1. Which
sport is played on the largest pitch?
2. In
1950, India withdrew from the World Cup because FIFA refused to let them do
what?
3. What
is the connection between Volleyball, Squash and Badminton? Clue: This
connection is not shared with tennis or table tennis.
4. In
darts, what is the lowest score that CANNOT be scored with a single dart?
5. Which
sports playing area is 2.7 metres by 1.5 metres?
6. Which
sport do the Oklahoma City Thunder play?
7. In
Athletics, what is the last event of the Decathlon?
8. What
is the only sport to have been played on the surface of the moon?
9. Who
was the first cricketer to achieve 10,000 runs in test cricket?
10. What
is the highest possible break in snooker - 147, 150, 155?
11. Who
were the runners up in the Europa League Final of 2010?
12. James
Naismith invented which sport?
13. Who
scored the winning goal for Romania when they beat England in the 1998 World
Cup?
14. What
significant sporting event took place on November 22nd 2003?
15. 8
minutes and 47.8 seconds is the fastest ever winning time for what race?
ANSWERS
1. Polo
2. Play
barefoot
3. Only
the server can score
4. 23
5. Table
Tennis
6.
Basketball
7. 1500m
8. Golf -
In 1971, astronaut Alan Shepherd hit 2 golf balls to see how far they might travel.
9. Sunil
Gavasker
10. 155
11.
Fulham FC
12.
Basketball
13. Dan
Petrescu
14. The
(2003) Rugby World Cup Final
15. The
Grand National
1. London hosts/hosted the 2012
Olympic Games. In which previous years have London hosted the games?
2. In the 1994 Winter Olympics,
how many athletes represented Israel?
3. What connects the following
athletes: runners Zola Budd and Bernard Lagat and basketball player Becky
Hammon?
4. How old was Linford Christie
when he won gold for the 100m in Barcelona (a record age)?
5. Which Olympic sport is played
with stones and brooms?
6. Which racket sport made its
Olympic debut in 1992?
7. What colours make up the
Olympic rings?
8. Which Summer Olympic Games was
the first to be televised live?
9. Considering that India has a
population exeeding one billion people, how many gold medals did India win at
the Beijing games of 2008?
10. How many national Olympic
committees exist (Plus or minus five)?
11. The first disabled athlete to
compete in the Olympic Games was American George Eyser in 1904, he had one
artificial leg. In which event did he compete?
12. Which track athlete won the
gold medal in both the 200 and 400 metres in gold shoes at the 1996 Olympics?
ANSWERS
1. 1948 and 1908
2. One
3. They each changed their
citizenship in order to compete at the Olympics
4. 32 years old
5. Curling
6. Badminton
7. Blue, Black, Red, Yellow and
Green
8. 1936 (XI Olympiad) Summer
Olympics in Berlin, Germany
9. One, Abhinav Bindra for
shooting (They won 3 medals, 1 gold and 2 bronze, their best ever performance
at the games)
10. 204
11. Gymnastics
12. Michael Johnson
1. Which one of the following
was never a modern olympic discipline?
a. tumbling
b. running deer shooting
c. horseshoes (throwing)
d. club swinging
e. tug of war
f. under water swimming
g. 200m obstacle swimming
2. Gold, silver and bronze.
What do participants who achieve 4th to 8th place receive?
3. Which was the only country
to host the summer olympics and not win a single gold medal?
4. In which discipline did
the father of the modern olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, win an olympic gold
medal?
5. Winners of which olympic
games never had to pay any tax again for the rest of their lives?
6. Plus or minus
five, how many pigeons did Leon de Lunden manage to kill while winning gold in
the living pigeon shooting event at the Paris games in 1900?
7. Edward Eagan is the only
person in modern olympic history to
a. win gold in both a summer and winter olympiad
b. win a medal in five consecutive olympic
games or
c. be disqualified in two different olympic games, once
for doping, once for accepting a bribe
8. What is the only city in
the world named after an olympic gold medalist?
a. Mark Spitz Town
b. Cassius Clay Town
c. Edward Edwards Town
d. Jim Thorpe Town
9. After losing a wrestling
bout against the German Jakob Brendel at the 1932 games in L.A., the Sizilian
Marcello Nizzola went to the dressing room and
a. attacked his opponent with a dagger
b. committed suicide
c. continued the fight
10. Shepherd's Bush Stadium
London. 1908 summer olympics. Marathon runner Dorando Pietri enters the stadium
exhausted to the roar of the crowd and proceeds to run in the wrong direction.
After realising his error, he alters direction and heads towards the finish
line. He is however on his last legs and his competitors are closing the gap.
Just short of the longed for end to this gruelling race he collapses and starts
to crawl on his hands and knees. At this moment a famous British writer
helps him to his feet and over the line, where he passes out, only to awake
hours later and discover he has been disqualified. Who was the
famous writer?
ANSWERS
1. c. horseshoes
2. A diploma
3. Canada
4. Literature, for his song 'Ode
to sport'
5. The ancient games in Greece
6. 21
7. a. win gold in both a summer
and winter olympiad (boxing and 4 man bob)
8. d. Jim Thorpe Town (in Penn.
USA)
9. a. attacked his opponent with
a dagger
10. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1. What is the highest score a
judge can award in Figure skating?
2. In 1988 who became the first
boxer to have won world championships in five different weight categories?
3. Which piece of sporting
equipment is 3 inches in diameter and weighs 6 ounces?
4. In which city is the Maracana
stadium?
5. Who has played international
football and cricket for Scotland?
6. What sport is played by the
Minnesota Twins?
7. At what sport did Scotland
become world champions in 2005
8. At which Test cricket ground
could you bowl from the Radcliffe Road end?
9. Which two teams compete in the
Turin derby?
10. From which club did Newcastle
sign Jermaine Jenas?
11. Which boxer was found Not
Guilty of the attempted murder of Frank Warren?
12. What sport would you be
watching at Flinders Park?
13. Boca Juniors are from which
South American country?
14. In 1981, Susan Brown was the
first female competitor in which sporting event?
15. Which boxer was nicknamed
?The Real Deal??
16. How many laps are there in a
single race at a speedway meeting?
17. In Judo, the Black belt is
the highest, what colour is the second highest?
18. Who is the only man to have
played in an F.A. Cup final in the 1970?s, 80?s and 90?s?
19. How many consecutive shots
does it take to score a 147 break in snooker?
20. Which was the first Asian
country to hold a F1 Grand Prix?
21. Who is the only man to
captain England whilst playing 3rd. Division football?
ANSWERS
1. Six (see comment below)
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
3. An ice hockey puck
4. Rio de Janerio
5. Andy Goram
6. Baseball
7. Elephant Polo
8. Trent Bridge
9. Juventus and Torino
10. Notts Forest
11. Terry Marsh
12. Tennis
13. Argentina
14. The Boat Race
15. Evander Holyfield
16. Four
17. Brown
18. David O'Leary 78,79,80 and 93
19. 36
20. Japan
21. Ian Botham
1. Which Welsh Rugby league club
are based in Bridgend?
2. In 2000, Chester was relegated
to the Conference, which club replaced them?
3. Who was the first British
footballer to receive the Golden Boot?
4. How many Wimbledon singles
titles did Martina Navratilova win?
5. At which sporting venue will
you find ?the Jack Hobbs Gates??
6. Which sports playing area is
2.7 metres by 1.5 metres?
7. Which footballers
autobiography was entitled ?1966 and All That??
8. In which sport would you
compete for the ?Air Canada Silver Broom Trophy??
9. What number is the highest Dan
in Judo?
10. Ian Rush held the record for
scoring most goals in the League Cup with 49. 48 with Liverpool and 1 with
which other club?
11. What does the T.T. stand for
in The Isle of Man T.T. races?
12. How many players are there in
a volleyball team?
13. What is the most common
suffix for English football League teams?
14. Which international
footballer managed HULL CITY from April 2002 till Oct 2002?
15. In which sport can the two goals
be different sizes?
16. In which country will the
2014 football World cup be held?
17. At which type of race do you
not cross the finishing line?
18. Who was the first British
athlete to win Olympic Gold in a throwing event?
19. Which is the only horse to
win the English, Scottish and Welsh Grand Nationals?
20. Which club has won the
European Cup more times than it has won its domestic League championship?
ANSWERS
1. Celtic Crusaders
2. Kidderminster Harriers
3. Ian Rush
4. Nine
5. The Oval
6. Table Tennis
7. Geoff Hurst
8. Curling
9. 12th
10. Newcastle United
11. Tourist Trophy (Corrected
see comments)
12. Six
13. City with 14
14. Jan Molby
15. Water Polo
16. Brazil
17. Swimming
18. Tessa Sanderson
19. Earth Summit
20. Notts Forest
1. Which Welsh Rugby league club
are based in Bridgend?
2. In 2000, Chester was relegated
to the Conference, which club replaced them?
3. Who was the first British
footballer to receive the Golden Boot?
4. How many Wimbledon singles
titles did Martina Navratilova win?
5. At which sporting venue will
you find ?the Jack Hobbs Gates??
6. Which sports playing area is
2.7 metres by 1.5 metres?
7. Which footballers
autobiography was entitled ?1966 and All That??
8. In which sport would you
compete for the ?Air Canada Silver Broom Trophy??
9. What number is the highest Dan
in Judo?
10. Ian Rush held the record for
scoring most goals in the League Cup with 49. 48 with Liverpool and 1 with
which other club?
11. What does the T.T. stand for
in The Isle of Man T.T. races?
12. How many players are there in
a volleyball team?
13. What is the most common
suffix for English football League teams?
14. Which international
footballer managed HULL CITY from April 2002 till Oct 2002?
15. In which sport can the two
goals be different sizes?
16. In which country will the
2014 football World cup be held?
17. At which type of race do you
not cross the finishing line?
18. Who was the first British
athlete to win Olympic Gold in a throwing event?
19. Which is the only horse to
win the English, Scottish and Welsh Grand Nationals?
20. Which club has won the
European Cup more times than it has won its domestic League championship?
ANSWERS
1. Celtic Crusaders
2. Kidderminster Harriers
3. Ian Rush
4. Nine
5. The Oval
6. Table Tennis
7. Geoff Hurst
8. Curling
9. 12th
10. Newcastle United
11. Tourist Trophy (Corrected
see comments)
12. Six
13. City with 14
14. Jan Molby
15. Water Polo
16. Brazil
17. Swimming
18. Tessa Sanderson
19. Earth Summit
20. Notts Forest
In
which sport would you:
1.
perform a Rudolph and a Randolph
2. Throw
stones at houses
3. Use a
mashie or niblick
4. Stand
at silly point
5. Start
at the south stake
6. Sit in
a sulky
7. Employ
the OBrien shift
8. Win
the Sam McGuire Trophy
9. Abide
by the Cartwright Rules
10. Trim
your sheets
ANSWERS
1.
Trampolining
2.
Curling
3. Golf
4.
Cricket
5.
Croquet
6.
Harness Racing
7. Shot
Putt
8. Gaelic
Football
9.
Baseball
10.
Yachting
. Name the 2 cities in the
Southern Hemisphere that have hosted the Olympics?
2. In 1984 which American
equalled Jesse Owens' four gold medals?
3. The invasion of which country
caused a boycott of the Moscow Olympics in 1980?
4. Who won the 1964 Marathon bare
foot??
5. What do equestrian medallists
Virginia Holgate and Virginia Leng have in common?
6. Where were the 1964 Olympics
held?
7. Which boxer won gold for
Canada in Seoul in 1988?
8. Who won Britain's first men's
swimming gold for 68 years in 1976?
9. Who won gold in the Women's
Singles in tennis in 1988?
10. Whose long-jump record in the
1968 Olympics lasted for 24 years?
11. Great Britain won only one
Gold medal at the Atlanta Games in 1996. In which sport was this?
12. Which country always leads
the parade of participants at the Olympic Games?
13. However, contrary to the
previous question, St Lucia has been the first nation to lead the parade of
participants once. In which year was this?
ANSWERS
1. Sydney & Melbourne
2. Carl Lewis
3. Afghanistan
4. Abebe Bikila
5. Same person
6. Tokyo
7. Lennox Lewis
8. David Wilkie
9. Steffi Graf
10. Bob Beamon's
11. Rowing
12. Greece
13. 2004 (Athens, St Lucia comes
first in the Greek alphabet)
The
following quiz round was submitted by Paul Downie from the UK.
Tuesday nights at the King Harold, in Harold Wood and Thursdays at The Hutton,
in Shenfield.
Many thanks once again, Paul
1. Gr?me Le Saux was born in
which Islands?
2. What, in Britain?s capital,
did Dionico Ceron win for 3 years in a row?
3. At which US sports event did
Janet Jackson famously suffer a wardrobe malfunction?
4. After which horny animal is
the Leeds Rugby Super League team named?.
5. On what surface is curling
played?
6. With which sport do you
associate TV commentator, Julian Wilson?
7. Steve Bloomer is associated
with which sport?
8. Which football club plays at
the Riverside Stadium?
9. In which sport do participants
wear sheepskin nosebands?
10. How many league goals did
Bobby Charlton score for Manchester United?
ANSWERS
1. The Channel Islands
2. The London Marathon.
3. The Superbowl.
4. Rhinos
5. Ice.
6. Horse?racing.
7. Football.
8. Middlesbrough
9. Horse?Racing
10. 199
1. Which team reached the Super
Bowl in four consecutive years (1991-94 ) and lost them all?
2. In which sport did Irina
Rodnina win 23 World, Olympic and European gold medals?
3. Who is the odd man out:
Agassi, Becker, Borg, Cash, Edberg, Krajeck, McEnroe, Sampras, Stich?
4. The 20th of 22 children,
unable to walk until 11, she won three sprint golds in the Rome Olympics. Who?
5. Name one of the two Americans
who have won the Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship.
6. Which Scottish golfer topped
the European order of merit in 1993, 1994 and 1995?
7. Who was the first man to
defeat Frank Bruno in his professional boxing career?
8. Kapil Dev held the world
record for Test match wickets: with 404, 414, 424, 434 or 444?
9. Who lost an apparently
unassailable lead to Nick Faldo in the last round of the 1996 US Masters?
10. In golf, what is the informal
name given to nervous tension that destroys concentration and spoils
performance especially when putting?
11. Which swimmer won 7 gold
medals at the 1972 Olympic games?
12. A southpaw boxer leads with
which hand and off which foot?
13. Who became the 1st
non-European to win the Tour de France cycle race?
ANSWERS
1. The Buffalo Bills
2. Ice Skating
3. Mcenroe (only left hander)
4. Wilma Rudolph
5. Phil Hill, Mario Andretti
6. Colin Montgomerie
7. James ?Bonecrusher? Smith
8. 434
9. Greg Norman
10. The Yips
11. Mark Spitz
12. The right
13. Greg Lemond
1. In Skiing, what is another
name for cross-country racing?
2. How many competitors form a
team in Bobsleigh racing?
3. Katarina Witt has been one of
the world?s brightest skating stars, what country did she represent?
4. In ice hockey, what is the sin
bin?
5. What is a piste?
6. In which year were the first
winter Olympics?
7. What name is given to a
toboggan with metal runners, but no steering or brakes, ridden in a sitting or
face up lying position?
8. In ice-skating what is
tracing?
9. What is the crouched position
in downhill racing on smooth straight slopes called?
10. In which country did Ice
Hockey originate?
ANSWERS
1. Nordic
2. 2 or 4
3. East Germany
4. The penalty box where players
infringing the rules sit out
5. A downhill ski trail
6. 1924
7. Luge
8. The marks made on the ice by
the skate
9. Egg position
10. Canada
1. In which year were the first
modern Olympic Games held?
2. Who won the Gold medal for
Women's Javelin at the 1984 games?
3. Which city was the scheduled
venue for the cancelled 1940 Olympic Games?
4. Due to quarantine laws, in
which city were the horse riding events held for the Melbourne Games?
5. Which country were Olympic
hockey champions from 1928 until 1960?
6. Whose long-jump record - set
at the 1968 games - was not beaten for 23 years?
7. Who was the 1968 Olympic
heavyweight boxing champion?
8. Which racket sport made it's
Olympic debut in 1992?
9. Which city was the first to
hold the Summer games twice?
10. Who was the 1996 men's
singles Olympic tennis champion?
11. What two events feature in
the biathlon?
12. Why did the name of Danuta
Rosani go down in Olympic history in 1976?
13. Why are there 5 rings on an
Olympic flag?
14. Which UK runner twice won the
gold medal for the 1500 metres?
15. Which terrorist group claimed
they were responsible for the massacre of the Israeli athletes in Munich?
16. Which one of the 5 continents
that compete in the Olympic games have never held the Olympic Games?
17. In the parade at the opening
ceremony of the Olympic Games, which country always enters the stadium first?
18. What was the name of the
mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics?
19. What country does athlete
Frankie Fredericks represent at the Olympics?
20. In what year did Nadia
Comenechi achieve the perfect score, the year when the score board couldn?t
display the score?
ANSWERS
1. 1896 (Athens)
2. Tessa Sanderson
3. Tokyo
4. Stockholm
5. India
6. Bob Beamon
7. George Foreman
8. Badminton
9. Paris
10. Andre Agassi
11. Cross country skiing,
shooting
12. First athlete to be
disqualified for a drugs test
13. They represent the continents
14. Sebastian Coe
15. Black September
16. Africa
17. Greece
18. Misha the bear
19. Namibia
20. 1976
1. Which sport combines cross-country skiing and
rifle shooting?
ANSWERS
1. Biathlon.
1. Which club was the first
English football (soccer) league club to install an artificial pitch, which
later proved largely unpopular with visiting sides and in 1988 it was replaced
again with turf?
2. Foil, ?p?e, and sabre are all
used in which sport?
3. Biathlon (not to be confused
with duathlon) is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines.
Which two sport disciplines make up the winter sport version of the
Biathlon?
4. In which sport can you
sometimes find a Nightwatchman?
5. Which sport is played by the
Redskins, the Packers and the Vikings?
6. In which sport does the world
championship have three classes - open, standard and 15 metres?
7. Which year had Stephen hendry
winning the world snooker championship for fourth year running and Jonathan
Edwards breaking the world triple jump record?
8. Which boxer was the first
black man to win the 'heavyweight boxing championship of the world'?
9. Which popular sport involves
the players throwing stones at houses?
10. Which sport
does one associate with the "Cresta Run"?
11. What Czechoslovakian tennis
star defected to the US in 1975?
12. What country hosted the 1978
Soccer World Cup?
13. What soccer club holds the
record for consecutive European Cup wins?
14. What Australian city hosted
the 1956 Summer Olympics?
15. What footballing personality
introduced the Hooked TV fishing series?
16. Who was England?s European
footballer of the year after Bobby Charlton?
17. What wrestlers real name is
Shirley Crabtree?
18. Does tennis service begin in
the left or right court?
19. Who stole the show in
Gymnastics at the Montreal Olympics?
20. How many holes are there in a
tenpin bowling ball?
ANSWERS
1. Queens Park Rangers
2. Fencing
3. Cross-country skiing and rifle
shooting
4. Cricket, a nightwatchman is a
lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the
end of the day's play. This batsman's job is to maintain most of the strike
until the close of play (remaining in overnight, hence the name) and so protect
other, more capable batsmen from being out cheaply in what may be a period of
tiredness or in poor light.
5. American football - in
particular, these teams are members of the so-called National Football
Conference.
6. Gliding
7. 1995
8. Jack Johnson in 1908
9. Curling
10. Sledding (tobogganing in
British parlance)
11. Martina Navratilova
12. Argentina
13. Real Madrid
14. Melbourne
15. Jackie Charlton
16. Kevin Keegan
17. Big Daddy
18. The Right
19. Nadia Comanececi
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