Devious Demons at Play Trivia Quiz

Answer: Shaun White

Well-known professional skateboarder Tony Hawk befriended nine-year-old Shaun White after meeting him at a local skate park and mentored him for several years. After winning Olympic gold in 2006 and 2010, White placed fourth at the 2014 Olympics half-pipe before redeeming himself with a third gold in 2018. At the Winter X Games in 2012, White became the first person in the history of the competition to score a perfect 100 in the men's Snowboard Superpipe. He is also the first snowboarder to win back-to-back gold medals in the Winter X-Games Superpipe.

-LBaggins

Answer: Wally Lewis

Wally Lewis is known as the Emperor of Lang Park. He captained not only Queensland in many State of Origin wins, but he also captained Australia. Wally is so well loved in Queensland, that an Emperor of Lang Park statue has been erected at Lang Park (now known as Suncorp Stadium) in his honour. Go Wally!

-Jane57

Answer: Joe Davis

Joe Davis won championships for billiards and snooker. He would win and hold the World Snooker Championship title for 15 consecutive tournaments (there were none for five years during World War II) until his retirement after a win in 1946. For winning the first championship in 1927 his prize was £6.50.

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Answer: Young Tom Morris

An albatross (also known as a double eagle) is one of the rarest golf shots. Morris's albatross was unusual in that he scored a 3 on a par 6. Par 6 holes are rare nowadays, so almost all albatrosses result from a score of 2 on a par 5. No other golfer hit an albatross in a major championship until Gene Sarazen at the 1935 Masters Tournament.

Young Tom Morris, the son of Old Tom Morris, won the tournament by 12 strokes over Bob Kirk and Davie Strath, winning £6. This was the third of four straight championships before the age of 22. He died in 1875 at the age of 24.

-TimBentley

Answer: Tonya Harding

Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan were both on the United States team at the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Jeff Gillooly, Harding's husband, hired a man to attack Kerrigan with the intention of breaking her leg so that she would be unable to compete. While her leg was bruised, the attempt did not prevent Kerrigan from participating. Following an investigation, Harding pleaded guilty to conspiring to hinder the investigation and was compelled to perform community service, serve time on probation, pay a large fine and resign from the United States Figure Skating Association. Prior to the incident, Harding had won gold medals at two Skate Americas, a Nations Cup and the U.S. Championships. She was also the first woman to successfully execute two difficult triple axel jumps in the same competition.

-LBaggins

Answer: Secretariat

When Secretariat (also known as Big Red) won the Triple Crown, he was the first horse to do so in 25 years. He won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, which is said to be one of the greatest races ever. He is second on the list of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century, number one being Man o' War.

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Answer: Johnny Weissmuller

Austro-Hungarian born American Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984) won Olympic gold five times in swimming and a bronze medal for water polo. He set more than 50 world records, including the world's fastest man in the water. After competition Weissmuller became a swimwear model, then made a fitting transition into acting wearing only a fig leaf in "Glorifying the American Girl" (1929). His powerful stroke called a "high elbow catch" and his tremendous swimming speed can be seen in the many films in which he played Tarzan, famously immortalizing his unique Tarzan yell.

-Godwit

Answer: Cal Ripken, Jr.

Starting on May 30, 1982, Ripken would beat Gehrig's record with 2,031 consecutive games on September 6, 1995. He would continue his streak and retired with the record of consecutive games played with 2,632 games. His streak ended September 19, 1998, but he played until 2001. He was a member of the 1983 World Series champion Orioles.

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Answer: Donald Bradman

Sir Donald "The Don" Bradman (1908 - 2001) was a great test cricketer and captain of the Australian team. His cricketing career lasted 20 years and his batting average was an amazing 99.94. He batted at such a high level that, according to a former Australian test captain, Bradman was "worth three batsmen to Australia".

-Jane57

Answer: Rulon Gardner

Gardner was a longshot to even medal at the 2000 Olympics, despite having been the United States champion in 1995, 1997, and 2001.

Karelin was a heavy favorite, having not lost a match in more than 13 years. Over the years Karelin had competed with torn pectoral muscles, broken ribs and a broken hand, yet still was barely even scored upon.

In the 2000 Olympic finals for Greco-Roman wrestling, Karelin was expected to win for the 4th straight Olympics, but Gardner had other plans.

Gardner had competed against Karelin once before, in 1997, and lost 6-0, but on that day in 2000 he hung on in a tight match and won Olympic gold 1-0.

Karelin hadn't been scored on in Olympic competition since the 3rd round of the 1992 Games, and it was only the third match of his Olympic career anyone scored a point on him. Karelin gave up only five points in his 34 match international career that spanned 1988-2000.

Both Karelin and Gardner competed in MMA style matches once in their careers as well and both went 1-0.

Gardner, after a motorcycle accident, and a snowmobiling accident that caused him to have a toe cut off, returned to the mat in time for the 2004 Olympics, where he earned a bronze medal before retiring at the end of the match.

-Shadowmyst2004