Questions of Sport

1 Who was the appropriate winner of the Venus Rosewater dish in 2005?

2 Who was the first boxer to defeat Lennox Lewis in a professional bout?

3 In which sport might participants perform a shot known as a long jenny?

4 At which sporting venue can spectators watch the action from the Paddock Hill Grandstand?

5 In the 1994/95 season, who became the first foreign player to score 20 goals in a Premiership season in England?

6 In which sport might competitors win the Swaythling Cup employing the penholder grip?

7 In which sport do participants wear a glove called a chistera?

8 What do the initials SB signify in a game of baseball?

9 Which sporting trophy is nicknamed Dwight’s Pot?

10 What occurred in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race for the only time in 1877?

11 How many Wimbledon singles titles did Martina Navratilova win in her illustrious career?

12 What was stolen from a Birmingham shop window in 1895, at the time in possession of Aston Villa?

13 Which golf course is home to the Queen’s Course, the King’s Course and the Wee Course?

14 Which football league club plays its home matches in the town of Cleethorpes?

15 Who were the first three goalkeepers to captain England in post war soccer internationals?

16 Which Grand National winning horse of the 1980s was named after a lighthouse?

17 Which English rugby union club are named after the historical enemies of the Crusaders?

18 Who was the first boxer to defeat Sugar Ray Leonard in a professional bout?

19 What do the initials HW signify with regard to a dismissal in cricket?

20 In 2002, who said “They had a tiger, but I had twelve lions”?

21 Who was the only Englishman to be crowned World Snooker Champion in the 1970s?

22 In which decade was the Oxford and Cambridge boat race first contested?

23 Which football team dropped out of the Football League in 1931 and had to wait until 1978 before returning?

24 Who declared the 1936 Summer Olympics officially open?

25 Which famous race takes place at a venue nicknamed the Brickyard?

26 In which game does play commence with a squidge off?

27 Which sport’s management strategy is detailed in a document known as the Concorde Agreement?

28 Who was the first cricketer to bowl 20,000 deliveries in Test cricket?

29 In the 1980s which English football club had team mates called Butcher, Cooper and Mariner?

30 Which swimming stroke made its Olympic debut in 1956?

31 He won it in 1954, 1957, 1960, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1977 and 1983. Who won what?

32 In 1974, which footballer scored in the World Cup Final and the European Cup Final?

33 In 1992, what became the ninth Test cricket playing nation?

34 Which Paralympian was created a Dame in 2004?

35 In 2005, which footballer played in his seventh FA Cup final?

36 Which international footballer spent the Christmas of 1990 as an inmate at Chelmsford Prison?

37 In 1964, who became the first British female athlete to win a track and field Olympic gold medal?

38 Which sports star broke off his engagement to the singer Sheryl Crow in 2006?

39 Which sport is governed by the WWSU?

40 Which Welshman won the last of his six world titles in 1978?

Answers to Questions of Sport

1 Venus Williams
2 Oliver McCall
3 Billiards
4 Brands Hatch
5 Jurgen Klinsmann
6 Table tennis
7 Pelota
8 Stolen base
9 Davis Cup, named after Dwight Davis
10 Dead heat
11 Nine
12 FA Cup trophy
13 Gleneagles
14 Grimsby Town
15 Frank Swift, Peter Shilton, Ray Clemence
16 Corbiere
17 Saracens
18 Roberto Duran
19 Hit wicket
20 Sam Torrance referring to Europe’s Ryder Cup triumph over the USA
21 John Spencer
22 1820s
23 Wigan Athletic
24 Adolf Hitler
25 Indianapolis 500
26 Tiddlywinks
27 Formula One
28 Lance Gibbs
29 Ipswich Town
30 Butterfly
31 Lester Piggott winning the Epsom Derby
32 Gerd Muller
33 Zimbabwe
34 Tanni Grey-Thompson
35 Roy Keane
36 Tony Adams
37 Mary Rand
38 Lance Armstrong
39 Water skiing
40 Ray Reardon