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Sure, you watched all the big sporting events in 2004 -- the Red Sox win the World Series, the U.S. women dominate the Olympics and Janet Jackson baring her breast in the Super Bowl -- but were you really paying attention this year? Take the annual Page 2 year in review test and find out.
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1. Where did Janet Jackson show her right breast?
A. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue
B. The Super Bowl
C. Her brother's trial
D. A Colorado recruiting trip
Answer: B
2. Which lasted the longest?
A. Roger Clemens' retirement
B. A-Rod's captaincy of the Rangers
C. The college bowl season
D. Britney Spears's marriage
Answer: A
3. What did Pete Rose finally admit?
A. He dyes his hair
B. He bet on baseball
C. He cut the cheese that one day on the team bus
D. His Hall of Fame chances are non-existent
Answer: B
4. Whose basketball injury cost him $4 million?
A. Chris Webber
B. Kobe Bryant
C. Aaron Boone
D. Carmelo Anthony
Answer: C
5. What does BALCO stand for?
A. Bay Area Laboratory Corporation
B. Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative
C. Bay Area Laboratory Company
D. Steroids 'R Us
Answer: B
6. Who kicked the game-winning field goal in the Super Bowl?
A. Morten Anderson
B. Ray Finkle
C. John Kasay
D. Adam Vinatieri
Answer: D
7. Who was the Associated Press national champion in college football?
A. LSU
B. Oklahoma
C. USC
D. Bristol University
Answer: C
8. What cost the most money?
A. Joe Horn's cell phone call
B. The Bartman baseball
C. Mickey Mantle's last signed contract
D. A pair of LeBron James' sneakers
Answer: B
9. Who was suspended for the rest of the season for assaulting Steve Moore from behind?
A. Tie Domi
B. Paul Kariya
C. Todd Bertuzzi
D. Don Zimmer
Answer: C
10. Which college won both the men's and the women's Final Four?
A. Duke
B. UConn
C. Stanford
D. Bristol University
Answer: B
11. What did Phil Mickelson overcome on the back nine to win The Masters?
A. Three strokes
B. Two strokes
C. Four strokes
D. The 800-pound monkey on his back
Answer: B
12. Who bought the naming rights to the new baseball stadium in San Diego?
A. Geico
B. Petco
C. Amaco
D. BALCO
Answer: B
13. What sporting honor did President Bush not participate in this spring?
A. Started the Daytona 500
B. Threw first pitch of baseball game
C. Threw first punch in a hockey game
D. Played golf
Answer: C
14. Who appeared as a contestant on The Bachelor?
A. Former Syracuse forward Kueth Duany
B. Giants quarterback Jesse Palmer
C. Indians minor leaguer Grady Sizemore
D. Kobe Bryant
Answer: B
15. Who had a lower batting average in spring training, Greg Vaughn or Garth Brooks?
Answer: Vaughn
16. Which religion did NOT have a college in the NCAA tournament?
A. Lutheran
B. Catholic
C. Mormon
D. Kabbalah
Answer: D
17. True or false. A reporter brought up trading Sammy Sosa during President Bush's live nationally televised press conference on Iraq.
Answer: True
18. What did the Red Sox become the first baseball team to ever do?
A. Beat the Yankees in the ALCS
B. Rally from 3-0 deficit in playoffs
C. Sweep the World Series
D. Go the whole season without getting haircuts
Answer: B
19. Where is Stanley Cup MVP Martin St. Louis playing this season?
A. Tampa Bay
B. Lausaune, Switzerland
C. Prague, Czech Republic
D. Beauty and the Beast on Ice
Answer: B
20. How long was the Patriots record streak?
A. 19 wins
B. 20 wins
C. 21 wins
D. So long their "lucky'' jockstraps were deemed toxic waste
Answer: C
A. "Forty-Yard Times at Ridgemont High''
B. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off-Tackle"
C. "Friday Night Lights''
D. "Breakfast of Champions Club''
Answer: C
22. What very rare Florida occurrence took place on Nov. 6?
A. Miami, Florida and Florida State all lost
B. the Dolphins and Buccaneers both won
C. the Devil Rays signed a good player
D. Presidential voting went off without a hitch
Answer: A
23. In his inspiring start against the Yankees, Curt Schilling pitched with what?
A. A cast on his left hand
B. Sutures in his ankle
C. A patch over his eye
D. Spurs on his boots
Answer: B
24. Why did Ron Artest ask for a month off?
A. Rehab his knee
B. Rest from his music schedule
C. Rest his back
D. Train for his Nov. 19 title bout
Answer: B
25. True or false: The CEO replacing Phil Knight at Nike used to run the Drano company.
Answer: True
26. What did Yankees fans chant to taunt Pedro Martinez?
A. Who's Your Daddy?
B. Who's Your Mommy?
C. Who's Your Agent?
D. Who's Your Hairstylist?
Answer: A
27. Why isn't the NHL season being played?
A. Player strike
B. Owner lockout
C. Apathy
Answer: B
28. How long did the Red Sox go without winning the World Series?
A. 96 years
B. 86 years
C. 56 years
D. Since Ted Williams head was 98.6 degrees
Answer: B
29. True or false: Terrell Owens celebrated a touchdown by leaping into the arms of Nicolette Sheridan.
Answer: False
30. What did the Eagles Dhani Jones conduct this fall?
A. The Philadelphia Pops
B. a 12-play scoring drive
C. a United Way food drive
D. an FCC investigation into the Terrell Owens/Nicollete Sheridan promo
Answer: A
31. How many MVP awards has Barry Bonds won?
A. Six
B. Seven
C. Five
D. 10, counting those he earned with the New York Knights
Answer: B
32. Who broke the NCAA career passing record?
A. Timmy Chang
B. Michael Chang
C. Tommy Chong
D. Rae Dawn Chong
Answer: A
33. Who will captain the next U.S. Ryder Cup team?
A. Mark O'Meara
B. Hal Sutton
C. Tom Lehman
D. Carl Spackler
Answer: C
34. Rather than return his gold medal, Olympic gymnast Paul Hamm sold it on eBay for $72,300.
Answer: False
35. Who went 11-0 to become the first Coalition team to earn a BCS bowl bid?
A. BYU
B. Boise State
C. Utah
D. Faber College
Answer: C
36. What saved Cleveland pitcher Kyle Denny from a bullet in a drive-by shooting?
A. His glove
B. Cheerleader boots he wore
C. Bible in his pocket
D. Bullet-Proof Alternate Jersey Day
Answer: B
37. Who is Yuta Tabuse?
A. Shortest player in the NBA
B. Reigning hot dog eating champ
C. First Japanese player in NBA
D. Reigning champ on Iron Chef
Answer: C
38. Who won the WNBA championship?
A. Connecticut Sun
B. Los Angeles Sparks
C. Seattle Storm
D. Connecticut Huskies
Answer: C
39. What single-season record did Ichiro break?
A. Most runs
B. Most bunts
C. Most hits
D. Most Japanese reporters in a clubhouse
Answer: C
40. Who won the men's gold medal in basketball?
A. U.S.
B. Italy
C. Greece
D. Argentina
Answer: D
41. How much did the networks pay for the new NFL contract?
A. $6 billion
B. $8 billion
C. $7 billion
D. Almost as much as a Patriots season ticket
Answer: B
42. True or false: Gary Sheffield said he finally ended his friendship with Barry Bonds because Barry stole his personal chef.
Answer: True
43. What was the score of the Penn State-Iowa football game?
A. 6-4
B. 2-0
C. 5-2
D. More than the over
Answer: A
44. What will the Expos be called if they move to Washington. D.C.?
A. The Grays
B. The Senators
C. The Nationals
D. The FedExpos
Answer: C
45. What sport was not banned this fall?
A. Fox hunting
B. Cock fighting
C. Arizona Diamondbacks beating
Answer: C
46. Which high school had its record 151-game winning streak snapped?
A. De La Salle
B. DeMatha
C. Groton
D. Ridgemont
Answer: A
47. Which famous Washington coach returned to take over the Redskins this season?
A. Joe Gibbs
B. George Allen
C. Vince Lombardi
D. Richard Nixon
Answer: A
48. How many Div. I teams went into their bowl game undefeated?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. I was told there would be no math
Answer: C
49. What prevented Cal from going to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1957?
A. BCS system
B. Loss to USC
C. Stanford trombonist
Answer: A
50. True or false: Missouri's basketball arena was named for a woman who never attended the school and is accused of cheating to get through USC.
Answer: True
Jim Caple is a senior writer for ESPN.com
