Tuesday 22nd August 2023
    Difficulty: Easy

    Phoney sports men and women (Quiz #277)

    Questions by Nick Cann

    Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@wnphotography?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Wouter Naert</a>
    Photo by Wouter Naert (Unsplash)

    1. Nasra Abukar Ali, an untrained female sprinter, was selected to compete for Somalia in the women's 100 metres at the World University Games in Chengdu in 2023. What was her time for the race?

    2. Eric Moussambani Malonga (aka "Eric the Eel"), of Equatorial Guinea, won brief international fame at the 2000 Summer Olympics for an unlikely victory in the swimming events. Moussambani, who had never seen an Olympic-sized swimming pool before, swam his heat of the 100m freestyle in...how long?

    3. Maurice Flitcroft - who had never played a full round of golf in his life - posed as a professional golfer to enter the 1965 Open. At the qualifying round, he hit the worst performance ever recorded in Open history. What was his score over 18 holes?

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