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1. The University of Kentucky Wildcats have had one of the most successful men's basketball teams in NCAA history. Which legendary coach led them to five national titles between 1948 and 1958?
2. Born in Louisville, which NFL star won the Heisman Trophy, the NFL MVP award and a Super Bowl ring with the Green Bay Packers?
3. Which golf course near Louisville hosted the 2008 Ryder Cup as well as three PGA Championships between 1996 and 2014?
4. Which NASCAR driver from Owensboro, Kentucky, won the Winston Cup Series three times in the 1980s?
5. One of the most famous horse races in the world, the Kentucky Derby takes place each year at which Louisville racecourse?
6. J.B. Holmes, from Campbellsville, Kentucky, was a leading competitor in which sport in the early 21st century?
7. One of the most famous sportsmen of all-time, boxer Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay in Louisville in 1942. His professional career is well-documented, but at which weight did he win an Olympic gold medal?
8. The University of Louisville Cardinals have enjoyed much success on the basketball court, with their men's teams winning the NCAA national title in both 1980 and 1986, and being stripped of a third title in 2013 due to recruitment violations. Which is not one of the schools they met in those three finals?
9. Pee Wee Reese, from Ekron, Kentucky, was a baseball player who won two World Series titles with which team?
10. The Kentucky Colonels were a professional team in which sport in the 1960s/70s?
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