Monday Sports Talk Social Quiz #4 - Win 100k SPORTS + 500k SPORTS delegation

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Welcome to the Monday Sports Quiz! This week we'll be announcing the winner of January's league table while simultaneously beginning February's challenge that will see a slight change in prizes.
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As you'll be able to see from the title, the prizes available for each week have been doubled up 100K SPORTS but there's a twist! It'll be the final question, question 5 which is generally the toughest one, where the extra SPORTS will be available. Question 5 will now be worth up to 60K SPORTS but what I'll also be doing is introducing clues to this question and a sliding scale for the prize as follows.

Changes to prizes for Question 5

Answered without a clue - 60K SPORTS
Answered with 1 clue - 40K SPORTS
Answered with 2 clues - 20K SPORTS
Answered with 3 clues - 10K SPORTS

Clues will be given at the following times (approximately)
Clue 1 - 1 day after posting
Clue 2 - 2 days after posting
Clue 3 - 4 days after posting

As always, unless explicitly stated otherwise, you can have as many guesses at the answers to this question and all the questions in the quiz!

Results from Sports Talk Social Quiz #3

I won't post the questions again but you can see them here

Question 1 - Eric Cantona @blanchy
Question 2 - LeBron James @wolfgangsport
Question 3 - Sachin Tendulkar @blanchy

Question 4 - @blanchy
Marit Bjørgen has 15 Olympic medals
None of the traditional 'big six' won their opening Premier League matches
Up until the QF stage an incredible 14 red cards had been given in this year's AFCON

15 + 0 - 14 = 1

Question 5 - @wolfgangsport
The 4 clubs were
Club Atlas FC
Hertha Berlin
Apollon Limassol FC
Hércules CF

The connection being that they were all named after Gods / Goddesses

Well done to the winners, prizes sent below

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January final standings

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@blanchy6
@chapelle3
@ablaze3
@cryptoandcoffee2
@wolfgangsport2
@marcinxyz1
@alt-runner1
@anderssinho1
@adhammer1
@etiboy560
@sadfish0

Congratulations @blanchy for becoming the inaugural winner of 500K SPORTS delegation

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Monday Sports Talk Social Quiz #4

You can read the rules for the quiz here, otherwise let's crack on with this week's questions.

Questions 1 - 3: Say what you see! Athletes named after food

We've done a similar round a few weeks ago so if you're unsure how to play then look back at this quiz. Otherwise, quite simply look at the 3 sets of pictures below and say what you see to reveal the names of 3 famous athletes.

Question 1

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Question 2

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Question 3

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Question 4: Magic numbers - multi-talented athletes (Max. 1 guess per person)

This weeks theme for Magic Numbers is multi-talented athletes and their lesser known sporting achievements. Guess the answers to all 3 questions then do the basic arithmetic to get the magic number.

Michael Jordan is one of the most famous athletes of all-time but how many home runs did he manage to hit during his spell with the Birmingham Barons in the minor leagues?

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Ian Botham is considered one of the greatest all-round cricketers to ever have played the game but he was also a talented footballer. How many league starts did he make for Scunthorpe United?

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Andy Gorman won multiple football titles in Scotland and England as well as 43 caps for his country in goal. He also played list A cricket for Scotland in the Natwest Trophy. How many of his wickets in that tournament came against right-handed batsmen?

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Question 5 - What's the connection?

There are 7 clubs or franchises listed below spanning multiple sports across several continents but what do they all have in common?

See above for new info on prizes and clues for this question.

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Question 1: OJ Mayo?

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Is correct! Sounds like a cure for a hangover

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ha, it actually does! Nothing like a bit of OJ and Mayo the morning after the nigh before of 14 pints of the black stuff and a kebab and chips..

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Long shot, but would 3 be Spurs favorite Sol (sole) Campbell?

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Is correct. I could also have just put this picture and I would also have accepted any derogatory term

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LOL!!!! Took me a second to cop on that the picture is of Judas :)

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p.s. I really tried hard to fit Hurling into question 5 this week but couldn't quite manage it. One day...

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Ha ha, that would really push the boundary on difficulty as most people wouldn't have a clue what hurling is!

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Question 4: 12 (the last bit was very tricky and had to guess!)

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Cool, got you down for 12 on that one

Yes, wanted to make the last part impossible to google. If you're really stuck for things to do on a cold February evening you can go through old cricket scorecards from the late 80s and early 90s to find the answer. That's if you've already finished reading the phonebook ...

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That's if you've already finished reading the phonebook ...

😂😂 I find it gets boring after L anyway, too many Mc names here in Ireland like 😂

I figure he can't have had that many wickets as I think the bowlers gets mix around a bit usually, so we'll see how it goes!

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Question 4: 12 (the last bit was very tricky and had to guess!)

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Question 5: Blackburn were founding memebers of the Football league in 1888, Essendon Bombers were founding members of the AFL (or its previous name) in 1897, Chicago cubs were founding members of the original baseball league in 1870. So my guess is that all 7 clubs were founding members of a league of some sort back in the day?

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Is correct but not the answer. If it were just that as the connection then there'd be lots of other clubs/franchises. The connection is unique to only those 7

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Ohhhh, Nice, back to the drawing board so, the question 5 ones are definitely my favourite, but the quiz overall is top notch, really enjoying it, I must say.

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Hi, my answer to question 5:
Those clubs have been founded in the 18th century
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I think you mean the 19th century (1800-1899) and yes, they were all founded then but so we’re lots of other clubs and franchises, so what’s unique about these 7?

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Guess Blanchy doesn't have much work to do lol. Will have a look at what is left again mopping up what the Irish cannot guess.

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Haha, I think this might be his job! Based on his latest post he could be a professional quiz player/writer.

Question 5 won't ever go easily and Question 4 is more of a guestimation

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Q4 - 10

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Great! Got you down for 10. Thanks for playing 😀

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I love this quiz but Q5 always gives me headache haha still trying to figure out something :P

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Question 5 - Clue 1

Right, let's have the first clue for Q5. A couple of those playing have already got some of the way in as much as @ablaze and @chapelle have worked out that these are all old teams and indeed were founder members of their relevant leagues. Whats more they are still in existence today although some of the leagues and teams may be using different names from when they were first started. There are of course some other clubs and franchises that fit this description so really what you're looking for is what these 7 teams have done since then that separates them from them from other founder members.

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They all won theor respective leagues?

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That much is true but something more specific to their success across history

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Question 5, my new answer:
these teams have achieved over 10,000 wins

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Maybe the baseball teams have they do play a lot of matches! But don't think the other sides would have had a chance to win that many.

However, you are on the right tracks looking at success over a long period!

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Question 5 - Clue 2

We had a couple of guesses from @blanchy and @chapelle following the first clue both along the lines of wins/success. I can tell you the answer is linked to that and to help you out here are a list of those successes for each team

Atlanta Braves - National Baseball League and MLB

Chicago Cubs - National Baseball League and MLB

Surrey CCC - County Championship

Lancashire CCC - County Championship

Yorkshire CCC - County Championship

Blackburn Rovers - FA Cup, Division 1/Premier League, League Cup

Essendon - VFL, AFL

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They all won their leagues or championship the first time they were formed.

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ARgh this is good. I been staring at this trying to crack it for 15 minutes. Will have a break and try again! Nice one!

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I think between you all you're starting to narrow it down. I'll do clue 3 tomorrow and then we’ll see

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Question 5 - clue 3

Right then, final clue! People have been working along the right lines so I’m confident someone can come up with the answer here.

Let’s give a quick recap on what we know.

  • These are all old clubs and franchises
  • They are still in existence today
  • They have all been successful in various leagues and competitions

Lots of people have focused on their early success and that is undoubtedly a key to understanding the connection but you’re actually looking at success over a much longer period (approx 150 years) for all these teams and their connection. It’s difficult to say more without giving it away.

As a bonus clue it’s probably easiest to work out by looking first at the history of the cricket and AFL clubs and the leagues they’ve been successful in

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_official_County_Championship_winners

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_premiers

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I think this clubs are the one with most amount of won leagues since they were formed. They each hold records for gethered titles. Unless i am wrong again or i miss some small detail i should add :D

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Nope sorry. Yorkshire are certainly the most successful county cricket team and I believe that Essendon are the joint most successful AFL team but Blackburn certainly not and I’m not sure about the baseball sides but I’d guess the Yankees are the most successful?

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Teams have won trophies across various centuries?

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I think that’s close enough! Yes, they’ve all won trophies across 3 different centuries (19th, 20th and 21st).

Not many clubs can claim that honour simply because most professional sides and leagues/tournaments weren’t around until the late 19th century.

So Blackburn are the only English football league team to manage it but a few Scottish teams have as well.

Essendon just about managed it by winning their 16th title in 2000.

The Cubs and Braves are trickier ones because they have changed name and city over the years but the franchises have won over 3 centuries.

Then the 3 cricket counties including Yorkshire and Surrey the 2 historical powerhouses of English cricket.

Well done

Hope you’re looking forward to next Monday. Already got an idea for question 5 with a slightly different twist

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Get in there!! Delighted with that! What a cracker of a question, these question 5s are deadly! Really enjoying these Monday quizzes I must say.

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