49 ANSWERS . . . . SPORT AND LEASURE PICTURES
1. TWO FEET SIX INCHES. But for men they are 3 feet high. Over shorter races men -3’ 6”, women – 2’ 9”.
2. PARASAILING or PARAGLIDING.
3. STEVE OVETT, SEBASTIAN COE and STEVE CRAM.
4. CURLING.
5. JONAH LOMU from NEW ZEALAND.
6. TRUE. By squopping your opponent’s wink, i.e. landing on top of it, they can’t go for a shot at the pot. This prevents them scoring any tiddlies. A wink bouncing out of the pot is a scrounge. So now you know !
7. MONACO.
8. THE FIFA WORLD CUP for FOOTBALL. FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
9. A – CANOE, B – KAYAK.
10. PÉTANQUE. Derived from the expression “pè tancat” meaning foot fixed or foot planted on the ground.
11. RAINBOW TROUT.
12. REVOKE MY PREVIOUS DECISION. Umpire changing his decision after confirmation from the TV umpire.
13. BOWLS. A measuring device.
14. THE ARCH, WEMBLEY FOOTBALL STADIUM, LONDON. A representative from every English county was Involved in the construction of the arch.
15. YELLOW centre and RED......
16. 18th . in 1760 by London engraver and cartographer John Spilsbury using a marquetry saw.
17. THE SUMMER OLYMPICS at BEIJING, CHINA in 2008 and it is known as THE BIRD’S NEST.
18. FOR PAINTING A CONTINUOUS FINE LINE.
19. THE LUNGE.
20. 1980 and 1984. Daley Thompson competed in the decathlon and broke the events world record 4 times.
21. RACHEAL HEYHOE FLINT and CAPTAIN OF ENGLAND FEMALE CRICKET.
22. JAVELIN and FATIMA WHITBREAD. She won the following, Olympic bronze – 1984, European champion – 1986, World champion – 1987 and Olympic silver 1988. 23. CANYONING.
24. ORIENTEERING.
25. NEW ZEALAND in 1988 by A. J. HACKET. Historically “land jumping” has been ritually carried out on the island of Vanuatu for centuries.