Karsten Solheim, an engineer at General Electric, began making putters in 1959 in his garage, and one of his major innovations was to attach the shaft to the hollowed-out center of the blade in order to redistribute weight to the heel and toe and create a bigger, more forgiving sweet spot. What onomatopoeic name did he give to his putters, and, later, to his company?

There are only four teams in NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball history that have lost multiple national championship games, but only won a single title since the first tournament in 1939. Three of those teams are Syracuse, Georgetown, and Michigan. Name the fourth team, which defeated California for the title in 1960 and has lost four title games to (in chronological order) Oregon, Cincinnati, Cincinnati, and Florida.

Eric Heiden, with his five gold medals in men’s Olympic speed skating, is only sixth on the total career medals list in that discipline. The five men above him come from three different countries, two of which share the same first letter in their IOC country codes. Name two of the three countries. (Note: This does not include short track speed skating.)

In 2009, Rachel Alexandra’s triumph in Baltimore was the 11th and, until this year, last time in history that what specific feat was accomplished?

Among the top ten quarterbacks in career passing yards in UCLA history, two have gone on to win a postseason game as a starter in the NFL. One is a three-time Super Bowl champion and hall-of-famer, while the other won only a single playoff game (in the 2002-03 season), but won a Super Bowl ring in his last year in the NFL, 2005-06, as a back-up to Ben Roethlisberger. Name both.