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Sumo Quiz
CONGRATULATIONS TO Mr. E. WAYNE -
First Winner of SFM Basho Quiz!
With the Nagoya Basho now history sumo fans start to turn their attention back to Tokyo and September. Before you do though - to wrap-up SFM's very first Basho Quiz I would like to offer my thanks to each and every one of the 17 entrants in our first SFM Basho Quiz.
That said, as with all quizzes there can eventually be but one winner emerging from the pack.
And that winner is - with a perfect 15/15 score - Mr. E Wayne - the very first winner of the SFM Basho Quiz.
Congratulations to Mr. Wayne and if he would be good enough to send me his postal address a copy of the Aki Basho Banzuke will be in the post come August 29th.
To the rest of the participants though - thank you again and I look forward to seeing you giving it a crack again next time.
Full answers follow
1. Asashoryu won last year's Natsu Basho with a 13-2 record, but was it his 6th, 7th or 8th Emperor's Cup overall? 7th
2. Who beat Asashoryu on day 6 of the 2004 Natsu Basho and went on to star in a kettei playoff against him on Day 15 of the same basho? Hokutoriki - then maegashira 1
3. Which active yokozuna died following surgery on his appendix in the early 1970s? Tamanoumi
4. What is the former name of Sakaigawa Beya (home of Iwakiyama)? Nakadachi Beya
5. At the Natsu (May) Basho, how many nations were represented on the dohyo - including Japan? 13 (Japan / Mongolia / Russia / South Korea / China / Bulgaria / Czech Republic / Brazil / Estonia / Georgia / Kazakhstan / Tonga / Hungary
6. How many non-Japanese rikishi are in the "sekitori" ranks? 11 (not including naturalized citizen Kyokutenho) - 11 & 12 were both accepted as correct answers
7. Sumo's highest non-salaried division is the a. makushita b. sandanme c. jonidan? Makushita
8. When was the yumitori-shiki made the permanent 'closing piece' to every official sumo tournament - 1950 / 1952 / 1954 / 1956? 1952 - January
9. Ozeki Tochiazuma is originally a Tokyo native, but from which prefecture does his father, current Tamanoi Oyakata and former sekiwake, Tochiazuma hail? Fukushima prefecture
10. What is the shikona of sumo's teenaged Hungarian entrant? Masutoo
11. Takasago-beya's Asanowaka recently announced his retirement from the sport, but what rank did he peak at during his career? Maegashira 1 - at the Natsu Basho of 2000
12. How long are the shikirisen? 90cm
13. Chief yobidashi Hideyo is affiliated with which stable in his day-to-day life in the sumo world? Isegahama-beya
14. Which two stables are the closest to the Ryogoku Kokugikan? Tatsunami-beya and Michinoku-beya
15. At which tournament did current yokozuna Asashoryu win his first makunouchi division title? At the 2002 Kyushu tournament - as ozeki
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