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100

In 1935 Golfer Babe Didrikson became the first woman athlete to appear on the box of what type of cereal?

Wheaties

100

In the 1980s, "The Ain'ts" was a derisive nickname for what NFC South team that has a fleur-de-lis in its logo?

New Orleans Saints
100

Before becoming a famous actor or the governor of California, this Austrian "terminated" the competition as the most famous bodybuilder in the world.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

100

Ever started hurting a day or two after a workout? Blame DOMS, which stands for delayed onset ______ soreness.

Muscle

100

Call up Crayola! The team names of three different Ivy League schools -- Cornell, Harvard, and Dartmouth -- and Stanford all feature these...

Colors

200

What iconic baseball team, which has relocated from the East Coast to the West Coast, did Babe Ruth coach for a year after retiring?

Dodgers

200

Since he pitched 749 games in his 22-year career (including a perfect game in 1904), which MLB player has an award for great pitchers named after him?

Cy Young

200

In the movie “Castaway,” what specific type of sports ball is Wilson who serves as the companion of Tom Hanks’ character Chuck Noland?

Volleyball

200

Celebrated for its ability to improve athletic capacity and glucose metabolism, HIIT is typically a cardiovascular exercise strategy alternating periods of intense exercise with recovery. What does HIIT stand for?

High-Intensity Interval Training

200

If you head to Ann Arbor to see a sports game at the stadium unofficially known as "The Big House" (capacity 107,601), what team are you almost certainly there to watch?

University of Michigan

300

What sport joins ice hockey as one of two national sports of Canada?

Lacrosse

300

This former Blackhawks captain was released from the team in 2023 and has decided to step away from the game to focus on his health.

Jonathan Toews

300

What 1992 sports movie starred Emilio Estevez, was produced entirely in Minnesota, and followed a team of ragtag young Minneapolis athletes?

The Mighty Ducks
300

The Presidential Physical Fitness test (active in the United States from 1966 to 2018) consisted of six exercises: curl-ups, pull-ups, shuttle run, one-mile run, sit-and-reach, and what exercise that draws on the pectoral muscles?

Pushups

300

Also the name of an NFL team located about 300 miles from Boston, what is the name of the sports teams of Boston College?

Eagles

400

If you're using a "broom" to guide the "rock" to the "house," what winter team sport are you playing?

Curling

400

These sneakers, which are among the most popular in the basketball world today, were once banned by the NBA because the red in the shoe did not conform with uniform regulations.

Air Jordans

400

This actor, who has played leading roles in everything from The Notebook and La La Land to 2023's blockbuster hit Barbie, once played a defensive back who lost his starting spot in Remember the Titans.

Ryan Gosling

400

A great workout can make you feel great physically and mentally, in part because of what “feel good” hormones that get released by your nervous system?

Endorphins

400

The Musketeers, who play in the NCAA's Big East Conference, are the sports teams of what private university located in Cincinnati?

Xavier
500

How many teams are there in the WNBA?

12

500

Formerly named Empire Stadium, what stadium located in London -- which has also been used for international NFL games -- is known as “the cathedral of football”, according to Pelé?

Wembley Stadium

500

This famous actor has been dubbed by some the "King of Sports Films", as he has starred in at least ten of them, including Tin Cup, Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, and Draft Day

Kevin Costner

500

Which I-term describes an exercise where you tighten up a muscle without moving any of the joints around it? (A “wall sit” is one example)

Isometric

500
You'd be more likely to find one of these in the desert than in North Carolina, but that didn't stop Campbell University from calling their teams the "Fighting" this animal.

Camels

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