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See what you remember about the American sports scene in 1964.

This quiz harks back to the 1960s and 1970s, when slick glovemen who could barely hit above their own weights were still of value to their teams. Can you name these shortstops?

Another in a series of quizzes about the years of the Roaring 20s.

Another in a series of quizzes about the years of the Roaring 20s.

Another in a series of quizzes about the years of the Roaring 20s.

They didn't necessarily put up big numbers, but they got the timely hit, turned the double-play, and were gritty competitors who always had their heads in the game. Can you name these second basemen?

This quiz is about bridges of historical or literary note from ancient to modern times.

Another in a series of quizzes about the years of the Roaring 20s.

They don't coin nicknames like this anymore in baseball: a moniker, most likely invented by a sportswriter, after the place the player came from. See if you can identify the players known by the following "place" nicknames.

This quiz asks questions about named coasts around the world.

This quiz asks you to answer questions about baseball players who happen to share the same surname.

Big Ten universities have some of the most famous fight songs. See if you can identify the school from the fight song lyrics below. Obvious words have been left out, but a hint that alludes to each school has been included.

Another in a series of quizzes about the years of the World War I era.

This is a continuation of a series of quizzes about the World War I era, now venturing into a new decade.

The Red Sox have exorcised the Curse: here's a look at other World Series milestones. To complicate matters, this quiz asks what world leader or politician was in power at the time.

This quiz is about Bobby Thomson's memorable home run that won the 1951 National League playoff series for the New York Giants over the Brooklyn Dodgers.

See what you remember about the American sports scene in 1965.

Another in a series of quizzes about the years of the World War I era and beyond.

My wife "lanfranco" posted quizzes on the years 1915 and 1916 on my behalf. Now that I have my own identity, I've decided to follow up with a quiz on 1917. As a twist, all answers are geographical place names.

Like its predecessor, this quiz asks for the winning pitcher of games in which famous events happened. None of these games, however, took place in the World Series. The losing pitcher is also listed as a potential answer for most questions.

Before Interstate highways, there was the U.S. highway system. This quiz provides the terminus points of certain U.S. highways as they existed in the early 1960s before some routes were decommissioned or truncated. Choose the correct route number.

Many American rivers retain, at least approximately, the names they were called in Native American languages. In which state is each of the following rivers primarily located?

This quiz refers to ten important rivers around the world. For each river can you identify a river that is its tributary?

See what you remember about the American sports scene in 1966 (with a bit of international sport mixed in).

See what you remember about the American sports scene in 1967.

The North American continent is divided into watersheds, systems of rivers and lakes that drain through a common outlet into the oceans. For each question, find the body of water that does NOT belong to a given watershed.

Some of baseball's most memorable moments have taken place in the World Series, but who recalls the winning pitcher of that particular game? For each of the World Series games in which the following famous events took place, name the winning pitcher.

There are 37 possible U.S. Presidential surnames (27 if you took the first quiz!). Solve ten of these surnames using conventional cryptic clues.

There have been 43 U.S. Presidents who have borne 37 surnames. Out of these 37 surnames are ten answers to be found through conventional cryptic clues. See if you can figure them out.

Use conventional cryptic clues to come up with the names of famous battles.

Use conventional cryptic clues to solve the surnames of these well-known poets, all of whom wrote in the English language. All answers are last names.

Use methods known in solving cryptic crossword puzzles in order to decipher the names of well-known baseball players.