Can you unscramble the following ten names?
Who are they and how are they connected?
RAM VAN AT TRAIN, VIOLA
RICH VESTER
WILL SEES MARINA
BEEN LIKING JAIL
I AM TRASH IN GIN
LOVE EGG-NOG A' NOON
SLIM VALUES WIN
I BAN E-AMOUR
VIEWING A RAID
GRATE LIME NORMA
Each of these following individuals is a WINNER of Wimbledon Ladies' Championship in Lawn Tennis:
RAM VAN AT TRAIN, VIOLA => Martina Navratilova
RICH VESTER => Chris Evert
WILL SEES MARINA => Serena William's
BEEN LIKING JAIL => Billie Jean King
I AM TRASH IN GIN => Martina Hingis
LOVE EGG-NOG A' NOON => Evoone Goolagong (Cawley)
SLIM VALUES WIN => Venus William's
I BAN E-AMOUR => Maria Bueno
VIEWING A RAID => Virginia Wade
GRATE LIME NORMA => Angela Mortimer
PART 2: The years in which these individuals won the Wimbledon ladies Championships
Wimbledon Ladies' Champion
Martina Navratilova => 1978, 1979, 1982-1987, 1990 (a record 9 times)
Chris Evert => 1974,1976, 1981
Serena Williams => 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014
Billie Jean King => 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974
Martina Hingis => 1996. 1998, 2015
Evonne Goolagong (Cawley) => 1971, 1980
Venus Williams => 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016
Maria Bueno => 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1966
Virginia Wade => 1977
Angela Mortimer => 1961
PART 3: Nationality
Representing UNITED STATES: Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Serena Williams, Billie Jean King, Venus Williams.
Representing UNITED KINGDOM: Virginia Wade, Angela Mortimer
Martina Hingis represented SWITZERLAND, Evonne Goolagong Cawley represented AUSTRALIA, and Maria Bueno represented BRAZIL.
**** Martina Navratilova was a citizen of CZECHOSLOVAKIA before 1975.
In the year 1975, she took political asylum in the UNITED STATES and Navratilova became an US citizen in 1981. She reaquired her Czech citizenship in 2008 and Navratilova has said that she has NOT renounced her US citizenship.
Edited on January 19, 2022, 2:54 am
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