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1. What Hall of Fame running back drunkenly told Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to “Loosen up, Sandy baby” at a 1985 Washington Press Club event?

2. Providence Friars basketball star Otis Thorpe was selected by what team in the first round of the 1984 NBA Draft? (Hint: The team relocated in 1985.)

3. What racehorse won consecutive Eclipse Awards for American Horse of the Year, Champion Older Male and Champion Male Turf Horse from 2012-13?

4. What NASCAR driver was shot twice after firing an employee from his trucking company in 1969 but returned to race the following season?

5. Jack Kemp, the Republican nominee for vice president in the 1996 election, was named 1965 American Football League MVP as quarterback for what team?

6. What golf course, located in East Lothian, Scotland, has been in rotation as host of The Open Championship since 1892?

7. Yusuf Dikec, famous for his casual shooting style that won him a silver medal in the air pistol team event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, competed for what country?

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By Ryan A. Berenz


Answers

1. John Riggins.

2. The Kansas City Kings.

3. Wise Dan.

4. Charlie Glotzbach.

5. The Buffalo Bills.

6. Muirfield.

7. Turkey.