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1. America experienced a slow and sometimes painful integration of sports after World War II. One of the landmark events in this struggle was the victory of a little-known school starting a lineup of five African American basketball players in the 1966 NCAA finals against Kentucky. What was the name of this school, which changed its name a year later?
2. Another small western school, nicknamed the Chieftains, played Kentucky in the 1958 NCAA championship game. The team was led by Elgin Baylor, who had been recruited out of Washington D.C. to play football and basketball at Idaho. After one year at Idaho he moved further west to this school to lead its basketball program. What is this school, which had a few more years of relative success, but eventually dropped to a lower competitive division for several years?
3. Many smaller schools dropped football after World War II for financial reasons. One of these schools, led by superstar Ollie Matson, went out in a blaze of glory. It finished the 1951 season with a record of 9-0 and received an invitation to play in the prestigious Orange Bowl. Even though the proceeds of this game could have kept the program alive, the team voted not to play because its black players would not be allowed to take part. What was this school (which later achieved championships in another sport)?
4. American college football teams sometimes schedule their first game of the season aginst a weak lower division school to allow them to work out kinks. Every once in a while one of the supposedly weaker teams, often called cupcakes, rises up to beat the stronger squad. In 2007, perennial power Michigan lost in the last second to a southern university most people had never heard of. What was this school?
5. For one day this young unknown American Oglala Sioux Indian, born Makata Taka Hela, was the best long distance runner in the world. In the 10,000 meter run at the 1964 Olympics he ran 50 seconds faster than he had ever run before to capture the gold medal over the best runners in the world. By what name do we know him as?
6. This small college won the first three American women's basketball championships in 1972 through 1974. In fact it was one of the final four teams in five of the first six years of the tournament. As women's sports grew, bigger schools started to play and this school could no longer compete at this level. What was this college?
7. During the late 1950s through the 1980s this southern university was a track and field powerhouse in the US. Led by coach Ed Temple, it produced over 40 Olympians who earned 13 gold medals in track and field. The women's team, known as the Tigerbelles, included champions Wilma Rudolph, Wyomia Tyus, and Chandra Cheeseborough. Long jumper Ralph Boston was the foremost athlete on the men's team. What was this school?
8. This golfer won only one PGA tournament in his career that included 266 tournament entries. But what a victory it was: the U.S. Open in 1969. After this victory he labored for another 14 years without another win and finished second only five times. (In fairness he did have more success when he was old enough to play in the Senior tournaments). Who was he?
9. This English football club, under the direction of Brian Clough, was one of the the most successful European teams in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It won one league championship and three European-level trophies. At the end of Clough's tenure this team was relegated from the top division and went on to struggle to gain a position in the top league, at times falling to the third highest league. What team is this?
10. This American university was one of the elite college football teams in the early 1900s. It was coached by the legendary Amos Alonzo Stagg and one of its players, Jay Berwanger, won the initial Heisman Trophy in 1935. Soon afterwards the school dropped football to emphasize its academics. What school was this?
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