CHAPTER XIV. FORTEMANI DRINKS WATER

The thing had begun with the lowering glances that Francesco had observed, and had grown to gibes and insults after he had disappeared. But Lanciotto had preserved an unruffled front, being a man schooled in the Count of Aquila's service to silence and a wondrous patience. This insensibility those hinds translated into cowardice, and emboldened by it--like the mongrels that they were--their offensiveness grew more direct and gradually more threatening. Lanciotto's patience was slowly oozing away, and indeed, it was no longer anything but the fear of provoking his master's anger that restrained him. At length one burly ruffian, who had bidden him remove his head-piece in the company of gentlemen, and whose request had been by Lanciotto as disregarded as the rest, advanced menacingly towards him and caught him by the leg, as Ercole had caught his master. Exasperated at that, Lanciotto had swung his leg free, and caught the rash fellow a vicious kick in the face that had felled him, stunned and bleeding.

The roar from the man's companions told Lanciotto what to expect. In an instant they were upon him, clamouring for his blood. He sought to draw his master's sword, which together with the Count's other armour was slung across his saddle-bow; but before he could extricate it, he was seized by a dozen hands, and cropped, fighting, from the saddle. On the ground they overpowered him, and a mailed hand was set upon his mouth, crushing back into his throat the cry for help he would have raised. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who did Lanciotto work for?
Answer: 1. Count of Aquila'

(CNN) -- Who'd be a referee? When the crowd aren't getting on your back you've got the players acting up or giving you an earful.

So if someone described your refereeing as "the best," you could be forgiven for feeling a small surge of pride. But when the person praising you has been called the world's most notorious match fixer, then it's time to show yourself a red card.

Wilson Raj Perumal says he corrupted many football players and officials during a long criminal career, but there is one person who stands out from the crowd. His name was Ibrahim Chaibou, a referee from Niger.

"He was the best, he was the best, but not from FIFA's point of view," Perumal told CNN during a wide-ranging television interview about his match-fixing days.

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The Singaporean, who is now helping European police with match-fixing investigations, claims to have rigged the results of up to 100 matches over a 20-year period, boasting of a 70-80% success rate.

Chaibou, who he describes as "very bold," became one of his favourite match officials.

According to Perumal, the referee's first match fix was an international friendly between South Africa and Guatemala in May 2010 -- one of several warm-up matches played ahead of the 2010 World Cup which the Rainbow Nation hosted.

Watching highlights of the game on YouTube, Perumal gives a running commentary on the major incidents.

"It's crazy," Perumal says as Chaibou awards South Africa a penalty kick. The quality of the footage is poor, but the fixer knows what happened. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who corrupted many football players?
2. How many people stand out to him?
3. Who is that?
4. Does he tell CNN a review?
5. What does he tell them?
6. What does he help European officers do?
7. What is the percentage boast?
8. Where does he look at highlights?
9. What does he give on there?
10. Who does he award?
11. For what?
Answer: 1. Wilson Raj Perumal
2. one
3. Ibrahim Chaibou
4. Yes, Perumal told CNN
5. Perumal told CNN, "he was the best, but not from FIFA's point of view"
6. he helps with match-fixing investigations
7. He boasts a 70-80% success rate
8. He watches on YouTube
9. He gives running commentary on the major incidents
10. South Africa
11. a penalty kick

Jacksonville is the largest city by population in the U.S. state of Florida, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits; with an estimated population of 853,382 in 2014, it is the most populous city proper in Florida and the Southeast, and the 12th most populous in the United States. Jacksonville is the principal city in the Jacksonville metropolitan area, with a population of 1,345,596 in 2010.

Jacksonville is in the First Coast region of northeast Florida and is centered on the banks of the St. Johns River, about 25 miles (40 km) south of the Georgia state line and about 340 miles (550 km) north of Miami. The Jacksonville Beaches communities are along the adjacent Atlantic coast. The area was originally inhabited by the Timucua people, and in 1564 was the site of the French colony of Fort Caroline, one of the earliest European settlements in what is now the continental United States. Under British rule, settlement grew at the narrow point in the river where cattle crossed, known as Wacca Pilatka to the Seminole and the Cow Ford to the British. A platted town was established there in 1822, a year after the United States gained Florida from Spain; it was named after Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What river is florida on?
2. What ranking for population does it come in?
3. Who did the united States gain florida from?
4. Who was it named after?
5. Is jacksonville the principal city?
6. How far is is from Georgia?
7. What people originally lived in the area
8. Was 1822 when the platted town was established?
9. What was the population in 2010
10. what occurred under British rule
Answer:
1. St. Johns River
2. largest city by population in the U.S. state of Florida
3. Spain
4. Andrew Jackson
5. yes
6. about 25 miles (40 km) south
7. Timucua
8. Yes
9. 1,345,596
10. settlement grew