COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
THE SPORTS BIZ
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200
'In April 1960 Rio de Janeiro was replaced as capital of this country'
Brazil
200
'This NBA player's $33 million for 1997-98 was the highest single-season salary in sports history'
Michael Jordan
200
'If you find John maddening his partner, this ex-placekicker, may calm you down'
Pat Summerall
200
'In 1940 Pat O'Brien played this "All American" Notre Dame coach'
Knute Rockne
200
'Barbie, for example'
doll
400
'Muammar Al-Qaddafi is this country's head of state but has no official title'
Libya
400
'In 1997 Paul Allen, who made billions as co-founder of this software giant, bought the Seattle Seahawks for $200 million'
Microsoft
400
'After a time out for some legal troubles, this play-by-play man returned to the Knicks in 1998'
Marv Albert
400
'In 1969, the same year he played the Sundance Kid, he played an egotistical skier in "Downhill Racer"'
Robert Redford
400
'An infant'
babe
600
'Country in the name of the species seen here'
India
600
'On 2/23/94 more U.S. households tuned in to watch Nancy & Tonya in this sport than any other Olympic sportscast ever'
figure skating
600
'He gained fame doing sports on radio station WHO Des Moines, moved into actng & later tried politics'
Ronald Reagan
600
'James Caan had a "ball" as the champ of a violent future sport in this 1975 flick'
Rollerball
600
'A little bird, or sportscaster Hearn'
Chick
800
'The island of Corsica belongs to France; Sardinia, 7 miles away, belongs to this country'
Italy
800
'Once upon a midnight dreary, Art Modell moved this NFL team to Baltimore & gave it this new nickname'
the Ravens
800
'From 1965 to 1984 this annnouncer & avid fisherman was the host of TV's "The American Sportsman"'
Curt Gowdy
800
'This film's title is the second half of an old boxing expression'
The Harder They Fall
800
'A knight's wife; there's "Nothing Like" one'
dame
1000
'This cradle of civilization was conquered by Macedonia in 338 B.C. & wasn't independent again until 1830'
Greece
1000
'In July 1998, after serving as acting baseball commissioner for 6 years, he was officially given the job by owners'
Bud Selig
1000
'She won 2 Olympic gold medals in swimming in 1964 & has covered the games for ABC'
Donna de Varona
1000
'This 1957 biopic told of the Red Sox' Jimmy Piersall & his bout with mental illness'
Fear Strikes Out
1000
'Not narrow'
broad
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