Sport

1 Which Scottish golf course is nicknamed The Beast due to the perceived difficulty of its holes?

2 Which football club was originally nicknamed The Purdown Poachers?

3 In 1981 Nelson, Churchill, Eden, Henry Cooper, Attlee, Margaret Thatcher and Princess Diana were all mentioned in a football commentary after which nation had defeated England?

4 Who moved to Guildford in 1984 following a Daily Mail campaign to grant her British citizenship?

5 What were used for the first time in international football matches at Wembley in 1955?

6 Which team joined Formula 1 racing in 1991?

7 In which sport is the Derby contested at Wimbledon and the Grand National at Birmingham?

8 In what year did Eddie the Eagle leap to stardom at the Winter Olympics?

9 What is England’s most easterly horse racing course?

10 Over which distance did Steve Ovett win Olympic gold?

11 Which two teams did Robert Maxwell plan to merge as the Thames Valley Royals?

12 To date (2007) who was the last Englishman to manage a football team to win England’s top division?

13 In which Scottish county does Forfar Athletic play its home matches?

14 On June 15, 2007 who married Toni Poole at Blenheim Palace?

15 A silver fern is the emblem of which nations rugby union team?

16 The film Raging Bull saw Robert DeNiro playing the boxer Jake La Motta. Which of La Motta’s rivals was played by Johnny Barnes?

17 Who is the current (2007) President of the Commonwealth Games Federation?

18 Which football club is nicknamed the Silkmen due to the town’s once thriving silk industry?

19 In a judo contest what is known as the rei?

20 Which English football team has the longest one word name?

Answers

1 Carnoustie

2 Bristol Rovers

3 Norway

4 Zola Budd

5 Floodlights

6 Jordan

7 Greyhound racing

8 1988

9 Yarmouth

10 800m

11 Oxford United and Reading

12 Howard Wilkinson with Leeds United

13 Angus

14 John Terry

15 New Zealand

16 Sugar Ray Robinson

17 Prince Edward

18 Macclesfield Town

19 The ceremonial bow

20 Middlesbrough