Answer: Kevin Moran
The 1985 FA Cup Final was contested between Manchester United and Everton, who had won the trophy the previous year. After a game of few chances, the score was still 0-0 after the 90 minutes, and so went to extra time, during the first half of which, neither team could find the net.
On the 110th minute, however the deadlock was broken when Norman Whiteside managed to curl the ball around the Everton pairing of defender, Pat Van Den Hauwe and goalkeeper, Neville Southall to score what would turn out to be the winning goal.
Ultimately though, although Manchester United won on the day, the match is best remembered for their defender, Kevin Moran setting an unwanted record of being the first player ever to be sent off in the game. His red card was shown after he brought down Everton's Peter Reid, in what was adjudged to be a professional foul, and despite his protestations, which included stopping the referee from walking away, he had to leave the pitch, becoming an unwanted first as well as becoming an opening question in a Fun Trivia quiz.
From Quiz: Get Outta Here
Answer: 300
A perfect game involves bowling 12 strikes. The scoring system states that a strike will be scored as ten points plus the value of the next two bowls. If a strike is bowled in the final (tenth) frame, an additional two more bowls are allowed to add to the total points value of the tenth frame.
Grazio Castellano bowled the first live televised 300 game way back in 1953.
From Quiz: Perfect Score. Sporting Perfection
Answer: Field Goal
If a team is down by less than 3 points in overtime, a field goal is often the easiest and fastest way to win the game.
From Quiz: It's All About the Score
Answer: Royal & Ancient
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, aka the Home of Golf, is based at St. Andrews in Scotland and has a history going back to 1754. The modern R&A has now been separated from the club through the creation of an independent corporate structure in 2004. It is still based at St. Andrews. As well as its governance role, the R&A is also responsible for organising the annual Open Championship in the UK.
From Quiz: Who Makes the Rules?
Answer: Cricket
This originated in cricket, where player H H Stephenson took three wickets in three consecutive balls for the All-England XI in 1858. A collection was taken for his accomplishment and a hat purchased. In 1940s Toronto, a haberdasher gave a hat to any Maple Leaf player scoring three goals in an ice-hockey match and even today at ice hockey matches it is customary to throw hats on the ice to commemorate this feat. A hat trick in marbles is to hit all marbles on a single turn and in soccer it is to score three goals in a match.
From Quiz: What Did That Come From?
Answer: 5
1 Centre, 2 Guards and 2 forwards.
From Quiz: How Many?
Answer: dig
A dig is especially exciting in 2 on 2 beach volleyball. The digger usually bounces right back up with sand all over them (and sometimes blood)to spike the ball over the net after their partner sets it.
From Quiz: Sports Terminology
Answer: Ice hockey
This surface is ice.
From Quiz: Sports Rule
Answer: Butterfly
In the sport of swimming, when performing an individual medley, the first stroke is the butterfly. The individual medley is a combination of four different swimming styles: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. The order in which these strokes are performed in the individual medley is butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and finally freestyle. The butterfly stroke is known for its unique and challenging technique, where swimmers use a dolphin-like motion with both arms moving simultaneously. It requires a great deal of upper body strength and coordination. Fun fact: The butterfly stroke was not always a part of competitive swimming. It was introduced as a separate stroke in the 1930s and later became one of the four strokes used in the individual medley.
From Quiz: Sports Rules
Answer: Myles Garrett
With just eight seconds left in the game between the Browns and the Steelers, defensive end Garrett wrestled Steelers quarterback, Rudolph to the ground after he had completed a short pass. While on the ground, Rudolph pulled on Garrett's helmet, and on rising to their feet, it was Garrett who lost his cool. pulling Rudolph's helmet off completely, and then swinging it at him, striking him on the head with it during the ensuing brawl.
The melee also saw Steelers centre, Maurkice Pouncey and Browns defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi ejected for their actions, but for his part, Garrett served the second longest suspension ever handed down by the NFL, from November 15th 2019 to February 12th 2020, as well as being hit with a fine of $45,623.
From Quiz: Get Outta Here
Answer: Romania
The electronic scoreboard wasn't set up for such a score, and her score appeared as 1.0, but the knowledgeable crowd knew what was going on and gave a standing ovation.
Nadia would go on to score six more perfect scores at the Montreal Olympics and walk away with 3 gold and 1 silver medal.
She defected to the US in 1989.
From Quiz: Perfect Score. Sporting Perfection
Answer: Five minutes
Where ties are not allowed and a winner must be decided, successive overtime tie-breakers are played until a clear winner is decided. As many as six overtime periods have been necessary to determine a winner in an NBA game. In exhibition games (non-professional or non-competitive play), the coaches and/or organizers are free to decide whether overtime is to be played or not.
From Quiz: Stop, Take Some Time to Think
Answer: Jules Rimet
Rimet was president of FIFA, soccer's international governing body between 1921 and 1954. He is credited with conceiving the first World Cup competition which was held in 1930. The Jules Rimet trophy was presented to Brazil in perpetuity after their third triumph in 1970. Sadly, it was stolen in 1983 and never seen again.
Drewry (1955-61), Rous (1961-74), and Havelange (1974-98) also served as presidents.
From Quiz: Who Makes the Rules?
Answer: The origin is unknown
Although the USGA (United States Golf Association) asserts that it comes from the French word, dormir (to sleep), meaning that a player in that position can be relaxed enough to snooze, other sources suggest that it comes from lucky sightings of dormice or even has associations with Mary, Queen of Scots (a keen golfer). Whatever the origin, it would be wise not to sleep in this position, as Mark Calcaveccia found to his cost in the Ryder Cup in 1991. Dormie-four over Colin Montgomerie, he lost the last four holes and Monty halved the match, so being dormie is not an impregnable position.
From Quiz: What Did That Come From?
Answer: 11
Before it was 21, but officials changed it to 11 to speed up the game.
From Quiz: How Many?
Answer: bicycle kick
In the 1980 movie "Victory", Pele made a perfect bicycle kick. A scissors kick is from the side. The other two are non-existent.
From Quiz: Sports Terminology
Answer: 26.2 miles
A marathon is a long-distance running race with an official distance of 26.2 miles. The origin of the marathon can be traced back to ancient Greece, where a messenger named Pheidippides is said to have run from the city of Marathon to Athens to deliver news of a military victory. According to legend, Pheidippides collapsed and died after completing the run, which is why the marathon distance is now associated with endurance and physical exertion. Today, marathons are held all over the world, attracting thousands of participants and spectators. The race has become a symbol of human determination and the ultimate test of one's physical and mental strength.
From Quiz: Sports Rules
Answer: Ben Flower
Just two minutes into the 2014 Super League Grand Final, with Wigan on the attack, their prop, Ben Flower, dropped a pass near the try line. Flower vented his frustration by punching St. Helens scrum-half Lance Hohaia, in the face, knocking him out. As Hohaia lay motionless on the pitch, Flower straddled him and delivered another punch to his face.
Flower was rightly sent off for this attack, which was the cause of a mass brawl, and Wigan went on to lose the match by a score of 14-6, having to play the remaining 78 minutes of the game with 12 men.
For his attack, Flower was given a six month ban from the sport, while Hohaia retired from the game in April 2015 due to recurrent concussion symptoms, caused by the punches.
From Quiz: Get Outta Here
Answer: 6
Torvill and Dean claimed the British, European, Olympic and World Championship titles through their careers. Turning professional after the 1984 Olympics, the pair returned to the Lillehammer Olympics ten years later and claimed the bronze medal.
Since the scoring scandals which engulfed figure skating at the 2002 Olympics the 6.0 scoring system has been replaced by the International Scoring Unioun scoring system.
From Quiz: Perfect Score. Sporting Perfection
Answer: The baseball bat is rounder and narrower.
The business end of a cricket bat is a wide, wooden blade. The back face, pointing towards the batsman, has a ridge running down the vertical centerline; the front face, which strikes the ball, is flat. A handle is attached at the top. The overall look is quite different from that of a baseball bat, which is a single piece of wood (or, for amateurs, metal) in a round, barrel shape. The business end of the bat, where the batter hopes to connect with a pitched ball, is wider than the handle, but it's still much narrower than a cricket bat. At its widest, a baseball bat is not supposed to exceed 2.61 inches (6.63 cm) in diameter, whereas the blade of a cricket bat can be up to 4.25 inches (10.8 cm) wide. The two kinds of bat have similar length: 38 inches (96.5 cm) for a cricket bat, and 42 inches (107 cm) for a baseball bat.
In other words, Marcus can't simply borrow some bats from James and the other cricketers. He'll have to call another friend and hope he can bring a few!
From Quiz: Needful Things
Answer: two
During the time that a player is in the penalty box, his or her team must play short-handed until the penalty is over OR until the other team has scored a goal. The player can leave the box immediately as soon as the other team scores, even if the full penalty has not been served.
From Quiz: Stop, Take Some Time to Think
Answer: Comic strip
Although the origin of the word is unknown, and may have its roots in the perjorative 'Polack', it was popularised in American Ham Fisher's comic strip, devised in 1921, that ran from 1930 for over half a century. The eponymous hero, Joe Palooka was, in the words of Ham Fisher, "...a big, good-natured prize fighter who didn't like to fight; a defender of little guys; a gentle knight." He was based on Pete Latzo, a world welterweight champion in the 1920s.
From Quiz: What Did That Come From?
Answer: 14
There used to be no limit to clubs. Some people took over 30 clubs, while some people, like 1913 US Open winner Francis Ouimet, took less than 10 clubs.
From Quiz: How Many?
Answer: turkey
A total turkey can be worth anywhere from 60 to 90 points depending on your next couple of frames. 12 strikes in a row is a perfect game of 300.
From Quiz: Sports Terminology
Answer: 5
The extra point kick is worth 2 points. A penalty kick is worth 3, and a drop kick worth 3 as well.
From Quiz: Sports Scoring
Answer: 11
They must not surpass 12mm in length and 4mm in diameter.
From Quiz: Sports Rules / Laws
Answer: Swimming
Regular polo is played on horseback, track is running.
From Quiz: Sports Rule
Answer: Ayrton Senna
In qualifying for the opening race of the 1988 season, held at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Senna in his first outing for McLaren Honda, put his car on pole, ahead on the Williams of Nigel Mansell in second and Senna's team mate, Alain Prost in third.
On race day, during the parade lap immediately prior to the race, Senna's gear selector broke and he was stuck in first gear for the entire lap and then as the race was about to start, Senna stalled his engine, causing the start to be abandoned.
Senna took this opportunity to switch to the spare McLaren, and start the race from the pit lane at the back of the grid, and began to pass other cars at an incredible rate, which meant that by lap 20, he was in second place behind team mate Prost.
On lap 27, Senna pitted, and dropped to sixth place, but shortly after his stop, his race was over when he was black flagged for switching to the spare car after the green flag following the parade lap.
From Quiz: Get Outta Here
Answer: Baseball
To pitch the perfect game a pitcher (or combination of pitchers) must not allow any batter to make it to first base, in a full nine innings match, be it via a hit or walk. Even if the pitcher is on fire he can still be undone by fielding errors.
From Quiz: Perfect Score. Sporting Perfection
Answer: Hoops or wickets
In croquet, a player hits a ball with a two-headed mallet in an effort to propel it underneath a small arch pressed into the grass. The arch may be called a hoop or (especially in the United States) a wicket, and need not actually be curved in shape; its top is usually somewhere a little above ankle height. In general, there's a particular order in which players should run their balls through the hoops (and perhaps around a stake or two), although the specific layout and rules depend on where you are and what variant you're playing. It's going to be tough to play any type of croquet without wickets, but perhaps Anita and Dave can at least get in some practice.
Bases or bags are used in baseball; nets are used in a variety of sports including volleyball and tennis; and tees are featured in golf and a children's baseball variant called t-ball.
From Quiz: Needful Things
Answer: The team at bat scores 1 run
When the pitcher hits the batter he automatically gets a walk to first base. If the bases are loaded (a player on every base) the player on 3rd base automatically scores one run.
From Quiz: It's All About the Score
Answer: 130 cm
The bullseye must be 130cm (51.2in) from the ground. Different size targets are used for different competitions. The target is 122cm (48in) in diameter for the 60m, 70m and 90m men's competitions. An 80cm (31.5in) target is used for 30m, 40m and 50m men's competitions (with one exception, the Standard Bow round).
Thanks to the International Archery Federation/Federation Internationale de Tir A L'Arc (FITA) website for the information.
From Quiz: Rules Level The Playing Field
Answer: Haddock
Charlton is known as 'the Addicks'. Although some believe it comes from the south London pronounciation of 'addicts' or 'athletic', the more likely theory is that it came from a local fishmonger, Arthur Bryan, who rewarded the team with haddock ('addick). As far back as 1908, cartoons call the team 'The Haddocks'.
From Quiz: What Did That Come From?
Answer: 11
There are many different combinations that coaches use, like 4-3-3, or 4-2-4. You will notice that these only add up to 10. This is because the Goalkeeper isn't counted.
From Quiz: How Many?
Answer: scratch
After you scratch or miss your target ball, your opponent gets "ball in hand". They get to put the cue ball anywhere on the table to help the make their next shot. With the right English, they may even be able to run out the table after a ball in hand.
From Quiz: Sports Terminology
Answer: 10
Degree of difficulty and execution are key when diving.
From Quiz: Sports Scoring
Answer: 5 cm
After completion of each round, the bar must be raised by the minimum of 5cm. The exact height must be announced to the judges before jumping commences. Measurements are taken to the upper edge of the bar.
From Quiz: Sports Rules / Laws
Answer: 4
On a hole that is 390 yards long in golf, par would be 4. In golf, par is the predetermined number of strokes that a skilled golfer should require to complete a hole. It is based on the length and difficulty of the hole, with longer and more challenging holes having a higher par. Par serves as a benchmark for golfers to measure their performance, with scores below par considered good and scores above par indicating room for improvement. Interestingly, par can vary depending on the type of golf course, as different courses may have different lengths and levels of difficulty.
From Quiz: Sports Rules
Answer: Cricket
For the first time ever in the history of the sport, cricket umpires had the power to show a red card from September 2017. It was stressed, when the new law was unveiled that the red card would only be used in cases of extreme ill discipline, such as "threatening an umpire, physically assaulting another player, umpire, official or spectator, or any other act of violence on the field of play.", and the law was mainly aimed at curbing the rise of unacceptable behaviour in club cricket rather than at international level.
Maybe it's just me, but I find it almost unbelievable that any sport managed to go over 170 years without any means of ejecting a player from a game.
From Quiz: Get Outta Here
Answer: 10
The inner ring is coloured gold and is itself divided in two, the inner ring scores the same 10 points as the outer but is used to determine 'tie-breaks'. Archery was introduced as an Olympic sort in 1900.
From Quiz: Perfect Score. Sporting Perfection
