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Sports Lit. Trivia Round 3: Historic Moments
Sports Lit. Trivia Round 3: Historic Moments
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1
What controversial event occurred at the 1968 Olympics involving American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos?
Wore all black
Gave a black power salute on the podium
Protested Vietnam with armbands
Refused to run in protest
2
In 1992, what basketball team became a global phenomenon during the Olympics?
The Dream Team
Team Showtime
The All-Stars
The Fab Five
3
Who was the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game?
Candace Parker
Lisa Leslie
Sylvia Fowles
Brittney Griner
4
What happened during Game 3 of the 1989 World Series that made headlines beyond sports?
The stadium caught on fire
An airplane crashed in the outfield
Massive Power Outage
The game was delayed by a major earthquake
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Which underdog team did Texas Western defeat in 1966 to make NCAA basketball history with an all-Black starting lineup?
UCLA
North Carolina
Duke
Kentucky
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What made the 1936 Berlin Olympics historically significant in global politics and sport?
Jesse Owens' four gold medals challenged Nazi idology
The debut of the Olympic torch relay
First time soccer was included
First olympics with women in every sport
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What American gymnast became the first to score a perfect 10 in Olympic history?
Simone Biles
Mary Lou Retton
Gabby Douglas
Nadia Comăneci
8
Who won the first ever Olympic women's marathon in 1984, breaking barriers for female distance runners?
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Kathrine Switzer
Florence Griffith Joyner
Grete Waitz
9
What NFL team went undefeated in the 1972 season, including the Super Bowl?
Dallas Cowboys
Miami Dolphins
Pittsburgh Steelers
Green Bay Packers
10
Which tennis player held the World No. 1 ranking for 377 weeks, the most of any player in WTA history?
Martina Navratilova
Steffi Graf
Serena Williams
Monica Seles
11
What NBA player won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, more than any other player in history?
Larry Bird
Kareem Abdule Jabbar
Magic Johnson
Bill Russell
12
Which legendary horse won the Triple Crown in 1973 and still holds the record for the Belmont Stakes?
Seabiscuit
Man o' War
Secretariat
American Pharoah
13
What skier won 82 World Cup races, tying for the most all-time by a female skier?
Janic Kostelic
Lindsey Vonn
Mikaela Shiffrin
Picabo Street
14
Which track and field star won gold in the heptathlon and long jump at the 1988 Olympics?
Gail Devers
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Florence Griffith Joyner
Marion Jones
15
Which Major League Baseball team won the 2016 World Series, ending a 108-year championship drought?
Boston Red Sox
New York Mets
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
16
What NFL moment is famously known as “The Catch”?
Odell Beckham Jr.'s one-handed catch
David Tyree’s helmet catch in the Super Bowl
Dwight Clark’s leaping grab in the 1981 NFC Championship
Jerry Rice’s record-setting TD
17
What year did Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in Major League Baseball?
1955
1939
1962
1947
18
What major sports event is chronicled in the book
The Boys in the Boat
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1948 Olympic rowing team
1936 University of Washington crew winning gold in Berlin
1920 Henley Royal Regatta
Harvard vs. Yale regatta
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Which Brazilian soccer star is widely regarded as the greatest female player of all time?
Sissi
Formiga
Cristiane
Marta
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What event is known as the “Miracle on Ice”?
U.S. Men's hockey team beating the Soviets in 1980
Soviet Union winning gold in gymnastics
U.S. defeating Canada in curling
First five-goal hat trick in Olympic history
