Greatest Upsets of All Time
Challenge your sports trivia fans to questions on sport's greatest upsets! From college to the pros to the olympics, relive the triumph and the agony!
15 questions · Published July 6, 2020
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
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1. Which team upset the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2004 NBA Finals, leading to the Lakers trading superstar center, Shaquille O'Neal?
The Los Angeles Lakers were heavily favored to win the 2004 NBA Finals but lost to the Detroit Pistons in five games. The Lakers essentially collapsed after the season with head coach, Phil Jackson, abruptly resigning, and the team trading away superstars, Shaquille O'Neal and Gary Payton.
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2. In the 2006-2007 season, which Western Conference team upset the Dallas Mavericks, winners of a league-leading 67 regular season games, in the first round of the playoffs?
The Dallas Mavericks led the entire NBA in 2006-2007 with 67 regular-season wins but were upset by the eighth-seeded Golden State Warriors in the first round of the Western Conference Finals.
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3. Which team upset the undefeated New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII?
The New England Patriots went a perfect 16-0 during the 2007 regular season, the first team to do since the 1972 Miami Dolphins, but lost Super Bowl XLII to the New York Giants, the first NFC wild card team to win a Super Bowl.
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4. Which quarterback guaranteed the New York Jets would upset the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III?
Joe Namath made the bold guarantee three days before the Super Bowl and then led the New York Jets, nineteen point underdogs, to victory over the Baltimore Colts.
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5. Which team, up 3-0 in the series, would ultimately lose the 2004 ALCS to the Boston Red Sox, 4-3?
The Boston Red Sox became the first (and, as of 2022, only) team to come back from 0-3 series deficit to win the 2004 ALCS against their bitter rivals, the New York Yankees.
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