In what year did Bobby Fischer play his famous Cold War chess match against Boris Spassky for the World Championship title?

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In which city was the 1972 World Chess Championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky held?

Chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer played a 1972 Cold War match against Soviets while allegedly receiving psychic help from a parapsychologist.

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The Soviet Union boycotted which Summer Olympics, choosing instead to host a rival 'Friendship Games' event in Moscow?

The Soviet Union skipped the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, but sent athletes to compete in a rival 'Friendship Games' in Moscow instead.

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Which country's rugby team toured apartheid South Africa in 1976, an act that triggered the largest boycott in Olympic history?

Kenya and Uganda boycotted the 1976 Montreal Olympics because New Zealand's rugby team played apartheid South Africa, triggering the largest Olympic boycott ever.

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In Game 2 of the 1991 NBA Finals, Michael Jordan made a famous mid-air switch of his layup from his right hand to his left. Who was he switching around?

Jordan later said he had no idea he was going to switch hands until he was already in the air — the move was pure instinct, not a planned play.

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What was Muhammad Ali's birth name before he changed it in 1964?

Muhammad Ali threw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio River after being refused service at a whites-only restaurant.

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Which horse won the Triple Crown in 1973 by a record 31 lengths at the Belmont Stakes?

Secretariat's heart weighed 22 pounds at autopsy, nearly three times the size of an average thoroughbred's heart.