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By David Thomas

Special to the Star-Telegram

Happy Presidents Day!

Sorry we didn't get you a card for the occasion, but we do have the next best thing for you: a trivia quiz. But this isn't your standard Presidents Day quiz, where we ask you to name the left-handed presidents, the ones who died in office or — because this is the Sports section — the first First Fan to attend a baseball game.

No, this quiz combines presidential history with sports history.

Here's how it works. We have listed the past 22 presidents through Benjamin Harrison. (Free non-sports trivia: Harrison was the only president from Indiana and the only one who was the grandson of another president).

We also have listed 44 memorable moments in U.S. sports history. Your assignment is to match each sports moment to the president in office when it occurred.

There are two moments per president.

The Presidents

Barack Obama

Jan. 20, 2009-current

George W. Bush

Jan. 20, 2001-Jan. 20, 2009

Bill Clinton

Jan. 20, 1993-Jan. 20, 2001

George H.W. Bush

Jan. 20, 1989-Jan. 20, 1993

Ronald Reagan

Jan. 20, 1981-Jan. 20, 1989

Jimmy Carter

Jan. 20, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981

Gerald Ford

Aug. 9, 1974-Jan. 20, 1977

Richard Nixon

Jan. 20, 1969-Aug. 9, 1974

Lyndon B. Johnson

Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969

John F. Kennedy

Jan. 20, 1961-Nov. 22, 1963

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jan. 20, 1953-Jan. 20, 1961

Harry S. Truman

April 12, 1945-Jan. 20, 1953

Franklin D. Roosevelt

March 4, 1933-April 12, 1945

Herbert Hoover

March 4, 1929-March 4, 1933

Calvin Coolidge

Aug. 2, 1923-March 4, 1929

Warren G. Harding

March 4, 1921-Aug. 2, 1923

Woodrow Wilson

March 4, 1913-March 4, 1921

William Howard Taft

March 4, 1909-March 4, 1913

Theodore Roosevelt

Sept. 14, 1901-March 4, 1909

William McKinley

March 4, 1897-Sept. 14, 1901

Grover Cleveland

March 4, 1885-March 4, 1889; March 4, 1893-March 4, 1897

Benjamin Harrison

March 4, 1889-March 4, 1893

The sports moments

1. Fenway Park opens, with 25,000 fans watching the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Highlanders in extra innings.

2. The Cleveland Browns and New York Jets square off on the first broadcast of Monday Night Football.

3. At the Rome Olympics, Wilma Rudolph becomes the first American to win three gold medals in track and field.

4. The Georgia Tech Engineers, coached by John Heisman, defeat Cumberland College 222-0 in the most lopsided college football game ever played.

5. John J. McDermott wins the first Boston Marathon, defeating the 15-man field with a time of 2:55:10 over the 24.5-mile course.

6. Texas Rangers ace Nolan Ryan throws his seventh no-hitter, against the Toronto Blue Jays.

7. The Connecticut women's basketball team wins its NCAA-record 89th consecutive game.

8. Henry Aaron of the Atlanta Braves belts his 715th home run, surpassing Babe Ruth's long-held record.

9. Michigan shuts out Stanford 49-0 in the first Rose Bowl.

10. Jack Nicklaus, at age 46, wins the Masters for his 18th major championship.

11. Navy blanks Army 24-0 in the first football game between the service academies.

12. The first radio broadcast of a football game takes place, with Pittsburgh playing West

Virginia.

13. In the "Thrilla in

Manila," Muhammad Ali retains his heavyweight championship when Joe Frazier's corner stops the bout after the 14th round.

14. James Naismith of Springfield, Mass., invents basketball.

15. Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hits his 61st home run, bettering Babe Ruth's single-season record.

16. The Baltimore Colts win "The Greatest Game Ever Played," a 23-17 defeat of the New York Giants in the NFL Championship Game.

17. The United States hosts both Olympic Games -- in Lake Placid, N.Y., and Los Angeles -- in the same year for the only time.

18. Ben Hogan wins the first Colonial National Invitational at Colonial Country Club.

19. Sam Baugh leads TCU to a 16-6 victory against Marquette in the first Cotton Bowl Classic.

20. Thanks to "The Play," California beats Stanford 25-20.

21. The New York Yankees' Joe DiMaggio hits safely in 56 consecutive games, an MLB record that still stands.

22. Amateur Bobby Jones becomes the only golfer to win all four major championships in the same year: the British Amateur, the British Open, the U.S. Open and the U.S. Amateur.

23. Tiger Woods defeats Rocco Mediate in a playoff at the U.S. Open for Woods' last (at the moment) major championship.

24. In Lake Placid, N.Y., the U.S. hockey team upsets the Soviet Union 4-3 in the "Miracle on Ice."

25. The Dallas Mavericks defeat the Miami Heat in six games for their first NBA championship.

26. A "Hail Mary" pass from Roger Staubach to Drew Pearson caps the Dallas Cowboys' come-from-behind victory at the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the NFC playoffs.

27. The Dallas Stars win Game 6 in Buffalo to win the Stanley Cup.

28. Michael Phelps wins eight swimming gold medals at the Beijing Olympics.

29. Ray Harroun wins the first Indianapolis 500 with an average speed of 74.602 mph.

30. Johnny Weissmuller, with a time of 58.6 seconds, becomes the first swimmer to break the 1-minute barrier in the 100 meters.

31. As guaranteed by quarterback Joe Namath, the New York Jets upset the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III.

32. Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in the Philadelphia Warriors' 169-147 victory against the New York Knicks.

33. Affirmed wins the Belmont Stakes to claim the Triple Crown, a feat not matched since.

34. Texas Western defeats Kentucky 72-65 to become the first team with all black starters to win an NCAA basketball championship.

35. Notre Dame wins one for "The Gipper," rallying to defeat Army 12-6.

36. In the first basketball game involving a college team, Geneva College edges New Brighton YMCA 3-0.

37. The National League season opens with the pitcher's rubber at 60 feet, 6 inches for the first time.

38. The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers in five games to win their last World Series championship until...

39. In his last game with the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan's jumper defeats the Utah Jazz for the Bulls' sixth NBA title.

40. In Austin, Texas defeats Oklahoma 28-2 in the teams' first meeting in football.

41. The Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees following the season in which he broke the major league single-season record with 29 home runs.

42. The United States defeats Great Britain 9 1/2-2 1/2 in the first Ryder Cup, held in Worcester, Mass.

43. Christian Laettner's buzzer-beater gives Duke a 104-103 overtime victory against Kentucky in the NCAA East Regional Final.

44. Jackie Robinson plays his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking MLB's color barrier.

Answers

Barack Obama: 7, 25; George W. Bush: 23, 28; Bill Clinton: 27, 39; George H.W. Bush: 6, 43; Ronald Reagan: 10, 20; Jimmy Carter: 24, 33; Gerald Ford: 13, 26; Richard Nixon: 2, 8; Lyndon B. Johnson: 31, 34; John F. Kennedy: 15, 32; Dwight D. Eisenhower: 3, 16; Harry S. Truman: 18, 44; Franklin D. Roosevelt: 19, 21; Herbert Hoover: 17, 22; Calvin Coolidge: 35, 42; Warren G. Harding: 12, 30; Woodrow Wilson: 4, 41; William Howard Taft: 1, 29; Theodore Roosevelt: 9, 38; William McKinley: 5, 40; Grover Cleveland: 36, 37; Benjamin Harrison: 11, 14

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