[sports quiz] for non-sports buffs

Photographed the 1936 Olympics

Opera and literature more your thing? Not a problem. There are, in any field of human endeavour, some names which transcend the field and are known worldwide by people in all walks of life. Try these ten:

1. Who was the boxer who wowed them in the 60s, changed his name from Cassius Clay and whose modus operandi was "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"?

2. Who socked it to Hitler in 1936, a black runner who took it up to the dictator and destroyed the myth of Aryan supremacy?

3. Who was the German film maker, a controversial figure, popular with Hitler, who is remembered for her superb camerawork at the 1936 Olympics?

4. Who was the film actor, who was also a champion swimmer, who played Tarzan?

5. He clocked 9.79 seconds for the 100 metres, was a Canadian and was disqualified for failing a drug test.

6. You don't have to know sport to know who is generally regarded as the greatest baseballer ever.

7. His footballing skills were amazing with Man U but sadly he was prone to drink. Some considered him the Best.

8. Some say the greatest batsmen ever, with a Test average of 99.94 but it is possible to find some Englishmen who don't think he was that good. Actually, he was amazing.

9. Captain Denis O'Kelly supposedly said: "[Insert name] first and the rest nowhere." The horse?

10. Has to be one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time, despite only just having retired. If you can't get this, I'm afraid I despair of you, reader.

Answers here.