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Kara and Sandy researched and wrote the Sheer Dallas quiz for the show, which appears on The Learning Channel. Here it is at Discovery’s Web site:

http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/sheerdallas/sheerdallas.html

Click on the “take the Dallas quiz” link to the left.

A few days ago, discovery.com requested that we put together a quick quiz to honor the homes of the two pro baseball teams that have made it to the 2004 World Series, the (Boston) Red Sox and (St. Louis) Cardinals. Here’s the result:

1)    What team won both previous World Series meetings between the Red Sox and the Cardinals, in 1946 and 1957?
a)    Boston
b)    St. Louis

2)    American inventor, statesman and philosopher Benjamin Franklin was born in which World Series city?
a)    Boston
b)    St. Louis
c)    Neither

3)    Which of this year’s World Series cities also once hosted the summer Olympic Games?
a)    Boston
b)    St. Louis
c)    Neither
d)    Both

4)    The name of the main airport in which World Series city begins with the letter “L”?
a)    Boston
b)    St. Louis
c)    Neither
d)    Both

5)    Baseball legends Joe Garagiola, Yogi Berra, Earl Weaver and Harry Caray were born in which World Series city?
a)    Boston
b)    St. Louis

6)    Which of this year’s World Series cities once had teams in both the American League and National League?
a)    Boston
b)    St. Louis
c)    Neither
d)    Both

7)    Which World Series city’s Post newspaper had a circulation of over 500,000 during World War I, making it the nation’s largest at that time?
a)    Boston
b)    St. Louis

8)    Cy Young, who won more games than any other MLB pitcher (but never won the Cy Young award), played for which city’s team?
a)    Boston
b)    St. Louis
c)    Neither
d)    Both

9)    Famed pilot Charles Lindbergh, the first to fly solo across the Atlantic, was born in which World Series city?
a)    Boston
b)    St. Louis
c)    Neither

10)    Which World Series city was home to a professional sports team that ended up playing in Atlanta?
a)    Boston
b)    St. Louis
c)    Neither
d)    Both

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Article on Sandy and Kara, interviewed by Paul Paquet of the Trivia Hall of Fame:

http://www.triviahalloffame.com/sandywood.aspx

Sandy & Kara edited and added additional material to a Made in America quiz for the John Ratzenberger-hosted show on The Travel Channel. The quiz also appears on the Microsoft Encarta site.

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/quiz/quiz.aspx?QuizID=157

Kara and Sandy researched and wrote the Rio Carnival quiz for The Travel Channel:

http://www.travelchannel.com/destinations/mexico_latina/rio/quiz/quiz.html

No gum chewing or cell phones allowed.