And you're not going to guess whom the South Africans beat in the final that year. Absolutely bizarre year, and South Africa won by default when India withdrew because of South Africa's apartheid policies. Because the best way to stick it to such a regime is to have your team of dark-skinned players refuse to show up a team of racists, giving the racists a title.
12. Sports at the Movies
Sports have long been a popular subject for movie plots. Select one of the movies below and tell me which sport is the focus of the film.
Breaking Away-cycling (10)-This 1979 movie about a group of college cyclists was nominated for Best Picture Oscar, losing to Kramer vs. Kramer. I was a little surprised this was the sheep, but that's the nature of the game.
CoachP
gamawire
Creed Bratton
jeff286
dot888
clprez
debramc
JeopardyMom
ihavejeoprosy
This Is Kirk!
Cool Runnings(7)-bobsled-This 1993 movie was loosely based on the Jamaican bobsled team entering the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Victory-soccer (5)-A 1981 movie about a group of Allied POWs who play a soccer game against a German team.
ElendilPickle
dnbguy
Leander
WoppyT
Sherm
The Hustler-pool (5)-a 1961 movie starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. Pro pool player Rudolf Walderone claimed to be the inspiration for Gleason's character and later adopted the stage name of Minnesota Fats. Newman was nominated for Best Actor as Fast Eddie Felson. He lost to Maximillain Schell for Judgement at Nuremburg, but won the Oscar for the sequel, The Color of Money in 1986.
TryingHarder
soxfan99
jeffwolfe
Lilac
dhkendall
Somebody Up there likes Me-boxing (5)-A 1956 movie based on middleweight champion Rocky Graziano. James Dean was to play the lead role, but after his death the part went to Paul Newman.
RackMe32
happybooker
esrever
RandyG
jkbrat
Blades of Glory-figure skating (5)-A 2007 Will Farrell comedy about figure skating.
Gus (4)-A Disney 1979 movie about a mule that kicks field goals and leads his team to the Super Bowl. Tim Conway played the head coach. Bob Crane plays a broadcaster in his final film role with Johnny Unitas as his partner. I loved this movie as a kid.
Kingrat47
MarkBarrett
Magna
ayeembored
Seabiscuit-Horse racing (4)-Based on a book about the champion race horse of the 1930s, who beat Triple Crown winner War Admiral in a match race.
chalupabatman
dude33
Kayanne
cheezyguyty
It Happens Every Spring-baseball (3)-A 1949 movie about a college chemistry teacher who develops a substance that repels wood and becomes a major league star. One of my favorite sports movies. It features Alan Hale as a college player, so we get to him him say "Right, Professor" long before he landed on Gilligan's Island.
Alyssa
zackharov
nserven
The Fish that saved Pittsburgh-basketball (3)-The third of three movies on this list I've actually seen, this 1979 movie is about a bad basketball team that is turned around when the team signs a ragtag group who were all born under the sign of Pisces.
mujason
BobF
Austin Powers
Greased Lightning-stock car racing (2)-A 1977 movie starring Richard Pryor as Wendell Scott, the first black to compete in NASCAR.
Vanya
xxaaaxx
Slap Shot-Hockey(1)-Paul Newman pops up again in this 1977 film about a roughneck minor league hockey team.
mennoknight
Victory-cricket (1)-I had never heard of this movie before putting together this quiz. I came up with the other movie, which was also called Escape to Victory, but was released under the shorter title in North America. I stumbled across this 2009 movie about an Indian cricket team but didn't think anyone would answer it. Of course, someone did and I decided to count it separately.
joy
Concession stand (4)
Paucle
jwaymee
Turd Ferguson
OrangeSAM
Wrong (18)
Sorry, econgator, but the Fish was not a baseball movie.
This was one of only two questions for which I knew a correct answer (and for each I knew more than one). That is why, in spite of the prize which I would do anything for, I didn't enter.
Brian
...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.
If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
And now for the final standings. In any game, there can only be one winner. Only one person can finish first and receive the honor of being BOTM. But we do have 59 losers and one person outdid the competition, finishing with 133 points. I wanted that person to have something as well, so dhkendall, this is for you.
I'm not surprised that those guys have their faces covered. Real Maple Leafs fans would kill them for not appreciating all the Leafs do toward making (the first round of) the playoffs each year.
Brian
...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.
If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
MarkBarrett wrote:I'm sure it's my eyes, but where did econgator finish? I was looking for his name to see how close he was to the Bucs prize and can't spot him.
No, it was my error. He was an honorary Canadian for this game.
