Sport trivia answers

01 July 2011 - 09:53 By unknown
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Here are the answers to our weekly sport trivia.

1. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, a 26-year-old American known more for her extravagant taste in fashion than the quality of her tennis. She wore a Lady Gaga-inspired jacket festooned with real tennis balls for her first-round match against Misaki Doi of Japan, who won 6-4 5-7 7-5.

2. Michael Jones, in an All Blacks rout of Italy in 1987. His team went on to win the cup, the only time they have done so. He also scored the first try in the second World Cup in 1991, when Australia won.

3. In 1991, hosted by China and won by the USA. The tournament is currently being played in Germany.

4. Birgit Prinz of Germany with 14. She is part of the current German squad.

5. Four each, twice as doubles partners in 1972 and 1978 and twice in the mixed doubles, Hewitt with fellow South African Greer Stevens (1977 and 1979) and McMillan with Holland's Betty Stove (1978 and 1981).

6. One. Robbie Hunter won stage 11 in 2007. The 2011 race begins tomorrow.

7. Amanda Mynhardt. The Proteas will compete in the world championships in Singapore which start on Sunday.

8. Maria Sharapova.

9. Twice, in 2000 and 2003. It is said that whoever wins the Scottish Open never wins the British Open which follows a week later. Els won the British Open in 2002.

10. The United Arab Emirates sheikh, together with Andre Macdonald and Joyce Macdonald, owns Igugu, favourite for tomorrow's race.

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