The Thrill of Victory Trivia Quiz

Answer: Gene Larkin

In one of the best pitching performances in World Series history, Jack Morris scattered seven hits and shut Atlanta out during the 10-inning finale. It was the second World Series win for the Twins under Tom Kelly, but it was also the point at which the Braves would begin to dominate the National League.

Answer: All of the statements are true.

In one of the most embarrassing blunders in sports history, Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke, confident that his team would beat the battered and aging Celtics in Game 7, ordered thousands of balloons to be hung in the rafters of The Forum. When the Lakers won, the balloons would fall onto the cheering fans.

Naturally, the Celtics took umbrage to such arrogance and beat the Lakers to win their tenth title in eleven years, and their second in a row with Bill Russell as coach. The balloons wound up in a Los Angeles-area children's hospital.

Answer: Dallas Cowboys

Being divisional rivals, the Redskins typically face the hated Cowboys twice a season. But during the 1982 season, they only met once, with the Cowboys winning 24-10 at Washington. The Redskins would have the last laugh, dominating Dallas 31-17, again in Washington, and sending the Cowboys to their third straight conference championship game loss. Washington would go on to beat Miami 27-17 in Super Bowl XVII.

Answer: Scotty Thurman

With 40 seconds left in the game, Arkansas's leading three-point sniper calmly drilled a bucket over Duke's Antonio Lang. The shot helped seal a national championship for Nolan Richardson, who became the second black coach to achieve that milestone. For the Blue Devils, the loss was more painful because it came in front of what could be considered a home crowd. Duke is located in Durham, about 130 miles northeast of Charlotte.

Answer: 5

Heiden's run of glory included wins in the 500-meter, 1,000-meter, 1,500-meter, 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter races. No Olympian up to that point had ever won as many gold medals in either the Summer or Winter Olympics. Heiden would eventually follow in his father's footsteps and become an orthopaedic surgeon.

Answer: Miami (FL)

It was only fitting that Osborne and the Cornhuskers win the national championship at the Orange Bowl, against Dennis Erickson and the Miami Hurricanes. The 24-17 win was long-belated redemption after Nebraska suffered a bitter 1-point loss to Miami, then coached by Howard Schnellenberger, in the 1983 Orange Bowl. Nebraska would repeat as national champion in 1995 and share the title with Michigan in 1997.

Answer: Steve Christie

The second most famous field-goal attempt in Bills' history, a successful 32-yarder, came off the foot of Steve Christie a little more than three minutes into overtime. Scott Norwood, who missed the team's most famous field-goal attempt in Super Bowl XXV two years beforehand, had been dismissed from the team after kicking for them in Super Bowl XXVI the year before. Chip Lohmiller (Washington) and Pete Stoyanovich (Miami), among the league's most prolific scorers in their day, are better known for a dualing kicks commercial they did -- a la Michael Jordan and Larry Bird -- for McDonald's.

Answer: North Carolina

The Lady Tar Heels got the winning points from the tournament's most outstanding player, Charlotte Smith (now Charlotte Smith-Taylor), who also set an NCAA women's record (since tied) by grabbing 23 rebounds in that same game. As a pro, she has played in Italy, in the now-defunct ABL, and in the WNBA.

She's also earned her stripes as an assistant coach under her mentor, Tar Heel coach Sylvia Hatchell. (Thanks to tarheelblue.com for information on Charlotte Smith-Taylor.)

Answer: Two-man bobsled

Flowers and Jill Bakken took care of business in the two-man bobsled, earning a gold medal and Olympic glory in the process. In addition to Flower's golden moment, Randy Jones and Garrett Hines became the first African-American men to win Winter Olympic medals, picking up silver in the four-man bobsled.

Answer: Sid Bream

Backup catcher Francisco Cabrera drove in former Pittsburgh Pirate Sid Bream to clinch the series. Bream barely beat former teammate Mike LaValliere's tag at home plate. Despite the Braves' domination of the National League during the 1990s, they only managed to win one World Series (1995, against Cleveland).