SYDNEY are hopeful that their organisation will be better than poor Atlanta's for the Olympic games next year. While the American city got it dangerously wrong at times Sydney have been happy with a dry run carried out this week.
Just an hour after the biggest sports event ever staged in New South Wales, more than 100,000 football fans had vanished from the Homebush Bay Olympic Park. In the critical hour after the 10 p.m. whistle, 29,100 people took trains from Olympic Park station and during the busiest period from 10.30 to 10.45, 10,160 people crammed into trains. In addition 800 buses were on site and none got lost or were badly delayed. The world's biggest cash register crashed, leading to long queues for beer: they still sold 2,000 kegs!
Tennis Quiz Answer: The computer on the television show
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire immediately doubled the contestant's winnings when he answered 24. They then let him play on until he stopped but not before taking home £125,000. But the correct answer was 12, not 24. To win a set a tennis player must win six games. Theoretically, a player could win his three service games in 12 shots and win his opponent's three service games without taking a stroke, if the opponent double faulted each time. Easy.
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