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1. Disgraced former US football star OJ Simpson starred in what movie series?
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2. The ski resort town Lake Tahoe is on the border of which two US states?
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3. Who led the NBA in exotic hair colors in 1995?
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4. What two continents fielded teams in the World League of American Football in 1991?
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5. Which basketballer weighed approximately 139 kg (21 1/2 stone) at the height of his career?
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6. What slogan about winning, credited to Vince Lombardi, was first uttered by UCLA coach Red Sanders?
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7. In what sport would you find a A good tight end? (a team position)
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8. What US tennis stars father boxed for the Iranian Olympic team?
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9. What sportsman player helped break color barriers in athletics and won Wimbledon in 1975?
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10. What sport are more Hollywood movies based on than any other sport?
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11. What athlete was a member of the 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 US Olympic teams?
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12. What sports name do people mistakenly think originated from the acronym Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden?
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13. What Czech tennis star once proclaimed: I was born to be an American?
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14. What Heavyweight boxing champion once shouted out in the middle of a world title fight Ma, hes killing me!?
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15. Which boxer fought in both The Thriller in Manila and The Rumble in The Jungle?
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16. Which international ice skating champion was clubbed on the knee in January 1994?
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17. Which borough in New York City is Yankee Stadium in?
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18. At what event did John McEnroe win his first and last Grand Slam Titles?
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19. Who won the US national figure skating championship two days after Nancy Kerrigan was bashed?
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20. Which former American figure skating champion is earning a living fighting boxing matches against a transvestite called Daisy D?
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21. What tennis player was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1970?
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22. Who ended the year 2003 as the number one male tennis player in the world?
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23. How many gold medals did Mark Spitz famously win at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and all in world record time?
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24. True or False: America is the only country which has competed in every Olympics in the modern era?
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25. What is boxer Mike Tysons nickname?
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26. What sport made bad boy Dennis Rodman famous?
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27. What was the name of the winning yacht at the 1988 Americas Cup?
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28. Which cyclist won the Tour de France a record six times in 2004?
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29. Who was the last amateur mens tennis player to win the U.S. Open in 1968?
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30. Who was the World Heavyweight Boxing champion from 1987 to 1989?
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31. Whose ear did Mike Tyson bite during a 1997 bout?
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32. What was the birth name of legendary boxer Muhammed Ali?
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33. Which Californian Beach is home to the annual Toyota Grand Prix?
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34. What Hawaiian beach hosts the world’s most prestigious big-wave surfing competition, held only when wave heights exceed 20 feet?
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35. In 1935, what athlete established three world records and tied another within a 45 minute time-frame?
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36. How is the score of a forfeited game in baseball recorded?
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37. What comedy duo were the first non-baseball playing celebrities ever to be induced into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
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38. In what two sports was Cal Hubbard historically elected to the Hall of Fame?
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39. What were the nicknames of Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famers, and twin brothers, Paul and Lloyd Waner?
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40. Who was voted baseballs American League Rookie of the Year in the 2004 season?
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41. Who was baseballs American League Manager of the Year in 2004?
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42. What are the only two defensive positions in baseball allowed, but not required, to use a mitt?
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43. Who was baseballer Cornelius McGilicuddy better know as?
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44. In 1986, who became the first baseballer in a World Series to be a designated hitter and also have the initials D.H?
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45. Which New York Yankee was baseballs Rookie of the Year in 1996?
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46. Name the only team in the baseball American League with the initials D.T.
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47. What Hall of Fame baseballer, nicknamed Killer, is the silhouette depicted on the Major League Baseball logo?
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48. What New York Yankee pitcher, of the Babe Ruth era, was known by dashing nickname The Squire of Kennett Square?
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49. Who was the African American to play in the baseball majors?
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50. Which baseballer, after hitting his 100th career home run, ran the bases backwards and was swiftly kicked off the team?
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51. Who controversially won the American Leagues Most Valuable Player award in 1941, the year Ted Williams had an 0.406 batting average?
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52. Who still holds the record of the longest hitting streak in baseball history, with 56 consecutive games?
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53. Which legendary Baseball player featured in the Simon & Garfunkel song Mrs. Robinson?
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54. In baseball, is a tipped ball, directly into the catchers mitt live or dead?
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55. Who replaced Joe DiMaggio when he retired after 13 seasons with the New York Yankees?
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56. Which legendary White Sox player is the only pitcher in history to win a game without throwing a pitch?
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57. Who was the first pitcher in Major League history to throw seven no hitters during his career?
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58. New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and the late MASH star McLean Stevenson were both once assistant football coaches at which University?
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59. Name the two teams in baseballs National League whose names begin with the initials P, P.
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60. What eastern US city is the only city in America where their professional baseball, football and hockey teams all wear the same colors?
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61. What professional sport did American bank robber John Dillinger play?
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62. Who set an Major League Baseball record in 2002 when he managed to strike out 300 plus batters each season for five years in a row?
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63. Yankee Stadium is located in the heart of The Bronx, on the intersection of 161st Street and which avenue?
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64. What 42-year-old baseballer won an unprecedented seventh Cy Young Award in 2004?
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65. Yankee Stadium is commonly referred to as The House that …. who built?
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66. Who hit the most home runs in Major League baseball from 1930 to 1960?
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67. The great Babe Ruth finished his career in 1935 playing for what team?
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68. What American author is famous for the words: I see great things in baseball. Its our game, the American game?
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69. What baseball team did basketballer Michael Jordon sign with in 1994?
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70. What baseball legend is famous for the quote: It aint over til its over?
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71. What jersey number did Michael Jordan use in the 1992 Olympic Dream Team?
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72. What is basketballer Shaquille ONeals shoe size?
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73. What was Dennis Rodmans jersey number when he played for the Chicago Bulls?
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74. What National Basketball Association team have won the most NBA championships to date?
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75. What basketball player goes by the nickname Chocolate Thunder?
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76. What basketball team averaged 126.5 points per game during the 1981-82 season, setting a new NBA record?
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77. What Atlanta Hawks basketball player was involved in a near-fatal car crash in 2002?
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78. Which NBA franchise reportedly had a set of rules entitled The Jordan Rules specifically to defend Michael Jordan?
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79. Name one of the two teams that passed on Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA Draft?
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80. What Hall of Fame basketballer, nicknamed Mr. Clutch is the silhouette depicted on the NBA logo?
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81. During 1962 to 1970, which team made the NBA finals 7 times in 9 years, but never won the championship?
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82. What basketball sensation was created by Abe Saperstein in 1927 and had the theme song Sweet Georgia Brown?
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83. What is basketballer Magic Johnsons first name?
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84. Whose number two jersey did the Sacramento Kings basketball team recently retire?
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85. Which basketball team began playing their home games at the Continental Airlines Arena in 1981?
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86. In what year, in the 1990s, did the National Basketball Association celebrate its 50th anniversary?
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87. In what city was basketballs 2004 NBA All Star game held?
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88. By what collective nickname were Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin known as when they played together for the Golden State Warriors NBA team?
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89. What was the unofficial nickname of the United States mens basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona?
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90. By what collective nickname were Michigan Universitys basketballers Webber, Rose, Howard, King and Jackson known as?
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91. What two teams contested the very first NBA game on November 1, 1946?
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92. Who was the first player in NBA history to win both Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year in the same season?
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93. What Philadelphia Warriors basketball player, and legend of the game, scored 100 points in one game during the 1961-1962 season?
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94. What two professional basketball teams did Michael Jordan play for?
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95. What hallowed ground did Denzel Washington lead his football team to in the movie Remember the Titans?
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96. What do you call the football defensive maneuver in which one or more backs are sent across the line to the opponents side in order to try to tackle the quarterback?
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97. What do you call the maneuver where the quarterback fakes a hand-off to backs going one way while he goes the other way to run or pass?
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98. What term is used to describe a popular food and a footballer who hams it up for the camera?
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99. In the NFL, which two officials are responsible for ruling on the success of a field goal attempt?
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100. Who was the first African American to play NFL professional football in America?
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101. Who was the first footballer to be voted the Super Bowls Most Valuable Player while playing on the losing team?
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102. Who was the first player in history to be on the roster of 5 consecutive Super Bowl teams?
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103. Which Vikings player became the NFLs all-time leading scorer in the year 2000?
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104. What Oakland Raider quarterback was voted Player of the Year in the American Conference in 1970 although, at age 43, he was the oldest man in professional football?
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105. In 1997, what player celebrated scoring a touchdown by head butting the wall and knocking himself out of the game?
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106. What football player was nicknamed the Galloping Ghost?
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107. From 1943 onwards, NFL players were required to wear what in all games?
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108. In 1994, what receiver became the NFLs all-time touchdown leader?
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109. Which quarterback earned the nicknamed The Comeback Kid by engineering an astounding 31 4th Quarter comebacks?
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110. Which football team, formed in 1960, were originally known as the Dallas Texans?
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111. Aside from football, which other sport did former NFL great Jim Brown excel in?
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112. When the San Diego Chargers started playing in the AFL in 1960, what city were they located in?
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113. Who was the first football player to have 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in a single season?
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114. What 80 year old Chicago stadium is one of the oldest football fields in the NFL?
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115. Who was the coach of the University of Florida Gators football team from 1990 to 2001?
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116. Which quarterback threw a record 6 touchdown passes during the 1995 Super Bowl?
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117. What team introduced the NFLs first professional cheerleading squad in 1972?
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118. What football tradition was created by deaf quarterback Paul Hubbard who didnt want the opposition to see the sign language signals he used before the game?
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119. In the NFL, which official functions as the backup timekeeper?
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120. In 1950, who were the first professional football team to sport an insignia on their helmets when they hand painted yellow horns on their blue, leather protective gear?
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121. What two teams contested the 2005 Super Bowl?
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122. What NFL team had the most Super Bowl wins during the 1980s?
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123. What player misplaced his helmet prior to Super Bowl XXVI, causing him to miss the first two plays of the game?
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124. What American sports team was the drink Gatorade named after?
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125. In 1988, which running back retired from NFL football with a record 21,803 all-purpose yards?
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126. Known as The Master, what jockey won five Kentucky Derbies and won the triple crown three times?
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127. What famous horse race is the oldest continually held sports event in the United States, running since 1875?
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128. Which team won the 1993 to 1994 NHL Stanley Cup championship after a break of 54 years since their last win?
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129. In Ice Hockey, how many penalty minutes are usually given for fighting?
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130. Who won Ice Hockeys Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the 2004 playoffs ?
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131. Who was Wayne Gretzkys hockey idol while growing up?
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132. What were the NHL team, the Carolina Hurricanes, know as before their name change in the fall of 1997?
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133. Which Ice Hockey player appeared in commercials for Lays potato chips with the catch-phrase Betcha cant eat just one?.
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134. Who were the first team to win the NHL Stanley Cup?
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135. What is the surname of the 6 brothers from a farm in Viking, Alberta who amazingly all played in the NHL during the 1982-83 season?
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136. What Ice Hockey team won the Stanley Cup for the 2003 to 2004 season?
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137. What Ice Hockey legend still holds the career record of 103 regular season shutouts?
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138. Name the last National Hockey League team to win two consecutive Stanley Cup Championships.
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139. What creature is the NHL mascot for the Detroit Red Wings?
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140. What NHL trophy is presented annually to the goal-scoring leader during the regular season?
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141. What ice hockey team used to be called the Toronto Arenas, then the St. Patricks, before claiming their current name?
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142. In ice hockey, what do you call the large rectangular pad attached to the front of the goalie’s stick hand?
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143. What Ice Hockey player finished his career with a record 221 fights and 3,966 minutes in penalties?
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144. In what city is the worlds major Hockey Hall of Fame located?
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145. On February 7 1976, who was the first NHL player in the history of the game to record ten points in a single game?
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146. What legendary Ice Hockey player was know as Mr. Hockey?
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147. What pee wee hockey team does Emilio Estevezs character coach in the 1992 movie?
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148. What Kurt Russell movie is based on the true story of the 1980 United States Olympic Hockey Team who defeated the mighty Russians?
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149. Cathy Rigby is the only woman to pose nude for which sports magazine?
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150. What Olympic athletic event is illegal as a high school sport in all states except Rhode Island?
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151. What was the first, and the longest-running, American intercollegiate sports event, beginning in 1852?
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152. In the 1950s, what American swimmer became the first woman to swim the English Channel both ways?
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