General Sports Quiz

[Aimar]

Originally Posted by MvB ACM No9

Nope. This is Jos 'The Boss' Verstappen

Cheers!
- Darth M

PS: Damnit. Too late to post the answers first

More nicks:

Little Bird
Afghanistan

Hint: Both cricket

Is "Little Bird" Larry Gomes by any chance? And Yea Afghanistan is Mark "Junior" Waugh. The Aussies do come up with some of the most imaginative nicks!!! A recent one is Sarfraz - anyone want to guess whose nickname that is??

EDIT : Ronti waiting for all the answers to the ones you posed

[MvB ACM No9]

Originally Posted by LIFE HEDGER

since oyu have said cricket......but little bird is also.....MANE GARRINCHA
the brazilian soccer hero of yester years

in cricket i would say its BILL LAWRY.....coz he has this childhood passion for pigeons...n his association with them back in Melbourne

so ...guess at work!!!!!!!!!

LH

Yeah, garrincha was also known as that. So, I specified it was cricket as the footer one was too easy

And no, it's not Bill Lawry!

Originally Posted by Aimar

Is "Little Bird" Larry Gomes by any chance?

Nope!

Originally Posted by [B

Ronticus1002[/b]]My guess.......since garner was big bird, i'm guessing it has to be a 'small' member of the famed quartet..........so it's either marshall or roberts..........hmmm, my vote -> andy roberts.

Nope

Originally Posted by amanonArun

OK...Just for help, any clues?? Is it somehow related to dicky bird in any way??

Edit: I mean, I know it is not dicky bird. But any way related to him, like the club or country??

Neither.

Here's the answer:

Ronti came close actually, but not quite there. "Little Bird" was an example of the West Indian sense of humour. Joel Garner was called Big Bird due to his height. When Curtly Ambrose came onto the scene, he was a half inch shorter than Garner and was therefore named...'Little' Bird

Cheers!
- Darth M

[MvB ACM No9]

Originally Posted by Aimar

A recent one is Sarfraz - anyone want to guess whose nickname that is??

That's not actually a very creative one. Just that Stuart Clark reminds his team-mates of Sarfraz Nawaz

[amanonArun]

Originally Posted by MvB ACM No9

When Curtly Ambrose came onto the scene, he was a half inch shorter than Garner and was therefore named...'Little' Bird

Cheers!
- Darth M

Wow...What a sense of humour. Curtly Ambrose and little... LOL

[Ronticus1002]

Originally Posted by Aimar

EDIT : Ronti waiting for all the answers to the ones you posed

Well, most have already been answered, but here's the complete list:


Formula 1:

The Professor: Alain Prost
Quick Nick: Nick Heidfeld
The IceMan: Kimi Raikonnen
Rubinho: Rubens Barrichello


Tiger Tokens: In the newest qualifying format in Formula 1, qualifying is divided into 3 sessions based on elimination. In the third and final round, 10 drivers are left and each must start the session with the intended fuel load for the next day’s race. All the fuel burned in this final session, as long as each of their laps finishes within 110% of their individual best lap time is replenished to them by FIA. This is known as ‘Tiger Tokens’. For example: Say a driver started the third session with a certain amount of fuel load and did 4 qualifying laps – one will be his best, along with three others. Out of the three remaining, if two are within 110% of his best time, and one is not, then FIA will replenish 3 laps worth of fuel (his best + two others) at the end of qualifying…….that one slowest lap is not eligible for fuel replacement using Tiger Tokens.

Yellow Teapot: The yellow here relates to Renault…………in the 1970’s Renault had introduced a first V6 turbo charged engine with which they enjoyed tremendous success in Le Mans and Formula 2……this was a 2L engine………..because of its success, Renault brought it into its F1 cars and actually scaled it down to a 1.5L engine to improve reliability………..ironically, this engine failed to produce even a single finish, retiring in each and every race that it took part in…..and hence was called the “Yellow Teapot”.

Red Baron: The one and only…
The Boss: Jos ‘The Boss’ Verstappen
The Doctor: Valentino Rossi



Football:

The Swan of Utrecht: Marco Van Basten
The Black Spider: Lev Yashin, coz he was usually in balck and seemingly had 8 arms
The Divine Ponytail: Roberto Baggio
The Black Tulip: Ruud Gullit
The Bomber: Gerd Muller, coz he was prolific added to the fact that he was german
The Black Panther: Eusebio



Cricket:

Buckets: Brian Mcmillan, coz his huge hands were like a bucket at slip, never spilling anything
Muscles: V.Raju, for lack of any.
Rolls Royce: Michael Holding, for his ultra smooth, and ‘glide-by’ action
Big Bird: Joel Garner (6’8”)
White Lightening: Allan Donald



Chess:

Lightning Kid: Vishy Anand
The Patriarch: Botvinnik, coz of his famous school the products of which included the 3 K’s – Kasparov, Karpov and Kramnik
The Wizard of Riga: Tal



Golf:

The Great White Shark: Greg Normal
The Golden Bear: Jack Niclaus
Fuzzy: Fuzzy Zoeller
Lefty: Phil Mickelson
Big Easy: Ernie Els (Golf’s equivalent of Michael “Rolls Royce” Holding)
The Black Knight: Gary Player, because of his company Black Knight International


Tennis:

Boom Boom: Boris Becker
Guga: Gustavo Kuerten
A-Rod: Andy Roddick
Pistol: Pete Sampras
Muscles: Ken Rosewall (nicked thus for the same reason as Raju)
SuperBrat: John McEnroe
Las Vegas Kid: Andre Agassi