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$None ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1744 the first mention of this now popular sport said, “away flies the boy to the next …post and then home with joy”

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baseball

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$None ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In action since 1917, this sports franchise is now largely owned by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

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Toronto Maple Leafs

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 2008 this team won its 17th NBA championship by defeating the Lakers

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the Boston Celtics

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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 2008 this horse failed to win the Triple Crown when he finished last in the Belmont Stakes

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Big Brown

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$1200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 2008 this Spaniard defeated Roger Federer in the longest-ever final at Wimbledon

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Rafael Nadal

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$1600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In July 2008 he withdrew from the U.S. men’s gymnastics Olympic team; his broken hand hadn’t healed enough

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Paul Hamm

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$2000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The Royal Report is the official e-newsletter of this hockey team

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the L.A. Kings

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 2008 Kelvin Sampson found he could no longer phone it in as hoops coach of this “Hoosier” school

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Indiana

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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The Olympic triathlon consists of a 1.5 kilometer this, a 40-kilometer bike ride & a 10-kilometer run

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a swim

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$1200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In ‘08 ex-Ram Willie Gary sued this team for $100 mil. for videotaping his team’s 2002 pre-Super Bowl practice

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the Patriots

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$9000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This other name for Grand Prix racing refers to the specifications of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile

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Formula One

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$2000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 2000 an expansion team known as the Minnesota Wild joined this professional sports league

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the National Hockey League (NHL)

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On August 5, 1991 Sergei Bubka became the first to exceed 20 feet in this track & field event

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the pole vault

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In a 2007 college football shocker, this team ended USC’s 35-game home winning streak

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Stanford

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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Dallas Cowboys running back rushed for an NFL record 18,355 yards

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Emmitt Smith

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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In a 2001 tournament, this Swedish golfer shot a 59, the lowest score ever achieved on the LPGA Tour

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Sorenstam

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Home of the Travers Stakes, this N.Y. racetrack is North America’s oldest continuously operating track

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Saratoga

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$None ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Among its 13 founding members in 1950 were Louise Suggs, Patty Berg & Babe Zaharias

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the LPGA (Ladies’ Professional Golf Association)

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In NASCAR, it’s the number of the turn at the end of the front straightaway

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one

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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On March 2, 1962 Wilt Chamberlain scored this unbelievable record point total in an NBA basketball game

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100

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$1200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In teaching this sport, Gary McCord says, “For a driver, place the ball opposite your left armpit”

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golf

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$1600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| If you serve in tennis & win the first point, you traditionally call out the score as 15- this

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love

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$2000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| For a team killing a penalty in this sport, icing isn’t a violation

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hockey

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$None ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Its solo female winner is awarded the Venus Rosewater Dish

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Wimbledon

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In this game, an entry sport to baseball, the batter hits the ball that rests atop a tube

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T-ball

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| (<a>Sofia of the Clue Crew strolls down the lane at the Nat’l Bowling Stadium in Reno, NV–& screws up.</a>) Oops–in bowling, it’s the one place you don’t wanna throw your ball

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the gutter

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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| It’s the sport played professionally by Andre Agassi

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tennis

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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| What the Europeans call association football, we call this

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soccer

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In golf it’s the proper word to yell when your ball is headed toward another player

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fore

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$None ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On USA Today’s list of magical numbers in sports, each had an explanation except 61, which only had this symbol

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an asterisk

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Ben Crenshaw & Phil Mickelson are the only 3-time winners of this college sport’s championship tournament

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golf

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| (I’m Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett) This man was my coach for my first 11 seasons in the NFL

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Tom Landry

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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1994, at age 45, he became heavyweight boxing champ again & was the AP’s Male Athlete of the Year

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George Foreman

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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| He was director of athletics at NYC’s Downtown Athletic Club from 1928 to 1936

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John Heisman

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In the 1992-93 season this Pittsburgh Penguin missed 24 games but still won the NHL scoring title

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Mario Lemieux

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The New York Giants’ Monte Irvin said that this trailblazer “opened the door of baseball to all men”

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Jackie Robinson

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Green Bay Packer vied for Cameron Diaz’ affection in the movie “There’s Something About Mary”

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Brett Favre

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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On March 29, 2000 the Cubs faced the Mets in this city’s dome, the first MLB game played outside North America

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Tokyo

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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1973 he came out of retirement to play for the WHA’s Houston Aeros, with his sons as teammates

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Gordie Howe

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This legendary Dallas Cowboys running back is the father of NBA star Grant

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Calvin Hill

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| At the 1924 Olympics he broke the 1-minute barrier in the 100-meter freestyle & he wasn’t swinging on vines

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Johnny Weissmuller

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1999 Nestor Chylak was the first of these inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame since Bill McGowan in 1982

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Umpire

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1994 this Dallas Cowboy scored 22 touchdowns; in 1995 he topped that with 25

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Emmitt Smith

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1993 Werner Gunther of Switzerland threw one of these 72 feet 1 inch

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Shot Put

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| He was riding Affirmed in 1978 when he became the youngest jockey to win the Triple Crown

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Steve Cauthen

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On May 22, 1999 this American scored her 108th goal, becoming the all-time leading scorer in int’l soccer

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Mia Hamm

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This fleet-footed Chicago Bear was named outstanding back in the Pro Bowl 3 times: 1967, 1968 & 1970

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Gale Sayers

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| [Hi, I’m Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] I won 6 NBA Most Valuable Player Awards during my career: 3 while playing with the Lakers & 3 with this team

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Milwaukee Bucks

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On Oct. 2, 1968 this Cardinal pitcher struck out 17 Detroit Tigers, a new World Series record

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Bob Gibson

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The top U.S. male tennis player of the 1970s, he’s the only man to win more than 100 singles titles

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Jimmy Connors

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Rosie Ruiz reportedly rode the subway to reach the finish line of this 1979 NYC race

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New York City Marathon

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| UCLA’s football team has vanquished this crosstown rival in their last 8 matchups

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USC (University of Southern California)

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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The logo of this city’s NHL team is a winged car tire

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Detroit Red Wings

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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Nicknamed “The Big O”, he was the NBA’s Rookie of the Year for the 1960-61 season

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Oscar Robertson

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This South African was leading in points when Mike Tyson knocked him out in the fifth round of their Jan. 1999 bout

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Frans Botha

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This major league’s web site gives each player’s ice time (not his Miller Time)

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NHL (National Hockey League)

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The complicated rating system for this position includes percentage of interceptions per attempt

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Quarterback

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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1998 Mike Piazza set a short-lived record in this category: 7 years, 91 million

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Salary

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$2000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| At Wimbledon in 1976, John Feaver set a record with 42 of these against John Newcombe but lost

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Aces

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1997-98 Shaq led the NBA in field goal percentage with 58.4 & Chris Mullin led in this percentage with 93.9

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Free throw

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$None ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On Jan. 15, 1892 the first rules for this sport were published in the Triangle, the Springfield, Mass. YMCA newspaper

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Basketball

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| His 66 home runs in 1998 helped the Cubs to the playoffs for only the 3rd time in 53 years

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Sammy Sosa

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| A little birdie told us an eagle is a score this many under par on a hole

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2

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$1600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| (Hi, I’m Austin Peck & I play boxer-turned-executive Austin Reed on “Days Of Our Lives”) One of the largest crowds in indoor boxing history gathered on Sept. 15, 1978 when Leon Spinks fought this man

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Muhammad Ali

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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Italian skier is nicknamed La Bomba, “The Bomb”

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Alberto Tomba

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Milwaukee NBA team moved to St. Louis in 1955 & then to Atlanta in 1968

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Hawks

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This British sport using a bat & a ball is popular in Jamaica, the Bahamas & Trinidad & Tobago

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Cricket

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Olympic wrestling style in which the wrestlers are forbidden to use their legs

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Greco-Roman

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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The Washington Huskies won the 1997 title in this sport on the Cooper River in Camden, New Jersey

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Rowing

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$1400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| (Hi, I’m Dot Richardson.) Fast-pitch softball is played with 9 players per team; slow-pitch teams have this many players

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10

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This sport’s Tracy Caulkins won the Honda Broderick Cup twice for being the NCAA’s top woman athlete

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Swimming

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Florida-born women’s great who retired in 1989 wrote the World Book Encyclopedia article on tennis

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Chris Evert

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1984 this quarterback became the first Boston College player to win the Heisman Trophy

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Doug Flutie

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Babe Ruth’s father once operated a saloon on what is now center field in this Baltimore ballpark

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Oriole Park at Camden Yards

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In the 1997 Belmont Stakes, Touch Gold dashed this “charmed” horse’s Triple Crown bid

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Silver Charm

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| National Hockey League team whose logo is seen here: (knife through a “B”)

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Buffalo Sabres

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The Borg-Warner Trophy, a replica of which is awarded at this May auto race, is insured for $1 million

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Indianapolis 500

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Tom Landry coached this team to 270 wins during his 29-year career

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Dallas Cowboys

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| (Hi, I’m Dot Richardson) I led this school’s Bruins in hitting 3 consecutive years & was named NCAA Player of the Decade for the 1980s

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UCLA

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Long jump rival Mike Powell reportedly called him “The best track and field athlete ever”

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Carl Lewis

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| A row of purple seats rings this ball park to mark a spot that’s exactly 5,280 feet above sea level

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Coors Field (the home of the Colorado Rockies)

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The ball used in this sport is about 11 inches long & about 7 inches wide at the center

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Football

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On Sept. 23, 1926 this heavyweight boxing champ lost his title to Gene Tunney in a decision

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Jack Dempsey

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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Named for a U.S. doubles champ, this cup is presented to the winner of a 16-team men’s tennis tourney

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Davis Cup

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$3000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| (Hi, I’m Greg Gumbel) During his 26-year career Sparky Anderson managed the Cincinnati Reds to 4 NL titles & this team to 1 AL championship

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Detroit Tigers

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1973 Ron Turcotte rode this horse to the first Triple Crown victory in 25 years

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Secretariat

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| After 36 seasons in this stadium named for a U.S. senator, the Redskins moved to a new facility in Sept. 1997

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RFK (Robert F. Kennedy) Stadium

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| He was the NBA’s Coach of the Year twice: once with the Lakers & once with the Knicks

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Pat Riley

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| (Hi, I’m Jim Lampley) This Oakland A’s first baseman in 1996 hit 52 home runs – most in the A.L. since Roger Maris hit 61 in ‘61

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Mark McGwire

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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On Aug. 5, 1997 this U.S. sprinter won his record third straight world 400-meter title in Athens

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Michael Johnson

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Abe Mitchell is the golfer depicted on top on this cup sought by teams from the U.S. & Europe

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Ryder Cup

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| With 16, this team has won more NBA titles than any other

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Boston Celtics

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Brothers Phil & Tony Esposito were both named to the hall of fame for this sport

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Hockey

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| “Angel From The Outfield” seen here: (a.k.a. “Mr. October”)

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Reggie Jackson

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The Nabisco Dinah Shore is one of the 4 events making up the Grand Slam of this sport for women

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Golf

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This NFL quarterback is a great-great-great-grandson of Brigham Young

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Steve Young

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| He hit 110 home runs in 1996 & 1997 – more than any player in 2 straight seasons except Babe Ruth

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Mark McGwire

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Buster Douglas’ 1990 knockout of this champ has been called the greatest heavyweight title upset

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Mike Tyson

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| From 1977 to 1981, this NHL city’s Blues played their home games in the Checkerdome

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St. Louis

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| (Hi, I’m Jim Lampley) Only 2 Americans have won 5 gold medals in the Winter Olympics: Bonnie Blair & this fellow speedskater

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Eric Heiden

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Both John Elway & Jim Plunkett were NFL No. 1 draft choices from this university

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Stanford

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1997 this event began at Rouen with a 4 1/2 mile time trial called the “Prologue”

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Tour de France

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Until 1991 this NBA star’s name was listed as “Akeem” because the “H” is silent in his native language

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Hakeem Olajuwon

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Known as “Mr. October”, he hit his 500th home run on Sept. 17, 1984, becoming the 13th player to do so

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Reggie Jackson

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| At the 1972 Munich Olympics, he swam in 7 events, including relays, & won all in world record times

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Mark Spitz

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In the Preakness, mums are painted to resemble this out-of-season “bruised” daisy on the winner’s blanket

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Black-eyed Susan

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This former Dodger manager threw out the first pitch in the Dodgers’ 1997 opening game

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Tommy Lasorda

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1997 this team won its first Stanley Cup in 42 years by completing a 4-game sweep of the Flyers

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Detroit Red Wings

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Only Fran Tarkenton & this Miami Dolphins quarterback have thrown over 300 career touchdown passes

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Dan Marino

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On July 16, 1995 this American received her certificate of induction into the Int’l Tennis Hall Of Fame

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Chris Evert

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| With 18, this sport’s Larissa Latynina has more Olympic medals than any other person

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gymnastics

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$None ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Dennis Conner is the only representative of the U.S. ever to lose this race – he did it twice

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The America’s Cup

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| A little birdie told us an eagle is a score this many under par on one hole

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2

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| He played in 2,130 consecutive games; no wonder he was the pride of the Yankees

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Lou Gehrig

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Prior to making Astros out of themselves, the Houston team thought they were “big shots” with this name

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Colt .45’s

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Milwaukee NBA team moved to St. Louis in 1955 & then to Atlanta in 1968

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Hawks

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This steel-driving thoroughbred retired in 1985 with career earnings of over $6.5 million

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John Henry

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118
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On April 13, 1997 this 21-year-old golfer became the youngest to win the Masters

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Tiger Woods

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| “(Hi, I’m Nick Van Exel) After winning 5 NBA championships, the Lakers moved to Los Angeles in 1960 from this city”

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Minneapolis

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Gordie Howe’s 1,687 games with this team is the most by a player on one team in the NHL

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Detroit Red Wings

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The Johnny Petraglia Open & the AMF Dick Weber Classic have been major tournaments in this sport

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Bowling

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This winter Olympic sport is contested in 2-man & 4-man events

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Bobsled

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The new 23,500-seat U.S. Tennis Open Stadium is named for this star who died February 6, 1993

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Arthur Ashe

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Except for 1995, the NHL scoring title has gone to either Wayne Gretzky or this Penguins star the past 16 years

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Mario Lemieux

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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On Oct. 19, 1924 Grantland Rice wrote of this team’s backfield “The Four Horsemen Rode Again”

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Notre Dame

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126
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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): “(Hi, I’m Mike Piazza) I was the NL’s ‘93 Rookie Of The Year. In ‘68 this Cincinnati Reds player became the 1st catcher to win the award”

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Johnny Bench

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Earl Anthony rolled on to a record 41 titles in this sport, Mark Roth is second

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Bowling

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128
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The Arnold Palmer Award is given for the highest annual earnings in this sport

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Golf

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129
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On January 6, 1997 Peter O’Malley announced this baseball team was for sale

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Los Angeles Dodgers

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Atlanta team’s Lenny Wilkens is the only active coach with more than 1,000 career NBA victories

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Atlanta Hawks

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The U.S.O.C. named Dot Richardson this Olympic sport’s 1996 Female Athlete of the Year

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Softball

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132
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On November 30, 1996 this Bulls player became the 10th in NBA history to reach 25,000 career points

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Michael Jordan

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133
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This German won 7 of 9 Wimbledon women’s singles titles from 1988-1996

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Steffi Graf

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1996 Emmitt Smith, with $16.5 million, & this Dolphins QB, with $11.7 million, led the NFL in total earnings

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Dan Marino

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| 1 of 4 California stadiums that have hosted a Super Bowl

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(1 of) Jack Murphy, L.A. Coliseum, the Rose Bowl & Stanford Stadium

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1941 this Red Sox star led the major leagues in both batting average, .406, & home runs, 37

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Ted Williams

137
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Czech-born tennis star was the world’s No. 1 ranked women’s player 7 times, 1978-79 & 1982-86

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Martina Navratilova

138
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1996 this Barry Switzer-coached team won a record fifth straight NFC East division title

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Dallas Cowboys

139
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On July 17, 1994 this nation won a record fourth World Cup soccer title by beating Italy, 3-2 on penalty kicks

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Brazil

140
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Florida quarterback won the Heisman Trophy in 1996, 30 years after his coach Steve Spurrier won it

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Danny Wuerffel

141
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1996 Kent Steffes & Karch Kiraly won the first gold medal ever presented in this type of volleyball

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Beach Volleyball

142
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This team’s John Wetteland was named MVP of the 1996 World Series for saving all 4 wins

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New York Yankees

143
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Only Wayne Gretzky & this Penguins star have scored over 190 points in an NHL season

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Mario Lemieux

144
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1996 Johnny Miller was voted into this sport’s Hall of Fame

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golf

145
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Dolphins coach has a yacht named Three Rings for his 2 Super Bowl titles & 1 college championship

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Jimmie Johnson

146
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Downhill is the most popular form of this sport, but many prefer cross-country

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Skiing

147
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Mike Piazza’s new $15 million contract with this L.A. team makes him the highest-paid baseball catcher

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Los Angeles Dodgers

148
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1997 this Greek-American won his second Australian Open title

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Pete Sampras

149
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1997 this commentator & former Bears coach was named head coach of the New Orleans Saints

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Mike Ditka

150
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This American cyclist who retired in 1994 was the first non-European to win the Tour de France

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Greg LeMond

151
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$None ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Last awarded in 1970, the Jules Rimet Cup was replaced by this trophy in 1974

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The World Cup (of soccer)

152
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Tommy Lasorda managed this team to 4 National League pennants & 2 World Series championships

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Los Angeles Dodgers

153
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The Vancouver Grizzlies & the Toronto Raptors are the newest franchises in this professional sport

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Basketball

154
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| NHL teams that have moved to new, luxury box-filled arenas include the Boston Bruins & this city’s Sabres

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Buffalo

155
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On November 19, 1996, he announced his retirement as Notre Dame football coach after an 11-year stint

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Lou Holtz

156
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This golfing cup was presented by & named for a British seed merchant & was first awarded in 1927

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Ryder Cup

157
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1957 this Cleveland team’s Lou Groza became the first to lead the NFL in scoring without a touchdown

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Browns

158
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Fielding positions in this British game include wicketkeeper, square leg & gully

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Cricket

159
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1995 the NHL’s Quebec Nordiques moved to this city & became the Colorado Avalanche

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Denver

160
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Houston Rockets center won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award in 1994

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Hakeem Olajuwon

161
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| With 30 tournament wins, Lisa Wagner is the women’s career leader in this sport

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Bowling

162
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In soccer only this player can touch the ball with his hands

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Goalkeeper

163
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Toronto baseball club chose its name from more than 4,000 submitted by fans

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Blue Jays

164
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This New Jersey hockey team, Stanley Cup winners in 1995, didn’t make the playoffs in 1996

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New Jersey Devils

165
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| At the 1994 Olympics, this U.S. woman speed skater surpassed Eric Heiden’s medal total

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Bonnie Blair

166
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This university’s Orangemen routed Clemson 41-0 in the Jan. 1, 1996 Gator Bowl

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Syracuse

167
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| With a 1996-97 salary of $30 million, he’s the NBA’s highest-paid player

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Michael Jordan

168
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On November 9, 1996 he beat Mike Tyson to win the heavyweight boxing title for the third time

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Evander Holyfield

169
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In the 1997 Sugar Bowl, this team won its 1st national football title by defeating Florida State, 52-20

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University of Florida

170
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In his first 2 months on the pro golf tour in 1996, this 20-year-old won almost $800,000

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Tiger Woods

171
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The last 5 NL Rookies of the Year have been members of this west coast team

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Los Angeles Dodgers

172
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Lakers star won a 1992 Grammy for the best spoken word album: “What You Can Do To Avoid AIDS”

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Earvin “Magic” Johnson

173
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In the 24 seasons he’s owned this team, George Steinbrenner has changed managers 20 times

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New York Yankees

174
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Between 1937 & 1950, this American boxer fought in 27 heavyweight title fights, winning 26

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Joe Louis

175
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In May 1995 this country’s Black Magic yacht beat the Young America to win the America’s Cup

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New Zealand

176
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The backwards one-revolution jump in this sport is named for Ulrich Salchow

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Figure Skating

177
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| He’s the only Chicago Bulls player named Rookie of the Year

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Michael Jordan

178
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On May 30, 1976 Johnny Rutherford won this rain-shortened auto race after driving only 255 miles

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The Indianapolis 500

179
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1995 this New Jersey team won its first Stanley Cup by sweeping the Detroit Red Wings in 4 games

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New Jersey Devils

180
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This American League team was once known as the Plymouth Rocks

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Boston Red Sox

181
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| At 1 1/2 miles, this third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown is the longest of the 3 races

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The Belmont Stakes

182
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This school’s Cornhuskers won the 1995 college football title by overwhelming Florida in the Fiesta Bowl

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Nebraska

183
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1980 the NHL’s Atlanta Flames moved to this Canadian city

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Calgary

184
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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Technically, this NFL team is located in Orchard Park, New York

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Buffalo Bills

185
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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| At the 1912 Olympics, King Gustav V of Sweden called him “The Greatest Athlete in the World”

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Jim Thorpe

186
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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| She holds the U.S. & world records in freestyle swimming at 400, 800 & 1500 meters

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Janet Evans

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| He scored 12 career goals in World Cup competition; now he’s Brazil’s special minister for sports

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Pele

188
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| From 1987-1995, this German tennis star won 18 womens’ singles Grand Slam tournaments

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Steffi Graf

189
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Other than the Olympics, this Romanian’s only World Gymnastics Championship came in 1978 on the balance beam

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Nadia Comaneci

190
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In the 1980s, this Spaniard became the youngest golfer to win the Masters & helped Europe win 3 Ryder Cups

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Seve Ballesteros

191
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Jacky Ickx has won this 24-hour French auto race a record 6 times

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24 Hours of Le Mans

192
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Since 1947 teams competing in this Pasadena bowl game have come from the Pac 10 & Big 10 conferences

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Rose Bowl

193
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On Nov. 5, 1994 he became the oldest to win a heavyweight title – or any boxing title – at age 45

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George Foreman

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1993 this Philadelphia 76ers player nicknamed “Dr. J” was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame

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Julius Erving

195
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The 4 basic events in women’s gymnastics are floor exercise, uneven parallel bars, vault & this event

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Balance Beam

196
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On Sept. 5, 1993 Noureddine Morceli of Algeria set the world record in this event at 3:44.39

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The Mile

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On June 14, 1995 this team led by Hakeem Olajuwon won its second straight NBA title

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Houston Rockets

198
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1985 he became the first jockey to win over $100,000,000 in career purses

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Willie Shoemaker

199
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Muhammad Ali called his 1974 heavyweight fight with this recent champ the “Rumble In The Jungle”

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George Foreman

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| He won the Indy 500 in 1992 & 1994; his father won the race on 4 previous occasions

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Al Unser, Jr.

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1944 swimmer Ann Curtis became the 1st woman to receive this award as the nation’s oustanding amateur athlete

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Sullivan Award

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On July 9, 1922 this future movie Tarzan became the first to swim the 100-meter freestyle in under a minute

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Johnny Weissmuller

203
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Kim Zmeskal & Shannon Miller are the only U.S. women to win the all-around title at these world championships

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Gymnastics

204
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Of the four Grand Slam golf tournaments, it’s the only one played outside the U.S.

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British Open

205
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The first to win this Patriots’ Day event was John McDermott in 1897

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Boston Marathon

206
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On March 23, 1994 he scored his 802nd NHL goal, breaking Gordie Howe’s career record

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Wayne Gretzky

207
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1987 this 31-year-old Swede was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame

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Bjorn Borg

208
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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1956 this late Yankee hit 52 home runs, the highest single-season total of the 1950s

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Mickey Mantle

209
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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1979 & 1980 Terry Bradshaw, this team’s quarterback, was named Super Bowl MVP

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the Pittsburgh Steelers

210
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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On Aug. 7, 1995 Jonathan Edwards became the first man to leap further than 60 feet in this event

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the Triple Jump

211
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1967 this New York Jets quarterback became the first pro to pass for more than 4,000 yards in a season

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Joe Namath

212
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Founded in 1897, it’s the world’s oldest annual marathon

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the Boston Marathon

213
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1991, after 12 seasons at the Salt Palace, this NBA team moved its home games to the Delta Center

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the Utah Jazz

214
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1992 Viktor Petrenko won the world championship in this sport

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ice skating (men’s figure skating)

215
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| During his 1955-1966 career, this Dodger pitcher averaged 9.28 strikeouts per 9 innings

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(Sandy) Koufax

216
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Co-captains of the 1992 Olympic basketball “Dream Team” were Magic Johnson & this Celtics star

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Larry Bird

217
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This NFL team’s logo features a pirate with a dagger in his mouth

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the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

218
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| With a capacity of just 38,756, this Chicago Cubs stadium is the smallest in the National League

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Wrigley Field

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| From 1927 to 1945, this World War I flying ace owned the Indianapolis Speedway

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Rickenbacker

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On July 4, 1919 this boxer from Manassa, Colo. defeated Jess Willard to win the world heavyweight title

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(Jack) Dempsey (the “Manassa Mauler”)

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The Iron Man Triathlon consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike race & this 26.2-mile run

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Marathon

222
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On August 6, 1994 Jeff Gordon won the Brickyard 400, the first stock car race on this track

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In the 1920s & 1930s Helen Wills Moody was the top-ranked women’s player in this sport a record 9 times

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Tennis

224
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1930 this golfer became the first recipient of the AAU’s Sullivan Award, as the year’s top male athlete

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Bobby Jones

225
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This jockey is the only man to ride 2 Triple Crown winners: Whirlaway & Citation

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Eddie Arcaro

226
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Regret, Genuine Risk & Winning Colors are the only fillies to win this Triple Crown race

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Kentucky Derby

227
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This sterling silver yachting trophy was designed by London’s Robert Garrard Crown jewelers in 1848

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the America’s Cup

228
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| American winners of this Olympic event include Bob Mathias, Rafer Johnson & Bruce Jenner

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the decathlon

229
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The insignia of this National League baseball team features a mountain peak

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the (Colorado) Rockies

230
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Bill Walton of this school was the outstanding player of the NCAA basketball tournament in 1972 & 1973

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UCLA

231
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| From 1982-87, she held the top rank in tennis for all but 22 weeks of a 270-week stretch

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Martina Navratilova

232
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Dave “Tiger” Williams holds the career record for penalty minutes in this sport with 3,966

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Ice Hockey

233
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Dolphins quarterback has passed for over 400 yards in a single game a record 10 times

A

Dan Marino

234
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1993, this Seattle center fielder tied a Major League record by hitting home runs in eight straight games

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Ken Griffey, Jr.

235
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1980, this U.S. speed skater became the first athlete to win five individual gold medals in one Olympics

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Eric Heiden

236
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In this mid-1980s this team from Edmonton won the NHL’s Stanley Cup 4 years out of 5

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the Oilers

237
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Lyn St. James was named Rookie of the Year at this May 24, 1992 auto race, the first woman so honored

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the Indianapolis 500

238
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| From 1976 to 1980, this Swede won 5 straight Wimbledon men’s singles championships

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Björn Borg

239
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| From 1964 through 1968, she was the U.S. women’s figure skating champion

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Peggy Fleming

240
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| While playing for this team, O.J. Simpson led the NFL in rushing yardage 4 times

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the Buffalo Bills

241
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On September 19, 1992 Sergei Bubka broke the world record in this event for the 32nd time

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the pole vault

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Known as the “Golden Bear”, he was the 1st golfer to win all 4 major titles at least twice

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Jack Nicklaus

243
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Greco-Roman & freestyle are the 2 styles featured in this Olympic sport

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wrestling

244
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1975 this college football bowl game moved from Tulane Stadium to the Louisiana Superdome

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the Sugar Bowl

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| It’s the only NBA team in Ohio

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the Cleveland Cavaliers

246
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1988 after 8 seasons as the NHL’s MVP, this center was traded by Edmonton to the L.A. Kings

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Wayne Gretzky

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1991 Digger Phelps retired as coach of this school’s basketball team with 393 career victories

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Notre Dame

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$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1988 pro football’s Cardinals moved from St. Louis to this city

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Phoenix

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$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Japanese-American won her 1st world figure skating championship in 1991 at age 19

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Kristi Yamaguchi

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$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On August 31, 1992 this team surprised the baseball world by trading Jose Canseco to Texas

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Oakland Athletics

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| At the 1992 Olympics, the U.S. Men’s Basketball team was known by this rhyming name

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the Dream Team

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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Since the 1950s players from this continent have been the dominant force in table tennis

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Asia

253
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This piece of fencing equipment is made of strong wire mesh & may be padded

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a mask

254
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In swimming the butterfly stroke originated as a modification of this similar stroke

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breaststroke

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The origins of tennis go back to jeu de paume, a game in which the ball was struck with this body part

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the palm of the hand

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This Los Angeles Kings hockey player is known as “The Great One”

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Wayne Gretzky

257
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| It’s the only NFL team that currently plays its home games in New York state

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Buffalo (Bills)

258
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This “sweet” fighter won the world middleweight boxing title a record 5 times from 1951-1958

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(“Sugar Ray”) Robinson

259
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1930 he became the first & only man to sweep golf’s four Grand Slam tournaments

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Bobby Jones

260
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1964 & 1965 The Sporting News named this future senator College Player of the Year in basketball

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Bill Bradley

261
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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1941 this heavyweight boxing champ successfully defended his title a record 7 times

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Joe Louis

262
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The only NHL team from the U.S. to win the Stanley Cup in the 1980s was this Uniondale, NY based team

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the New York Islanders

263
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Star, Flying Dutchman & Tornado are classes in this Olympic sport

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yachting

264
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In the 1960s & 1970s he was professional golf’s leading money winner 8 times

A

Jack Nicklaus

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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On June 16, 1987, for the first time in a single meet, 3 men cleared 28’ in this field event

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the long jump

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$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| While the heights may change, these are the 2 types of diving boards

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the springboard & the platform

267
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Prior to par, this term was used for the score golfers should make, and was preceded by “Colonel”

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Bogie

268
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Four letter word for all the gear used for controlling a horse in harness racing

A

tack

269
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Though she came in 50th in this marathon, November 4, 1990, Wanda Panfil of Poland still got $26,385 & a car

A

the New York City Marathon

270
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| At the 1988 Olympics the USSR won the gold for team foil in this sport

A

fencing

271
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$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The Old Norse “Skjota”, to shoot, gave us this word for a type of trapshooting

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skeet

272
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$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Among college football coaches, Paul Bryant was nickanmed Bear & G. Warner was nicknamed this

A

“Pop”

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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| According to Forbes Magazine, the 3 highest-paid athletes for 1990 compete in this sport

A

boxing

274
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$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1990 this Reds outfielder set a world series record with hits in 7 straight at-bats

A

Billy Hatcher

275
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The first bobsled races were held in this mountainous country

A

Switzerland

276
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1910 the Intercollegiate Athletic Association changed its name to this

A

NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)

277
Q

$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| A 5 iron is a mashie, a 9 iron is a niblick & this is a mashie niblick

A

7 Iron

278
Q

$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Devised by Owen Patrick Smith, this sport was legalized in Florida in 1931

A

Greyhound/dog racing

279
Q

$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Australian Rules, American & Association describe sports that are all named this

A

Football

280
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Lauren Bacall could tell you it’s the term used for 1 stroke over par in golf

A

Bogey

281
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1968 Olympic gold medalist Jim Hines became the 1st man to run this race in under 10 seconds

A

100 meter dash

282
Q

$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In this team sport, the neutral zone is located between 2 blue lines

A

ice hockey

283
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| A Japanese teacher named Jigaro Kano developed this modern version of jujitsu in the 1880s

A

Judo

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Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This noted horsewoman who competed at the Montreal Olympics in 1976 is also a princess

A

Princess Anne

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Q

$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Originally bred in India, it’s the type of bull most often seen in bull riding contests

A

Brahma

286
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$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1947 she became the 1st American woman to win the British Women’s Amateur golf tournament

A

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

287
Q

$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Romania’s Maricica Puica won the infamous 1984 race in which these 2 runners collided

A

Zola Budd & Mary Decker Slaney

288
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| According to USGA rules, 1 of 2 types of golf course hazards

A

Bunker & Water

289
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1987 Jim Abbott became the 1st in this sport to win the Sullivan Award for amateur athletes

A

baseball

290
Q

$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In women’s Olympic fencing, only this weapon is used

A

the foil

291
Q

$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| 1 of 2 National Hockey League teams to retire Gordie Howe’s uniform number

A

Detroit Red Wings & Hartford Whalers

292
Q

$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The 3 cities that the National Football League Cardinals have represented

A

Chicago, St. Louis & Phoenix

293
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This offshoot of soccer is named for a school in England

A

rugby

294
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The overarm “crawl” swimming stroke was introduced to England in 1902 from this country

A

Australia

295
Q

$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Springfield, Massachusetts is site of this sport’s Hall of Fame

A

basketball

296
Q

$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Marks which distinguish Wilson footballs used in college games from the ones they make for the pros

A

(white) stripes

297
Q

$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| When he KO’d Ingemar Johansson, 6/20/60, he became 1st man to regain heavyweight championship

A

Floyd Patterson

298
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Bob Hope says one of his favorites is the 16th at Cypress Point in Pebble Beach

A

a golf hole

299
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Spanish sport revived in China in 1986 with opening of a ring in the Zhejiang Province

A

bullfighting

300
Q

$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| A machine called the Cyclops is now used for line calls in this sport

A

tennis

301
Q

$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Sport in which you might leave a bucket, Christmas tree or picket fence

A

bowling

302
Q

$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Jack Broughton, inventor of the modern boxing glove, is buried in this British landmark

A

Westminster Abbey

303
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Only team that can score points in volleyball

A

serving team

304
Q

$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Inventor of the boxing glove, English boxer Jack Broughton is commemorated in this regal resting palace

A

Westminster Abbey

305
Q

$600 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Finishing the Channel swim in 1926, Gertrude Ederle was met on beach by immigration officer demanding this

A

a passport

306
Q

$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Year of 1st World Series telecast, which featured the Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson, Rookie of the Year

A

1947

307
Q

$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Of all his achievements, this pediatrician is most proud of his 1924 Olympic gold medal for rowing

A

Benjamin Spock

308
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| In 1985, at 17, he became Wimbledon’s youngest & only unseeded winner of men’s singles

A

Boris Becker

309
Q

$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Originally Italian for gondola race, it’s a racing meet that might be held on the Thames

A

a regatta

310
Q

$1000 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| From 1956-‘60, Carol Heiss was world champion in this sport

A

figure skating

311
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| It’s where relief pitchers, not matadors, warm up

A

the bullpen

312
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Because of this rule, no horse has ever won the Kentucky Derby twice

A

(only) a 3-year old (can run)

313
Q

$800 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| These 2 former Olympic athletes became movie Tarzans

A

Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller

314
Q

$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| He shouts the commands in crew racing

A

coxswain

315
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Tennis serve that touches net before dropping into proper court, it’s replayed

A

a let ball

316
Q

$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| You win this when you pick the winners of 2 successive horse races

A

the Daily Double

317
Q

$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| What the letters in “scuba” stand for

A

self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

318
Q

$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| On an official archery target, it’s the color of the bull’s eye

A

yellow (or gold)

319
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Nickname for a football

A

a pigskin

320
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| A filly becomes a mare at this age

A

4

321
Q

$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| According to rules, the strike zone in baseball extends from the batter’s knees to here

A

his armpits

322
Q

$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| This bowl game changes location every year

A

the Super Bowl

323
Q

$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The number of laps run in the Indy 500

A

200

324
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Game where “dribbling” is “offensive”

A

basketball

325
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| From early practice of pitcher facing west comes this baseball term for lefty

A

southpaw

326
Q

$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Football’s imaginary plane which neither team may cross until the ball is snapped

A

the line of scrimmage

327
Q

$400 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| World’s fastest sport, free-fall speeds of 614 MPH have been recorded in this

A

skydiving

328
Q

$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| ’50s middleweight champ some say was pound-for-pound the best boxer ever

A

Sugar Ray Robinson

329
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Sport which uses epees, foils & sabres

A

fencing

330
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Name given to annual competition among U.S. amateur boxers

A

the Golden Gloves

331
Q

$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Number of downs allowed in Canadian football to advance the ball 10 yards

A

3

332
Q

$300 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Because of WWII, these 2 NFL teams combined squads in ‘43 to become the “Stegles”

A

the Steelers and Eagles

333
Q

$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Ex-Boston Celtics’ star who has refused induction into Basketball Hall of Fame

A

Bill Russell

334
Q

$100 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| What Gary Player plays professionailly

A

golf

335
Q

$500 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| Boxer whose life was portrayed in “Somebody Up There Likes Me”

A

Rocky Graziano

336
Q

$200 ||| Category: SPORTS ||| The Greeks reckoned time from this event, first held in Olympia in 776 B.C.

A

the Olympics

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