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Final Four Fun Facts Trivia Quiz

This is a fun quiz about teams that either made it to the final four, or lost to a team that got to the final four since the early 1980s. A good choice for Arkansas fans.

A multiple-choice quiz by drunkencrafts. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
drunkencrafts

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
143,238

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1095

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Question 1 of 10

1. Scotty Thurman made the clutch, high-arcing three, as the shot clock ran out late in the 1994 championship game. Who did he shoot over? Hint

Antonio Lang

Cherokee Parks

Grant Hill

Christian Laettner

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Question 2 of 10

2. This team did NOT lose in the Final Four the year after winning it all. (They could have won it all, lost at any other time in the tourney, or not made it to the tourney at all) Hint

Arkansas ('94)

Michigan ('89)

Georgetown ('84)

UNLV ('90)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these Big Ten schools did not made the Final Four between 2000 and 2003? Hint

Indiana

Wisconsin

Michigan State

Ohio State

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Question 4 of 10

4. I played for the runner up in 1988 and made it to the NBA and had a decent career there. I also have the same first name as a baseball player who once reached on an error. Who am I? Hint

Stacey King

Rony Seikaly

Sherman Douglas

Mookie Blaylock

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these players won a national championship? Hint

Khalid Reeves

Bill Curley

Andrew DeClerq

Alex Dillard

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Question 6 of 10

6. I choked in a 2002 tournament game by missing a free throw at the end of the game that would have tied it against Indiana. Who am I? Hint

Corey Maggette

Carlos Boozer

Jason Williams

Shane Battier

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these players that have played in the NBA never made it to a Final Four with Arkansas? Hint

Todd Day

Lee Mayberry

Corliss Williamson

Joe Johnson

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who hit a halftime buzzer-beating shot against North Carolina in Arkansas national semifinal win in 1995? Hint

Clint McDaniel

Scotty Thurman

Dwight Stewart

Alex Dillard

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the name of Arkansas' pressure defense style of the nineties? Hint

Swarm and Attack

Forty Minutes of Hell

Full Court for Forty

Forty-six and Two Ahead of Me

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Question 10 of 10

10. I called a time-out my team didn't have in a second round game against Arkansas in 1995, costing us the win. Who am I? Hint

Billy Sims

Lawrence Moten

Chris Webber

John Wallace

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Scotty Thurman made the clutch, high-arcing three, as the shot clock ran out late in the 1994 championship game. Who did he shoot over?

Answer: Antonio Lang

2. This team did NOT lose in the Final Four the year after winning it all. (They could have won it all, lost at any other time in the tourney, or not made it to the tourney at all)

Answer: Michigan ('89)

My Hogs lost to UCLA in 95, the Hoyas lost to Villanova in 85, and UNLV lost out on a perfect season to Duke in 91.

3. Which of these Big Ten schools did not made the Final Four between 2000 and 2003?

Answer: Ohio State

All have been there recently, but OSU last went in 1999, while the others have since.

4. I played for the runner up in 1988 and made it to the NBA and had a decent career there. I also have the same first name as a baseball player who once reached on an error. Who am I?

Answer: Mookie Blaylock

I felt the need to remind all Mets fans (and torment Sox fans) and bring up October 1986.
Mookie Blaylock starred with Stacey King on the '88 Oklahoma team that lost to Danny Manning's Jayhawks.
Sherman Douglas and Rony Seikaly were runners-up to Indiana in 1987.

5. Which of these players won a national championship?

Answer: Alex Dillard

Dillard was on the '94 Razorback team. Reeves and Declerq both made it to the Final Four that year with Arizona and Florida, respectively. Curley helped by leading BC over the defending champion Tar Heels that same year.

6. I choked in a 2002 tournament game by missing a free throw at the end of the game that would have tied it against Indiana. Who am I?

Answer: Jason Williams

By the way, Carlos Boozer missed an easy put back of this miss that would've won the game.

7. Which of these players that have played in the NBA never made it to a Final Four with Arkansas?

Answer: Joe Johnson

The 'Big Nasty' was MOP in the '94 tourney and went again the next year. The MayDay combo went in 1990.

8. Who hit a halftime buzzer-beating shot against North Carolina in Arkansas national semifinal win in 1995?

Answer: Dwight Stewart

All the other guys were members of Arkansas' 94-95 teams as well.

9. What was the name of Arkansas' pressure defense style of the nineties?

Answer: Forty Minutes of Hell

Watching this team play this all-out style was what made me a fan.
"46 & 2" is a Tool song.

10. I called a time-out my team didn't have in a second round game against Arkansas in 1995, costing us the win. Who am I?

Answer: Lawrence Moten

The announcers said it was Billy Sims, but highlight shows later proved it was Mr. Moten.

Source: Author drunkencrafts

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