Q 01/05

Which team ended the Patriots' 19-0 bid by beating them in Super Bowl XLII?

A) New York Giants

B) Philadelphia Eagles

C) Pittsburgh Steelers

D) Indianapolis Colts

Answer · why

A) New York Giants

New York Giants: big underdogs, they scored the winning touchdown with 35 seconds left and handed the 18–0 Patriots their only loss of the season.

Q 02/05

Whom did the Red Sox beat in the 2004 ALCS after trailing 3-0?

A) Minnesota Twins

B) New York Yankees

C) Baltimore Orioles

D) Toronto Blue Jays

Answer · why

B) New York Yankees

New York Yankees: after losing the first three games, Boston won four straight, then swept the World Series to end an 86-year title drought.

Q 03/05

Whose record of seven golds at one Olympics did Phelps break in 2008?

A) Jesse Owens

B) Mark Spitz

C) Ian Thorpe

D) Matt Biondi

Answer · why

B) Mark Spitz

Mark Spitz won seven at Munich 1972; in Beijing, Phelps was seventh at the turn of the 100 m butterfly before beating Milorad Čavić by one hundredth o...

Q 04/05

Which country won both the men's and women's 100 m gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

A) United States

B) Jamaica

C) Trinidad and Tobago

D) Great Britain

Answer · why

B) Jamaica

Jamaica: Usain Bolt set a 9.69 world record despite celebrating before the line, and Shelly-Ann Fraser led a Jamaican sweep with a dead heat for silve...

Q 05/05

Which player did Zinedine Zidane headbutt in the 2006 World Cup final, his last professional match?

A) Marco Materazzi

B) Gennaro Gattuso

C) Fabio Cannavaro

D) Andrea Pirlo

Answer · why

A) Marco Materazzi

Marco Materazzi took the headbutt to the chest, and Zidane, sent off in the last match of his career, still won the Golden Ball as the tournament's be...