Rotating Quiz #30
Peter Smyth
1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
3. In golf, what is the name of the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
4. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve, at 156mph?
5. In which city were the recent 2011 World Athletics Championships held?
6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest distance that female athletes
were able to compete in?
7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World Drivers
Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home games?
9. In which country will the 2011 Rugby World Cup be staged?
10. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers who between them hold all
four major heavyweight boxing titles?
Peter Smyth
Mark Brader
> Normal rules apply, answers will be posted in about three days time.
>
> 1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
Uruguay.
> 2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Uruguay.
> 3. In golf, what is the name of the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
Uruguay.
> 4. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve, at 156mph?
Uruguay.
> 5. In which city were the recent 2011 World Athletics Championships held?
Uruguay.
> 6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest distance that female athletes
> were able to compete in?
Uruguay.
> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World Drivers
> Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home games?
Uruguay.
> 9. In which country will the 2011 Rugby World Cup be staged?
Uruguay.
> 10. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers who between them hold all
> four major heavyweight boxing titles?
Uruguay.
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wrote:
> 1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
> 2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
> 3. In golf, what is the name of the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
> 4. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve, at 156mph?
> 5. In which city were the recent 2011 World Athletics Championships held?
> 6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest distance that female
> athletes were able to compete in?
> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World
> Drivers Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home
> games?
> 9. In which country will the 2011 Rugby World Cup be staged?
> 10. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers who between them hold
> all four major heavyweight boxing titles?
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Pete
news:9cqal4...@mid.individual.net:
> Normal rules apply, answers will be posted in about three days time.
>
> 1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
Epsom Downs
> 2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Uruguay
> 3. In golf, what is the name of the amateur equivalent of the Ryder
> Cup?
Walker Cup
> 4. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve, at
> 156mph?
Ivanicevic
> 5. In which city were the recent 2011 World Athletics
> Championships held?
Daegu, South Korea
> 6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest
> distance that female athletes were able to compete in?
1500 metres
> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World
> Drivers Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
Jackie Stewart
> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home
> games?
Rome
> 9. In which country will the 2011 Rugby World Cup be staged?
New Zealand
> 10. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers who between them
> hold all four major heavyweight boxing titles?
Klitschko
>
> Peter Smyth
>
>
Pete
Marc Dashevsky
> Normal rules apply, answers will be posted in about three days time.
>
> 1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
> 2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
> 3. In golf, what is the name of the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
> 4. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve, at 156mph?
> 5. In which city were the recent 2011 World Athletics Championships held?
South Korea
> 6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest distance that female athletes
> were able to compete in?
800 meters
> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World Drivers
> Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home games?
> 9. In which country will the 2011 Rugby World Cup be staged?
> 10. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers who between them hold all
> four major heavyweight boxing titles?
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John Masters
> Normal rules apply, answers will be posted in about three days time.
>
> 1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
> 2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
> 3. In golf, what is the name of the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
> 4. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve, at 156mph?
> 5. In which city were the recent 2011 World Athletics Championships held?
> 6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest distance that female
> athletes were able to compete in?
> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World
> Drivers Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home games?
> 9. In which country will the 2011 Rugby World Cup be staged?
> 10. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers who between them hold
> all four major heavyweight boxing titles?
>
> Peter Smyth
David
Aintree
> 2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Germany
> 6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest distance that female
> athletes were able to compete in?
Half Marathon?
> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World Drivers
> Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
Nigel Mansell
> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home
> games?
Rome
Erland Sommarskog
> 1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
> 2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
> 4. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve, at 156mph?
> 5. In which city were the recent 2011 World Athletics Championships held?
> 6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest distance that female
> athletes were able to compete in?
> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World Drivers
> Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home
> games?
> 9. In which country will the 2011 Rugby World Cup be staged?
Erland Sommarskog
>> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World
>> Drivers Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
>> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home
>> games?
>
> Uruguay.
is no racing driver named Uruguay, so you didin't want to make a fool of
yourself to make that guess in public?
Mark Brader
> is no racing driver named Uruguay, so you didin't want to make a fool of
> yourself to make that guess in public?
of a number followed by a period in that question not as part of the
question number.
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robpparker SPAM @foroptusnet.com.aume Rob Parker
> 1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
the answer.
> 2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
> 3. In golf, what is the name of the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
> 4. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve, at 156mph?
> 5. In which city were the recent 2011 World Athletics Championships held?
> 6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest distance that female
> athletes were able to compete in?
> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World Drivers
> Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home
> games?
> 9. In which country will the 2011 Rugby World Cup be staged?
> 10. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers who between them hold
> all four major heavyweight boxing titles?
Jeffrey Turner
> Normal rules apply, answers will be posted in about three days time.
>
> 1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
> 2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
> 3. In golf, what is the name of the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
> 4. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve, at 156mph?
> 5. In which city were the recent 2011 World Athletics Championships held?
> 6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest distance that female
> athletes were able to compete in?
440
> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World
> Drivers Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home games?
> 9. In which country will the 2011 Rugby World Cup be staged?
> 10. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers who between them hold
> all four major heavyweight boxing titles?
--Jeff
Joachim Parsch
> Normal rules apply, answers will be posted in about three days time.
>
> 1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
> 2. Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
> 3. In golf, what is the name of the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
> 4. Which tennis player holds the record for the fastest serve, at 156mph?
> 5. In which city were the recent 2011 World Athletics Championships held?
> 6. In the 1932 Olympics, what was the longest distance that female athletes were able to compete in?
> 7. Name a motor racing driver who has won both the Formula 1 World Drivers Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
> 8. In which Italian city does SS Lazio football club play their home games?
> 9. In which country will the 2011 Rugby World Cup be staged?
> 10. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers who between them hold all four major heavyweight boxing titles?
Joachim
Peter Smyth
>1. At which racecourse is the Grand National horse race held?
>were able to compete in?
>Championship, and the Indianapolis 500.
Jacques Villeneuve
>four major heavyweight boxing titles?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL
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0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Mark
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 Calvin
0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 Pete
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marc
1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 6 John
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 David
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 Erland
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 Rob
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeffrey
0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 Joachim
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4 7 2 0 5 0 3 7 5 3
So we have a four-way tie for the lead between Pete, John, Rob and Joachim.
As far as I can see, Joachim is the only one of the four not to have set a
quiz before, so I think it is over to him now.
Peter Smyth