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APCs Weekly Monitor, March 27, 2009

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Pick the performer whose birthday is March 27.

    a) Mariah Carey
    b) Glenn Miller
    c) Aretha Franklin
    d) Tracy Chapman

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Last week's question:

In what year did someone first describe the NCAA basketball tournament as "March Madness?"

    a) 1973
    b) 1982
    c) 1969
    d) 1956

Answer: b) In 1982, sportscaster Brent Musburger was the first to apply the term "March Madness" to the NCAA tournament. However, it began life in 1939 as a description of the Illinois high school association basketball tournament.



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