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Question 1

Who is this infamous USC running back who had a troubled life after leaving the NFL?

  • A
    Larry Csonka
  • B
    O.J. Simpson
  • C
    Chuck Foreman
  • D
    Larry Brown

Question 2

This 1988 Heisman Trophy winner out of Oklahoma State was arguably the greatest Detroit Lion of all time.

  • A
    Thurman Thomas
  • B
    Barry Sanders
  • C
    Terrell Davis
  • D
    Curtis Martin

Question 3

Who is this famous multi-sport athlete signing autographs for sailors?

  • A
    John Riggins
  • B
    Billy Simms
  • C
    Franco Harris
  • D
    Bo Jackson

Question 4

Who is this Washington Redskin Heisman Trophy winner?

  • A
    Kirk Cousins
  • B
    Robert Griffin III
  • C
    Andy Dalton
  • D
    Russell Wilson

Question 5

Who is this Florida State Seminole who won the Heisman Trophy in 2013?

  • A
    Jameis Winston
  • B
    Byron Leftwich
  • C
    Daunte Culpepper
  • D
    Donovan McNabb

Question 6

This Oregon Duck won the Heisman Trophy in 2014; can you name him?

  • A
    Steve Young
  • B
    Bart Starr
  • C
    Vince Young
  • D
    Marcus Mariota

Question 7

Can you name this 2010 Heisman Trophy recipient out of Auburn?

  • A
    Cam Newton
  • B
    Jay Cutler
  • C
    Tyrod Taylor
  • D
    Troy Smith

Question 8

A group of men's basketball players known as "The Fab Five" attended which school?

  • A
    Michigan
  • B
    Villanova
  • C
    Arizona
  • D
    Kansas

Question 9

As of 2018, this school has won the most men's basketball national championships.

  • A
    UNLV
  • B
    FSU
  • C
    UCLA
  • D
    USC

Question 10

Who is this Louisville superstar who won the Heisman Trophy in 2016?

  • A
    Michael Vick
  • B
    Lamar Jackson
  • C
    Steve McNair
  • D
    Doug Williams

Question 11

As of 2018, head coach Mike Krzyzewski has guided this school to each of its men's basketball national championships to date.

  • A
    North Carolina
  • B
    Indiana
  • C
    Marquette
  • D
    Duke

Question 12

Carmelo Anthony led which school to a men's basketball national championship in 2003?

  • A
    USC
  • B
    UCLA
  • C
    Maryland
  • D
    Syracuse

Question 13

Players that were members of men's basketball national championship teams at this school include Michael Jordan, Sean May, and Tyler Hansbrough.

  • A
    Syracuse
  • B
    UNLV
  • C
    Maryland
  • D
    North Carolina

Question 14

Who won the Heisman Trophy in 2005 at USC but was forced to later vacate it?

  • A
    Jamal Lewis
  • B
    Reggie Bush
  • C
    Ray Rice
  • D
    Saquon Barkley

Question 15

In 2017, Rick Pitino was fired as this school's head men's basketball coach?

  • A
    Providence
  • B
    NC State
  • C
    Louisville
  • D
    North Carolina

Question 16

As of 2018, which of these schools competes in the West Coast Conference?

  • A
    UCLA
  • B
    Stanford
  • C
    Oregon
  • D
    Gonzaga

Question 17

Who won the Heisman Trophy in 1997 as a member of the Michigan Wolverines?

  • A
    Charles Woodson
  • B
    Deion Sanders
  • C
    Samari Rolle
  • D
    Chris McAlister

Question 18

Who is this quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy at Texas A&M in 2012?

  • A
    Jim Kelly
  • B
    Ryan Leaf
  • C
    Johnny Manziel
  • D
    Drew Brees

Question 19

Who is this Houston Oilers legend who won the Heisman Trophy in 1977?

  • A
    Earl Campbell
  • B
    Christian Okoye
  • C
    Tom Rathman
  • D
    Franco Harris

Question 20

In 1984, which school won its only men's basketball national championship to date?

  • A
    UCLA
  • B
    NC State
  • C
    Ohio State
  • D
    Georgetown

Question 21

Who is this Boston College athlete who won the Heisman Trophy in 1984?

  • A
    Heath Shuler
  • B
    Doug Flutie
  • C
    Boomer Esiason
  • D
    Phil Simms

Question 22

Tom Gola was named the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player when this school won the men's basketball national championship in 1954.

  • A
    Michigan
  • B
    Ohio State
  • C
    Temple
  • D
    La Salle

Question 23

Head coach Jim Valvano led which school's men's basketball team to a surprise national title run in 1983?

  • A
    Kentucky
  • B
    Villanova
  • C
    NC State
  • D
    Kansas

Question 24

Bob Knight guided this school to three men's basketball national championships.

  • A
    Kansas
  • B
    Notre Dame
  • C
    Ohio State
  • D
    Indiana

Question 25

Head coaches that guided this school's men's basketball team to a national title include Adolph Rupp, Tubby Smith, and John Calipari.

  • A
    UCLA
  • B
    Kansas
  • C
    Duke
  • D
    Kentucky

Question 26

Who is this former Dallas Cowboy who won the Heisman Trophy while at the Naval Academy?

  • A
    Terry Bradshaw
  • B
    Roger Staubach
  • C
    Joe Theismann
  • D
    Ken Anderson

Question 27

Name this Pitt Panther who won the Heisman Trophy in 1976.

  • A
    Roger Craig
  • B
    Bo Jackson
  • C
    Gerald Riggs
  • D
    Tony Dorsett

Question 28

Who is the USC Trojan quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy the year before his teammate?

  • A
    Carson Wentz
  • B
    Kyle Boller
  • C
    Joey Harrington
  • D
    Matt Leinart

Question 29

Who is this Georgia Bulldog who won the Heisman Trophy in 1982?

  • A
    Herschel Walker
  • B
    Freeman McNeil
  • C
    Curt Warner
  • D
    Bo Jackson

Question 30

Who is this Heisman Trophy running back sitting among other legends at Super Bowl 50?

  • A
    Ottis Anderson
  • B
    Thurman Thomas
  • C
    Marcus Allen
  • D
    Roger Craig

Question 31

Who is this University of Florida quarterback who won the Heisman Trophy before going on to coach the team to great success?

  • A
    Terry Bradshaw
  • B
    Johnny Unitas
  • C
    Steve Spurrier
  • D
    Archie Manning

Question 32

Who is this Michigan Wolverine Heisman winner seen smiling with Tom Brady at Super Bowl 50?

  • A
    Hines Ward
  • B
    Cris Carter
  • C
    Isaac Bruce
  • D
    Desmond Howard

Question 33

This school won its first of four men's basketball national championships to date in 1999.

  • A
    Connecticut
  • B
    Syracuse
  • C
    Kentucky
  • D
    Maryland

Question 34

Which of these men's basketball teams participated in the Final Four in 2018?

  • A
    George Mason
  • B
    JMU
  • C
    FGCU
  • D
    Loyola Chicago

Question 35

This USC quarterback touched off a half-decade of Heisman Trophy dominance by the Trojans when he won in 2002.

  • A
    Charlie Whitehurst
  • B
    Carson Palmer
  • C
    Tony Romo
  • D
    Philip Rivers

Question 36

Who won the Heisman Trophy in 1998 while playing for the Texas Longhorns?

  • A
    Emmitt Smith
  • B
    Ricky Williams
  • C
    Ron Dayne
  • D
    Bam Morris

Question 37

Name the South African Paralympic and Olympic sprinter nicknamed "Blade Runner" who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 2013.

  • A
    Oscar Pistorius
  • B
    Yohan Blake
  • C
    Eric Liddell
  • D
    Carl Lewis

Question 38

Can you name this 2007 Heisman Trophy winner who had a relatively short career in the NFL?

  • A
    Rob Gronkowski
  • B
    Matt Ryan
  • C
    Tim Tebow
  • D
    Joe Flacco

Question 39

Which track star was forced to return her gold medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics after it was discovered that she was doping?

  • A
    Marion Jones
  • B
    Nanceen Perry
  • C
    Torri Edwards
  • D
    Chryste Gaines

Question 40

Who is this Oklahoma Sooner (number 7 in the picture) who won the Heisman in 2008?

  • A
    Eli Manning
  • B
    Matt Hasselbeck
  • C
    Sam Bradford
  • D
    Ty Detmer

Question 41

Nolan Richardson served as this school's head men's basketball coach from 1985-2002.

  • A
    Arizona
  • B
    Arkansas
  • C
    kentucky
  • D
    North Carolina

Question 42

Who won the Heisman Trophy in 1995 after playing his home games at Ohio State's famous "Horseshoe"?

  • A
    Eddie George
  • B
    Jerome Bettis
  • C
    Jamal Lewis
  • D
    Marshall Faulk

Question 43

Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, and Chris Wilcox were members of this school's first men's basketball national championship team.

  • A
    North Carolina
  • B
    Syracuse
  • C
    Maryland
  • D
    UCLA

Question 44

In 2018, this men's basketball program was a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history.

  • A
    Virginia
  • B
    Xavier
  • C
    Kansas
  • D
    Villanovaa

Question 45

Basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson attended which school?

  • A
    Arizona
  • B
    Michigan
  • C
    LSU
  • D
    Michigan State

Question 46

Who is this Heisman Trophy winner from Notre Dame shown visiting an injured soldier?

  • A
    Andre Reed
  • B
    Sterling Sharpe
  • C
    Tim Brown
  • D
    Andre Rison

Question 47

As of 2018, Bill Self is the head men's basketball coach at which school?

  • A
    Kentucky
  • B
    Kansas
  • C
    Villanova
  • D
    Maryland

Question 48

Who is the Heisman Trophy winner who won two Super Bowls while playing home games here in Oakland?

  • A
    Fran Tarkenton
  • B
    Dan Fouts
  • C
    Bob Griese
  • D
    Jim Plunkett

Question 49

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, American swimming standout Ryan Lochte and three other athletes falsely claimed they were robbed at gunpoint. What really happened?

  • A
    Lochte got stuck in a revolving door and the other three swimmers broke the door's glass to free him.
  • B
    They vandalized a gas station bathroom and were caught by security.
  • C
    They really were robbed — by a pair of 14-year-olds.
  • D
    They tried, and failed, to dine and dash at Chácara Tropical, a popular restaurant.

Question 50

Head coach Pete Newell guided this school to a men's basketball national championship in 1959.

  • A
    Kentucky
  • B
    Oklahoma
  • C
    California
  • D
    Princeton

Question 51

In 1939, which school won the first NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament?

  • A
    Indiana
  • B
    North Carolina
  • C
    FSU
  • D
    Oregon

Question 52

This Carolina Panthers quarterback won the Heisman Trophy in 1986 while playing for the Miami Hurricanes.

  • A
    Steve Young
  • B
    Drew Bledsoe
  • C
    Vinny Testaverde
  • D
    Mark Brunell

Question 53

As of 2018, Mick Cronin is which school's head men's basketball coach?

  • A
    UCLA
  • B
    Cincinnati
  • C
    Ohio State
  • D
    Michigan

Question 54

Name the infamous, barefooted South African runner who allegedly tripped Mary Decker at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the 3,000-meter final.

  • A
    Paula Radcliffe
  • B
    Zola Budd
  • C
    Almaz Ayana
  • D
    Molly Huddle

Question 55

Who won the 1990 Heisman Trophy while playing for BYU?

  • A
    Ty Detmer
  • B
    Kurt Warner
  • C
    Trent Dilfer
  • D
    Rich Gannon

Question 56

In 1985, this school upset Georgetown to win the men's basketball national championship game.

  • A
    North Carolina
  • B
    Duke
  • C
    Villanova
  • D
    UNLV

Question 57

A bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics resulted in the deaths of two people and injured more than 100 others. Where were these games held?

  • A
    Barcelona
  • B
    Athens
  • C
    Atlanta
  • D
    Singapore

Question 58

Lute Olson was this school's head men's basketball coach when it won its first national championship in 1997.

  • A
    Texas
  • B
    Utah
  • C
    UNLV
  • D
    Arizona

Question 59

At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, why did slalom skier and would-be gold medalist Karl Schranz get disqualified?

  • A
    He claimed a course patrolman ran out in front of him.
  • B
    He hit Jean-Claude Killy with his ski pole.
  • C
    He claimed Jean-Claude Killy ran out in front of him.
  • D
    He missed two gates.

Question 60

Who won the Heisman Trophy while playing his home games here at Doak Campbell Stadium?

  • A
    Steve McNair
  • B
    Jeff Blake
  • C
    Michael Vick
  • D
    Charlie Ward

Question 61

Why was Soviet fencer Boris Onishchenko disqualified from the 1976 Montreal Olympics?

  • A
    He used amphetamines to outpace his opponents.
  • B
    He poked an official in the back with his weapon after arguing a touch.
  • C
    He poked another fencer in the eye.
  • D
    He rigged his weapon so it would register touches without him actually making contact.

Question 62

A year after beating Duke by 30 points in the men's basketball national championship game, which school suffered its only loss of the season to the Blue Devils in the Final Four?

  • A
    USC
  • B
    UCLA
  • C
    UNLV
  • D
    BYU

Question 63

Why did the women's gymnastics vault event get a do-over at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?

  • A
    The vault had been greased as a prank.
  • B
    Both the gold and silver medal winners were doping.
  • C
    The facility's power kept going out during the original running of the event.
  • D
    The vault was 2 inches too low.

Question 64

After Russia was banned from the 2016 and 2018 Olympics for state-sponsored doping, for what team did Russian athletes who had NOT used performance-enhancing drugs compete?

  • A
    Independent Olympic Athletes
  • B
    The Soviet Union
  • C
    Greece
  • D
    They competed for the respective host cities

Question 65

Which city hosted the 1988 Summer Olympic, which saw notorious Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson stripped of his gold medal after it was discovered he used steroids?

  • A
    Seoul
  • B
    Peyongchang
  • C
    Tokyo
  • D
    Beijing

Question 66

In 2018, this school's men's basketball team became the first number one seed to lose to a team seeded 16th in the men's basketball tournament?

  • A
    Xavier
  • B
    Kansas
  • C
    Virginia
  • D
    Villanova

Question 67

The 1968 Summer Olympics were the scene of one of the 20th century's most iconic images: John Carlos and Tommie Smith's black power salute from the medals podium. Where did these Olympics take place?

  • A
    Stockholm
  • B
    Los Angeles
  • C
    Atlanta
  • D
    Mexico City

Question 68

Bob Knight played on this school's 1960 men's basketball national championship team.

  • A
    Texas Tech
  • B
    Maryland
  • C
    Ohio State
  • D
    Nevada

Question 69

You've probably heard of Team USA's controversial, last-second loss to the Soviet Union in the men's Olympic basketball final in 1972 — but do you remember where the 1972 Olympics were held?

  • A
    Mexico City
  • B
    Melbourne
  • C
    Montreal
  • D
    Munich

Question 70

Which American boxer was on the receiving end of what "The Daily Beast" called "The Biggest Fix in Olympics History," when his opponent — and hometown hero — was handed the decision at the 1988 games in Seoul?

  • A
    Mike Tyson
  • B
    Roy Jones, Jr.
  • C
    Julio César Chávez
  • D
    Evander Holyfield

Question 71

What illegal move did figure skater Surya Bonaly famously pull off — and get penalized for — at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano?

  • A
    Her partner spun around while holding Bonaly by the foot.
  • B
    She sat on the ice.
  • C
    She did a backflip.
  • D
    She played air guitar.

Question 72

How did figure skater Nancy Kerrigan fare in the '94 Olympics after being clubbed in the knee by a hitman hired by the ex-husband of rival skater Tonya Harding?

  • A
    She didn't medal.
  • B
    She won the bronze medal.
  • C
    She won the silver medal.
  • D
    She won the gold medal.

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