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Quiz about One Cruyff Turn Deserves Another
Quiz about One Cruyff Turn Deserves Another

One Cruyff Turn Deserves Another Quiz


This quiz has some oddly named sporting terms to match against the description. It doesn't include the Cruyff Turn - a thing of beauty but just too difficult to describe in a sentence!

A matching quiz by Upstart3. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Upstart3
Time
4 mins
Type
Match Quiz
Quiz #
381,277
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
133
(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
QuestionsChoices
1. Cricket: bowler runs out the non-striker, who was "backing up"  
  Grinnell
2. Football/Soccer: player kicks the ball with kicking leg wrapped around standing leg  
  Barani
3. Rugby Union: high kick travelling a relatively short distance  
  Panenka
4. Figure skating: a jump taking off from a back inside edge   
  Mankad
5. Baseball: a benchmark average for poor batting ( _______ Line)  
  Mendoza
6. Trampolining: a forward somersault with a half twist  
  Salchow
7. Football/Soccer: penalty kick that is gently chipped into the goal   
  Yuko
8. Basketball: a fast flowing style of play, with mass substitutions, 3-point shots and full-court pressure ( _________ System)  
  Rabona
9. Judo: a one-point throw or hold  
  Bosie
10. Cricket: a leg-break that turns the "wrong" way  
  Garryowen





Select each answer

1. Cricket: bowler runs out the non-striker, who was "backing up"
2. Football/Soccer: player kicks the ball with kicking leg wrapped around standing leg
3. Rugby Union: high kick travelling a relatively short distance
4. Figure skating: a jump taking off from a back inside edge
5. Baseball: a benchmark average for poor batting ( _______ Line)
6. Trampolining: a forward somersault with a half twist
7. Football/Soccer: penalty kick that is gently chipped into the goal
8. Basketball: a fast flowing style of play, with mass substitutions, 3-point shots and full-court pressure ( _________ System)
9. Judo: a one-point throw or hold
10. Cricket: a leg-break that turns the "wrong" way

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Cricket: bowler runs out the non-striker, who was "backing up"

Answer: Mankad

In a Mankad dismissal, a bowler, spotting the non-striker from the batting team trying to gain an advantage by advancing down the pitch before the ball is delivered, knocks off the bails and runs them out. This was made famous by Vinoo Mankad (1917-1978) who was playing a test match for India against Australia in 1947.

The Australian media were outraged and bowlers have been vilified for this act ever since, because it is said to be "against the spirit of cricket". The great Don Bradman was firmly on Mankad's side: "I can't understand why [the press] questioned his sportsmanship ... By backing up too far or too early, the non-striker is very obviously gaining an unfair advantage."
2. Football/Soccer: player kicks the ball with kicking leg wrapped around standing leg

Answer: Rabona

This form of football trickery - kicking the ball with the wrong leg - was first recorded when Argentinian Ricardo Infante scored a 35-yard goal in a league game, while playing for Estudiantes de La Plata. A punning newspaper headline: "El infante que se hizo la rabona" (the child plays hooky) resulted in the take-up of the word "rabona". Many of the greats have used this in their armoury, including Pelé, Maradona and Zlatan Ibrahimoviæ.
The rabona moved to American Football when Toni Fritsch - an ex soccer player - performed one at a kick off for the Dallas Cowboys.
3. Rugby Union: high kick travelling a relatively short distance

Answer: Garryowen

The Garryowen, or up-and-under, is a very high punt sent almost vertically so that a team can rush at the opposition en masse and put them under pressure, arriving at the same time as the ball. The name comes from the Garryowen Football Club in Limerick, Ireland, a successful team that made notable use of the tactic. In rugby league, a similar ploy is called a bomb.
4. Figure skating: a jump taking off from a back inside edge

Answer: Salchow

The Salchow is named after the Swedish figure skater Ulrich Salchow (1877-1949), who won the World Figure Skating Championships ten times. He first landed his eponymous jump in competition in 1909.
5. Baseball: a benchmark average for poor batting ( _______ Line)

Answer: Mendoza

You are "below the Mendoza Line" if your batting average is below 0.2. The name is said to come from Mario Mendoza (born 1950), whose lifetime batting average was .215, in his MLB career at three teams: Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers.
6. Trampolining: a forward somersault with a half twist

Answer: Barani

The Barani is used in other disciplines besides trampolining, including gymnastics and dancing. It was named after a 19th century Italian circus performer called Alfonso Barani.
7. Football/Soccer: penalty kick that is gently chipped into the goal

Answer: Panenka

The Panenka is named after Antonín Panenka (born 1948), who sensationally scored the penalty in a shootout that won the UEFA European Football Championship for Czechoslovakia in 1976. His gentle dink completely fooled West Germany's goalkeeper, Sepp Maier.

It has since been done successfully by players such as Zinedine Zidane and Andrea Pirlo. It is a high risk tactic, and many players, including Neymar and Robin van Persie have come unstuck attempting to do a Panenka.
8. Basketball: a fast flowing style of play, with mass substitutions, 3-point shots and full-court pressure ( _________ System)

Answer: Grinnell

The Grinnell System is named after Grinnell College, Iowa. It was developed in 1993 by head coach David Arseneault whose high energy methods turned a losing team into regular college basketball high scorers. One player, Jack Taylor, scored 138 points in a 2012 game.
9. Judo: a one-point throw or hold

Answer: Yuko

A yuko is the lowest scoring move in judo, which can be scored in two ways. These are either from holding an opponent down for between 10 and 15 seconds, or by a throw that has only one of the three elements of an ippon - throwing the opponent largely on their back with considerable force and speed. An ippon would score 100 points and win the contest.
10. Cricket: a leg-break that turns the "wrong" way

Answer: Bosie

A Bosie, (aka Bosey) or googly, is one of the key surprise weapons in a leg spinner's armoury. Normally right handed leg spinners move the ball from right to left - from a right handed batter's legs to the off side. In a Bosie, a change of wrist action makes the ball go in the opposite direction, with the potential of catching out unsuspecting opponents.

The inventor of the delivery was Bernard Bosanquet (1877-1936), a leading amateur cricketer with Middlesex and England.
Source: Author Upstart3

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