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1. Pat Summitt won over 1000 games as a head coach in which sport at the University of Tennessee?
2. The Nashville Predators were an NHL expansion team in 1998. Who was their head coach in that initial season, who was still in charge during the strike-shortened 2012-13 campaign?
3. Memphis is host each year to tennis tournaments on both the ATP and WTA tours. What type of surface are these tournaments held on?
4. The Tennessee Titans reached their first Super Bowl in January 2000, where they lost to the St Louis Rams. Which Tennessee player was tackled one yard short of the goal-line on the game's last play to prevent the Titans taking the game into overtime?
5. The St Jude Classic is an annual golf tournament on the PGA tour played in which Tennessee city?
6. Wilma Rudolph, from Clarksville, Tennessee, won three gold medals at the 1960 summer Olympics. Which one of these events did she NOT win?
7. The Vanderbilt Commodores gridiron squad have normally struggled to compete against the powerhouses of the Southeastern conference, but occasionally there comes along a season when they give their long-suffering fans something to cheer about. One such year was 2008 when they defeated which team to claim their first bowl win in 53 years?
8. The Memphis Grizzlies are an NBA team who were previously based in which Canadian city?
9. Which one of these Tennessee cities is host to two annual races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series?
10. Tennessee has had a number of minor league baseball teams through the years. Which of the following teams did NOT survive the 1990s, to compete during the first decade of the 21st century?
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