10 Questions, 10 Sports (1) Trivia Quiz

Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. in New York NY in 1947, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the league MVP in 1971, 1972 and 1974 with the Bucks and in 1976, 1977 and 1980 with the Lakers. Bill Russell and Michael Jordan have five MVPs each, Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James four.

Answer: U.S. Open

A major championship has been won only eight times by a left-hander. Sir Bob Charles of New Zealand won the Open in 1963. Canada's Mike Weir won the 2003 Masters. Phil Michelson won the 2005 PGA and the Masters in 2004, 2006 and 2010. Bubba Watson won the Masters in 2012. Phil Michelson has finished second a record six time in the U.S. Open, but no left-hander had won that title when he won the Open in 2013.

Answer: Zaire

Ali won with an eighth-round KO in the fight held at the "20th of May Stadium" in Kinshasa, the capital of what was then Zaire and is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Answer: Istanbul, Turkey

Founded in 1903, Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu (Besiktas Gymnastics Club) moved into the new 43,500-capacity Vodafone Park in 2016. Fenerbahce Spor Kulubu (Fenerbahce Sports Club) have played at Ulker Stadium on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara since it opened in 1908.

Answer: Tom Brady (American Football)

Born in 1977, Brady is the only 70s-child amongst the four. Garcia was born in 1980, Kournikova in 1981, and Schumacher in 1969. Other sporting greats born in 1977 include Randy Moss, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Thierry Henry and Andrew Flintoff.

Answer: Ivan Lendl

Born in city of Ostrava in the far eastern corner of Czechoslovakia in 1960, Lendl reached 19 Men's Singles finals between 1981 and 1991, but won only eight of them. He is the only player in tennis history to have lost two or more finals at each of the four majors. Between 1982 and 1989 he reached eight consecutive finals at the U.S. Open, a record for any of the major championships.

Answer: Australian Rules Football

The AFL (Australian Football League) was state-based and called the Victorian Football Association when it began in 1897. It became the AFL in 1990 when it became a national competition (the league expanded to 18 teams in 2009). The most successful teams at that time (2009) were the Essendon Bombers and the Carlton Blues, each with 16 championship wins.

Answer: July

The local fans turn out in huge numbers throughout the Tour, but they particularly hope to see a Frenchman win on Bastille Day, July 14. Whilst French riders frequently win a number of stages during the race each year, the last Frenchman to finish in Paris wearing the 'maillot jaune' (yellow jersey) or the overall race leader was the legendary Bernard Hinault, five-time winner, in 1985.

Answer: Asafa Powell

Powell broke the world record three times between 2005 and 2007, lowering it from 9.78 to 9.74. His fellow-Jamaican, Usain Bolt, then lowered it to 9.72 in 2008 before putting it out of the reach of mere mortals at 9.58 in 2009.

Answer: Sir Don Bradman

Born Donald George Bradman in Cootamundra, New South Wales in 1908, the legendary Australian scored a remarkable 19 test centuries against England. It was his prolific scoring in Ashes tests that led to England adopting the fast leg-theory strategy (dubbed Bodyline bowling) during the controversial tour of 1932-33. Australia's Steve Waugh and West Indian legend Sir Gary Sobers are tied for second with 10 centuries each against England.