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Quiz about Worldwide Sporting Greats Anagrams

Worldwide Sporting Greats Anagrams Quiz

Anagrams of some greats in their own sport throughout the world of sports. You'll get all the letters, and if that doesn't do it, you have pictures to help too. I hope you enjoy it. :)

A photo quiz by Nightmare. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
Nightmare

Time
7 mins

Type
Photo Quiz

Quiz #
336,366

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1006

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Nobody ever thought of this cricketer as a LEAD TRUNK, as he was the first-ever to score 17,000 runs in One Day Internationals. Who is this cricketing great?

Answer: (One Word Only)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Not like AN AFAR LADLE, this tennis great would break the streak of five consecutive Wimbledon men's tennis championships by Roger Federer in 2008. Who is this tennis player?

Answer: (Two Words, first and last name)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Although not born in MONTANA, this NFL quarterback was the first-ever to be awarded the NFLs Super Bowl MVP three times. What is the last name of this San Francisco Hall of Fame player?

Answer: (One Word, last name only)

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Question 4 of 10

4. NORA ADAM may have interviewed this Argentinian soccer player along the way, going to four World Cups. Who was this captain?

Answer: (One Word, last name only)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Golfing's British Open, known as The Open Championship, saw this golfer win his fifth Open Championship in 1983. He WON AT MOST five crowns of this major tournament. Who was this?

Answer: (Two Words, first and last name)

6. This 2005 Formula One Grand Prix driver broke Michael Schumacher's streak of five consecutive championships. He was seen by ONE FAR AS LONDON for breaking this Grand Prix streak. Who was this F1 driver that also won the championship in 2006?

Answer: (Two Words, first and last name)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Like a bolt of lightning, this 2008 Beijing Olympic Games track star set a world record in the 100m and 200m run. As A BUS LIT ON fire, there was no stopping this Jamaican. Who was this speedster?

Answer: (Two Words, first and last name only)

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Question 8 of 10

8. He was a RATHER LEAN DAD, but that didn't matter for his sport. He tied a record for winning seven titles in his sport before being killed in the sport that he loved. He had a son continue his name in the sport. Who was this Nascar racing driver?

Answer: (Two Words, first and last name)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Like a PEDANTRY OF LOST, this boxing heavyweight champion inherited the crown after defeating Archie Moore on November 30, 1956, and after the great Rocky Marciano announced his retirement, relinquishing his title. Who was this new boxing champion?

Answer: (Two Words,first and last name)

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Question 10 of 10

10. There was a somewhat of a HORNY ARENA in Major League Baseball as the fans were all itching for this player to break the immortal Babe Ruth's record of 714 career home runs in 1974. Who was this home run slugger?

Answer: (Two Words, first and last name)

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1. Nobody ever thought of this cricketer as a LEAD TRUNK, as he was the first-ever to score 17,000 runs in One Day Internationals. Who is this cricketing great?

Answer: Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar of India was also the first cricketer to score 14,000, 15,000, and 16,000 runs in ODI. Arguably the greatest batsman in cricket history, Tendulkar was also the first to ever score a double century in the history of ODI cricket. He was also the first cricketer to score 50 Test centuries, and the first to score 50 centuries in all international cricket combined.

2. Not like AN AFAR LADLE, this tennis great would break the streak of five consecutive Wimbledon men's tennis championships by Roger Federer in 2008. Who is this tennis player?

Answer: Rafael Nadal

Federer was the first tennis player to win five consecutive Wimbledons since Bjorn Borg ran a streak from 1976-1980. Roger won his from 2003-2007. Nadal beat Federer in the 2008 final, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5-7), 6-7(8-10), 9-7. Federer would take his crown back in 2009 over Andy Roddick. Nadal, having none of that, would win the 2010 Wimbledon crown once again, this time against Tomas Berdych.

3. Although not born in MONTANA, this NFL quarterback was the first-ever to be awarded the NFLs Super Bowl MVP three times. What is the last name of this San Francisco Hall of Fame player?

Answer: Montana

Joe Montana was born in Pennsylvania, and won his first Super Bowl MVP with the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XVI, then XIX and XXIV followed. He quarterbacked the 49ers from 1979-1992, then retired as a Kansas City Chief in 1994.

4. NORA ADAM may have interviewed this Argentinian soccer player along the way, going to four World Cups. Who was this captain?

Answer: Maradona

Diego Maradona played for Argentina, going to four World Cups from 1982-1994. He captained them in the 1986 tournament, taking Argentina to their victory over West Germany.

5. Golfing's British Open, known as The Open Championship, saw this golfer win his fifth Open Championship in 1983. He WON AT MOST five crowns of this major tournament. Who was this?

Answer: Tom Watson

Tom Watson won the Open Championship in 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, and his fifth in 1983. Tom won a total of eight major championships. He took a lot of media attention in 2009 when at almost 60 years of age, led much of the 2009 Open Championship but eventually lost in a four-hole playoff.

Answer: Fernando Alonso

Alonso stopped the Ferrari team and Michael Schumacher in 2005 and 2006. It was the first win for Renault with Jacques Villeneuve at the wheel since 1997.

7. Like a bolt of lightning, this 2008 Beijing Olympic Games track star set a world record in the 100m and 200m run. As A BUS LIT ON fire, there was no stopping this Jamaican. Who was this speedster?

Answer: Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt set new records in August 2008 at Beijing. On August 16, Bolt ran the 100m in 9.69. Only four days later on August 20, he set a new record in the 200m at 19.30.

Answer: Dale Earnhardt

Nicknamed "The Intimidator", Dale won seven Nascar auto racing championships between 1980-1994. He tied the championship record of the great Richard Petty who also won seven crowns. Petty won his final seventh championship in 1979, then Dale Earnhardt took over, winning his first in 1980.

He died in 2001 in the Daytona 500. His son Dale Jr, continued on in Nascar with the Earnhardt name.

Answer: Floyd Patterson

Marciano took the heavyweight crown in 1952, and is most noted for his career professional record of 47-0. He retired in 1956 and put the belt up for grabs. Patterson defeated Archie Moore via knockout in the fifth round, and became the youngest world heavyweight champion in history at the time, at the age of 21 years and 10 months.

Answer: Henry Aaron

Aaron, who played most of this career with the Braves, hit number 713 in 1973, just one short of tying the Babe's record. After receiving death and moronic racial threats to him and his family during the offseason, Henry took care of business on April 8, 1974, hitting number 715 off Dodger pitcher Al Downing. Hank would go on to hit 755 career home runs, retiring in 1976.

Source: Author Nightmare

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