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100

This man was Michigan's head football coach when the team won the 2023 national championship

Who is Jim Harbaugh?

100

This term describes the limit on how much a team can spend on player salaries

What is a salary cap?

100

This gymnast has the most world championship medals of any gymnast in history

Simone Biles

100

This sportswear company is the official outfitter of the NBA

What is Nike?

100

This country hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

200

This fight song was written in 1898 by student Louis Elbel after Michigan beat Chicago for the conference title

What is "The Victors"?

200

Since 2021, college athletes can earn money from NIL, which stands for these three words

What is Name, Image, and Likeness?

200

This tennis legend won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era

Who is Serena Williams?
200

This beverage company has a longstanding partnership with the NFL and is known for its Super Bowl advertising


What is Pepsi?

200

This country won the first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991

What is the United States?

300

This group of five freshmen led Michigan basketball to back-to-back national title games in 1992 and 1993

Who are the Fab Five?

300

When a company pays to put its name on a stadium or arena, it’s buying these rights

What are naming rights?

300

This Michigan receiver struck the Heisman pose after a punt return touchdown against Ohio State in 1991, then won the trophy

Who is Desmond Howard?
300

In 2015, Michigan became the first school to sign an all-sports apparel deal with this brand, replacing Adidas

What is Jordan Brand (Nike)?

300

This was the first sport to be broadcast on television in the United States

What is baseball?

400

This athlete is Michigan basketball's highest WNBA draft pick ever

Who is Naz Hillmon?

400

For years, Forbes has ranked this professional sports team as the most valuable franchise in the world

Who are the Dallas Cowboys?

400

This two-sport star won the 1985 Heisman at Auburn and later became an All-Star in MLB and a Pro Bowler in the NFL

Who is Bo Jackson?

400

In 2021, the Staples Center in LA was renamed after this company in a naming rights deal

What is Crypto.com Arena?

400

This track star won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin

Who is Jesse Owens?
500

Michigan Stadium set the NCAA single-game attendance record of 115,109 against this opponent in 2013

What is Notre Dame?

500

This is the only major U.S. pro sports team owned by its fans rather than a billionaire or a corporation

Who are the Green Bay Packers?

500

This Kenyan marathoner became the first person to run 26.2 miles in under two hours, in a specially arranged 2019 event in Vienna

Who is Eliud Kipchoge?

500

This Baltimore-based apparel brand was founded in 1996 by former Maryland football player Kevin Plank

What is Under Armour?

500

In 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team pulled off the “Miracle on Ice” by beating this heavily favored country

What is the Soviet Union?