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1. College basketball is massive in North Carolina, with some of the country's most successful schools based there. Which is the only one of these colleges that did NOT win the men's NCAA national championship during the 20th century?
2. The Chrysler Classic, a golf tournament on the PGA tour, became the Wyndham Championship in 2007. In which North Carolina city does it take place?
3. The Carolina Panthers joined the NFL in 1995, and in just their ninth season made it all the way to the NFL title game. Which team defeated them in Superbowl XXXVIII?
4. Which sport would you be most likely be going to watch if you headed to the city of Concord, near Charlotte?
5. NHL hockey came to North Carolina in 1997 when which team relocated to the state and renamed themselves the Carolina Hurricanes?
6. Joey Cheek, from Greensboro, NC, is an Olympic gold medallist in which winter sport?
7. There are no major league baseball teams in North Carolina, but plenty of Minor League ones. Which one of the following was NOT the name of a team based in the state during the 2012 season?
8. Which former world heavyweight champion boxer was born in Magnolia, NC?
9. The Charlotte Bobcats were an NBA expansion team in 2004. They replaced the city's previous franchise, the Hornets, who had relocated to which city in 2002?
10. The Appalachian State Mountaineers created one of the biggest shocks in the history of college football in 2007 when they went on the road and defeated which storied program in front of their home fans?
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