Sports Quiz

[mainlandy]

Hartford Civic Centre?

That better be it, I'm taking the car to the mechanic

CYA

Bingo TC

 

[Tigerclan]

Would you believe I even rang the Celtics on the weekend, but they were shut

And then talked to an answering machine at a Boston newspaper sports desk

Great question mainlandy :clap :clap

I don't have one gimme 5 mins

 

[Tigerclan]

Who was the first woman to own a Melbourne Cup winner

 

[mainlandy]

Would you believe I even rang the Celtics on the weekend, but they were shut

And then talked to an answering machine at a Boston newspaper sports desk

Great question mainlandy :clap :clap

I don't have one gimme 5 mins

Jeez TC, now that's keen!

Is it Shiela Laxon?

 

[Tigerclan]

No, it was quite a while ago, and she was an owner not a trainer

 

[jb03]

Mrs E. A. Widdis, owner of Patrobas, 1915

 

[Tigerclan]

That's her jb, she wasn't able to receive the cup as the crowd wouldn't let her through

Not believing she was the owner, even though she was repeatedly called out that it was her horse

 

[jb03]

Sticking to the Melbourne Cup theme, in which year did the most overseas bred horsed run, and how many?

(Excluding New Zealand)

 

[Tigerclan]

1998 & 2002 8?

 

[mainlandy]

1999 - 8 and 2002 - 8

 

[jb03]

Yep, jolly good

 

[mainlandy]

Yep, jolly good

Who got the question right JB?

 

[jb03]

Yep, jolly good

Who got the question right JB?

Oh sorry, I thought you both had the same answer but TC got in first.  Yes TC was right, in 1999 there was only 4: Central Park 2nd   Travelmate 5th   Yavana’s Pace 12th   Maridpour 20th

 

[Tigerclan]

What date was Phar Lap placed in the Melbourne Museum?

 

[mainlandy]

What date was Phar Lap placed in the Melbourne Museum?

August 23rd 2000.

 

[Tigerclan]

The date I have is 70 odd years earlier

 

[mainlandy]

The date I have is 70 odd years earlier

What I read TC, is that Phar Lap got moved from the Victoria Museum where he was put in in 1933 to the Melbourne Museum on August 23 2000? Are the Victoria Museum and Melbourne Museum the same thing?

 

[Tigerclan]

No idea mate, but 1933 will do anyway, sometime in January I think it was

 

[mainlandy]

In the 1994 world cup soccer tournament a player scored an own goal, which ultimately led to that country being eliminated from the comp. When this player returned to his homeland he was shot dead.

Name the player, and also name the country he was representing.

 

[Ready]

Andres Escobar, Colombia. Put the US on the way to a 2-1 win.