The Wide World of Sports - Part I Quiz

Answer: Grzegorz LATO (Poland)

Grzegorz scored seven goals in the tournament. He also won a gold medal with Poland at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. He presented the national team on 35 occasions and scored 18 goals. During this same tournament, Neeskens (5 goals), Muller (4 goals) and Rivelino (3 goals).

Answer: Rutgers and Princeton

This first game resulted in a win for Rutgers 6-4. The game was played to a mixture of rugby-style rules, however, in 1880 Walter Camp (1859-1925) secured various rule changes and to this day is still considered the "Father of American Football". The game in the USA is the most-played sport at high school and college level.

Answer: Tony La Russa

Tony La Russa managed World series winners Oakland Athletics (AL-1989) and St. Louis Cardinals (NL-2006 and 2011). Frank Robinson was the first African-American to manager in the MLB and as a player, the first to win honours to win MVP in both leagues. Joe Torre was the first leaguer with 2,000 hits as a player and 2,000 wins as a manger. Yogi Berra played on 13 winning World series teams as a player for the New York Yankees and he also managed the NY Yankees (AL) and the NY Mets (NL) to the World series but lost on both occasions.

Answer: New York

The match between USA vs. The British Empire's Canadian Province was the first official international cricket match played in 1844 at St. George's Cricket Club, Bloomingdale Park, New York. The match took place over 2 days and was watched by nearly 20,000 spectators. The first official Test match was played in Melbourne in 1877 between Australia and England.

Answer: 1920 Summer Olympics (Antwerp - Belgium)

In 1920 in Antwerp seven teams competed with Canada winning the gold medal represented by the Winnipeg Falcons. Canada also won gold at the 1924 and 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1930 the first World Championships were held as an individual event in Chamonix, France. Canada again won gold represented by the Toronto CCMs.

Answer: Bobby Jones

Bobby Jones was the first player to have won all four majors in the same year. The year was 1930 when he won the US Open, US Amateur, British Open and the British amateur. At the time these were the four majors of golf as the Masters and US PGA only came into being in 1934 and 1960 respectively.

The Masters started in 1934 and although the US PGA started as a tournament in 1916 it was only considered as a major around 1960 with the advent of professional golf, when Arnold Palmer suggested he could win the The US Open, British Open, Masters and US PGA to match Bobby Jones feat of 1930. Nicklaus, Woods, Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazen are the only golfers up to 2015 who have won all four majors. No one has duplicated Jones feat of 1930 in the same year.

Answer: Giuseppe Farina (Italy)

Fangio (1911 - 1995) won the title in 1951, 54, 55, 56 and 1957, Ascari (1918 - 1955) won in 1952 and 53 and Hawthorn (1929-1959) was the first British winner in 1958. Giuseppe Farina (1906 - 1966) qualified as a doctor of law at Turin University and served in the Italian army during WWII.

Answer: Royal Perth Yacht Club

The Perth Yacht and Boat Club was started in 1880, however, it received a Royal Charter in 1890 and became the Royal Perth Yacht Club. The club staged an unsuccessful defence of the America's Cup in 1987.

Answer: Christi Cranz (Germany)

Cranz (1914 - 2004) also won three silver medals at the World Championships plus one gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Aamodt (b.1971) won a total of 12 medals with 5 being gold at the championships and five gold at the Olympics. Sailer (1935 - 2009) won seven gold at the World Championships and three gold at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Goitschel (b. 1945) won nine gold medals at the World Championships.

Answer: 10

There are three attackers, three midfielders, three defenders and one goalkeeper. Lacrosse has it's roots through the Native American Iroquois people who inhabited north-eastern USA around the 12th century. At the 1904 and 1908 Olympics, it was a medal-earning sport with Canada winning both gold medals.

There are six players per team in Box lacrosse which is played on a ice hockey rink once the ice has been removed or covered. There are 5 players per team in Intercrosse which is played on a field 20 metres wide and 40 metres long.

There are 11 players per team in a soccer and cricket match.