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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626.sPubDate = "6/27/2006 9:47:17 PM GMT";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626.appDeck = new Array("Kings and Princes. Big Macs and Tunas. Touchdowns and take backs. Dale and Danica. Championship Sox in Red and White. Lance and France. Tigers and woods (and irons). It has been an incredible 10 years in sports. Have you been fast enough to keep up with it all on MSNBC? Now is your chance to see how well you have performed for the past 10 years with this special edition of the MSNBC sports quiz.","");
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[1][0] = new Array("He was on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 when Dale Earnhardt got a little nudge and smacked into the wall, ending the life of NASCAR’s most dynamic driver and leading to the universal use of the Hans Device for driver safety. What driver won the race in which Earnhardt was killed?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[1].answer = "The correct answer is D, Michael Waltrip.
Waltrip was the newest driver running for car owner Earnhardt in the race and was unaware of the accident, looking for Dale Sr. to come to the winner’s circle interview to congratulate his rookie driver. ";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[1][2] = new Array("B. Ken Schrader",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[1][3] = new Array("C. Tony Stewart",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[1][4] = new Array("D. Michael Waltrip",'',1);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[2][0] = new Array("The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks pushed back the Ryder Cup for one year. When the United States and Europe finally started batting the little dimpled ball around the Belfry, the Americans lost and Europe celebrated wildly. Which Euro golfer provided the winning margin?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[2].answer = "The correct answer is C, Paul McGinley.
McGinley rallied from 2-down against Jim Furyk to end the match tied, giving the Europeans the clinching half-point. The Irishman then jumped into the lake at the Belfry and, yes, the spectators did go batty.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[2][2] = new Array("B. Bernard Langer",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[2][3] = new Array("C. Paul McGinley",'',1);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[2][4] = new Array("D. Phillip Price",'',0);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[3][0] = new Array("In 2000, Chris Peters, Mike Slade and Rob Glaser were three former executives with a little bit of cash left. So they figured they would like to buy something right up their alley. For which company did the three execs work before they bought the Professional Bowlers Association?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[3].answer = "The correct answer is C, Microsoft.
Bowling balls and bowling pins do look quite a bit like zeroes and ones.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[3][2] = new Array("B. Firestone",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[3][3] = new Array("C. Microsoft",'',1);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[3][4] = new Array("D. Zenith",'',0);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[4][0] = new Array("When Mike Tyson fought Evander Holyfield on June 28, 1997, in Las Vegas, he really bit off more than he could chew. In which round of the bout did Tyson use Evander’s ear as an hors d'oeuvre? ");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[4].answer = "The correct answer in A, third.
However, Holyfield got the last laugh by using the rest of the fight to turn Tyson into mince meat -– and maybe a little bit chicken, as well.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[4][2] = new Array("B. Fifth",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[4][3] = new Array("C. Seventh",'',0);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[5][0] = new Array("In the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, the odds certainly seemed against U.S. platform diver Laura Wilkinson. Despite a serious injury, Wilkinson refused to give in to the pain and won the gold. What injury did she overcome?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[5].answer = "The correct answer is A, broken foot.
Wilkinson used a kayaker’s boot to help her climb the ladder up to the platform. The boot also helped her get to the pinnacle of the medal platform.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[5][3] = new Array("C. Dislocated shoulder",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[5][4] = new Array("D. Twisted neck",'',0);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[6][0] = new Array("In 1998, Big Mac put on a whopper of a performance with 70 home runs. It could have been 71, except a ball that Mark McGwire hit into the left-center field stands in one stadium was incorrectly ruled a ground rule double by the umpire. In which city did Mac hit the home run that wasn’t?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[6].answer = "The correct answer is B, Milwaukee.
That probably would have gone down in history as the worst call ever in Milwaukee if there hadn’t have been that little All-Star game decision a few years later in a different Milwaukee stadium.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[6][3] = new Array("C. Pittsburgh",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[6][4] = new Array("D. St. Louis",'',0);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[7][0] = new Array("It might have been April 2005, but there are some who think Phil Mickelson never came down after his dramatic leap when he finally won his first major by draining an 18-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole at Augusta. With his putt, what player did Mickelson relegate to runner-up?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[7].answer = "The correct answer is B, Ernie Els.
Even Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes had to admire Phil’s leap into majorville.";
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[7][1] = new Array("A. Chris DiMarco",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[7][2] = new Array("B. Ernie Els",'',1);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[7][3] = new Array("C. Retief Goosen",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[7][4] = new Array("D. David Toms",'',0);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[8][0] = new Array("If you have looked at the Green Bay Packers roster lately, you will probably agree that Brett Favre won his one and only Super Bowl in 1997 when he led the Green and Gold over the bunch of pre-Brady Patriots. What team did Brett and the boys beat to win the NFC championship before making chowder out of New England?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[8].answer = "The correct answer is D, Panthers.
The Panthers might have reached the NFC finals in only their second season, but it took them another seven before they made the playoffs again.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[8][2] = new Array("B. 49ers",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[8][3] = new Array("C. Eagles",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[8][4] = new Array("D. Panthers",'',1);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[9][0] = new Array("On June 8, 2002, everybody knew that this was the year of the Triple Crown and that War Emblem was the horse to do it. So which 70-1 shot made sure the winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness would not win the Belmont?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[9].answer = "The correct answer is D, Savara.
As War Emblem finished out of the cash, the $2 wager for Savara returned a hefty $142.50.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[9][2] = new Array("B. Like A Hero",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[9][3] = new Array("C. Perfect Drift",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[9][4] = new Array("D. Savara",'',1);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[10][0] = new Array("The hair was gone but the game was back in 1999 when Andre Agassi refocused his tennis game and completed a career slam. Which major did Agassi win in 1999 to complete his slam?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[10].answer = "The correct answer is B, French Open.
But Andre’s days of raising a racket on the tennis courts are very near the end.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[10][3] = new Array("C. U.S. Open",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[10][4] = new Array("D. Wimbledon",'',0);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[11][0] = new Array("The NHL came back with plenty of excitement after its 2004-05 season was canceled over labor problems. What team won the Stanley Cup just before that season that never was?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[11].answer = "The correct answer is C, Lightning.
It was probably only fair not to play after a team from Florida won an ice hockey championship.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[11][2] = new Array("B. Devils",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[11][3] = new Array("C. Lightning",'',1);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[11][4] = new Array("D. Red Wings",'',0);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[12][0] = new Array("Starting in 1998, things would never be the same -– at least in the world of Division I-A college football. Although BCS stands for Bowl Championship Series, it has been called so many other, more colorful names since it was introduced to take the confusion out of picking the nation’s college football champ. Who won that first BCS title game at the Fiesta Bowl?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[12].answer = "The correct answer is D, Tennessee.
Tennessee took the title over Florida State, 23-16. The BCS came close to imploding that very first year because entering the last game of the season, four teams were undefeated. But Kansas State lost to Texas A&M and UCLA lost to Miami to leave Tennessee and Florida State as the only unbeatens and allowed the BCS boys to claim they had done a wonderful job.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[12][2] = new Array("B. Ohio State",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[12][3] = new Array("C. Oklahoma",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[12][4] = new Array("D. Tennessee",'',1);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[13][0] = new Array("What college basketball coach, when asked by a reporter what he hoped his epitaph would be, said, \"He knew a little basketball, did a good job and lived happily ever after?\"");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[13].answer = "The correct answer is C, Dean Smith.
The Dean of coaches might have underestimated himself by just a little bit.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[13][2] = new Array("B. Bobby Knight",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[13][3] = new Array("C. Dean Smith",'',1);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[13][4] = new Array("D. John Wooden",'',0);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[14][0] = new Array("In the 1996 Olympics, Michelle Smith won three swimming gold medals. In 1998 she tampered with her urine sample and was suspended for four years, which included the 2000 Olympics. What was Smith's home country?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[14].answer = "The correct answer is B, Ireland.
Those Irish eyes that had been smiling quickly turned to frowns.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[14][2] = new Array("B. Ireland",'',1);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[14][3] = new Array("C. New Zealand",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[14][4] = new Array("D. United States",'',0);
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[15][0] = new Array("Through 120 minutes, the women’s national soccer teams from China and the United States saw run after run come up short and shot after shot miss the mark as they fought for the 1999 World Cup. With the scoreboard showing nothing but zeroes after two hours, the United States pulled out a 5-4 penalty kick victory. Where was the game played?");
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[15].answer = "The correct answer is C, Rose Bowl.
U.S. fans came busting out of their seats after Brandi Chastain’s Cup-winning kick.";
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Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[15][2] = new Array("B. Real Madrid",'',0);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[15][3] = new Array("C. Rose Bowl, Los Angeles",'',1);
Spt_anniversary_quiz_060626[15][4] = new Array("D. Wembley Stadium",'',0);
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