Famous Runners-Up

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1. This football team made it to four consecutive Super Bowls in the early 1990s. Unfortunately they lost every time. Which team lost four straight Super Bowls? Minnesota Vikings Buffalo Bills Denver Broncos Atlanta Falcons

2. Franklin Roosevelt was elected President of the United States a record four times. Which of the following was not one of his Republican opponents? Wendell Willkie Thomas Dewey William Jennings Bryan Herbert Hoover

3. "Star Wars" was nominated for, but did not win, the Best Picture Academy Award in 1977. What movie won the award that year? "Rocky" "Annie Hall" "The Deer Hunter" "The Goodbye Girl"

4. This baseball team is notorious for coming close to winning the World Series only to lose in the most agonizing ways possible. Which team has appeared in the World Series in 1946, 1967, 1975, and 1986 and lost each time? Boston Redsox Atlanta Braves Chicago Cubs Cleveland Indians

5. Who finished in second place 19 times in major golf championships? Tiger Woods Jack Nicklaus Phil Mickelson Ben Hogan

6. Which popular soap opera actress finally won an Emmy Award in 1999 after being nominated 18 times without winning? Diedre Hall Erika Slezak Ruth Warrick Susan Lucci

7. Which candidate won the popular vote, but not the all-important electoral vote in the 2000 United States Presidential Election? George W. Bush Al Gore Bill Clinton Ralph Nader

8. Which horse lost to Seabiscuit in their famous match race on November 1, 1938? War Admiral Sir Barton Man O' War Secretariat

9. In the Miss America pageant, if the winner cannot fulfill her duties as Miss America, the runner-up must be ready to step in. Who was the runner-up to Vanessa Williams in 1984 and later became Miss America when Williams resigned? Leanza Cornett Suzette Charles Kellye Cash Phyllis George

10. The last episode of "MASH" was the highest rated television program of the 20th century. What show was the second highest rated program of the 1900s? "Winter Olympics 1994" (Nancy Kerrigan/Tanya Harding) "Roots, Part 8" "Dallas" (Who shot J.R. episode) "Super Bowl XVI"