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  1. oldfrenchhorn

    oldfrenchhorn Well-Known Member
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    Which sport is this?

    The court has a length of approximately 35 to 45 m and a width of 20 to 25 m.
    A maximum of five players a side are allowed on the court at the same time.
    You must be in your opponents half to score a goal.
    The first European Championship was held in Birmingham UK in 1993.
    The Germans won the first World Cup in 1994.
    The current World Champions are Swiss.
    The largest national league is currently in Germany.
     
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  2. colognehornet

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    I'll take a guess at this and say motoball (playing football on motorbikes).
     
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  3. oldfrenchhorn

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    Sorry cologne, not motorball.
     
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  4. Bolton's Boots

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    I have a German friend in Australia who excelled at both Football and Handball - and was forever banging on about both. I remember him waffling on about Germany winning the world cup back in the 90s, so I'm guessing the answer may be Handball.
     
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  5. oldfrenchhorn

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    No, not handball.
     
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  6. colognehornet

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    Is this floorball ? Hockey played on a normal floor.
     
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  7. oldfrenchhorn

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    Getting closer. Hockey is part of it, but not on the floor.
     
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  8. oldfrenchhorn

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    A couple of clues. 24" is the maximum though most players prefer something smaller.
    There are 89 teams in Germany, 20 in Switzerland and three national leagues in Australia.
     
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    Another clue or three: The goals are set in the court like ice hockey so you can go behind them. There is no designated goalkeeper. There is a connection with juggling.
     
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  10. Bolton's Boots

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    Unicycle hockey? Which I must admit I had never heard of...

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    That's it BB. Over to you.
     
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  12. Bolton's Boots

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    Which UK family company started life in a portakabin around 20 years ago and now has an estimated annual turnover of £3bn?
     
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  13. J T Bodbo

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  14. Bolton's Boots

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    Well that didn't take too long - yes, Bet365. Started by the Collins family in Stoke. They took out a £15m loan to start it, using their chain of betting shops as collateral - repaid the loan four years later after selling the chain for £40m. Talk about the Midas Touch.

    Over to you.
     
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  15. J T Bodbo

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    Oops ! Done it again. Have answered ( it was an educated guess !) correctly without a plan for the next question.
    I want to show a picture. It is 8Mb ? How do I get it onto the reply please ?
     
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  16. Bolton's Boots

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    Click on the button 'Upload a File' (next to the Post Reply button) - a dialogue box should appear, with a button called 'Choose File'. Click on that and it should open File Explorer, from where you can access the picture from whatever folder you saved it to.
     
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  17. J T Bodbo

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    Ok. What is this ?
    Yes I did all that. What get's the picture into the text box ? I clicked 'Open' , saw a small icon with 'doing something' dashes ... but nothing else happened.
     
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  18. Bolton's Boots

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    I don't get the picture. I tried to copy the image, and then paste it into the box. It appears then disappears , to be replaced by 'A security error has occurred'
    I'll think of something else.
     
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  20. Bolton's Boots

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    Ahh - copy & paste doesn't always work - I mostly have to save images to my laptop/phone before posting them.
     
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