Best Of Enemies

Blood On The Tracks

Highly Questionable is taking a different tack over the next three months by temporarily discontinuing our five question themed quizzes and instead posting a series of 100 Olympic Games themed photographic quizzes, the first of which appears today. Why? A reasonable question. Over a period of time the author of the Highly Questionable blog has been working on a book on the Olympics which is due for publication later this year. As the copy deadline looms, energy simply has to be focused on it which means suspending the research that goes into the regular Highly Questionable quiz questions and answers. Be assured that the eclectic mix of quizzes will return once the Olympics book is done, dusted and available. Meanwhile, we'll be publishing a range of images from all of the 26 summer Olympic Games that have taken place between 1896 and 2008 as we head towards the 2012 London Olympics. Each image has a story behind it and the accompanying quiz questions will concern aspects of that.

 Olympics Photo Quiz 1 : 'Blood On The Tracks' 

 Background 

The young Hungarian student Ervin Zador stands bloodied and stunned at the side of the pool at the end of an explosively brutal water polo match at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. He had just been deliberately punched in the face by a Russian opponent in one of the most ill tempered encounters in any sport in the history of the Games. With the Hungarians leading by four goals to nil, two of which Zador had scored, the referee ended the game a minute ahead of time after total uproar engulfed the swimming arena following the assault on Ervin. The result stood and Hungary went on to take the water polo gold medal.

 Olympics Question 1 

What event had taken place a matter of weeks before this Olympic water polo encounter that fuelled the vitriolic animosity between the two teams? 

The Answer will be published along with the next Highly Questionable quiz and associated blog post.

 Boots Quiz Answers 

The answers to the previous Highly Questionable quiz, which took boots as its theme, are:-

 1  Nancy Sinatra sang the original version of the song 'These Boots Are Made For Walking' which provided her with a number one hit single in both the UK and US. Subsequently, it has been covered in a great many styles by a highly eclectic mix of artists ranging from The Supremes to Megadeath.

 2  A graveyard or cemetery was the type of place referred to as Boot Hill in the parlance of the 'wild west'.

 3  Antonio Banderas is the actor who provided the voice for the Puss in Boots character in the 'Shrek' films?

 4  A thimble, hat, iron, dog, car, ship, horse & rider, wheelbarrow, canon and train all joined the boot as playing pieces in various of the early editions of the 'Monopoly' board game.

 5  The arctic is the region of the world where the type of boots called mukluks were originally worn by the indigenous people living there.

The author of the Highly Questionable? quiz and trivia blog, Harry Reid, is a freelance question setter, writer and blogger. He can be contacted at harryreid@btinternet.com.