STAN'S WEEKLY TRIVIA CHALLENGE CONTEST NO. 105
Before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the 1976 Summer Games to Innsbruck, Austria, what two nations turned down IOC offers to host?

HOW TO WIN: Send your answer, with your full name and address, either by e-mail to TriviaBits@gmail.com, or on a postcard to Stan Newman's Trivia Challenge No. 105, P.O. Box 69, Massapequa Park, NY 11762. Only one submission per person, please. Answers must be received within seven days of publication. One winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries, who will receive a copy of Stan's new book "15,003 Answers: The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia," courtesy of Random House. Answer and winner will be announced in a future issue.

ANSWER TO TRIVIA CHALLENGE CONTEST NO. 98
The only U.S. state capital that is not the seat of the county in which it's located is Lansing, Michigan, mostly in Ingham County. (Ingham's county seat is Mason.) Winner: Pat Alfrey of Grangeville, Idaho.

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