Pauls Sports Quiz 1 (Answers only)
ANSWERS
1. Four Answers
a: golf
b: darts
c: elephant polo
d: curling
2. Play golf on the moon
3. PYRRHIC A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with devastating cost to the victor. The phrase is an allusion to King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties when he defeated the Romans during the Pyrrhic War at Heraclea in 280 BC and Asculum in 279 BC.
4. Le?nidas da Silva Le?nidas da Silva (September 6, 1913 ? January 24, 2004) was a Brazilian football player and commentator. He played for Brazil in two World Cups. He was the top scorer of the 1938 World Cup. He was known as the "Black Diamond", and as the "Rubber Man" ? due to his elasticity. He was one of the pioneers of the bicycle kick.
5. Clearing the dung from the playing field
6. Both were Olympic gold medal winners who's medals were taken away due to doping. Waterford Crystal was a horse of course and was the Republic of Ireland's only gold medal winner in Athens 2004.
7. Jim Thorpe
8. Two answers:
Jimmy Connors and
Ilie (Nasty) Năstase. Ilie Năstase (born July 19, 1946, in Bucharest, Romania) is a former Romanian professional tennis player and one of the top players of the 1970s. Nastase was the World No. 1 in 1973 according to the Association of Tennis Professionals computer rankings, which placed him first from August 23, 1973, to June 2, 1974. In terms of public popularity, Năstase was then at the peak of his career, famous both for his technical and physical genius and for his good humour on court. But among referees and other players, his reputation for gamesmanship resulted in the nickname "Nasty" after several incidents where his temperament got the better of him. For one year, other players scorned him in locker rooms and did not speak to him.
9. Rowing, he was the coxswain
10. just whisky and cigars
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