Sporting story | City | % Correct |
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A 1950s Charlton match here was abandoned to due thick fog; legend has it that the keeper was still in goal, unaware everyone else had gone in for a bath. | London | 100%
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A dead jockey won a 1923 horse race near Queens in this city. | New York | 100%
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Live pigeon shooting was a featured sport here in the 1900 Olympics. | Paris | 100%
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Boxer Mike Tyson bit off part of Evander Holyfield's ear during a bout in this western city. | Las Vegas | 71%
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Sunil Gavaskar got the umpire to cut his hair here during a cricket test match against England. | Manchester | 71%
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Basketball's Trail Blazers, from this city, found a snake in their locker room in San Antonio. | Portland | 71%
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Home team Royal, from this Benelux port, scored three goals in the last five minutes of injury time to stun Vitosha Sofia in a UEFA Cup tie. | Antwerp | 57%
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The University of California scored a winning last-minute touchdown in this college town while their opponents' band was on the field. | Berkeley | 43%
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In 1894, Aston Villa's Charlie Athersmith played with an umbrella up in extreme weather during a match here. | Birmingham | 43%
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Their opponents, United (from this city) finished with only six men on the pitch and the goalkeeper, Fatty Foulke, had frostbite. | Sheffield | 43%
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A war was sparked by violence at a World Cup qualifier featuring Honduras, in this city. | San Salvador | 29%
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The bizarre 1904 Olympic marathon in this US city saw runners going in cars, stopping for a nap, and drinking rat poison mid-race. | St. Louis | 29%
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Grenada lost a 1994 away game here due to an odd rule which led to their opponents scoring a deliberate own goal and then defending both goals at the same time. | Bridgetown | 14%
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When golfer Bernhard Langer's ball got stuck up a tree at Fulford, next to this ancient city, he climbed the tree and played it out. | York | 14%
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This Gloucestershire town held televised track events including a 3 metre run and "under hurdles" race. | Cheltenham | 0%
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