NAME THAT SPORT ANSWERS

NAME THAT SPORT ANSWERS

 

The following are the answers to last weeks (or so) quiz

1.    Last licks!                                       -Baseball

2.    Over and back                             -Basketball

3.    Bouy room!                                  -Sailboat Racing

4.    Bad Beat                                      -Poker

5.    Leaner                                          -Horseshoes

6.    False start                                    -Track  (also football)

7.    Palming                                       -Basketball

8.    Tie goes to the runner              -Baseball (Kids rule)

9.     Basement Dweller                  -Baseball

10.                       Take-down/ escape       -Wrestling

11.                       Spike                                 - Vollyball (accepted:baseball, football)

12.                       Kick or stick                      - Football (kids in the street)

13.                       Ten in the pit                  - Bowling

14.                       Hand Ball! (no, it is not “Hand Ball”)   -Soccer

15.                       Hail Mary                                                   -Football

16.                       Ace (two sports)                     - Golf, Tennis

17.                       Eye gouge  (Semi-sport)       -Wrestling WWE)

18.                       Geronimo                                -Ski diving

19.                       On your guard                       - Fencing

20.                       Icing                                     - Hockey

21.                       Let                                         - Tennis

22.                       Ringer                                    - Horseshoes (also in any sport an       expert hiding as an amateur)

23.                       Maiden                               - Horse racing

24.                       Hooey                                   - Rodeo

25.                       Hook (five sports) No, prostitution is a profession.  Golf, bowling, hockey, football (basketball, thanks Fran)

 

Bonus question, Division 1 (now called FBS) football teams with nick names that do not end I (s)

Fighting Irish                   - Notre Dame

Midshipmen                   - Navy

Crimson Tide                   - Alabama

Green Wave                       - Tulane

Thundering Herd               - Marshall

Cardinal                         - Stanford

Orange                           - Syracuse

Wolfpack                    - North Carolina State

Fighting Illini         - Illinois

Pride                      - Hofstra (Oops, disbanded in 2009 and not FBS)

Minuteman     - U Mass is division 1-A  but I wouldn’t quibble  

And the winners:

 

Best score:

Val @ http://unbaggingthecats.blogspot.com/

Only 4 wrong But only 2 of the bonus (3 if I give her Notre Dame)  Congratulations and WHOOP-TEE-DOO!!

 

Best score for a man: (which was supposed to be just best score!!)

Craig

@ http://theyardnextdoor.blogspot.com/

Only had 7 wrong, including ½ credits

And 7 out of 10 on the bonus (counting 2 Ivy League teams)

Congratulations and WHOOP-TEE-DOO!!

 

Top Score by a Lady: (Which was not supposed to be overall best score!!)

VAL!!  Duh still@ http://unbaggingthecats.blogspot.com/

Congratulations and WHOOP-TEE-DOO!!

Best score by a Pakistani Lady: (Why not)

baili @ http://bailiandi.blogspot.com/  

4 right, but not in order…but she was the only entrant in the category

Congratulations and WHOOP-TEE-DOO!!

 

Honorable Mention: (because she caught me on a few misses)

fishducky @ http://fishducky.blogspot.com/

Congratulations and WHOOP-TEE-DOO!!

 

Thanks to all for participating

PS- I didn’t know Hooey either, I Googled Rodeo just to find a term