CR Quiz #6 (Monday, Dec. 8, 2014) (15 Total Points)

 

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This Quiz is a rapid-fire test of your knowledge of Cycling Stars past and present.  You have 2 minutes to answer 15 questions.

Since 2000, which “Monument” (M-SR, Fland, P-R, LBL, Lomb) did each of the following riders win? (1 Point each)

1 Is Miguel ready for a 6th?
A. 1994
B. 1995
C. 1996  Bjarne Riis beat Indurain in 1996

2 Last stage excitement on the Champs Elysees!
A. 1986
B. 1989  LeMond’s great ITT to win the Tour by 8 seconds
C. 1990

3 Drama on La Plange
A. 1987  Stephen Roche saved his 1987 victory on the climb of La Plange
B. 1988
C. 1991

4 Merckx overwhelming ARRIVAL!!!
A. 1966
B. 1968
C. 1969  Tour rookie Merckx wins all 3 jerseys

5 An epic battle on the Puy de Dome!
A. 1960
B. 1962
C. 1964 

6 Festina drug scandal
A. 1997
B. 1998 
C. 1999
D. 2000

7 Assassins…!
A. 1910  Octave Lapize yelled at officials “assassins” at the top of the first climb of the Aubisque
B. 1911
C. 1912
D. 1913

8 Gino the Pious”, an Inspirational Win after 10 years
A. 1940
B. 1947
C. 1948  Gino Bartali helped Italy recover from WW2, Bartali also won in 1938
D. 1952

9 Gaul climbs to victory
A. 1955
B. 1958 
C. 1960
D. 1962

10 Suisse Cowboy Wins!
A. 1950
B. 1952
C. 1954
D. 1956

11 Zoetemelk finally wins
A. 1978
B. 1979
C. 1980
D. 1981
E. 1982

12 Hinault crashes, then wins
A. 1981
B. 1982
C. 1984
D. 1985
E. 1986

13 Last Tour before WW1
A. 1913
B. 1914
C. 1915
D. 1917
E. 1918

14 The “Tour of Suffering”
A. 1924
B. 1929
C. 1936
D. 1947
E. 1970

15 Victory of a moribund
A. 1929
B. 1935
C. 1938
D. 1942
E. 1952