Sample Questions
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Flashback samples — Sports
The Miami Dolphins cap a 17-0 season by winning the Super Bowl, the only perfect season in NFL history.
Answer: 1972 — The 1972 Miami Dolphins, coached by Don Shula.
A team erases a 25-point deficit to win the first Super Bowl ever decided in overtime.
Answer: 2017 — The New England Patriots, over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI.
Alexander Ovechkin passes Wayne Gretzky to become the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer
Answer: 2025 — Alexander Ovechkin, of the Washington Capitals, breaking Gretzky's record in April 2025.
The Miami Dolphins select Dan Marino in the first round of the NFL Draft after he unexpectedly falls to the 27th pick
Answer: 1983 — Dan Marino, picked by the Miami Dolphins.
The Spread samples — Sports
Dan Marino's career passing yardage total at his retirement, an NFL record at the time. — 58,000 passing yards
Answer: OVER (actual: 61,361 passing yards)
The number of NFL championships won by the Green Bay Packers, counting both the Super Bowl era and the years before it. — 10 championships
Answer: OVER (actual: 13 championships)
Wayne Gretzky's career NHL points, still the all-time record — 2,800 points
Answer: OVER (actual: 2,857 points)
The number of consecutive World Series titles won by the New York Yankees from 1949 to 1953 — 4 championships
Answer: OVER (actual: 5 championships)
The Reveal samples — Pop Culture
The Sopranos
- Its final scene, cutting abruptly to black mid-scene, is still debated by fans decades later.
- It's frequently credited with kicking off a new golden age of prestige cable drama in the late 1990s.
- The lead character regularly visits a psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi, to manage his panic attacks.
- Set in New Jersey, it follows a mob boss trying to balance his criminal empire with his suburban family life.
- James Gandolfini starred as Tony Soprano in this acclaimed HBO drama.
Queen
- One of this act's biggest hits was originally dismissed by radio programmers as too long and unconventional for airplay, running nearly six minutes with no repeating chorus.
- Their operatic rock anthem topped the UK singles chart twice — once on its original 1975 release and again after their frontman's death in 1991.
- Their electrifying 1985 Live Aid set is frequently cited by critics and fellow musicians as one of the greatest live performances ever.
- Fronted by Freddie Mercury, the band also included guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, and bassist John Deacon.
- This British rock band wrote 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' 'We Will Rock You,' and 'We Are the Champions.'
Flashback samples — Pop Culture
Michael Jackson follows up his best-selling album ever with a record that would go on to produce five Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles.
Answer: 1987 — Michael Jackson's 'Bad.'
Elvis Presley earns his first number-one hit with a song about a hotel down at the end of Lonely Street.
Answer: 1956 — Elvis Presley's 'Heartbreak Hotel.'
'Lost' airs its divisive series finale, revealing what the island really was
Answer: 2010 — ABC's 'Lost.'
A drama following Madison Avenue advertising executives, centered on copywriter Don Draper, premieres on AMC.
Answer: 2007 — AMC's 'Mad Men,' starring Jon Hamm as Don Draper.
The Spread samples — Pop Culture
Number of weeks Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' spent at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992. — 10 weeks
Answer: OVER (actual: 14 weeks)
Number of Academy Awards The Wizard of Oz won, including Best Original Song for 'Over the Rainbow.' — 4 Oscars
Answer: UNDER (actual: 2 Oscars)
Number of seasons M*A*S*H aired on CBS. — 8 seasons
Answer: OVER (actual: 11 seasons)
Number of seasons the castaway drama Lost ran for on ABC. — 8 seasons
Answer: UNDER (actual: 6 seasons)