FunTrivia Sports Mix: Vol 17 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tokyo

Tokyo is the capital of Japan. The city was elected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 125th IOC Session held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2013.
[ the 2020 Olympics were held in 2021 ]

Question by player Matthew_07

Answer: A set of golf clubs

A green fee is the charge for playing a round of golf at a particular club. The price varies dramatically from place to place, and weekday prices are often cheaper, to encourage play when the course will be less crowded. Some courses also offer a reduced fee to play only nine holes, instead of the full eighteen.

A golf cart and/or caddie, if on offer, will generally cost you extra.

Question by player looney_tunes

Answer: bunker

There are bunkers (sandtraps) along many fairways on a golf course. When a golfer lands their ball in a bunker, they are urged to rake out their footprints so the next golfers have a clean bunker to hit out of.

Question by player vickilynn76

Answer: Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras is regarded as one of the all-time great tennis players. His 14 Grand Slam triumphs set a record. They include Wimbledon (seven), US Open (five), and the Australian Open (two). He never won the French Open and so did not complete a career Grand Slam.

His rivalry with fellow American Andre Agassi became legendary. Promoted by various Nike advertisements, they played a total of 34 times with Sampras winning 20 of those encounters.

Question by player nasty_liar

Answer: The sinking of the Titanic

The ballpark opened in April of 1912 with a college game on April 9th, and the first Red Sox game on April 20, 1912. The sinking of the Titanic, 15 April 1912, on its maiden voyage, overshadowed most news items of the day.

Question by player quigmonster

Answer: Woolworth

Also known more generically as the "dime-store split," a 5-10 split leaves the center pin of the third row and the right-most pin of the fourth row standing. This split is normally converted by rolling the ball into the 5-pin at such an angle as to drive it right and back to strike the 10-pin. To knock down both of these pins and thereby score the frame a "spare", the bowler must make this "killer shot." The F.W. Woolworth Company operated what were popularly called "five and dime" or "five and ten cent" stores from 1912-1997.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers beat the Chiefs in Super Bowl I.

Question by player Stonecreek

Answer: Ian Botham

Sir Ian Botham was arguably one of England's greatest cricket all-rounders, while the other answers were primarily batsmen. In the United Kingdom's 2020 political honours, he became Baron Botham of Ravensworth, swapping Lord's (London Cricket Ground) for the House of Lords.

When he retired from cricket in 1992, Botham had played 102 test matches for England, taking 383 wickets and scoring 5,200 runs. He has also been an active worker for children's leukaemia research, having undertaken a number of long-distance walks to raise money for, and awareness of the disease.

Question by player psnz

Answer: Mawashi

The Grand Sumo Tournament (Bash or Basho) takes place annually in Japan during the month of May. Sake is Japanese rice wine. Sukiyaki is a type of Japanese food. A "Tamagotchi" is a hand-held interactive digital pet, created in Japan in the 1990s.

Question by player Booklover17

Answer: Tonya Harding

Her association with the attack on Nancy Kerrigan prior to the 1994 Olympics overshadowed her career, but Tonya Harding was once a talented figure skater. She landed the triple axel when she won the 1991 U.S. Championship, and repeated the feat when she placed second at the World Championships later that year. Japanese skater Midori Ito had become the first-ever woman to land a triple axel in competition in 1988.

Question by player PDAZ