(Two points each except where noted)
January
1. What was the final score of the Buffalo-Houston playoff game in which the Bills overcame a 35-3 third quarter deficit to stage the greatest comeback in NFL history?
2. Who was the first American to ever be promoted to Grand Champion in Sumo wrestling?
3. Who was the only person elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?
4. Which NHL player set a league record by reaching the 30-goal mark for the 14th consecutive season?
February
1. Who won the Daytona 500?
2. Which team tied an NHL record with 17 consecutive losses?
3. Who won the Long Distance Shootout and Slam Dunk contest during NBA All-Star weekend? (one point each)
4. Which school set an NCAA Division I women's basketball record with its 50th straight win?
March
1. What team beat Duke in the second round of the NCAA tournament, marking the first loss for the Blue Devils before the Final Four since 1988?
2. Who won the Sullivan Award as the top American amateur athlete?
3. What Canadian couple won the pairs competition at the World Figure Skating Championships and in so doing became the first non-Russian couple to do so in 10 years?
4. Which driver became the first in 27 years to win his first IndyCar race?
5. Who won the NIT?
April
1. Who pitched the first major-league no-hitter of the year?
2. Who stabbed Monica Seles?
3. Who set the NBA record for most three-pointers in a game with 10?
4. Who became the first player in major-league history to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same inning?
5. Who won the Masters?
6. Who won the PBA Tournament of Champions, becoming the first black bowler to win a PBA triple crown event?
May
1. Who won the Kentucky Derby?
2. How much will a gold medal be worth to a member of the U.S. Olympic team?
3. Which wrestler won his 11th straight national wrestling title at the U.S. National Freestyle Championships?
4. Who won the Indy 500?
June
1. Who won the French Open men's and women's singles titles? (one point each)
2. Who won the U.S. Open golf championship?
3. Who was the first player selected in the NHL amateur draft?
4. Who was the winning jockey in the Belmont Stakes?
July
1. What was the length of time it took the San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies to play a doubleheader on July 2?
2. Who did the New York Mets beat to end Anthony Young's major-league record 27-game losing streak?
3. Which former Olympic medalist diver decided to retire while standing on the platform at the U.S. Olympic Festival?
4. Who won the Tour de France?
August
1. Who became the first second-generation winner in Formula One auto racing history with a victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix?
2. Who pitched two no-hitters for Long Beach, Calif., in the Little League World Series?
3. Who became baseball's first 20-game winner in 1993?
4. Who won his fourth consecutive pole vault title at the World Track and Field Championships?
September
1. What city was awarded the 2000 Summer Olympics?
2. Which woman runner broke the world record for the 10,000 meters by almost 42 seconds?
3. Who stepped down as captain of the American Davis Cup team?
4. Who hit four home runs in one game?
5. Who won the Pernell Whitaker-Julio Cesar Chavez fight?
October
1. Who was the first woman goalie to be credited with a win in professional hockey history?
2. What was the count when Joe Carter homered off Mitch Williams to win the World Series?
3. Who set the NCAA all-division football record for most yards rushing in a game?
4. On the same weekend, an NCAA Division I player returned two kickoffs for touchdowns and an NFL player returned two punts for touchdowns. Who are they? (one point each)
November
1. Who won the Breeders Cup Classic?
2. Who is the paraglider who landed in the ring during the Evander Holyfield-Riddick Bowe fight?
3. Whose record did Don Shula break for most career coaching victories in the NFL?
4. Who won the Grey Cup, the CFL version of the Super Bowl?
December
1. Who won the Grand Slam Cup, the richest event on the men's tennis tour?
2. Who won the Heisman Trophy?
3. Who finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting?
4. What was the first NFL team to make it into the playoffs?
Answers
January
1. 41-38.
2. Chad Rowan of Honolulu.
3. Reggie Jackson.
4. Mike Gartner of the New York Rangers.
February
1. Dale Jarrett.
2. The San Jose Sharks.
3. Mark Price and Harold Miner.
4. Vermont.
March
1. California.
2. Speedskater Bonnie Blair.
3. Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler.
4. Nigel Mansell.
5. Minnesota beat Georgetown 62-61.
April
1. Chris Bosio of Seattle.
2. Guenter Parche.
3. Brian Shaw of Miami.
4. Carlos Baerga of Cleveland.
5. Bernhard Langer.
6. George Branham III.
May
1. Sea Hero.
2. Under terms of a $7.6 million bonus fund established by the USOC, gold medals will earn the recipient $15,000. Other medalists will be awarded $10,000 for silver and $7,500 for bronze while a fourth-place finisher will receive $5,000.
3. Heavyweight Bruce Baumgartner.
4. Emerson Fittipaldi.
June
1. Sergi Bruguera and Steffi Graf.
2. Lee Janzen.
3. Ottawa selected center Alexandre Daigle.
4. Julie Krone who became to first woman to win a triple crown race.
July
1. 12 hours, 5 minutes.
2. The Florida Marlins.
3. Scott Donie.
4. Miguel Indurain of Spain.
August
1. Damon Hill, son of the late Graham Hill.
2. Sean Burroughs, son of former major leaguer Jeff Burroughs.
3. Jack McDowell.
4. Sergei Bubka.
September
1. Sydney, Australia.
2. Wang Junxia of China.
3. Tom Gorman.
4. Mark Whiten of St. Louis.
5. Neither. It was a draw.
October
1. Erin Whitten of the Toledo Storm in the East Coast Hockey League.
2. 2-2.
3. Carey Bender of Coe College who rushed for 417 yards on 33 carries in a 69-7 win over Grinnell.
4. Leeland McElroy of Rice and Eric Metcalf of Cleveland.
November
1. Arcangues.
2. James Miller.
3. Former Bears coach George Halas.
4. Edmonton beat Winnipeg 33-23.
December
1. Petr Korda.
2. Florida State quarterback Charlie Ward.
3. Tennessee quarterback Heath Shuler.
4. The New York Giants.
Scoring
90-100 - Phi Beta Kappa, sports history.
85-89 - College graduate, Summa Cum Laude.
80-84 - College graduate, Magna Cum Laude.
70-79 - College graduate.
50-69 - High school graduate.
0-49 - High school dropout.