Statistics for Bizarre events in sport: guess the city

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  • The average score is 8 of 15

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Sporting storyCity% Correct
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%
A dead jockey won a 1923 horse race near Queens in this city.New York
100%
Live pigeon shooting was a featured sport here in the 1900 Olympics.Paris
100%
Boxer Mike Tyson bit off part of Evander Holyfield's ear during a bout in this western city.Las Vegas
71%
Sunil Gavaskar got the umpire to cut his hair here during a cricket test match against England.Manchester
71%
Basketball's Trail Blazers, from this city, found a snake in their locker room in San Antonio.Portland
71%
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%
The University of California scored a winning last-minute touchdown in this college town while their opponents' band was on the field.Berkeley
43%
In 1894, Aston Villa's Charlie Athersmith played with an umbrella up in extreme weather during a match here.Birmingham
43%
Their opponents, United (from this city) finished with only six men on the pitch and the goalkeeper, Fatty Foulke, had frostbite.Sheffield
43%
A war was sparked by violence at a World Cup qualifier featuring Honduras, in this city.San Salvador
29%
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%
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%
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%
This Gloucestershire town held televised track events including a 3 metre run and "under hurdles" race.Cheltenham
0%

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