Michelle Perry sits the spikesmag.com pop quiz
Two-time World 100m hurdles champion Michelle Perry takes the spikes Pop quiz…
What did you have for breakfast today?
MP: An apple.
If anyone could play you in a film who would it be and why?
MP: Probably
Cicely Tyson when she was younger because she can take a serious role and really do it justice.
What’s the weirdest thing a fan has ever said to you?
MP: Can I have your socks? It was in Monaco, it was like, ‘they’re dirty but I don’t care.’
What’s is the least favourite part of your body?
MP: I don’t have one. I like everything about me physically.
What is the one thing that you have to take with you around the circuit?
MP: My spikes because I can run naked but I can’t run barefoot!
If you weren’t an athlete what would you be doing?
MP: Probably an educational councillor at a nursery.
What is the worst thing I’ve ever worn?
MP: Not by choice, but when I was in Third Grade my mother went away on vacation and my father had to dress me and I wore this dress with some pink jeans and some cowboy boots to school. We laugh about it now, but what was he thinking?
What colour is Wednesday?
MP: Blue. No-one has ever asked what colour is Wednesday.
What came first the chicken or the egg?
MP: I’m going to say the egg because something had to be born first to produce the next chicken.
How much money do you have in you pocket at the moment?
MP: I don’t have any pockets.
If you house was on fire what is the one thing that you would save?
MP: My life.
If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?
MP: To be able to read a mind because you never know a person’s true thoughts
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What is your karaoke tune?
MP: Probably, Borderline by
Madonna
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f you were an animal what would you be and why?
MP: A cheetah because it is fast.
Who is the most famous on your mobile phone?
MP:
Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
Describe your perfect day?
MP: An easy morning with a great breakfast – French toast scrambled eggs and turkey sausage. Then from there I would go on the beach or on the water for the day. Later probably cocktails somewhere and then end in the nightclub.
What was your favourite toy when growing up?
MP: Probably my
Teddy Ruxpin.
What is the most expensive phone bill you’ve ever wracked up?
MP: Probably my European bill one summer was $3000.
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f you could play another sport, what would it be and why?
MP: Tennis. Just because I have a fascination for Venus and
Serena Williams and I think if I had taken up tennis when I was younger I would have been quite good at it.
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f you could invite five guests to a dinner party who would they be and why?
MP: I would invite Jesus because I want to know about his life and why he was so secure in knowing what his calling was.
Oprah Winfrey, because as a woman she has overcome so many things.
Wilma Rudolph (the 1960 Olympic 100m, 200m and 4x100m champion) because she has overcome such difficulty in her life. Then my other two people would be
Barack Obama, the coolest man living. To watch him and answer questions in such an intelligent way is very admirable.
Denzil Washington because he is one of favourite actors. I would like to understand how he can walk into a room and capture it.
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