ANSWER for Quiz - Sports, Pets, Hobbies

Breed of dog, which originated in County Kerry, Ireland, before the beginning of the 10th century

Various leisure time activities, usually involving collecting objects such as stamps or butterflies, or creating objects such as wood carvings or embroidery

Public exhibition in which trained riders and horses compete with one another in executing difficult jumps or various maneuvers.

Fast-paced game played on a rectangular court, generally indoors by two teams of five players each.

Art of attack and defense with a sword or similar weapon.

Outdoor games played by two opposing teams with a ball of various types , usually an inflated bladder or rubber bag in a leather or rubber cover, spherical or ellipsoidal in shape.

American baseball player who in 1988 became the first player to hit 40 or more home runs and steal 40 or more bases in the same season.

Pursuit of fox for the sake of sport by men and women on horseback following hounds.

Competitive game, in which a ball is hit with the hand against a wall alternately by opposing players.

Wagering of money or other item of value on an uncertain event that is dependent either wholly on chance as in roulette, or partly on chance and partly on skill, as in certain card games and in sporting contests.

Act of plunging into water headfirst or feetfirst, often used as a method for entering the water for swimming or other water sports.

Movement across a tract of ice by means of instruments, called skates, each of which is composed of a steel blade fastened to the sole of a boot.

Athletic contest between two persons, each of whom uses the fist to try to knock the other unconscious or to inflict enough punishment to cause the opponent either to quit or to be judged beaten.

Anyone of several breeds of sporting dogs, highly obedient and trained to discover and fetch killed or wounded game,principally aquatic birds such as the duck, and land birds such as the pheasant.

American professional baseball player, also known as the Iron Horse because he established a record for the number of consecutive games played by a professional baseball player, appearing in 2130 games in succession from 1925 to 1939.

American professional basketball player, six-time NBA champion and winner of the MVP award.

Annual program of rowing races at Henley-on-Thames , near Oxford, England and usually occurring in July.

Family of games played by two people on a checkered board.

Sport of climbing mountains, originally combining purposes of exploration and research but increasingly pursued purely for recreation.

Acquistion of books by an individual or library

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