ANSWERS TO Scoopy Doopy Two

hi here is a continuation of my earlier series on sports:

1. Connect: Stuart Clark and Nasser Hussain

 
THEY BOTH HAVE PARENTS BORN IN CHENNAI (WHERE I COME FROM)... MOST OF U
SAID OF INDIAN ORIGIN, WHICH WAS NOT SPECIFIC. I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS
CONNECTION.
 
BOTH STUART CLARKS PARENTS ARE FROM CHENNAI AND HUSSAINS DAD IS FROM
CHENNAI. IN FACT HE PLAYED FOR CHENNAI.

2. English Honors: How many times has England won the FIFA world cup?
 
NEVER. THIS WAS A TRICKY QN AS PRATEEK SAID. THE FIFA WORLD CUP WAS
INITIATED AFTER THE 1970S IF I AM NOT WRONG. EARLIER IT WAS THE JULES
RIMET TROPHY THAT ENGLAND WON IN 1966.

3. Whoa there: What is the most significant contribution to the world of

cricket by an Englishman by name Allan Plaskett?
 
THE SNICKO METER. WHICH IS SO INDISPENSIBLE FOR US ARM CHAIR COACHES

4. Common knowledge on common wealth: if you reversed the alphabetical

order of the Commonwealth Nations, which country would top the list?
 
ZIMBABWE. ZAMBIA DOES NOT PLAY C WEALTH.

5. Records galore: As a bowler I hold many records: Took all ten wickets
in an innings against Notts without the aid of a single fielder! 100
wickets in a calendar year ten times and over 2000 first class wickets
in my career for Warwickshire and England. I have bowled a humongous
130,625 balls in that span of 25 years, but I am hardly known for any of
those records! Sounds so unjust but hear ye hear ye – For one single
delivery I am so famous. Who am I? Trivia: One of the stands at
Edgbaston is named after me.
 
ERIC HOLLIES. MOSTLY CRACKED. I LIKED THIS QN THE MOST IN THIS QUIZ.

6. Ouch: Which famous Olympic Tennis Singles Gold medallist has been
suffering from cytomegalovirus over the last couple of seasons?
 
JUSTIN HENIN HARDENNE. AND NOT MARIA SHARAPOVA (POOR DEAR)

7. Trophy treasure: Which sporting trophy depicts two humans holding up

mother earth?
 
THE FIFA WORLD CUP FOOTBALL. FEATURED IN A LOT OF PLACES INCL STAMPS...

8. Meddling Middle: Which famous tennis singles star's middle name is

Mikhailovich?
 
MARAT SAFIN. I DIDNT THINK IT WAS THIS EASY. OF COURSE IT HADTO BE
SOMEONE FROM RUSSIA AND THE LIKE.. THE NAME WAS A GIVEAWAY I GUESS
9. Colored Fame: if you placed the Olympic flag colors in alphabetical
order, which color would come first?
 
BLACK. THE COLORS ARE BLACK, BLUE, GREEN, RED, AND YELLOW IN THE
ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

10. Flourish Finish: With what sport would you associate Veselin
Topalov?

CHESS. HE IS THE CURRENT WORLD CHAMPION. HE HAILS FROM BULGARIA