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NFL in the 1980s #1

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Introduction:
"The NFL survives a challenge from another upstart league, and gets new life from a new generation of superstars. Relive football in the 1980s!"


1. What team rode to its first NFL title in 40 years on the backs of the Hogs, the Smurfs, the Fun Bunch, and the Diesel?
    San Francisco 49ers
    New York Giants
    Chicago Bears
    Washington Redskins


2. What two league fixtures, both Hall of Famers, squared off against each other in a lawsuit in the early 1980s?
    Art Modell & Bill Walsh
    Tom Landry & Don Shula
    Al Davis & Pete Rozelle
    Tim Mara & Wellington Mara


3. Why do some people call Super Bowl XXIII "the John Candy game?"
    Game tickets were the most expensive in history, and the league used such luxury amenities as bowls of candy in the restrooms to help justify the prices
    Paramount Studios bought half the game's commercial time to advertise the movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"
    Lamar John's return of punter Taylor Candy's fumble for the first touchdown of the game provided the winning margin
    Joe Montana, his 49ers trailing late in the game, 92 yards from the end zone, coolly pointed out John Candy in the stands before driving to the winning score


4. When the Raiders hired me in 1989, I became the NFL's first black coach since 1921. Who am I?
    Art Shell
    Dennis Green
    Tony Dungy
    Gene Upshaw


5. The NFL got the stiffest competition it had faced in years when the rival USFL attracted some of the country's best college players. Of the following NFL stars from the late 1980s, who is the only one whose pro career did not begin in the USFL?
    Bruce Smith
    Reggie White
    Jim Kelly
    Herschel Walker


6. My name's Ickey Woods, and if you followed football in 1988, you remember me. Otherwise you don't. But even more than being known for my brief talents as a running back, I was known for that funny dance I used to do after scoring a touchdown. What was it called?
    Super Bowl Shuffle
    Woody Watusie
    Ickey Shuffle
    Ickey's Tricky Football Flicky


7. I broke into the league in 1981 with one of the NFL's worst teams, and in just five seasons, helped them win their first championship in 30 years. For every one of my off-field problems that my detractors might point to, my supporters can talk about dozens of highlights from my career, like being one of the few defensive players to win league MVP honors, my amazing sack totals, or how teams would completely redo their game plans just to not run at me. Who am I?
    Lawrence Taylor
    Mike Singletary
    Dexter Manley
    Dan Hampton


8. The first half of the 1980s was a period of incredible promise for our team that was never fulfilled. We made two Super Bowl appearances, but lost them both. Our young quarterback put up absolutely sick numbers, but at the end of his career had taken us to just one title game. Maybe the last great moment for us in the 1980s came in 1985, when we were the only team that managed to beat the Chicago Bears that year. Which team are we?
    Miami Dolphins
    Atlanta Falcons
    Green Bay Packers
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers


9. In 1985, I was just a little-known guy, drafted after 15 other players had been taken, coming out of a little college few people ever paid attention to, Mississippi Valley State. By the end of the decade, I had two Super Bowl rings and a Super Bowl MVP award and people were already starting to call me the greatest football player who ever lived. Who am I?
    Joe Montana
    Eric Dickerson
    Emmitt Smith
    Jerry Rice


10. A black quarterback all my life, at least until becoming a black coach and a black NFL executive, I think I still have Denver Broncos fans wishing that the second quarter of Super Bowl XXII never happened. Who am I?
    Warren Moon
    Doug Williams
    Randall Cunningham
    Vince Evans


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