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1. In 1980 the United States and 63 other nations withdrew from the Summer Olympics in Moscow. What were these countries protesting?
2. In what year was the 3 point field goal inaugurated in college basketball?
3. True or false: 1988 saw the first night games played at Wrigley Field in its 74 year history?
4. What year did the Baltimore Colts sneak out of town in the dark of night for Indianapolis?
5. Members of what Super Bowl team cut sport's first music video, entitled 'The Super Bowl Shuffle'?
6. What National Hockey League team won 4 straight Stanley Cups in the decade?
7. What National Basketball Association team won 5 titles in the decade?
8. True or false: there were no two time World Series champions in the 1980s.
9. What college football team finished first in the polls 3 times in the 1980s?
10. The Miracle at Lake Placid -- At the 1980 Winter Olympics the U.S. hockey team played the Soviet Union in the medal round and beat the heavily favored Soviets 4-3. Who scored the winning goal for the USA?
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