Chapter 1
Outrageous origins of modern games
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Chapter 2
Animals who stole the sporting spotlight
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Chapter 3
Weird and forgotten Olympic disciplines
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Chapter 4
Sports played in the wrong places
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Sports trivia for non-fans
Ch 2 · Animals who stole the sporting spotlight
schopenhauer Ludivine's Half Marathon Run
Who's that running in the pack? (Run, dog, run!) Thirteen miles and never looking back! (Oh-oh, yeah!)
schopenhauer A 100-to-1 underdog horse named Foinavon won a legendary steeplechase after a massive pile-up.
schopenhauer The 1900 Paris Olympics featured the only live animal shooting event in history.
BETA
schopenhauer Match each animal to its sport to discover the wildest pitch invasions in history.
Fun Fact
The stolen trophy: Pickles the dog found the stolen 1966 World Cup trophy wrapped in newspaper under a London hedge.
Glossary
dog (noun)
A common domesticated carnivorous mammal that is closely related to the wolf. In 1966, a mongrel named Pickles discovered the stolen World Cup trophy in a London hedge.
A common domesticated carnivorous mammal that is closely related to the wolf. In 1966, a mongrel named Pickles discovered the stolen World Cup trophy in a London hedge.
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In what country was the stolen 1966 Jules Rimet World Cup trophy found by a dog?
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What breed of dog was Waldi, the first official Olympic mascot created for the 1972 Munich Games?
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Why do Detroit Red Wings hockey fans throw real octopuses onto the ice during playoffs?
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How did the 100-to-1 underdog horse Foinavon win the 1967 Grand National steeplechase?
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Which team's fans started the 'Legend of the Octopus' tradition in professional ice hockey?
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Which Olympic Games featured the only live animal shooting event in Olympic history?
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What was the name of the dog that found the stolen soccer World Cup trophy in 1966?
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In what year did the bizarre live pigeon shooting event occur at the Summer Olympic Games?