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Wide World of Sport
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Wide World of Sport
| Who won the 2002 FIFA World Cup? | The Wide World of Sports (boltis) |
Brazil. The 2002 FIFA World Cup was held in Japan and South Korea. Brazil won the final 2-0 against Germany. The two goals were scored by Ronaldo.
| Who won the 1994 FIA Formula One world championship? | World Sports (Lietuva) |
Michael Schumacher. Michael Schumacher was the 7 time F-1 champion (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). He retired after the 2006 championships.
| While I see a lot of fishing on television, who really wants to spend their time watching people try to catch fish. However, a different much cooler sport involves people in a kind of mix between a boat and a raft. The sport involves people paddling, but only on one side of the boat, switching sides every couple of minutes. What sport is this? | Sick of Major Sports? (Diceazed) |
Canoeing. The first canoe was built by the Carib Indians of the Carribean Islands. The word "canoe" was first spelled "kenu," which meant dugout. In 1924, canoeing became a demonstration sport in the Olympics, but did not become an official Olympic sport until 1936. Now I ask you, doesn't this seem a bit more fun than catching fish?
| Which two objects were hurled during the ancient Greek Olympics? | The History of Sports (Melba) |
| Which team won the NBA championship title in 2006? | World Sports (Lietuva) |
Miami Heat. Miami Heat won their first ever championship title around Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade (finals MVP), Antoine Walker, Alonzo Mourning, Gary Payton, and Jason Williams.
| Which soccer team won the World Championship in 2006? | World Sports (Lietuva) |
Italy. Italy won against France in the finals. After Zinedine Zidane got a red card, France lost all of their chances. Italy won in overtime 5-3.
| Which ice dancing pair was in third place in the 2006 European figure skating championships? | World Sports (Lietuva) |
Drobiazko and Vanagas. Margarita Drobiazko was born on December 21, 1971. She started skating at 6-years old. Povilas Vanagas was born in 1970. They took 5th place in the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
| Which event in the Olympic Games determined the best all-around athlete? | The History of Sports (Melba) |
| Which country won the hockey championships in the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics? | World Sports (Lietuva) |
Sweden. Sweden won the 2006 Olympics and the World Hockey Championship.
| Where is hockey player Darius Kasparaitis from? | World Sports (Lietuva) |
Lithuania. Darius was born in Lithuania. When he was young he moved to Russia and then moved to the USA. He was the best defensive player in the NHL in 2004 and 2005 with the New York Rangers.
| What was basketball player Lebron James' nickname in 2005? | World Sports (Lietuva) |
King James. Lebron James was drafted number 1 in the 2003 NBA draft by the Cavaliers and took 'King James' to Cleveland.
| What do the five linked rings on the Olympic flag stand for? | The Wide World of Sports (boltis) |
The continents which participate. The five rings represent the participating nations and the five colours represent those nation's flags.
| What are Virgilijus Alekna's wins? | World Sports (Lietuva) |
2 times Olympic, 2 time World, and 1 time European. Virgilijus Alekna is a famous Lithuanian athlete. He was born on February 13, 1972, in Terpeikiai near Kupiskis, Lithuania. He was a discus thrower.
| Time to pick on baseball. I'm sorry, I just don't see where the fun is in swinging a bat around? However, I noticed that there is a different sport where people use swords to strike their opponents. They do of course, wear special jackets and masks for protection. What sport is this? | Sick of Major Sports? (Diceazed) |
Fencing. Fencing can be thought of as the Three Musketeers, protective clothing, and a scoring system all put together. It involves a large variety of attacks, such as the "parry" or "thrust." This sport is quite exciting, and is shown in movies a lot, but unfortunately gets little public recognition.
| This exhilarating sport involves players using a curved basket to launch a ball against the front wall with enough speed that their opponent cannot catch it or return it. What is the name of this sport? | Sick of Major Sports? (Diceazed) |
Jai-alai. The ball used in jai-alai, although it weighs only 4.5 ounces, has been clocked in play at more than 185 miles per hour, enough to shatter bulletproof glass. Well, I hope you enjoyed this quiz. Please rate it if you get a chance, and send me a note if you think it was good(or bad!, or find an error). As for me, I am soon hoping for several new sports to be widely recognized, such as synchronized lawn-mowing and underwater basket-weaving. But until then, I think I'll stick to the lesser known sports of this world.
| The Rugby Union players from which country are referred to as the "All Blacks"? | The Wide World of Sports (boltis) |
New Zealand. Rugby Union is New Zealand's national sport. The All Blacks are generally regarded as the most famous and feared national rugby union team on the globe.
| The event in the Olympic Games which determined the best all-around athlete: in this event the athlete participated in ____________ different sports? | The History of Sports (Melba) |
| The ancient Greeks had boxing matches that were very different from today's matches. At first, they wore ____________ on their hands instead of gloves? | The History of Sports (Melba) |
| The ancient Greek boxers fought until one person ____________ ? | The History of Sports (Melba) |
| Tennis, in my humble opinion, is quite overrated. I truly see no pleasure in watching two people hitting a small yellow ball at each other. However, the other day, I saw two people playing a sport that I found much more interesting. They used a net, which was raised higher than the tennis net, two rackets, and something which resembled a ball yet they told me that it is called a shuttlecock, but that many people refer to it as a birdie. What is the name of this fascinating sport? | Sick of Major Sports? (Diceazed) |
Badminton. Surprisingly enough, it is estimated that about 200 million people worldwide play badminton. The deadliest attacking stroke in badminton is called a smash. The hardest smash ever recorded was at over 160mph. Well, that certainly adds some excitement to the game.
| Nothing against cross country skiing, but it truly gets very boring after watching it for a while, so let us mix it up with something. I know, how about target shooting. When we mix these two, we get a sport where competitors must shoot and then race 10 kilometers. What sport is this? | Sick of Major Sports? (Diceazed) |
Biathlon. In biathlon, competitors must stop at four areas to shoot at an electronic target, and then race 10km. While racing those 10 km, they must stop after 3 kilometers and after 7 kilometers to shoot at a target. If they miss, they must cover a 150m handicap. This takes 15-20 seconds to do, so missing the target is generally not favored by competitors.
| Javier Sotomayor became the first high jumper to clear eight feet. In which year did he establish this record? | The Wide World of Sports (boltis) |
1993. Javier Sotomayor was from Cuba and set this record at Salamanca. He jumped at 2.45 meters, or 8'-1/2".
| In which sport is the Davis Cup associated with? | The Wide World of Sports (boltis) |
Tennis. The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The women's equivalent is the Fed Cup.
| In which NBA team has Arvydas Sabonis played? | World Sports (Lietuva) |
Portland Trail Blazers. Arvydas Sabonis played in Portland after the Trail Blazers team paid for his knee operation. Arvydas played for Portland from 1995-2003. He was runner-up for the Rookie of the Year award and the Sixth Man award.
| In the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the most runs scored by an individual was 659. Who achieved this? | The Wide World of Sports (boltis) |
Matthew Hayden. In the World Cup, Matthew Hayden from Australia scored the fastest World Cup hundred (off 66 balls) for Australia against South Africa, one ball quicker than the previous record set by Canandian, James Davison.
| In ancient Greek boxing ___________ ? | The History of Sports (Melba) |
any blows were permitted.
| I must say that golf is extremely boring. The other day, however, we played a game that resembled miniature golf, but involved using mallets rather than clubs. Also, the ball was much larger and heavier, and rather than attempt to hit it into a hole, the purpose is to send the ball through a series of wickets. Which lawn game am I referring to? | Sick of Major Sports? (Diceazed) |
Croquet. Fairly difficult, but most enjoyable.
| How many players are on a cricket field at one time for one team? | The Wide World of Sports (boltis) |
11. There are 11 players on the fielding team plus the 2 batsmen on the other team.
| How many of you have ever watched a swimming competition? Doesn't it get very boring? Handball, a much lesser known sport than swimming, is still not very exciting. Yet when we mix the two sports together, we get a great game played in the water, where players try to throw the ball in a goal. See what happens when you put two sports together to make one. What is the name of this very fun sport? | Sick of Major Sports? (Diceazed) |
Water Polo. In the 2000 Olympic games, Hungary won the men's gold medal, Russia took the silver, and Yugoslavia won bronze. Australia took home the women's gold medal, with the United States taking silver and Russia taking bronze. I really enjoyed watching water polo a lot more than I ever enjoyed watching soccer or any other sports that involve a ball and a goal.
| How many holes does a golf course usually consist of? | The Wide World of Sports (boltis) |
18. A golf course consists a series of holes, tee and green. They usually have 18 holes if not 9.
| How many Australian Football League teams were located outside of Victoria in 2007? | The Wide World of Sports (boltis) |
6. Those teams were the Sydney Swans, Brisbane Lions, Port Adelaide Power, Adelaide Crows, Fremantle Dockers, and West Coast Eagles.
 Frequently Asked Questions about Wide World of Sport
- Who invented the World Wide Web? ( goto )
- Is there a distinction between The Internet and The World Wide Web? ( goto )
- World wide, what was the best selling album of the 60's? ( goto )
- Which sport has 39 that measure 42? (Hints: It is indoors; 39 of these make 1 which measures 42 wide.) ( goto )
- What are the largest moths in the world, and how wide are their wingspans? ( goto )
- Which are the most visited websites in the world wide web? ( goto )
- How many women world-wide suffer from endometriosis? ( goto )
- What sport is played by teams of ten players, if possible on a rectangular pitch, 110 yards long and 60 yards wide? ( goto )
- What was the first sport to be shown on ITV's World of Sport. ? ( goto )
- If www stands for World Wide Web, what does http or com stand for? ( goto )
- What is the most dangerous sport in the World? ( goto )
- What was the name of the "agony of defeat" ski jumper in the introduction to "ABC's Wide World of Sports"? ( goto )
- How many people on average are connected to the world wide web at any one time? ( goto )
- Second to John F. Kennedy, what man's picture was issued on postage stamps world-wide in 1964? ( goto )
- In the 1990's Billy Hamill was a world champion in what sport? ( goto )
- What professional sport has the highest attendance in the world? ( goto )
- What indoor sport do the most people in the world paticipate in? ( goto )
- How many Boeing 747s have been built and how many are flying at any one time world-wide (please quote source)? ( goto )
- This bizarre sport found it's place in World Sport Championships for the first time in 2002. In 2003, Toronto held the next championships. Considering this sport has no equipment, and no apparatus, which mind-numbingly boring sport could this possibly be? ( goto )
- Which world-wide company was named after the ruins of a place the founder was investigating on holiday, and what signifigance does its logo have with this charming building? ( goto )
- In which sport was the World Cup instituted in 1970, being won by Great Britain in 1980 and 1984 and by the USA in 1982 and 1986? ( goto )
- Over the Easter holidays the Barrel Scrapers became world champions. In what sport? ( goto )
- Pop Culture guru David Feldman, NYC author of "Imponderables." One title is, "Why don't Cats like to Swim."
How many books sold world wide? ( goto )
- What is the name of the world wide activity where someone hides an item and then gives clues to others on a web-site so that they can use a GPS to find the hidden item? ( goto )
- Of which sport is the annual world championship competition held on an airstrip at the edge of Kathmandu? ( goto )
- In the 1970s during the opening of the ABC TV sports show 'Wide World of Sports' when the announcer said "...and the agony of defeat" they showed footage of a downhill skier in a total wipeout. Who was that and did he survive? ( goto )
- I know Eamonn Andrews was the first presenter of 'World of Sport' but were there any others that followed? ( goto )
- What racket sports first two-time world singles champ was Chinas Yang Yang?
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- Who was the last person to be world champion in two different sports, not different disciplines of the same sport like athletics? ( goto )
- Was Kabbadi ever an Olympic sport, and if so, who won the gold medal and who are the current world champions? ( goto )
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