The Guild of Victory Trivia Quiz

Answer: Biting and eye gouging

In addition to plain vanilla wrestling, there was also Pankration. It combined wrestling and boxing. Fun, fun, fun. Lest you think the ancients were too brutal, they did also outlaw genital holds, but finger-breaking could and did occur. According to Pausanias' "Description of Greece" (6.4.2) "[there is a statue of] Sostratus from Sikyon, nicknamed Finger-Grabber (Akrokhersites) because he would grab his opponent's fingers and break them, and not let go until they gave in." Next to Sostratus' statue, there is a statue of Leontiscus from Sicily, who, we are told, "did not know how to throw his opponents, but won by breaking their fingers"! This question was proudly brought to you by Guild member pu2-ke-qi-ri.

Answer: The game was pre-empted to show the made-for-TV movie adaptation of the children's book "Heidi"

The game had been running longer than anticipated due to an above average amount of scoring and penalties and a fight that resulted in the ejection of a player. NBC was contractually obligated to Timex, as the sponsor of the 7:00 movie, to start the premiere of "Heidi" at 7:00 sharp, whether the game was over or not. NBC executives had actually decided to breach the contract and show the game, but so many fans had called the network asking whether the game would be pre-empted and/or pleading with the network not to cut away, that the executives were actually unable to get through to the Broadcast Operations department to change the schedule.

While the opening credits to Heidi rolled, Charlie Smith scored a 42-yard touchdown to give the Raiders the lead.

After the touchdown, the Raiders kicked off, the Jets fumbled, and Raider Preston Ridelhuber recovered the fumble and ran it in for another touchdown. The final score of the game was announced in a crawl at the bottom of the screen, leading to more fan outrage and so many calls to the network that the switchboard blew at least 25 circuits. NBC issued an apology the next day, and it is now written into most sporting broadcast contracts that games be broadcast to their completion regardless of the score. This question was proudly brought to you by Guild member Eauhomme.

Answer: A plastic coffee cup

The incident happened in the 27th minute of the crucial derby battle. The match was played in high winds and the, now legendary, coffee cup was blown on to the pitch. When a Nottingham Forest defender attempted to pass the ball back for his goalkeeper to clear, the ball struck the cup, disrupting its path just enough to make the 'keeper, Barry Roche, miscue his clearance directly into the path of Derby striker, Paul Peschisolido who was able to calmly stroke the ball into the empty goal to put Derby 2-0 ahead. Derby went on to win the match 4-2 and at the end of the season, Derby survived relegation whilst their rivals, Forest, were unable to. This question was proudly brought to you by Guild member Snowman.

Answer: Cresta Run

The first organized competition in the sport was indeed held at the Cresta Run. It had five-passenger sleds. To get better steering, four runners were placed along the bottom. An artificial run with a gentler slope was built at St. Moritz, Switzerland in 1902.
This question was proudly brought to you by Guild member brainiac62.

Answer: Israel and Wales (Wales qualified)

In the Asian group, Israel should have met Turkey at the first qualifying round, Indonesia at the second and Sudan at the third. All three teams refused to play Israel, especially on Israeli ground, which meant that Israel would have qualified without playing a single minute. FIFA considered the case and decided that such qualification is against the spirit of the game.

Hence, a draw between the European teams which finished second on their qualifying groups was made, and Wales has won it. Wales, headed by the legendary John Charles, won both playoff games in Ramat Gan and in Cardiff 2:0 and qualified to the tournament in Sweden where it reached the quarter finals, where they were handed a 1:0 defeat by winners-to-be Brazil from a goal by a 17-year old lad named Pele. On a similar note, Denmark qualified to the 1992 Euro (European Football Championship), which was also held in Sweden, after war-infested Yugoslavia was disqualified. Denmark, who finished second on Yugoslavia's qualifying group, got the free ticket and went on to win the championship.

The final was a classic David and Goliath match where Denmark beat Germany 2:0. This question was proudly brought to you by Guild member Gentlegiant17.

Answer: Steve Sax

Second baseman Sax was the 1982 National League Rookie of the Year for the Dodgers, and had been a key player through their 1988 pennant campaign, stealing 42 bases and finishing 18th in the MVP voting. He didn't get the chance to be the hero of this game though, as eventual National League MVP Gibson anticipated the slider of Oakland reliever Dennis Eckersley (who had placed fifth in the American League MVP balloting that year and second in the Cy Young vote), and won the game in one of the most heroic episodes in baseball history.

As commentator Jack Buck exclaimed, "I don't believe what I just saw!" This question was proudly brought to you by Guild member Stuthehistoryguy.

Answer: Head butting Italian player Marco Matterazzi after being insulted

Without a doubt, Zidane's sad exit from the sport in which he had become a legend will go down in history. The highly controversial incident was chalked up to the Italian player taunting him about his sister being a prostitute and Zidane's reflecting upon it and then, head butting the Italian to the ground and being red carded.

Despite this incident, he still received the coveted 'Golden Ball' award for being the best player. Zidane publicly apologized to the youth who witnessed this incident but, said that he could not withdraw his response as he could not stand his family being insulted in this way.

He also repeated that in the last 10 minutes of his career. Did anyone think that he'd have done this if he had not been provoked? The story about his thigh being cursed by opposing teams from Africa actually was heard on the net but it was in the World Cup of 2002. This question was proudly brought to you by Guild member Bruyere.

Answer: Greg Chappell

Captain Greg Chappell ordered his brother Trevor to bowl underarm on the last ball of the match between Australia and New Zealand. The match ended in an Australian victory because New Zealand could not score an extra six runs off the last ball, which would have tied them in the game.
This question was proudly brought to you by Guild member Soozy_Woozy.

Answer: A false start went unnoticed by 30 of the of the 39 riders, who raced ahead anyway

The 1993 Grand National was called "the race that never was" by one announcer. The race was first delayed due to protesters spilling forth onto the track, and then there were two false starts because the starting tape got tangled among the horses and riders.

However, the flag indicating the second false start was never properly waved, and most riders proceeded to race. After the first of two laps, all but 11 of the riders either figured out the race was not on, or were eliminated by failing to negotiate fences. Seven horses and riders made it to the finish, clearing thirty obstacles on Aintree's grueling 7-kilometer (4.5 miles) course, only to learn they hadn't been supposed to be running.

The bomb hoax happened in 1997, and delayed the Grand National by two days. Emily Davison was indeed killed by a horse, but it was at the Epsom Derby in 1913. Emily's skull was fractured by King George V's horse, Anmer.

It was her final attempt at getting publicity for the women's suffragette movement, and it remains unclear whether her own gallop onto the track was suicidal or simply misguided. And finally, Maccabeus, disguised as Running Rein, was the four-year old which posed as a younger, more svelte colt of three years and was the disqualified winner of the 1844 Epsom Derby. This question was proudly brought to you by Guild member Kapuskasing.

Answer: The Comeback

Two of Buffalo's Pro Bowl players and future Hall of Famers didn't see much action in "The Comeback". Jim Kelly, the Bills quarterback, had suffered strained knee ligaments in the game before, and Bill's running back Thurman Thomas went down with a hip injury in the first half of the game.

These injuries did not deter the Bills in making the greatest comeback in NFL history. Backup quarterback Frank Reich threw for 160 yards and 2 touchdown passes with no interceptions, and backup running back Kenneth Davis amassed 104 yards on the ground and added a touchdown himself.

The Bills went on to play in the Super Bowl that year, where they got trucked by the Dallas Cowboys 52-17. This was the third Super Bowl that the Bills had gone to in a row and they would go the following year as well, unfortunately they lost all four championship games. This question was proudly brought to you by Guild member joemc37.