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1.  Who contested the 3rd place spot in the 1998 Soccer World Cup Finals ?

 

Croatia
Holland

2.  Sydney Olympics - which athlete fled the country after claiming she’d been threatened in her hotel room, and which athlete upset the British swimming team after a ‘quote’ suggested they did too much partying ?

 

(Marie-Jose) Perec
Jonathan Edwards

3. In June 2000, who won golf’s US Open, and at which course ?

 

Tiger Woods
Pebble Beach

4.  Which two men were knighted, in 1998 & 1999, for their services to F1 Motor Racing ?

 

Frank Williams (1998)
Stirling Moss    (1999)

5.  Which tennis players took the year's second Grand Slam events in 2000 by winning the men’s & women’s French Open titles ?

 

Gustavo Kuerten
Mary Pierce

6.  In which Emirate, and in which month of 2001, will the world’s richest horse race take place ?

 

Dubayy
March (24th)

7.  Don Bradman, Jack Hobbs & Gary Sobers were three of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century.  Which other two living players were cited ?

 

Viv Richards
Shane Warne

8.  Six Australians scored tries in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup Final,  these were Barrett, Fittler, Gidley, Hindmarsh and which two others ?

 

Lockyer
Sailor

9.  Which American football team won their first ever post-season game at the expense of the reigning (year 2000) Superbowl champions ?

 

New Orleans Saints (bt
St Louis Rams

10.  Boxing, who was quoted talking about whom – “He is no match for me when I am right.  I want to rip out his heart and feed it to him.” ?

 

Mike Tyson (on)
Lennox Lewis

 

 

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