Sports Flashcards
1
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Summer Olympics Site - 1936
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Berlin - Germany
2
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Summer Olympics Site - 1912
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Stockholm - Sweden
3
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Winter Olympics Site - 2002
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Salt Lake City - Utah
4
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Light Heavyweight boxing gold medalist - 1960
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Cassius Clay
5
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The Iron Horse
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Lou Gehrig
6
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Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1976
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Dorothy Hamill
7
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Female Iditirod winner four times
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Susan Butcher
8
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Notre Dame football coach - 1918-31
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Knute Rockne
9
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Decathlon gold medalist - 1996
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Dan O’Brien
10
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American male speed skater with five gold medals
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Eric Heiden
11
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Where is the skiing hall of fame?
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Vail CO
12
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Winter Olympics Site - 1984
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Sarajevo - Yugoslavia
13
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College Football player to win two Heisman trophies
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Archie Griffin
14
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The splendid Splinter
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Ted Williams
15
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Home to the Cotton Bowl
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Dallas TX
16
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Where is the College Football hall of fame?
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South Bend IN
17
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Summer Olympics Site - 1996
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Atlanta - Georgia
18
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Tennis: Male with most grand slam wins (tied)
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Roy Emerson; Pete Sampras (12)
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Only undefeated heavyweight champion
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Rocky Marciano (49-0)
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Summer Olympics Site - 2000
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Sydney Australia
21
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American female speed skater with five gold medals
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Bonnie Blair
22
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Summer Olympics Site - 1908
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London - England
23
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Home to the Liberty Bowl
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Memphis TN
24
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“Flying Finn” who won gold in three Olympics
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Paavo Nurmi
25
The house that Ruth built
Yankee Stadium
26
Native American sprinting star - 1912
Jim Thorpe
27
Summer Olympics Site - 1952
Helskinki - Finland
28
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1998
Tara Lipinski
29
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1960
Carol Heiss
30
Tennis: player with most Wimbledon singles titles
Martina Navratilova (9)
31
Male Figure Skating gold medalist - 1948 - 1952
Dick Button
32
Last bare-knuckle heavyweight champion
John L. Sullivan
33
Home to the Rose Bowl
Pasadena CA
34
Home to the Sun Bowl
El Paso TX
35
Summer Olympics Site - 1984
Los Angeles - California
36
Male Skiing gold medalist - 1968 (3 gold)
Jean-Claude Killy (France)
37
Female swimming gold medalist - 1924
Gertrude Ederle
38
Summer Olympics Site - 1976
Montreal - Canada
39
Female Figure Skating silver medalist - 1994
Nancy Kerrigan
40
Winter Olympics Site - 1998
Nagano - Japan
41
Heavyweight boxing gold medalist - 1968
George Foreman
42
Decathlon gold medalist - 1968
Bill Toomey
43
Where is the Pro Basketball hall of fame?
Springfield MA
44
Daytona 500 winner seven times
Richard Petty
45
The Sultan of Swat
Babe Ruth
46
Man who won seven swimming medals - 1972
Mark Spitz
47
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1928 - 1932 - 1936
Sonja Henie (Norway)
48
Only man to win the 200 and 400 meter races
Michael Johnson
49
Man who won the olympic marathon twice barefoot
Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia)
50
Male swimming gold medalist - 1932
Buster Crabbe
51
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1994
Oksana Baiul (Ukraine)
52
Winter Olympics Site - 1960
Squaw Valley - California
53
"Highland" game
Caber tossing
54
World's longest dog sled race
Iditirod
55
Game played with a stone and brooms
Curling
56
All time golf leading money winner
Hale Irwin
57
College basketball team with longest winning streak
UCLA (88 games)
58
Male swimming gold medalist - 1912
Duke Kahanamoku
59
Tennis: Female with most grand slam wins
Margaret Court (24)
60
Male Long Jump gold medalist - 1984 - 88 - 92 - 94
Carl Lewis
61
College basketball team with the most NCAA titles
UCLA (11)
62
Summer Olympics Site - 1964
Tokyo - Japan
63
Where is the major league baseball hall of fame?
Cooperstown NY
64
Winter Olympics Site - 1928
St. Moritz - Switzerland
65
Player on three Brazil World cup teams
Pele
66
Golfer with most major tournament wins
Jack Nicklaus (18)
67
Player banned for Chicago "Black Sox" scandal - 1919
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson - (and seven others)
68
American woman who won 3 track golds - 1960
Wilma Rudolph
69
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1956
Tenley Albright
70
Middleweight boxing gold medalist - 1976
Michael Spinks
71
The Big O
Oscar Robertson
72
Decathlon gold medalist - 1960
Rafer Johnson
73
Summer Olympics Site - 1928
Amsterdam - Netherlands
74
Winter Olympics Site - 1956
Contina d'Ampezzo - Italy
75
Male swimming gold medalist - 1968 (2 gold)
Mark Spitz
76
Summer Olympics Site - 1924
Paris - France
77
Indianapolis 500 winner four times
A.J. Foyt - Jr; Al Unser - Sr. and Rick Mears
78
Tennis: Youngest female Wimbledon champion
Martina Hingis (15 years)
79
Winter Olympics Site - 1952
Oslo - Norway
80
Male Skiing gold medalist - 1984
Phil Mahre
81
Winter Olympics Site - 1936
Garmish-Partenkirchen - Germany
82
Male Pole Vault gold medalist - 1968
Bob Seagren
83
Male Marathon gold medalist - 1972
Frank Shorter
84
Male swimming gold medalist - 1924 - 1928
Johnny Weissmuller
85
American Sprinter who embarrassed Hitler - 1936
Jesse Owens
86
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1992
Kristi Yamaguchi
87
Tennis: first female to win the grand slam
Maureen Connolly
88
Summer Olympics Site - 1896
Athens - Greece
89
The Say Hey Kid
Willie Mays
90
Years Olympics were cancelled due to war
1916 - 1940 - 1944
91
Middleweight boxing gold medalist - 1952
Floyd Patterson
92
Fighters in the "Rumble in the Jungle" (Kinshasha - Zaire)
Ali and Frazier
93
Summer Olympics Site - 1980
Moscow - USSR
94
Man who won five swimming medals - 1988
Matt Biondi
95
Summer Olympics Site - 1968
Mexico City - Mexico
96
Tennis: only player to win Grand Slam twice
Rod Laver
97
Male Skiing gold medalist - 1992
Tommy Moe
98
Summer Olympics Site - 1988
Seoul - South Korea
99
Where is the Figure Skating hall of fame?
Colorado Springs CO
100
Winter Olympics Site - 1992
Albertville - France
101
Winter Olympics Site - 1972
Sapporo - Japan
102
Female Javelin gold medalist - 1932
Babe Didrikson
103
Most professional knockouts
Archie Moore (129)
104
College Football team with longest winning streak
Oklahoma (47 games)
105
Summer Olympics Site - 1920
Antwerp - Belgium
106
Mr. October
Reggie Jackson
107
Tennis: Youngest male Wimbledon champion
Boris Becker (17 years)
108
College basketball team with the second most NCAA titles
kentucky
109
Brazilian-American soccer player
Pele
110
The Louisville Lip
Muhammed Ali
111
Summer Olympics Site - 1904
St. Louis - Missouri
112
Man who broke long jump record by two feet - 1968
Bob Beamon
113
Decathlon gold medalist 1976
Bruce Jenner
114
Discus gold medalist 1956 - 60 - 64 - 68.
Al Oerter
115
Winter Olympics Site - 1980
Lake Placid - New York
116
Summer Olympics Site - 1956
Melbourne - Australia
117
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1968
Peggy Flemming
118
American skiing twin brothers who won gold and silver in the same event - 1984
Phil and Steve Mahre
119
Summer Olympics Site - 2004
Athens - Greece
120
College Football award for best player
Heisman Trophy
121
Female Skiing gold medalist - 1998
Picabo Street
122
College basketball all-time leading scorer
"Pistol" Pete Maravich
123
Longest reign as heavyweight champion
Joe Louis (11 years)
124
Decathlon gold medalist - 1948 - 1952
Bob Matthias
125
Crazy Legs
Elroy Hirsch
126
Winter Olympics Site - 1924
Chamonix - France
127
Mike Tyson's promoter
Don King
128
The Brown Bomber
Joe Louis
129
Winter Olympics Site - 1968
Grenoble - France
130
Male Pole Vault gold medalist - 1952 - 1956
Bob Richards
131
Male Long Jump gold medalist - 1968
Bob Beamon
132
Male swimming gold medalist - 1972 (7 gold)
Mark Spitz
133
Male swimming star - 1924
Johnny Weissmuller
134
The Georgia Peach
Ty Cobb
135
Greco-Roman wrestling gold medalist - 2000
Rulon Gardner
136
Male Speed Skating gold medalist - 1980 (5 gold)
Eric Heiden
137
Winter Olympics Site - 1964
Innsbruck - Austria
138
First golfer to win 1 Million
Arnold Palmer (1963)
139
Home to the Sugar Bowl
New Orleans LA
140
Where is the Pro Football hall of fame?
Canton OH
141
Male Marathon gold medalist - 1960 - 1964
Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia - ran barefoot)
142
Fighters in the "Thrilla' in Manila"
Ali and Foreman
143
First man to run the mile in under four minutes - 1954.
Roger Bannister
144
Winter Olympics Site - 1988
Calgary - Canada
145
Federation International de Football's championship
World Cup
146
Cassius Clay defeated him to win the heavyweight title
Sonny Liston
147
The Wizard of Westwood
John Wooden
148
Heavyweight boxing gold medalist - 1964
Joe Frazier
149
Summer Olympics Site - 1948
London - England
150
Tennis: first female to make over 100 Thousand
Billie Jean King (1971)
151
Italian skier nicknamed La Bomba
Alberto Tomba
152
Decathlon gold medalist - 1912
Jim Thorpe
153
Where is the pro hockey hall of fame?
Toronto Ontario
154
English racket sport
Squash
155
The Big Train
Walter Johnson
156
Summer Olympics Site - 1960
Rome - Italy
157
Colleges of the first intercollegiate football game
Princeton and Rutgers (1869)
158
Youngest Masters winner
Tiger Woods
159
The Duke of Flatbush
Duke Snider
160
Home to the Fiesta Bowl
Tempe AZ
161
Male Figure Skating gold medalist - 1984
Scott Hamilton
162
Basketball Inventor
Dr. James A. Naismith
163
Summer Olympics Site - 1932
Los Angeles - California
164
The Golden Jet
Bobby Hull
165
Winter Olympics Site - 1994
Lillehammer - Norway
166
Modern Olympics founder
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
167
Where is the Tennis hall of fame?
Newport RI
168
Winter Olympics Site - 1948
St. Moritz - Switzerland
169
Rocket
Rod Laver - Maurice Richard - Roger Clemens
170
Where is the Bowling hall of fame?
St. Louis MO
171
Home to the Orange Bowl
Miami FL
172
The Manassa Mauler
Jack Dempsey
173
Female Marathon gold medalist - 1984
Joan Benoit
174
First high schooler to run the mile in under four minutes.
Jim Ryan
175
1927 Yankees Lineup
Murderer's Row
176
She won first Olympic women's marathon
Joan Benoit
177
Ice Man
George Gervin
178
Tennis: #1woman tennis player - 1991-97
Steffie Graf
179
Winter Olympics Site - 1932
Lake Placid - New York
180
Dr. J
Juilus Erving
181
College Football award for best defenseman
Bronko Nagurski Award
182
Male swimming gold medalist - 1988 (5 gold)
Matt Biondi
183
Summer Olympics Site - 1972
Munich - Germany
184
Summer Olympics Site - 1900
Paris - France
185
The Shark
Greg Norman
186
College basketball UCLA coach for 10 championship seasons
John Wooden
187
Winter Olympics Site - 1976
Innsbruck - Austria
188
Amateur boxing association for all ages
Golden Gloves
189
Golfer with most tournament wins
Sam Snead (81)
190
American who won back to back decathlon titles
Bob Matthias
191
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1984 - 1988
Katarina Witt (E. Germany)
192
The Yankee Clipper
Joe DiMaggio
193
Summer Olympics Site - 1992
Barcelona - Spain
194
Home to the Peach Bowl
Atlanta GA
195
Female Speed Skating gold medalist - 1988 - 1992 - 1994 (5 gold)
Bonnie Blair
196
Rules governing pro boxing
Marquis of Queensberry
197
The Galloping Ghost
Harold (Red) Grange
