(CNN) -- Cockiness and swagger serve him on the golf course, but there's much more to golf's young phenom, Rory McIlroy.

The U.S. Open winner might hang with tennis great Rafael Nadal, knock back some Heinekens or slip the electronic dance sounds of Swedish House Mafia into his iPod.

Such tidbits are rolling out these days from the 22-year-old hero of Holywood, Northern Ireland, who won the tournament by eight strokes and instantly drew comparisons to Tiger Woods.

"I didn't realize how much my life would change, even in the last 10 days," McIlroy said on "Piers Morgan Tonight," aired Thursday.

As Woods has done over the years, McIlroy simply left the competition in the dust. He was the youngest winner of the tournament since the legendary Bobby Jones in 1923.

For someone under a spotlight these days, the athlete with a tousle of hair looked at ease during his interview with Morgan.

"To me, I won a golf tournament and that was the end of it," McIlroy said. But it really is bigger than that."

He paid tribute to his parents, who both worked when he grew up. His father, Gerry, held down three jobs and was a "calming influence" during the U.S. Open, said McIlroy, an only child.

The U.S. Open gave the golfer a shot of redemption after his final-round meltdown at the Masters in April.

"If anything it made me more determined to prove to people and myself that I wasn't ... a choker," McIlroy said.

While saying he was inspired by Woods, McIlroy isn't one to compare himself. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Whom has Rory McIlroy comapred to?
2. How old is he?
3. What has he won?
4. What show has he appeared on?
5. What did he fail to win?
6. Where is he from?
7. Who is he friends with?
8. From whom does he draw inspiration?
9. Has he been compared to him?
10. To whom did he give credit?
11. What did they do?
12. How was his father relevant to his golfing career?
13. What did his brother do?
14. What's one of his most notable mannerisms?
15. What is he set on showing everyone that he isn't?
16. Is he the youngest winner of the tournament?
17. What did he say on a show?
18. What does he listen to?
Answer: 1. Tiger Woods
2. 22
3. the U.S. Open
4. Piers Morgan Tonight
5. the Masters in April
6. Holywood, Northern Ireland
7. Rafael Nadal
8. Tiger Woods
9. yes
10. his parents
11. they both worked
12. he was a "calming influence"
13. he was an only child
14. Cockiness and swagger
15. a choker
16. since the legendary Bobby Jones in 1923
17. "I didn't realize how much my life would change, even in the last 10 days,"
18. the electronic dance sounds of Swedish House Mafia

Problem: CHAPTER XXV

PERILS OF THE FLOOD

"Dave! Dave!" yelled Ben, as he saw our hero disappear into the swiftly-flowing river. "Look out, or you'll both be drowned!"

"What's the trouble?" yelled Jerry Blutt, as he turned back for the first time since leaving the island.

"Buster slipped in, and Dave went after him," answered Ben. "Oh, what shall we do?" he went on, despairingly.

"Here--we'll throw out the rope!" answered the camp-worker, and took from his shoulder a rope he carried.

In the meantime Dave had come up and was striking out with might and main for his chum. Our hero realized that Buster must be hurt, otherwise he would swim to save himself.

"Must have struck on his head, when he went over," he thought, and he was right, poor Buster had done just that and now lay half-unconscious as the current swept him further and further from his friends.

It was too dark to see much, and Dave had all he could do to keep in sight of the unfortunate one. But presently the stout youth's body struck against a rock and was held there, and our hero came up and seized the lad by the arm.

"Buster! Buster!" he called out. "What's wrong? Can't you swim?"

"Hel--help me!" gasped the fat youth. "I--I got a knock on the head. I'm so--so dizzy I do--don't know what I--I'm do--doing!"

The current now tore Buster away from the rock, and he and Dave floated along on the bosom of the river for a distance of fifty yards. It was impossible to do much swimming in that madly-rushing element and Dave wisely steered for shore. He continued to support his friend, who seemed unable to do anything for himself.
1. did the overweight person ask for help?
2. what had happened to him?
3. who was carrying a rope?
4. did anyone see what had happened?
5. who?
6. who was being heroic?
7. what did Dave decide about Buster?
8. Was Buster feeling okay?
9. how was he feeling?
10. was he conscious?
11. was he moving towards his buddies?
12. then?
13. what was Ben's concern?
14. what is the name of the worker?
15. did he know what had happened?
16. had Buster gone in for a swim?
17. how did he get in the water?
18. what did the water take Buster away from?
19. was there enough light?
20. was Dave able to help his mate?
Answer: 1. yes
2. he got a knock on the head
3. the camp-worker
4. yes
5. Ben
6. Dave
7. that he must be hurt
8. no
9. dizzy
10. half-unconscious
11. no
12. further and further from his friends.
13. they'll both drown
14. Jerry Blutt
15. no
16. no
17. he slipped in
18. the rock
19. no
20. yes

question: One day John and Sally's mother made up her mind to bake a very special cake for her son and daughter, but she didn't have the ingredients. She told John and Sally to go to the grocer's to buy the things she would need.

"I'll need some popcorn, a pea, some melon balls, and a cup of yogurt. I'm going to make a very special cake today," she said.

"Wow, that sounds horrible," said John.

"Yeah, we'd rather watch TV and eat potato chips," said Sally.

"Don't talk back, kids. Do what I said and head into town. It's a beautiful day. Go the long way and follow the river until you get there. Don't take the short way through the forest. A lion has escaped from the zoo. He might be hiding in the forest."

So John and Sally started the walk into town, but because they were disobedient children, they didn't follow the river like their mother told them. Instead they took the short way through the forest.

"I'm not afraid of a lion in the forest," said John. "Besides, I think mom has been eating too many melon balls and is letting her imagination get away from her again. If there were a lion in the forest, we would know about it."

So they wandered along the forest path, jumping in mud puddles and throwing sticks at one another. But as soon as John and Sally were in the darkest part of the forest, they heard a terrible roar. It was the lion! Horrified, they ran for their lives out of the forest, all the way back home.

"We're sorry!" they both said to their mother. "We'll never be disobedient again!"

And from that day forward, whenever their mother told them to do something, they did it right away like they were told.
1. Who wants to bake a special cake?
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answer:
1. John and Sally's mother made up her mind to bake a very special cak