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1. Abraham Zapruder, an innocent bystander at a historic event, became famous in 1963. Why?
2. Herbert Morrison was a radio reporter giving an audio description of a historic event which turned tragic. What was it?
3. Former athletes Rafer Johnson and Rosie Greer, plus author George Plimpton were present at Robert Kennedy's assassination and helped to apprehend the assailant. What was the assassin's name?
4. In 1961 Boston Red Sox pitcher Tracy Stallard became a part of sports history. What did he do?
5. This teacher tragically perished in the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle. What was her name?
6. What future country star gave up his seat on the plane that crashed and killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens?
7. Like most of my fellow Missourians I prayed for the safe return of one of our own -- Rodney "Rocky" Sickmann. What historic event was he a part of?
8. This veteran TV reporter, and long time host of "Wide World Of Sports", anchored ABC's coverage of the 1972 Summer Olympic games in Munich, Germany. Little did he know he would be reporting a horrible tragedy when Palestinian terrorists killed thirteen Israeli athletes and one security guard. Who was this reporter?
9. Harry Hawk was an actor who had just delivered a funny line in a stage play when, during the ensuing laughter, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was attending the play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. What was the name of the play?
10. The 1996 Summer Olympics were marred by the explosion of a pipe bomb in the host city. A security guard named Richard Jewell discovered the bomb and alerted authorities before it exploded, yet somehow became a "person of interest" in the bombing. In what city did this occur?
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