16. Former Australian captain Allan Border was sometimes known as “Captain Grumpy”. What was his other nickname?
(a) Abe
(b) Captain Junior
(c) AB
(d) Groucho
17. ‘Dizzy’ is the nickname of what Australian player?
(a) Adam Gilchrist
(b) Jason Gillespie
(c) Glenn McGrath
(d) Brett Lee
18. What is the name of the person that controls a football match?
(a) A referee
(b) An umpire
(c) A spectator
(d) A goalkeeper
19. Which track and field star overcame childhood polio to become one of the greatest athletes of her time?
(a) Wilma Rudolph
(b) Gail Devers
(c) Florence Griffith Joyner
(d) Jackie Robinson
20. Stripped of his heavyweight title in 1967 for refusing induction into the U.S. military, Muhammad Ali regained the heavyweight championship on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire with an eighth-round knockout of which prizefighter?
(a) George Foreman
(b) Joe Frazier
(c) Leon Spinks
(d) Sputnik
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