24 jersey retired in 1988?Rick Barry
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- What two cities did baseball's world
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- champions parade through on October 27, 1987?Minneapolis and St. Paul
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- What bridge did runners in the 1987 New York
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- City Marathon cross first?The Verrazano Narrows Bridge
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- What country's 1988 Winter Olympics team
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- included Prince Albert?Monaco's
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- What baseball team's fans pioneered the
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- practice of waving "homer hankies"?The Minnesota Twins'
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- What golfer became the first British player
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- to win the U.S. Masters, in 1988?Sandy Lyle
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- Who became the first U.S. athlete to make
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- four Olympic diving teams?Greg Louganis
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- What team became the second NBA squad to win
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- five titles in a decade?The Los Angeles Lakers
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- Who is regularly introduced as NBC's "fight
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- doctor"?Ferdie Pacheco
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- What city's NBA basketball franchise chose
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- the nickname Magic?Orlando's
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- What were 65 countries protesting when they
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- boycotted the 1980 Olympics?The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
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- What city's NBA expansion team chose to call
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- themselves the Timberwolves?Minnesota's
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- What does the starter yell to kick off the
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- World Championship Pipe Smoking Contest?"Gentlemen, light your pipes"
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- How many Olympic medals did the U.S. hockey
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- team win in the 1980s?One
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- What country in the 1984 Olympics led the parade
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- in the opening ceremonies?Greece
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- Who is the richest bald boxing champ in
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- history?Marvelous Marvin Hagler
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- What hockey great was 52 years young when he
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- retired as a pro player?Gordie Howe
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- What did the first batter do in Wrigley
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- Field's first nighttime game?Hit a home run
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- What 38-year-old heavyweight couldn't answer
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- the 11th-round bell in 1980?Muhammad Ali
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- What '50s fad enjoyed what a Wham-O spokesman
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- termed "a biological backlash" in 1988?The HULA HOOP
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- What heavyweight picked up $2.5 million for
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- dropping someone named Tony Tucker?Mike Tyson
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- Who cooked dinner at Ivan Lendl's 1987 party
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- for the British press at Wimbledon?Ivan Lendl
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- Who succeeded Tom Flores as coach of the Los
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- Angeles Raiders?Mike Shanahan
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- What place did Mary Decker Slaney capture
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- in her first race after becoming a mother?First
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- What happened to the mother of the bull that
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- killed Spanish matador Francisco Rivera?It was killed
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- What football announcer hired Jerry Knick to
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- drive his private bus?John Madden
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- What color shoes did Carl Lewis wear in
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- sprinting to victory at the 1984 Olympics?White
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- What major league baseball team's home field
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- sells the most taquitos?The San Diego Padres'
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- What former Boston College quarterback's last
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- name resembles that of a musical instrument?Doug Flutie
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- What fellow boxer did Marvelous Marvin Hagler
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- dub "Pretty Boy"?Sugar Ray Leonard
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- What tennis player oh-so-bravely bragged that
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- any man could beat any woman at any sport?John McEnroe
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- Which leg does Greg Foster lead with when
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- leaping over a high hurdle?The left
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- What Scandinavian was the most famous athlete
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- to quit playing pro at the age of 26?Bjorn Borg
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- How many blimps hovered above Super Bowl
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- XXII?Three
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- How many courtside seats does Jack Nicholson
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- own at Los Angeles Lakers home games?Four
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- What Canadian city hosted the 1988 Winter
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- Olympics?Calgary
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- What year's Winter Olympics introduced the
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- super giant slalom?1988's
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- What country made history by being chosen to
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- host soccer's 1994 World Cup?The U.S.
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- What type of baseball hitters receive an
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- award sponsored by SKOAL chewing tobacco?Pinch hitters
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- Who was the first tennis player to rack up
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- more than $10 million in career earnings?Ivan Lendl
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- How many gold medals did the U.S. cart home
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- from the 1988 Winter Olympics?Two
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- What sport made an all-star of Ray Bourque?Hockey
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- What Italian skier was dubbed "La Bomba"?Alberto Tomba
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- What National League baseball stadium tried
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- selling sushi for $4.50 in 1988?Dodger Stadium
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- What TV network carried the Rose Bowl for the
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- first time in 1989?ABC
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- What flag did 16 nations carry during the
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- opening ceremonies of the 1988 Olympics?The Olympic flag
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- What New York Mets baseballer was pleased to
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- be nicknamed "Mr. Long Ball"?Darryl Strawberry
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- What French race did the unforgettable Joop
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- Zoetemelk win in 1980?The Tour de France
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- What sport saw China's Ning Li nimbly nab
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- five medals at the 1984 Olympics?Gymnastics
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- What golfer made more from endorsements in
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- 1987 than any other athlete?Arnold Palmer
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- How many players on an arena football squad
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- are on the field at one time?Eight
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- What were more than 175,000 softball players
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- doing when they injured themselves in 1987?Sliding
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- What airline did Australian Greg Norman have
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- an endorsement contract with in 1987?Qantas
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- What legendary college coach died 17 days
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- after retiring?Bear Bryant
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- How many yards lie between the goal lines on
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- an arena football field?Fifty
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- What was the only U.S. pro team to end a
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- 98-year championship drought in the 1980s?The Philadelphia Phillies
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- What state gave birth to more than half the
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- members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team?Minnesota
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- Who became the first 200-pounder to win the
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- U.S. Women's Open golf championship?Laura Davies
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- What was golfer JoAnne Carner's nickname of
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- "Big Mama" changed to after she lost weight?"Medium Mama"
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- Who was leading when Mary hit the deck -
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- Zola Budd, Mary Decker or Maricica Puica?Mary Decker
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- What New York Mets pitcher lost his second
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- All-Star game in 1988?Dwight Gooden
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- What former white hope collected $2.5 million
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- for being floored by Michael Spinks?Gerry Cooney
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- What aquatic athlete was pictured in a
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- loincloth in AMERICAN EXPRESS ads?Greg Louganis
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- What European nation did Yyonne van Gennip
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- speed skate for at the 1988 Winter Olympics?The Netherlands
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- What two things do you do simultaneously if
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- you're entered in a joggling competition?Jog and juggle
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- What did Yves Pol do differently in running
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- a 1987 marathon in 3 hours and 57 minutes?He ran backwards
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- What rodeo event barreled Charmayne James to
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- 1986 earnings of $152,969?Barrel-racing
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- What was Trevor Baxter riding on when he
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- jumped over a bar 5'5" high, in 1982?A skateboard
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- Who was the first boxer to hit his way to
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- titles in four weight categories?Tommy Hearns
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- How many of every 10 baseballers with pro
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- contracts never play in a major league game?Nine
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- What U.S. gymnast's popularity and
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- recognition factor dropped 28% from 1984 to 1986?Mary Lou Retton's
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- How many of every ten backyard gardens
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- boasted tomatoes in 1984?Nine
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- What Yankee's consecutive games record was
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- broken by Japan's Sachio Kinugasa?Lou Gehrig's
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- What was the last baseball team Tom Seaver
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- tried to pitch for?The New York Mets
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- What sense was Jim Dickson without when he
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- set off to sail around the world in 1987?Sight
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- Who became the world's number one women's
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- tennis player on August 17, 1987?Steffi Graf
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- Who was the first athlete to win 5
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- individual gold medals at one Olympiad?Eric Heiden
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- What sport saw 512-pound Salevaa Atisnoe
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- Fuali become the heaviest combatant ever?Sumo wrestling
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- What annual New York sporting event attracts
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- the greatest number of live spectators?The New York City Marathon
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- How many national football championships did
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- Woody Hayes take to the grave with him?Two
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- What team did the San Francisco Giants
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- defeat to win their first Super Bowl?The Cincinnati Bengals
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- What southern team did the Washington Redskins
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- beat to win their first Super Bowl?The Miami Dolphins
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- What team did the Chicago Bears defeat to win
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- their first Super Bowl?The New England Patriots
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- What western football team managed to lose 3
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- Super Bowls between 1978 and 1987?The Denver Broncos
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- What pro football team had its first
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- losing season in 22 years in 1987?The Dallas Cowboys
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- How many years did Julius Erving play
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- pro basketball?Sixteen
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- What is pro hoopster Eric Floyd's nickname?"Sleepy"
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- Who did Sugar Ray Leonard land 306 punches
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- on during a 1987 bout?Marvelous Marvin Hagler
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- What is NASCAR driver Bill Elliot's nickname?"Wild Bill"
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- How many races did Dennis Conner have to win
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- in the finals of the America's Cup in 1987?Five
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- How many pars did Nick Faldo score during the
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- final round to win the 1987 British Open?Eighteen
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- What was golfer Nick Faldo the first
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- Englishman to win since Tony Jacklin in 1969?The British Open
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- What country ended Cuba's 37-game winning
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- streak in Pan American Games baseball event?The U.S.
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- What country had 37 straight wins in baseball
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- going into the 1987 Pan American Games?Cuba
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- What athletic games were hosted by
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- Indianapolis?The Pan American Games
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- What was the first Grand Slam tennis title
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- won by Steffi Graf?The French Open
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- What calisthenic did Paul Lynch do 3,857 of
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- with one arm for 5 hours?Push-ups
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- What board game's highest opening move in
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- sanctioned play was 128 points for "muzjiks"?SCRABBLE's
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- What Parker Brothers game can be bought in 19
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- languages?MONOPOLY
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- What did Alysheba miss winning when outhoofed
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- by Bet Twice at the 1987 Belmont States?The Triple Crown
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- What football team did ESPN dub "Arizona's
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- New State Bird"?The Phoenix Cardinals
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- What athlete's trade did "Sports Illustrated"
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- refer to in an article titled "Woe, Canada"?Wayne Gretzky's
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- What Atlantic coast European country does
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- marathon star Rosa Motta hail from?Portugal
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- What Asian country took home the most medals
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- from the 1988 Olympic Games in South Korea?South Korea
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- What color was the hull on Dennis Connor's
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- "Stars and Stripes"?Blue
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- What senior golfer is know by fellow pros
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- as "Sarge"?Orville Moody
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- What former Atlanta Braves slugger played the
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- 1987 season for Japan's Yakult Swallows?Bob Horner
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- What tricky U.S. hoopsters played the most
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- basketball games in China in 1987?The Harlem Globetrotters
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- What eastern U.S. city made a pitch to the
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- NCAA to host the "Crab Bowl"?Baltimore, Maryland
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- Who refuses to enter the locker room when
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- playing in the Masters?Lee Trevino
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