Sport Quizzes
The following page comprises of 90 quizzes of 10 questions. Encompassing a range of sports that include knockout questions on boxing, cricket questions to drive you batty and football facts to send you into a goal frenzy.
Enjoy!
SESSION ONE QUIZ ONE
GENERAL THE KICK OFF
1 Who was the youngest golfer to compete in the 2002 Ryder Cup?
2 What is the connection between Charlton Athletic FC and the capital of Anguilla?
3 Who was the first boxer to receive a knighthood?
4 Which cricket legend was thanked by Sir Tim Rice during an Oscar acceptance speech?
5 What connects the death of Archduke Ferdinand and the 1984 Winter Olympics?
6 Which is the only country to host a Summer Olympic Games in consecutive decades of the 20th century?
7 In the world of sport what has maximum dimensions of 60 metres by 30 metres?
8 In which sport do the rules state that the water must be a minimum of 1 metre deep?
9 What is the official national sport of Bulgaria?
10 Which team were the opponents of Manchester United when Eric Cantona launched a kung fu style assault on a spectator?
Answers
Sergio Garcia
The Valley is the capital of Anguilla and Charlton’s home ground
Henry Cooper
Dennis Compton
Both took place in Sarajevo
The USA in the 80s and 90s
An ice skating rink
Water polo
Weightlifting
Crystal Palace
SESSION ONE QUIZ TWO
THAT’S CRICKET!
1 What colour of caps are worn by the Australian national cricket team?
2 Which county plays at home at the St Lawrence Ground?
3 What kind of fruit is depicted on the badge of Worcestershire County Cricket Club?
4 In 2002 who announced his retirement from international cricket having amassed a career total of 8029 runs in 128 Tests?
5 Which king declared cricket illegal in 1477?
6 Which country won the first Cricket World Cup in 1975?
7 What connects the badges of Hampshire, Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire and Lancashire?
8 Which county did Graham Gooch represent throughout his cricket career?
9 In 1987 who was the last England captain of the 20th century to win an Ashes Series?
10 Whose autobiography is entitled Dazzler?
Answers
Green
Kent
Pear
Mark Waugh
Edward IV
West Indies
All depict a rose
Essex
Mike Gatting
Darren Gough
SESSION ONE QUIZ THREE
GENERAL
1 In which sport do competitors perform a J lean and a bell lean?
2 Who was Evander Holyfield fighting in a world title bout when a parachutist descended into the ring?
3 Which former captain of the England football team has the middle names of Emerson Carlyle?
4 Which famous ship do the runners pass after completing 10 km of the London Marathon?
5 Who was the first John to be crowned snooker World Champion?
6 Which singer performed at the opening ceremonies of the 1994 football World Cup and the 1995 rugby league World Cup?
7 Which was the third Asian country to play Test cricket?
8 What is the connection between a 1958 film starring Kirk Douglas and Minnesota’s American football team?
9 Which German was voted European Sportsman of The Year in 1994?
10 Who captained the 1987 cricket world
champions?
Answers
Canoeing
Riddick Bowe
Paul Ince
Cutty Sark
John Pulman
Diana Ross
Sri Lanka
The Vikings
Michael Schumacher
Allan Border
SESSION ONE QUIZ FOUR
FOOTBALL NICKNAMES
Identify the famous footballers from their nicknames.
1 The Kaiser
2 Crazy Horse
3 The Galloping Major
4 The Preston Plumber
5 The White Feather
6 Der Bomber
7 The Fifth Beatle
8 The Wizard of Dribble
9 The Lion of Vienna
10 The Divine Ponytail
Answers
Franz Beckenbauer
Emlyn Hughes
Ferenc Puskas
Tom Finney
Fabrizio Ravanelli
Gerd Muller
George Best
Stanley Matthews
Nat Lofthouse
Roberto di Baggio
SESSION ONE QUIZ FIVE
GENERAL
1 What is the connection between Alex Higgins, Barry McGuigan and Jimmy White?
2 Who was the first cricketer to record forty ducks in Test Cricket?
3 Which city hosted the first World Athletics Championships?
4 Which team dropped out of the Football League in 1931 and had to wait until 1978 to return?
5 In which country did the game of ice hockey originate?
6 In which decade were women’s track and field events introduced into the Olympics?
7 In which sport would you find a telltale, a service box and a tin?
8 The racehorse Brigadier Gerard was named after a literary character created by which author?
9 In 1991 that became the first boxer to win world titles in six different weight categories?
10 In the game of golf what is a mulligan?
Answers
All have wind connected nicknames, The Hurricane, Clones Cyclone and Whirlwind
Courtney Walsh
Helsinki
Wigan Athletic
Canada
1920s, at the 1928 games
Squash, all parts of a squash court
Arthur Conan Doyle
Thomas Hearns
A free shot
SESSION ONE QUIZ SIX
SPOT THE CITY
1 In which city is the Ballymore Oval Cricket Ground?
2 Which city is to host the 2006 Winter Olympics?
3 In which French city would you find the sporting arena known as, The Stade Velodrome?
4 In which American city is the Pimlico horse racing track?
5 Which city is to host the 2008 Summer Olympics?
6 Which American city is home to the Veterans Stadium, a major league baseball venue?
7 In which European city is the San Siro Stadium?
8 Which footballer’s bronze statue stands in the city centre of Newcastle?
9 Which city played host to the first Paralympics?
10 Name the four cities beginning with the
letter A that have hosted the Summer Olympics.
Answers
Brisbane
Turin
Marseilles
Baltimore
Beijing
Philadelphia
Milan
Jackie Milburn
Rome in 1960
Athens, Amsterdam, Antwerp and Atlanta
SESSION ONE QUIZ SEVEN
GENERAL
1 Who was the first boxer to beat Lennox Lewis in a professional fight?
2 Which former Formula 1 World Champion has the middle names Ernest Deveraux?
3 Who was the first British female tennis player to win 8 Grand Slam titles?
4 For which English football club did Ally McCoist play as a teenager?
5 Which former European Footballer of the Year once played bass guitar for a pop group called Revelation Time?
6 In which sport did childcare expert Dr Benjamin Spock win an Olympic gold medal in 1924?
7 Which sport employs the Stableford scoring system?
8 In which sport do competitors begin playing in front of the south stake?
9 In which African city was the 1995 rugby union World Cup final played?
10 What is the most northerly city to have
staged a football World Cup final?
Answers
Oliver McCall
Damon Hill
Ann Jones
Sunderland
Ruud Gullit
Rowing
Golf
Croquet
Johannesburg
Stockholm in 1958
SESSION ONE QUIZ EIGHT
ANYONE FOR TENNIS?
1 In which city is the Flinders Park tennis stadium?
2 At the 1990 Wimbledon championships which tennis star was seeded when she was just 14 years of age?
3 In 1969 who won the longest ever recorded match in the history of Wimbledon?
4 How old was Bjorn Borg when he announced his retirement in 1983?
5 How did Gunther Parche gain notoriety in 1993?
6 Who was the first man to win ten Grand Slam titles?
7 Which two nations contested the 2002 Davis Cup final?
8 After which American doubles champion was the Davis Cup named?
9 Who was the first female tennis player to achieve the Grand Slam?
10 What nationality is the tennis star
Marcelo Rios?
Answers
Melbourne
Jennifer Capriati
Ricardo Gonzales
26
He stabbed Monica Seles on court
Bill Tilden
Russia and France
Dwight Davis
Maureen Connolly
Chilean
SESSION ONE QUIZ NINE
GENERAL
1 How many Epsom Derbies did Lester Piggott win?
2 In which US city is the world renowned Kronk boxing gymnasium?
3 Other than Falkirk, which Scottish football league club play their home matches in Falkirk?
4 At which sporting venue do competitors travel down the Brabham Strait?
5 In which sport might competitors negotiate a hog’s back and a double oxer?
6 Who scored England’s second goal in the 1966 World Cup final?
7 Who defeated Frank Bruno when he fought for the world title for the first time?
8 At the 1998 Commonwealth Games which nation won the gold medal for cricket?
9 In 1981 who became the first West Indian born cricketer to play for England?
10 Who was the first British Formula One
motor racing world champion?
Answers
Nine
Detroit
East Stirling
Brands Hatch
Show jumping
Martin Peters
Tim Witherspoon
South Africa
Roland Butcher
Mike Hawthorn
SESSION ONE QUIZ TEN
SPORT STATESIDE
1 What is the American football equivalent of a full back in association football?
2 In 1845 which team became the first ever organised baseball team?
3 What was the US venue of the 1995 Ryder Cup?
4 The World Series in baseball is won by the first team to win how many games?
5 In which city is American football played at the Joe Robbie Stadium?
6 What sport is played by the Phoenix Suns?
7 Which American football team are known as the Chargers?
8 In the 1970s which team won the World Series in three consecutive years?
9 Which businessman who bought Remington shavers, once owned the New England Patriots football team?
10 Which American football stadium acquired
the nickname of the House of Pain?
Answers
Safety
New York Knickerbockers
Oakhill
Four
Miami
Basketball
San Diego Chargers
Oakland Athletics
Victor Kiam
Houston Astrodome
SESSION TWO QUIZ ONE
GENERAL
1 What was the first city outside of Europe to host the Summer Olympics?
2 In which country is the world’s highest golf course?
3 Which Grand National winning horse of the 1980s was named after a lighthouse?
4 In 2000 Jackie Joyner Kersee set a new world record in which event?
5 In what year was the FA Cup final known as The White Horse Final played?
6 Johnny Leach and Fred Perry have both been world champions in which sport?
7 Who was the first bowler to take 400 test wickets in cricket?
8 Which weight category was introduced into boxing by the WBC in 1979?
9 Who scored all five goals when England beat Cyprus 5-0 in a 1975 international?
10 What make of car did Steve Davis receive
as a prize for making the first ever televised 147 break?
Answers
St Louis in the USA in 1904
Peru
Corbiere
Heptathlon
1923, the first played at Wembley
Table tennis
Richard Hadlee
Cruiserweight
Malcolm McDonald
A Lada, the tournament was the Lada Classic
SESSION TWO QUIZ TWO
AND THEY’RE OFF
1 Who rode Shergar to victory in the Epsom Derby?
2 Who is the only English king to win the Epsom Derby as an owner?
3 Which race makes up America’s Triple Crown with The Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky Derby?
4 In which county is Cartmel racing course?
5 Who won his only Epsom Derby on a horse called Pinza?
6 Which monarch founded Ascot racecourse?
7 Which jockey rode the winner in the 2002 Epsom Derby?
8 On which course is the Welsh Grand National run?
9 Which jockey came third in the 2002 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award?
10 Which race completes the Spring Double
with the Grand National?
Answers
Walter Swinburn
Edward VII
Belmont Stakes
Cumbria
Sir Gordon Richards
Queen Anne
Michael Kinane
Chepstow
Tony McCoy
The Lincoln
SESSION TWO QUIZ THREE
GENERAL
1 What is the alternative name of the Spanish ball game pelota?
2 What is a natatorium?
3 At which golf venue would you find the Kings Course and the Wee Course?
4 Which French nobleman instigated the modern Olympics in 1896?
5 Who was the first footballer to miss a penalty in a Wembley FA Cup final?
6 What is the connection between Bolton Wanderers FC and Only Fools And Horses?
7 In what year were electronic score boards used in the Summer Olympics for the first time?
8 The headquarters of which sporting body is found at 42, Portman Square, London?
9 Which American sports star died in a plane crash in October 1999?
10 Who made his 110th and final Test
appearance for the West Indies in 1985?
Answers
Jai Alai
A swimming pool
Gleneagles
Pierre de Coubertin
John Aldridge
The Trotters, Bolton’s nickname and the sitcom family
1960
The Jockey Club
Golfer, Payne Stewart
Clive Lloyd
SESSION TWO QUIZ FOUR
BOXER BEAT
1 Which former heavyweight world champion was nicknamed the Easton Assassin?
2 In 1987 who did Mike Tyson defeat to become the undisputed world champion?
3 Who was the second boxer to inflict a defeat upon Muhammed Ali?
4 Marco Antonio Barrera was the first man to defeat which British boxer?
5 Which boxing governing body was founded in 1983?
6 In which country was Joe Bugner born?
7 Who was the first boxer to defeat Frank Bruno in a professional fight?
8 Which boxer held the world title from 1937 to 1949?
9 Which boxer of the past was nicknamed The Cinderella Man?
10 Who were the only brothers to have been crowned World Heavyweight Champion?
Answers
Larry Holmes
Tony Tucker
Ken Norton
Naseem Hamed
IBF
Hungary
James Bonecrusher Smith
Joe Louis
James J Braddock
Leon and Michael Spinks
SESSION TWO QUIZ FIVE
GENERAL
1 Of the twelve founder members of the football league, which comes first in an alphabetical list?
2 What nationality is Erki Nool, the decathlon gold medal winner at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
3 At which football ground are the ashes of Sir Stanley Matthews buried?
4 Who is the only cricketer to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in the 1980s?
5 Which NHL hockey franchise is based in Colorado?
6 In which city do Boca Juniors FC play their home matches?
7 In which sport is an acrobatic manoeuvre known as hot-dogging?
8 In 2002 which Scottish boxer was crowned World Featherweight Champion?
9 Giraffe and boomerang are both styles of service in which game?
10 At which golf course is the second hole
called Black Rock?
Answers
Accrington Stanley
Estonian
The Britannia Stadium, home of Stoke City
Ian Botham
Colorado Avalanche
Buenos Aires
Skiing
Scott Harrison
Real tennis
Royal Troon
SESSION TWO QUIZ SIX
THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP
1 How old was Pele when he scored in his first World Cup final?
2 In which city was the first match of the 2002 World Cup played?
3 Which nation lost in the final of successive World Cups in the 1980s?
4 Who presented the Jules Rimet Trophy to the 1934 World Cup winners?
5 Which country hosted the World Cup in 1982?
6 In which World Cup finals was the greatest number of goals scored, 171 in total?
7 Who scored for England after just 27 seconds of a World Cup match in 1982?
8 Which player holds the record for the most goals scored in a World Cup tournament?
9 Who is the only player to play in three World Cup winning sides?
10 Name the five African countries that took
part in the 2002 World Cup finals.
Answers
17
Seoul
West Germany
Benito Mussolini
Spain
The 1998 World Cup in France
Bryan Robson
Just Fontaine, with 13 goals in 1958
The great Pele again, in 58, 62 and 70
South Africa, Tunisia, Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal
SESSION TWO QUIZ SEVEN
GENERAL
1 Who was presented with the Golden Boot Award as the leading goal scorer at the 1978 World Cup?
2 In 1979 which European nation became the first country to be crowned World Champions at water polo?
3 For which constituency did Sebastian Coe become an MP in 1992?
4 What birds name is the tern given to three consecutive strikes in ten pin bowling?
5 In what type of event might participants compete in a wishbone ketch?
6 What was the French venue of the first Winter Olympics in 1924?
7 Which building witnessed the starting point of the marathon of the 1908 London Olympics?
8 In which sport did Tony Nash and Robert Dixon win a gold medal for Britain in the Winter Olympics?
9 For which team did Peter Beardsley make his football league debut?
10 What is the only horse racing course in
County Durham?
Answers
Mario Kempes
Hungary
Falmouth & Cambourne
Turkey
Yachting
Chamonix
Windsor Castle
Bobsleighing
Carlisle Utd
Sedgefield
SESSION TWO QUIZ EIGHT
THE SUMMER OLYMPICS
1 What was the first city beginning with M to host the Summer Olympics?
2 Eric Liddell, immortalised in the film Chariots Of Fire, won an Olympic gold medal in which event?
3 In what event did Hilda Johnstone compete in the Olympics at the age of 70?
4 What is the nationality of the gold medal winning Olympian nicknamed, Yifter the Shifter?
5 In which two cities did Sebastian Coe win Olympic gold medals?
6 At which event was Al Oerter crowned Olympic champion in four successive games?
7 Which Olympic year witnessed the controversial collision between Mary Decker and Zola Budd?
8 Which sport was contested at the 1988 Olympics for the first time in 64 years?
9 Which was the first Olympic games to be televised?
10 Which city played host to the 1964 Summer
Olympics?
Answers
Melbourne
400 metres
Dressage
Ethiopian
Moscow and Los Angeles
Discus
1984
Tennis
1936 Berlin Olympics
Tokyo
SESSION TWO QUIZ NINE
GENERAL
1 Which British boxer won a world title in 1983 when he defeated Eleoncio Mercedez?
2 Who was the only Englishman to be crowned World Snooker Champion in the 1970s?
3 In which sport is the Drysdale Cup contested?
4 The Toffir Stadium is the home ground of which small footballing nation?
5 What do the initials SSS signify in the game of golf?
6 Who won his 107th cap for England in 1973?
7 What nickname was given to England’s controversial 1932 cricket tour of Australia?
8 Who is the only boxer to appear on the album cover of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band?
9 What does the term “sacked” mean during a game of American football?
10 Which Scottish football club are nicknamed
The Parrs?
Answers
Charlie Magri
John Spencer
Squash
The Faeroe Islands
Standard Scratch Score
Bobby Moore
Bodyline
Sonny Liston
That a quarterback is tackled when in possession of the ball
Dunfermline Athletic
SESSION TWO QUIZ TEN
SNOOKER LOOPY
1 Which South African was the first left-handed player to reach the final of the snooker World Championships?
2 Which snooker world champion was born in Bradford in 1952?
3 How many times was Stephen Hendry crowned World Champion in the 1990s?
4 In 1993 who became the youngest player to be crowned UK Snooker Champion?
5 Joe Davis holds the record for winning the world title in consecutive years. For how many successive years was he World Champion?
6 How old was Steve Davis when he won his first world title?
7 Who was Cliff Thorburn playing when he made a 147 break in the snooker World Championships?
8 In which country was the first European Open held?
9 Who is the only Australian to be crowned World Snooker Champion?
10 What is a snooker ball made of?
Answers
Peri Mans
Joe Johnson
Seven
Ronnie O’Sullivan
Fifteen
23
Terry Griffiths
France
Horace Lindrum in 1952
Crystallate
SESSION THREE QUIZ ONE
GENERAL
1 Who was the first footballer to score 100 goals in England’s Premiership?
2 Which golfer won his fourth World Matchplay Championship in 2002?
3 What sport is played by the Belfast Giants?
4 There are 10 different ways to be given out at cricket. Of the ten which is the most recent addition to the rules?
5 Who did Boris Becker beat in the final when winning his first Wimbledon title?
6 Who did England beat 134 - 0 in a 2001 rugby union international?
7 Why was horse racing banned in Britain in November 1967?
8 By what shorter name is the sports star Arthur Antunes Coimbra better known?
9 Which cricket county are know as the Steelbacks?
10 Which sport featured in the book Death In
The Afternoon?
Answers
Alan Shearer
Ernie Els
Ice hockey
Timed out
Kevin Curren
Romania
Due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease
Zico
Northamptonshire
Bull fighting
SESSION THREE QUIZ TWO
MOTOR RACING
1 Which Formula One champion of the past acquired the nickname of The Professor?
2 At which event did Nigel Mansell record his first Grand Prix victory?
3 Who was the first American to be crowned Formula One champion?
4 For which car company did Enzo Ferrari drive racing cars?
5 James Hunt became world champion driving for which car manufacturer?
6 Who was the first Finnish driver to be crowned Formula One champion?
7 In the world of Formula One racing what does a blue flag indicate?
8 What was the nationality of the first ever Formula One world champion?
9 Sepang is the venue for which Grand Prix race?
10 In 1970 who became the only driver to win
the Formula One world title posthumously?
Answers
Alain Prost
British Grand Prix
Phil Hill
Alfa Romeo
McLaren
Keke Rosberg
A car is about to overtake
Italian, Giuseppe Farina in 1950
The Malaysian Grand Prix
Jochen Rindt
SESSION THREE QUIZ THREE
GENERAL
1 Which American baseball team are known as the Diamondbacks?
2 From which club did Newcastle United sign David Ginola?
3 Which cricket county’s emblem comprises of three swords?
4 Who won Britain’s first gold medal at the 2002 Sydney Olympics?
5 How many goals did Gary Lineker score for England?
6 Which rugby union nation sports a silver fern emblem on its shirts?
7 How many consecutive strikes need to be bowled to achieve a perfect score of 300 in ten pin bowling?
8 Who was the first player to appear in the final of ten World Darts Championships?
9 In which American state was the first Ryder Cup contested?
10 What collective nickname was given to the
tennis stars, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cocket, Rene LaCoste and Jean Borotra?
Answers
Arizona Diamondbacks
Paris St Germaine
Middlesex
The cyclist, Jason Queally
48
New Zealand
12
Eric Bristow
Massachusetts
The Four Musketeers
SESSION THREE QUIZ FOUR
SCOTTISH FOOTBALL
1 Which club’s ground is called the Strathclyde Homes Stadium?
2 Which team did Arbroath beat 36-0 in a famous Scottish Cup tie in 1885?
3 Which religious festival would you associate with the home ground of Hibernian?
4 Who was the first non-British player to be voted Scotland’s Footballer of the Year?
5 Which Scottish football club plays its home matches in the town of Dingwall?
6 What is Scotland’s oldest league club?
7 Paisley is the hometown of which club nicknamed The Buddies?
8 Who managed Celtic to European Cup glory?
9 In which Scottish city are St Johnstone FC based?
10 Name the five Scottish football league
clubs whose names begin and end with the same letter.
Answers
Dumbarton
Bon Accord
Easter, their home ground is Easter Road
Brian Laudrup
Ross County
Queen’s Park
St Mirren
Jock Stein
Perth
Celtic, Dundee United, East Fife, East Stirlingshire and Kilmarnock
SESSION THREE QUIZ FIVE
GENERAL
1 At which sporting venue do competitors encounter The Valley of Sin?
2 Who was the last Spaniard to win Wimbledon’s Mens Singles in the 20th century?
3 Who was the first teenager to play Test Cricket for England?
4 Which airport has in the past staged the Grand National?
5 Who was the first person to win the Tour de France in five consecutive years?
6 What sport is played by the Milton Keynes Lions?
7 Which player scored in consecutive FA Cup finals in 2001 and 2002?
8 Which baseball legend was nicknamed The Georgia Peach?
9 At which stadium was the first Greyhound Derby run?
10 Which rugby union international retired in
1991 with a career total of 93 caps for France?
Answers
St Andrews
Manuel Santana in 1966
Dennis Compton
Gatwick
Miguel Indurain
Basketball
Freddie Ljungberg
Ty Cobb
White City
Serge Blanco
SESSION THREE QUIZ SIX
A ROUND OF GOLF
1 Which American golfer won the British Open in 1998?
2 The holes at the Augusta National Golf Course are all named after what?
3 In which decade was the British Open Championship first held?
4 Why would hole No 8 at the Troon Golf Course interest a philatelist?
5 Why did Ian Woosnam lose his temper with Miles Byrne in the 2001 British Open?
6 Which golfer was portrayed by Glenn Ford in the 1951 film, Follow The Sun?
7 Who was the first British golfer to win the US Women’s Open?
8 Who at the age of 46 is the oldest winner of the US Masters?
9 Which course staged the first British Open?
10 Which two Lancashire golf courses with the
prefix Royal have hosted the Ryder Cup?
Answers
Mark O’Meara
Plants
1860s
Hole No 8 is known as the Postage Stamp
Miles Byrne was the caddie who put an extra club in Woosnam’s trolley, costing
him the title
Ben Hogan
Laura Davies
Jack Nicklaus
Prestwick
Royal Birkdale and Royal Lytham
SESSION THREE QUIZ SEVEN
GENERAL
1 In 1985 which football club reached a Wembley Cup final and were relegated in the same year?
2 Which tennis star married former 007 actor George Lazenby in 2002?
3 Which sport employs the Duckworth Lewis method of scoring?
4 Which sport was originally called mintonette?
5 Who was the first player Manchester United bought in a transfer deal exceeding £1 million?
6 In which country is the Bislett Athletic Stadium?
7 Who was the first national hunt jockey to ride 1000 winners?
8 What do the initials WTA stand for with regard to a sporting organisation?
9 Who defeated Lennox Lewis in April 2001?
10 Who did Zinedine Zidane replace as the
world’s most expensive footballer?
Answers
Norwich City
Pam Shriver
Cricket, in one day matches
Basketball
Bryan Robson
Norway
Stan Mellor
Women’s Tennis Association
Hasim Rahman
Luis Figo
SESSION THREE QUIZ EIGHT
ATHLETICS
1 Who was the first athlete to exceed a distance of 8 metres in the long jump?
2 In 2002 who became the first British track athlete to win four European titles?
3 Over what distance was Don Quarry an Olympic champion?
4 Who succeeded David Hemery as President of UK Athletics?
5 Which Englishman won a Commonwealth gold medal in the long jump at the 2002 games?
6 What was Tim Montgomery’s time when he broke the 100 metres world record in September 2002?
7 In November 2002 who was named The International Athletic Foundation Athlete of the Year in Monte Carlo?
8 What is the final throwing event in the decathlon?
9 At which Oxford stadium did Roger Bannister run the first sub-four minute mile?
10 Who was the first athlete to record a time
of less than 13 minutes for the 5000 metres?
Answers
Jesse Owen
Colin Jackson
200 metres
Lynn Davies
Nathan Morgan
9.78 seconds
Paula Radcliffe
Javelin
Iffley Road
Said Aouita
SESSION THREE QUIZ NINE
GENERAL
1 Who was the first British footballer to be transferred for £2 million?
2 Who lit the Olympic flame at the 2000 Sydney games?
3 Who managed the Welsh national soccer team for just 50 days in 1994?
4 Which cricket county won its only county championship in 1936?
5 Which was the first Scottish football club to compete in the European Cup?
6 What bird connects Crystal Palace FC and USA’s rugby union team?
7 Who was the first professional sportsman to receive a knighthood?
8 Which unseeded player did John McEnroe defeat in the final of the Wimbledon Singles in 1983?
9 At what sport have Kerry, Cork and Kildaire all won the Sam Maguire Trophy?
10 On which horse did Willie Carson record
his first Epsom Derby win?
Answers
Paul Gascoine
Cathy Freeman
John Toshack
Derbyshire
Hibernian
Both are nicknamed The Eagles
Cricketer, Sir Jack Hobbs
Chris Lewis
Gaelic football
Troy
SESSION THREE QUIZ TEN
WELL EQUIPPED
1 In which sport do competitors use a tab and a chest guard?
2 In which sport is a stick called a caman used?
3 Epoxy hard, Malibu and wave-tec are all types of what?
4 The cantle, the surcingle loop and the twist are all parts of a what?
5 What piece of sporting equipment has a grip, a shaft and a head?
6 What kind of weapon is an estoque?
7 What name is given to the metal spiked plates attached to a mountaineer’s boots for a better grip?
8 In what sport might competitors wear a plastron, a lame and a martingale?
9 What do the initials WA signify on a netball bib?
10 On what would you find a boom yang, a
pintle and a halyard?
Answers
Archery
Shinty
Surfboard
Horse’s saddle
A golf club
A sword, used by a matador
Crampons
Fencing
Wing Attack
A yacht
SESSION FOUR QUIZ ONE
GENERAL
1 In 2000 which team replaced Chester City in the Football League?
2 In what decade was the New York Marathon first run?
3 In 1991 who broke Bob Beamon’s long standing world record for the long jump?
4 In which US state is the Anaheim Baseball Stadium?
5 What nationality is the tennis star Jana Novotna?
6 In which film did Ryan O’Neal play a boxer managed by Barbara Streisand?
7 In May 1970 Diane Crump became the first woman to compete in which famous race?
8 Which racket sport made its Olympic debut in 1992?
9 Which world light-heavyweight champion was the last opponent of Rocky Marciano?
10 Which Formula One Grand Prix is contested
at Imola?
Answers
Kidderminster
1970s, first run in 1970
Mike Powell
California
Czechoslovakian
The Main Event
Kentucky Derby
Badminton
Archie Moore
San Marino Grand Prix
SESSION FOUR QUIZ TWO
FOOTBALL FIRSTS
1 Which player scored the first ever goal in England’s Premier League?
2 Which was the first football club to install under-soil heating in England?
3 Who scored England’s first goal under the managerial reins of Sven Goran Eriksson?
4 Who was the first Englishman to score in the European Cup final?
5 Which player was involved in Britain’s first million pound transfer?
6 Who was the first foreign player to score a hat trick in England’s Premier League?
7 Which striker when signing for Everton became the first British footballer to be sold for £300,000?
8 In 1997 who became the first black referee in England’s Premier League?
9 What football first was achieved in a league game between Millwall and Fulham in June 1974?
10 Who was the first player to captain a
Scottish FA Cup winning team and an English FA Cup winning team?
Answers
Brian Deane
Everton
Nick Barmby
Bobby Charlton
Trevor Francis
Eric Cantona
Bob Latchford
Uriah Rennie
The first English league game played on a Sunday
Martin Buchan for Aberdeen and Manchester United
SESSION FOUR QUIZ THREE
GENERAL
1 On what piece of sporting equipment do competitors perform a manoeuvre called the Thomas Flairs?
2 Who was the first Dutchman to play in an FA Cup final?
3 The Strathcona Cup is contested in which sport?
4 In which European country is the ski resort of Kitzbuhel?
5 In what decade was the Olympic flag first used in the games?
6 St Kilda, Collingwood and Geelong Footscray are all teams from which sport?
7 What was Billie Jean King’s name when she won her first Wimbledon title?
8 In which US state is the Iditarod dog sled race contested?
9 Which British golf course is located at Hoylake?
10 Who broke Denis Law’s FA Cup goal scoring
record in 1996?
Answers
A pommel horse
Arnold Muhren
Curling
Austria
1920s, first used at the 1920 Olympics
Australian rules football
Billie Jean Moffitt
Alaska
Royal Liverpool Golf Course
Ian Rush
SESSION FOUR QUIZ FOUR
COUNTRY SIDES
Which country do the following football teams come from?
1 Troyes
2 NAC Breda
3 Dynamo Minsk
4 Celta Viego
5 Flamurtari Viora
6 Flamengo
7 Colo Colo
8 Ferencvaros
9 Arsenal de Sarandi
10 Silkeborg IF
Answers
France
Netherlands
Belarus
Spain
Albania
Brazil
Chile
Hungary
Argentina
Denmark
SESSION FOUR QUIZ FIVE
GENERAL
1 Which English football club won the Welsh Cup in 1984 and 1985?
2 What sport is played by the Sydney City Roosters?
3 Which Cuban Olympic gold medallist was nicknamed White Lightning?
4 Which world champion wrote a book entitled, How To Be Really Interesting?
5 Who was voted BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2002?
6 How many players are there in a handball team?
7 In which country were the 1998 Commonwealth Games held?
8 Which Manchester based footballer carried the flag for Bermuda at the opening ceremony of the 2002 Commonwealth Games?
9 What is the last event in a three-day eventing competition?
10 What was the name of the first yacht to
win the America’s Cup?
Answers
Shrewsbury Town
Rugby league
Alberto Juantorena
Steve Davis
Wayne Rooney
Seven
Malaysia
Shaun Goater
Show jumping
America
SESSION FOUR QUIZ SIX
TROPHY TRIVIA
1 In which sport is the Dogget’s Coat And Badge awarded?
2 In which sport does Scotland play Australia for the Hopetown Cup?
3 In which sport does Britain play the USA for the Westchester Cup?
4 In which sport is the North Sea Cup awarded?
5 What is the name of the trophy awarded annually to the leading golfer in the Order of Merit on the European Tour?
6 The Borg-Warner Trophy is awarded to the winner of which race?
7 Which trophy first presented in 1990 is contested by women golfers from the USA and their European counterparts?
8 Which trophy was stolen in 1895 never to be recovered?
9 In which sport is the Jim Thorpe Trophy awarded?
10 The Lugano Trophy is a leading competition
for which event?
Answers
River rowing
Rugby union
Polo
Wind surfing
The Harry Vardon Trophy
Indianapolis 500
Solheim Cup
The original FA Cup trophy
American football
Walking races
SESSION FOUR QUIZ SEVEN
GENERAL
1 Which sport was named after the home of the Duke of Beaufort?
2 What type of bird features on the badge of Tottenham Hotspur FC?
3 Which former world champion boxer acquired the nickname of Hands of Stone?
4 Which Spanish football club was managed by Ron Atkinson?
5 In which sport did Marcus Gronholm achieve world champion status?
6 In which New Zealand city is rugby union played at the Lancaster Park Stadium?
7 What is the nationality of the tennis star Wayne Ferreria?
8 Which individual won the greatest number of gold medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, collecting six in total?
9 What is the name of the French equivalent of the Epsom Derby?
10 Who defeated Arsenal in the 2000 UEFA Cup
final?
Answers
Badminton
Cockerel
Roberto Duran
Atletico Madrid
Rallying
Christchurch
South African
Swimmer, Ian Thorpe
Prix du Jockey Club
Galatasaray
SESSION FOUR QUIZ EIGHT
ENGLAND FOOTBALL INTERNATIONALS
1 Billy Wright was the first footballer with the surname of Wright to captain England. Who was the second?
2 Who is the only footballer whilst captaining England to be sent off in the 20th century?
3 Who was the youngest member of England’s Euro 2000 squad?
4 Which two England international players duetted on the 1987 hit record, Diamond Nights?
5 Who at the age of 38 became the oldest player to make his England debut?
6 Who dislocated his shoulder when captaining England at the 1996 World Cup?
7 Who was the first person to captain England and go on to manage them?
8 Which former England international had a hit record in 1979 with, Head Over Heels In Love?
9 Who was the first black footballer to be capped for England?
10 Name the first five players to score 30
goals or more for England.
Answers
Mark Wright
Ray Wilkins
Gareth Barry
Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle
Leslie Compton
Bryan Robson
Alf Ramsey
Kevin Keegan
Viv Anderson
Bobby Charlton, Gary Lineker, Jimmy Greaves, Tom Finney and Nat Lofthouse
SESSION FOUR QUIZ NINE
GENERAL
1 Which sports commentator wrote a 2002 autobiography entitled, Unless I’m Very Much Mistaken?
2 Which footballer scored the winning goal in the 2002 Worthington Cup final?
3 At which sports stadium is the Jack Hobbs Gate?
4 Who was the first Australian to be crowned Formula One World Champion?
5 How many points are awarded for a safety touch in American football?
6 Which country recorded its first Test match victory in 1986 when defeating India?
7 Who was the first driver to record six victories in the Le Mans race?
8 Who was the first British golfer to appear in ten Ryder Cups?
9 How many hoops are used in a game of croquet?
10 In tennis which nation defeated Australia
in the final of the Davis Cup in 2000?
Answers
Murray Walker
Andy Cole
The Oval
Jack Brabham
Two
Sri Lanka
Jacky Ickx
Christy O’Connor
Six
Spain
SESSION FOUR QUIZ TEN
BALL SPORTS
1 Which ball sport was invented by Dr James A Naismith in 1891?
2 What is “sledging” in the game of cricket?
3 In which country did the sport of korfball originate?
4 What sport is played by the Barcelona Dragons?
5 In which decade was the first Hockey World Cup contested?
6 What golf first was recorded by Tom Morris Jnr at the 1868 British Open?
7 Which legendary baseball star hit 755 home runs in his Major League career?
8 What sport is played with the heaviest ball?
9 What sport owes its name to the French word meaning, “take it”?
10 Was the original name of Barnsley Football
Club, St Peters, St Johns, St James, St Andrews or St Pauls?
Answers
Basketball
Fielders attempting to upset the concentration of batsman by using provocative
words
Netherlands
American football
1970s, first contested in 1971
The first recorded hole in one
Hank Aaron
Ten pin bowling
Tennis, from the French word tenez
St Peters
SESSION FIVE QUIZ ONE
GENERAL
1 What make of car was Niki Lauda driving when he first became World Champion?
2 What race was first contested on March 29, 1981?
3 Which famous sporting arena was finally completed on April 23, 1923?
4 Name the three British drivers who finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the 1965 Formula One World Championships.
5 Which rugby star is nicknamed The Big Unit?
6 Who in 1998 became the first Scottish footballer to be sent off in the World Cup finals?
7 What is the name of South America’s international football championships?
8 On an archery target what colour is the outer ring?
9 Which two countries were joint hosts of the 1987 Rugby Union World Cup?
10 In boxing what is a bolo?
Answers
Ferrari
London Marathon
Wembley Stadium
Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart
Jonah Lomu
Craig Burley
Copa America
White
Australia & New Zealand
An uppercut punch
SESSION FIVE QUIZ TWO
SPORTING LADIES
1 In which sport has Karen Smithies represented England?
2 Who was the first woman to be crowned World Cross Country Champion?
3 From which city do Serena and Venus Williams hail?
4 What is the female equivalent of the Davis Cup in tennis?
5 In which city did Paula Radcliffe break the world record for the women’s marathon in 2002?
6 Which sporting personality was born Elizabeth Lynch?
7 Other than Wimbledon what was the only Grand Slam title that Virginia Wade won?
8 In which sport did Kate Howey achieve world champion status?
9 Who competed at the 1972 Olympics on a horse called Goodwill?
10 In which sport is a female participant
known as a wahine?
Answers
Cricket
Zola Budd
Los Angeles
Federation Cup
Chicago
Liz McColgan
US Open
Judo
Princess Anne
Surfing
SESSION FIVE QUIZ THREE
GENERAL
1 Which sports name is sometimes abbreviated to the letters MX?
2 With which club did Stanley Matthews begin and end his playing career?
3 In which century was the MCC founded?
4 Which boxer was nicknamed The Celtic Warrior?
5 Who was crowned World Snooker Champion six times in the 1970s?
6 In which English county is Stoneleigh Equestrian Centre?
7 What was the name of the yacht in which Richard Branson crossed the Atlantic in 1986?
8 Which was the only team to contest the first ever FA Cup tournament that still exists as a Football League side today?
9 Who was Ireland’s only medal winner at the 2002 Sydney Olympics?
10 In 1999 which team were the last winners
of the discontinued European Cup Winners Cup?
Answers
Motorcross
Stoke City
18th century, founded in 1787
Steve Collins
Ray Reardon
Warwickshire
Virgin Atlantic Challenger II
Crystal Palace
Sonia O’Sullivan
Lazio
SESSION FIVE QUIZ FOUR
WINTER SPORTS
1 In which sport did Britain win their only gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics?
2 In which European country is the Gstaad winter sports resort?
3 In which event did Eric Heiden win five gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics?
4 The FITB is the governing body of which sport?
5 What does the sport of XC-Ice involve?
6 At which Winter Olympic venue did Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards compete?
7 Which European country were ice hockey champions in 1998?
8 What colour signifies a difficult slope on a skiing piste?
9 In which US state were the 2002 Winter Olympics held?
10 What sporting body has the initials ISU?
Answers
Curling
Switzerland
Speed skating
Tobogganing and bobsleighing
Cross country skiing on ice
Calgary
Sweden
Black
Utah
International Skating Union
SESSION FIVE QUIZ FIVE
GENERAL
1 Which team were Liverpool’s opponents at the time of the Hillsborough disaster?
2 Which boxer did Muhammed Ali defeat when he won the world title for the second time?
3 Which university cricket team plays its home matches at a ground called The Fenners?
4 Who is the oldest man to play Test Cricket for England?
5 Which England cricket international was tragically killed in a car accident in March 2002?
6 In what month is the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe contested?
7 Against which football nation did England suffer their record defeat, a 7-1 massacre in 1954?
8 What Y word is the name given to a flat handspring over a vaulting horse?
9 In a 1998 football match Scotland were declared winners after 2 seconds as their opponents failed to turn up. Who were their opponents?
10 In what game is shooting known as fulking?
Answers
Nottingham Forest
George Foreman
Cambridge University
Wilfred Rhodes, he was 52 when last capped
Ben Hollioake
October
Hungary
Yamashita
Estonia
Marbles
SESSION FIVE QUIZ SIX
THE FA CUP
1 Which brothers were teammates in the 1977 FA Cup final?
2 Which team won the FA Cup three times in the 80s?
3 In what year was the first FA Cup final contested?
4 Who is the only team to hold the FA Cup for seven consecutive years?
5 What were the first two stadiums to host 20 FA Cup finals?
6 Who is the only player to score in two different FA Cup finals in the 1970s?
7 Who were the first team to win the FA Cup?
8 In which year did the first Wembley FA Cup final go to a replay?
9 In the 20th century which two teams did Manchester United beat 4-0 in FA Cup finals?
10 Which team lost in consecutive FA Cup
finals of the 1990s?
Answers
Brian and Jimmy Greenhoff
Blackburn Rovers, who won the cup three times in the 1880s!
1872
Portsmouth, who won the FA Cup in 1939 and held it until 1946 due to World War
II
Kennington Oval and Crystal Palace
Steve Heighway
Wanderers
1970 after a 2-2 draw Chelsea beat Leeds 2-1in the replay
Brighton and Chelsea
Newcastle United
SESSION FIVE QUIZ SEVEN
GENERAL
1 In which city does Galatasaray FC play their home matches?
2 In 1980 who became the first man to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics?
3 Which football club are nicknamed The Red Imps?
4 Who was Muhammed Ali’s final opponent in the ring?
5 What nationality is the golfer Ian Baker -Finch?
6 At the age of 46 who is the oldest driver to be crowned Formula One World Champion?
7 What was the title of the Scotland World Cup squad’s 1982 hit record?
8 Beefy and Guy the Gorilla are both nicknames to have been given to which sports star?
9 In 1995 who became the first non-European to be voted European Footballer of the Year?
10 What five events comprise the modern
pentathlon?
Answers
Istanbul
Alexander Dityatin
Lincoln City
Trevor Berbick
Australian
Juan Manuel Fangio
We Have A Dream
Ian Botham
George Weah
Cross country running, shooting, fencing, cross-country riding and swimming
SESSION FIVE QUIZ EIGHT
GIVE IT A TRY
Identify the rugby league clubs from their nicknames and grounds
1 Hornets Spotland Stadium
2 Dragons Belle Vue Stadium
3 Warriors Recreation Ground
4 Lions Gigg Lane
5 Centurions Hilton Park
6 Eagles Don Valley Stadium
7 Rhinos Headingley
8 Cougars Cougar Park
9 Hawks South Leeds Stadium
10 Bulls Odsal Stadium
Answers
Rochdale Hornets
Doncaster Dragons
Whitehaven Warriors
Swinton Lions
Leigh Centurions
Sheffield Eagles
Leeds Rhinos
Keighley Cougars
Hunslet Hawks
Bradford Bulls
SESSION FIVE QUIZ NINE
GENERAL
1 In 1990 which tennis star at the age of 19 became the youngest man to win the US Open?
2 Who was the first batsman to score 30 Test centuries?
3 Which club were named Team of the Century by FIFA in 1998?
4 Which country failed to score a single goal at the Euro 2000 Football Championships?
5 What nationality is the legendary skier Franz Klammer?
6 Who was voted BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year in 2002?
7 For which professional baseball team did the legendary Hank Aaron hit his first home run?
8 What insect completes the name of the New Orleans NBA basketball team?
9 Which ice hockey star announced his retirement in 1999 after amassing a career total of 2857 points?
10 Which team won the Superbowl in 1972, 1978, 1993, 1994 and 1996?
Answers
Pete Sampras
Sunil Gavaskar
Real Madrid
Denmark
Austrian
Ronaldo
Milwaukee Braves
Hornets
Wayne Gretzky
Dallas Cowboys
SESSION FIVE QUIZ TEN
SPORTING TERMS
1 What are the target areas called in curling?
2 What T word is the name given to a yacht with three hulls?
3 In which sport do contestants put their lips to the kisser?
4 In horse racing what is a scurry?
5 In what sport is a Canadian pairs race contested?
6 In equestrian events what P word describes horses trotting on the spot?
7 In which sport are competitors referred to as being a goofy foot if standing with their right foot forward?
8 In which sport do participants land in the telemark position?
9 In which game is a player with a high handicap called, a long bisquer?
10 What is measured by a stimpmeter in the
game of golf?
Answers
Houses
Trimaran
Archery
A short sprint race
Canoeing
Piaffer
Surfing
Ski jumping
Croquet
The pace of the green
SESSION SIX QUIZ ONE
GENERAL
1 Who did Bobby Robson manage directly after leaving the England job?
2 Who trained the first five horses past the post in the 1983 Cheltenham Gold Cup?
3 Which sports personality did Enrique Iglesias embrace in a 2002 video for his song Escape?
4 Who was the first female winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award?
5 Which brother and sister were the mixed doubles champions at the 1981 Wimbledon tournament?
6 In Australian rules football what name is given to the equivalent of the kick off?
7 Which was the first car manufacturer to win 100 Formula One Grand Prix races?
8 Hell’s Half Acre in New Jersey is the world’s largest what?
9 Who is the only Australian female tennis player to achieve a Grand Slam?
10 By the end of the 20th century which six
football teams had achieved a League and FA Cup double?
Answers
PSV Eindhoven
Michael Dickinson
Anna Kournikova
Anita Lonsbrough
Roger & Tracy Austin
The bounce
Ferrari
Golf bunker
Margaret Court
Preston North End, Aston Villa, Tottenham, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester
United
SESSION SIX QUIZ TWO
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
1 Who was crowned World Bowls Champion in 2002?
2 Which was the first country to win two football World Cups?
3 Tiina Lillak was the first ever Women’s Javelin World Champion. What is her nationality?
4 In September 2002 who was crowned World Superbike World Champion?
5 Which nation won cricket’s World Cup in 1996?
6 Han Aiping and Hadinata Christian are both past world champions in which sport?
7 Which former world champion founded an airline company in his native Austria?
8 Which golf major did Ernie Els win in three successive years from 1994 to 1996?
9 Which country were the first Women’s Ice Hockey World Champions?
10 Who beat Phil Taylor to become Darts World
Champion in 2003?
Answers
Tony Allcock
Italy
Finnish
Colin Edwards
Sri Lanka
Badminton
Niki Lauda
World Match Play Championships
Canada
John Part
SESSION SIX QUIZ THREE
GENERAL
1 What crime made news headlines throughout the world on February 8, 1983?
2 Which English football club’s ground shares its name with a battle of 1066?
3 Which British sporting hero received a knighthood on May 1, 2001?
4 In a record breaking 1955 cricket international match, which country were dismissed by England for just 26 runs?
5 Who was the vice-captain of the 2002 European Ryder Cup team?
6 Who rode his first winner in 1948 on a horse called The Chase?
7 Who was the first cricketer to take 300 Test wickets?
8 In which American city are The Bruins ice hockey team based?
9 How many players comprise a women’s lacrosse team?
10 Who played in the 1982 football World Cup
at the age of 17?
Answers
The kidnap of Shergar
Stamford Bridge the home of Chelsea
Steve Redgrave
New Zealand
Ina Woosnam
Lester Piggott
Fred Trueman
Boston
12
Norman Whiteside
SESSION SIX QUIZ FOUR
THIS IS MY LIFE
Identify the sports personalities from their initials and the titles of their
autobiographies
1 SP Psycho
2 JN The Greatest Game Of All
3 MN Being Myself
4 FB Zero To Hero
5 JP Glorious Uncertainty
6 GG Testing Times
7 TA Addicted
8 JF Born Lucky
9 NL To Hell And Back
10 GB The Good The Bad And The Bubbly
Answers
Stuart Pearce
Jack Nicklaus
Martina Navratilova
Frank Bruno
Jenny Pitman
Graham Gooch
Tony Adams
John Francome
Niki Lauda
George Best
SESSION SIX QUIZ FIVE
GENERAL
1 Who was appointed Chief Executive of Manchester United in 2000, replacing Martin Edwards?
2 In the world of sport what do the initials ICC stand for?
3 In darts, which score, is sometimes referred to as bed and breakfast?
4 Which was the only country to beat England in a rugby union international during 2002?
5 In which sport has Hungary won the Swaythling Cup 12 times in the 20th century?
6 Which rugby league team are nicknamed The Chemics?
7 Who was appointed England’s cricket team manager in 1992?
8 What is the duration of a Gaelic football match?
9 What is the name of the winter sports course that at 1212 metres is the world’s longest?
10 What were the first three grounds in
England to stage a cricket Test Match?
Answers
Peter Kenyon
International Cricket Conference
26
France
Table tennis
Widnes
Keith Fletcher
60 minutes
Cresta Run
Kennington Oval, Lord’s and Old Trafford
SESSION SIX QUIZ SIX
WATER WATER EVERYWHERE
1 Which future entertainer was an Australian junior backstroke champion in 1946?
2 Paul Elvstrom won four consecutive Olympic gold medals in which sport?
3 Mike Hazelwood, Sammy Duval and Bob La Point are all former world champions in which sport?
4 Which American swimmer was the first woman to swim the English Channel both ways?
5 Gert Fredriksson is an Olympic champion at which sport?
6 Which female swimmer won six gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games?
7 Which diver was a 1984 Olympic champion and amassed a career total of 47 US National Diving titles?
8 Who was the first woman to swim 100 metres in less than 1 minute?
9 What is octopush?
10 Who was crowned Olympic champion in 1932
and went on to play Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers on film?
Answers
Rolf Harris
Yachting
Water Skiing
Florence Chadwick
Canoeing
Kristin Otto
Greg Luganis
Dawn Fraser
Underwater hockey
Buster Crabbe
SESSION SIX QUIZ SEVEN
GENERAL
1 Which football club are nicknamed The Grecians?
2 What sport is played by the Southampton Trojans?
3 Who relieved Muhammed Ali of his world title in 1978?
4 Which boxing star of yesteryear was nicknamed The Boxing Strong Boy?
5 In which US city are the Red Wings ice hockey team based?
6 Founded in 1862, which is England’s oldest football league club?
7 Which capital city hosted the 1998 Commonwealth Games?
8 Jerry Rice, Walter Payton and Jim Brown are all famous names from the past in which sport?
9 Who was the first cricketer to take 100 Test wickets, 100 Test catches and score 1000 Test runs?
10 In which sport is a fukuro shinai used?
Answers
Exeter City
Field hockey
Leon Spinks
John L Sullivan
Detroit
Notts County
Kuala Lumpur
American football
Gary Sobers
Kendo, it is the name of the bamboo sword
SESSION SIX QUIZ EIGHT
MEET THE FOOTBALL MANAGERS
1 At which football club did Ron Atkinson make his managerial debut?
2 At which club did Tommy Docherty succeed Nobby Stiles as manager?
3 Which former England manager died in February 2002 aged 89?
4 Which former Blackpool goalkeeper managed Canada at their first World Cup finals in 1984?
5 Who managed Brazil to World Cup glory in 2002?
6 Who was the youngest English Premiership manager in 2002?
7 Which football manager co-wrote the book, Leeds United On Trial?
8 Who managed two different English clubs to Division One League titles in the 1970s?
9 Which two Premiership clubs have been managed by the 1987 European Footballer Of The Year?
10 Name the six former England bosses who
managed Premiership clubs in the 2002/2003 season.
Answers
Cambridge United
Preston North End
Sir Walter Winterbottom
Tony Waiters
Luiz Felipe Scolari
David Moyes of Everton
David O’Leary
Brian Clough, Derby County and Notts Forest
Chelsea and Newcastle, the manager being Ruud Gullit
Glenn Hoddle, Kevin Keegan, Terry Venables, Graham Taylor, Bobby Robson & Howard
Wilkinson
SESSION SIX QUIZ NINE
GENERAL
1 Over how many furlongs is the Epsom Derby run?
2 What was the original name of Wembley Stadium?
3 In which month does pheasant shooting season end?
4 What is the nationality of the golfer David Duval?
5 What sporting team is nicknamed the Bronx Bombers?
6 Which hurling team won the most All Ireland Championships in the 20th century?
7 What was the original name of Manchester City FC?
8 Which sports governing body is known by the acronym FIP?
9 Who did Muhammed Ali defeat to win his first world title?
10 Which two countries are to jointly host
the 2008 European Football Championships?
Answers
12 furlongs
Empire Stadium
February
American
New York Yankees
Cork
Ardwick FC
Polo, Federation of International Polo
Sonny Liston
Austria and Switzerland
SESSION SIX QUIZ TEN
WHO AM I?
Identify the sports personalities from the clues given
1 I was born in 1904 and published my cricket memoirs entitled Bodyline.
2 I was born in Norway and I have won marathons in Boston, London and Chicago and was crowned World Cross Country Champion in 1988.
3 My middle name is Corley and between 1977 and 1987 I won 122 consecutive races.
4 I was born in California in 1980 and was coached by my father Richard to win a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
5 I starred in the films Mandingo and Drum and I once broke Muhammed Ali’s jaw.
6 I won the US Open in June 1999, but died before the end of the year.
7 I was born in 1929 and between 1955 and 1958 I was runner up in the Formula One World Championships.
8 I was born in London in 1940 and scored 357 goals in 517 league matches for Tottenham, Chelsea and West Ham.
9 I am nicknamed The Kentucky Kid and won my first Epsom Derby on Slip Anchor.
10 I am a former team captain on A Question
Of Sport and I am the only footballer to have been capped by England in the
1960s, the 1970s and the 1980s.
Answers
Harold Larwood
Ingrid Kristiansen
Ed Moses
Venus Williams
Ken Norton
Payne Stewart
Stirling Moss
Jimmy Greaves
Steve Cauthen
Emlyn Hughes
SESSION SEVEN QUIZ ONE
GENERAL
1 Who scored six of England’s seven goals at the 1986 World Cup finals?
2 What was Boris Becker’s seed when he won his first Wimbledon title?
3 Who was the first Englishman to be crowned Darts World Champion?
4 In American football which two animals would be in opposition if the Bills played Chicago?
5 In which US city is the horse race called The Preakness Stakes contested?
6 In 2002 Jahangar Khan was appointed President of the World Federation in which sport?
7 Which former British boxing world champion coined the nickname of The Dark Destroyer?
8 What nationality is the golfer Vijay Singh?
9 For which team did Jerry Rice score a record 187 touchdowns?
10 At which four events did Carl Lewis win
Olympic gold medals in 1984?
Answers
Gary Lineker
He was unseeded
John Lowe
Buffalo Bills versus Chicago Bears
Baltimore
Squash
Nigel Benn
Fijian
San Francisco 49ers
100 m, 200 m, 4 x 100 m relay and long jump
SESSION SEVEN QUIZ TWO
ANIMALISTIC
The answers to the following ten questions all contain the name of a creature
1 Which colourful reptile won the 1968 Grand National?
2 What is Derbyshire’s national league nickname in county cricket?
3 Which team won the Superbowl in 1973 and 1974?
4 Which was the first Canadian team to win the Superbowl?
5 Butch Harmon has worked as coach of which world famous sports star?
6 What is the name of Bristol City FC?
7 In 2002 who beat Newcastle Knights 41-26 to become rugby league world champions?
8 Whose autobiography is entitled White Cap And Bails?
9 Which two animals would be in opposition if South Africa played Argentina at rugby union?
10 What is the name of the US basketball team
based in St Louis?
Answers
Red Alligator
Scorpions
Miami Dolphins
Toronto Blue Jays
Tiger Woods
The Robins
Bradford Bulls
Dickie Bird
Springboks versus The Pumas
St Louis Hawks
SESSION SEVEN QUIZ THREE
GENERAL
1 For which club did Alan Shearer score his first league goal?
2 Which two cities would be in opposition if the Pirates played the Phillies at baseball?
3 On which course is the Irish Grand National run?
4 Which Australian Formula One star received a knighthood in 1979?
5 In what year was Emily Davidson killed at the Epsom Derby?
6 In which city were the Olympic games held at an altitude of 2239 metres?
7 Which sporting couple’s autobiography is entitled Facing The Music?
8 If the Pistons played the Nuggets at basketball which two American cities would be in opposition?
9 At what sport is David Douillet a former world and Olympic champion?
10 In 1989 which tennis star won the Men’s
Singles at the French Open aged just 17?
Answers
Southampton
Pittsburgh versus Philadelphia
Fairyhouse
Jack Brabham
1913
Mexico City
Torvill and Dean
Detroit Pistons versus Denver Nuggets
Judo
Michael Chang
SESSION SEVEN QUIZ FOUR
THOSE ARE THE RULES
1 What do the initials SB signify in baseball?
2 After the fall of a wicket in cricket how much time does the next batsman have to walk onto the field of play before being timed out?
3 What sport is played on a court measuring 18m by 9m with a net 2.43m high?
4 At what age do horses compete in the Epsom Derby?
5 In what decade did the FA introduce the offside rule into football?
6 Which sports rules state that the ball must have a minimum diameter of 42.67 millimetres?
7 In 1879 in which city was the first official set of ice hockey rules incorporated?
8 In metres what is the width between the goal posts in water polo?
9 In which event is a 6m circle called a volte employed?
10 What is the duration in minutes of a game
of Australian Rules football?
Answers
Stolen base
2 minutes
Volleyball
3 years old
1860s
Golf
Montreal
3 metres
Dressage events
100 minutes
SESSION SEVEN QUIZ FIVE
GENERAL
1 Which athlete was the first winner of the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Award?
2 What does the JPR stand for in the name of former Wales rugby international JPR Williams?
3 In 1972 who became the first Brazilian to be crowned Formula One World Champion?
4 In 1946 who won the first ever Cricket County Championships?
5 Which was the first English football club to win the League Championship in three successive years?
6 With which country does England’s rugby union team compete for the Millennium Trophy?
7 The putting green at the White House was installed under the orders of which US President?
8 In what decade was over arm bowling in cricket allowed for the first time?
9 What was the first city in the southern hemisphere to host the Commonwealth Games?
10 What do the initials IFAA stand for with regard to a sporting governing body?
Answers
Christopher Chataway
John Peter Rhys
Emerson Fittipaldi
Yorkshire
Huddersfield Town
Ireland
Dwight Eisenhower
1860s
Sydney
International Field Archery Association
SESSION SEVEN QUIZ SIX
THE GRAND NATIONAL
1 What are the only two fences that are not jumped twice in the Aintree Grand National?
2 Which horse was first past the post in the 1993 Grand National declared void due to a false start?
3 Which winner of the 1991 Grand National shared its name with the sponsor of the race?
4 In 1975 which horse prevented Red Rum from winning three consecutive Grand Nationals?
5 The 1928 National witnessed the least number of finishers. How many horses finished the race?
6 Name the two horses with a name beginning with R that won the Grand National in the 1990s.
7 Which horse won the race in 1990 in a record time of 8 minutes 47.8 seconds?
8 Which two jockeys ride Red Rum to National victory?
9 In what year was the Aintree National postponed due to a bomb scare?
10 How many Grand Nationals have been
postponed due to war?
Answers
The water jump and the Chair
Esha Ness
Seagram
L’Escargot
Two
Royal Athlete & Rough Quest
Mr Frisk
Brian Fletcher & Tommy Stack
1997
Five, in World War II, the race was contested throughout World War I
SESSION SEVEN QUIZ SEVEN
GENERAL
1 Who was the first footballer to be voted Overseas BBC Sports Personality Of The Year?
2 What were the surnames of the three West Indian cricketers known as The Three Ws?
3 Which city hosted the 1991 World Athletics Championships?
4 Which was the only country England beat in a cricket Test Series in 2000?
5 Name the four English tracks that have staged Formula One Grand Prix races?
6 Which future world champion did Lennox Lewis beat in the Olympic final in the 1988 Seoul games?
7 Which mountain overlooks the Crans-sur-Sierre golf course?
8 In 2002 which football club faced a legal challenge from Victoria Beckham over the use of a nickname?
9 Name the three drivers with the surname of Hill to be crowned Formula One World Champion.
10 Which terrorist organisation was
responsible for the killing of a number of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich
Olympics?
Answers
Eusibio
Walcott, Worrell and Weekes
Tokyo
Pakistan
Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Aintree and Donington Park
Riddick Bowe
Matterhorn
Peterborough United, over the nickname of Posh
Damon Hill, Graham Hill and Phil Hill
Black September
SESSION SEVEN QUIZ EIGHT
THREE OF A KIND
The following ten questions all require three answers
1 Who were the first three cricketers to take 400 Test wickets?
2 Which three cities hosted the first three modern Summer Olympics?
3 What were the first three British cities to host the Commonwealth Games?
4 What are the nationalities of the first three men to successfully climb Mount Everest?
5 On which three horses has Walter Swinburn won the Epsom Derby?
6 Name the first three European nations to win football’s World Cup.
7 What were the first three countries to host the Winter Olympics?
8 Who were the first three British players to be voted European Footballer Of The Year?
9 Which three Americans won the Men’s Singles at Wimbledon in the 1970s?
10 Who were the first three batsmen to make a
test score exceeding 350 runs in one innings?
Answers
Richard Hadlee, Kapil Dev & Courtney Walsh
Athens, Paris & St Louis
London, Cardiff & Edinburgh
New Zealander, Nepalese & Swiss
Shergar, Shahrastani & Lammtara
Italy, West Germany & England
France, Switzerland & USA
Stanley Matthews, Denis Law & Bobby Charlton
Jimmy Connors, Arthur Ashe & Stan Smith
Len Hutton, Gary Sobers & Brian Lara
SESSION SEVEN QUIZ NINE
GENERAL
1 Which Grand National has been won three times by Sherry’s Prince?
2 Who was the last white boxer to be undisputed World Heavyweight Champion?
3 Who scored England’s last minute winning goal against Belgium in the 1990 World Cup finals?
4 The diameter of which sports ball was increased to 40 mm in 2001?
5 In which sport is an uwate-nage a type of throw?
6 In which sport is a curved glove called a chistera worn?
7 In which country was the tennis player Mary Pierce born?
8 Who was the second athlete to run a sub-four minute mile?
9 At the 2002 Winter Olympics who captained a bunch of Scottish housewives to a curling gold medal?
10 In which city did Lennox Lewis knock out Mike Tyson in 2002?
Answers
Greyhound Derby
Ingemar Johansson
David Platt
Table tennis
Sumo wrestling
Pelota
Canada
John Landy, the month after Roger Bannister
Rhona Martin
Memphis
SESSION SEVEN QUIZ TEN
SPORT ON FILM
1 In which film did Burt Reynolds play an American footballer called Paul Crewe?
2 At which sport did James Bond play Auric Goldfinger waging a gold bar on the outcome?
3 Which football club was Mike Bassett the manager of before being appointed England boss?
4 In which film does Parminder Nagra play a female footballer called Jess?
5 What is the title of the 1985 film in which Kevin Costner plays a road cyclist?
6 In which film did Paul Newman play the boxer Rocky Graziano?
7 Who played a sports star called Cole Trickle in a 1990 film?
8 Which American sprinter was portrayed by Brad Davis in the Oscar winning film Chariots Of Fire?
9 Who played baseball star Babe Ruth in the
1992 film The Babe?
10 What sport features in the 1981 film
California Dolls starring Peter Falk?
Answers
The Mean Machine
Golf
Norwich City
Bend It Like Beckham
American Flyers
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Tom Cruise in the film Days Of Thunder
Jackson Scholz
John Goodman
Women’s wrestling
SESSION EIGHT QUIZ ONE
GENERAL
1 Which British driver was runner up in the 1999 Formula One World Championships?
2 Which European football club plays its home matches at the Stadio Delle Alpi?
3 On what course is the 1000 Guineas run?
4 In which sport does the victorious team collect the McCarthy Cup?
5 In gymnastics on which apparatus is a tkachyov performed?
6 Flat Earth, Round The Clock and Hound And Hare are all what type of games?
7 In skiing what is schussing?
8 Who car manufacturer won the first ever Constructor’s World Championships in Formula One racing?
9 Which cricketer perished in a plane crash in July 2002?
10 In croquet what six-letter word describes
the occasion when an opponent’s ball is struck with your own?
Answers
Eddie Irvine
Juventus
Newmarket
Hurling
Horizontal bar, it is a 360-degree one-handed swing
Darts
The fastest method of skiing down hill
Vanwall
Hansie Cronje
Roquet
SESSION EIGHT QUIZ TWO
SPORTING FIRSTS
1 Which circuit hosted the world’s first motor racing Grand Prix race in 1906?
2 In 1904 May Sutton Brandy became the first American woman to win what?
3 Which football club were the winners of the first Scottish Cup?
4 In 1948 Dick Button became the first American to be crowned World Champion in which sport?
5 Who was the first athlete to run the 1500m in a time of under 3 minutes 30 seconds?
6 In 1990 which became the first team to concede 50 points in a Superbowl final?
7 Who was the first female jockey to ride in the Epsom Derby?
8 What was the Canadian venue of the first ever Commonwealth Games?
9 Who was the first jockey to be knighted?
10 In 1906 Ferenc Szisz became the first
driver to win a Grand Prix motor race. What was his nationality?
Answers
Le Mans
Women’s Singles at Wimbledon
Queen’s Park
Figure skating
Steve Cram
Denver Broncos, beaten 55-10 by San Francisco 49ers
Alex Greaves
Hamilton
Sir Gordon Richards
Romanian
SESSION EIGHT QUIZ THREE
GENERAL
1 Who was the first foreign footballer to be voted Football Writers Footballer Of The Year in Britain?
2 What four-letter word is the collective name given to a curling team?
3 The home stadium of the Washington Redskins American football team is named after which politician?
4 Which is the only football league ground to have hosted a cricket Test Match and an FA Cup final?
5 The Kop at Liverpool’s Anfield ground was named after a hill in which country?
6 Which horse, winner of the 2000 Guineas in 1971, was named after a literary creation by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
7 Which boxer, the subject of an Oscar nominated film, was nicknamed The Bronx Bull?
8 Name the former Chairman of the FA who died in December 2002 aged 88.
9 After which singer was the boxer Sugar Ray Leonard named?
10 Which British footballer was sent off in
the 2000 World Club Championships?
Answers
Bert Trautmann
A rink
Robert F Kennedy
Bramall Lane
South Africa, the hill was called the Spion Kop, the scene of a battle in the
Boer War
Brigadier Gerard
Jake La Motta
Bert Millichip
He was born Ray Charles Leonard and named after the singer Ray Charles
David Beckham
SESSION EIGHT QUIZ FOUR
IT’S A GOAL
Name the footballer who scored the goal in the 1-0 score lines below
1 1995 FA Cup Final Everton 1 Manchester United 0
2 1982 European Cup Final Aston Villa 1 Bayern Munich 0
3 1980 European Cup Final Nottingham Forest 1 SV Hamburg 0
4 1996 FA Cup Final Manchester United 1 Liverpool 0
5 1968 FA Cup Final West Bromwich Albion 1 Everton 0
6 1973 FA Cup Final Sunderland 1Leeds 0
7 1988 FA Cup Final Wimbledon 1 Liverpool 0
8 1981 European Cup Final Liverpool 1 Real Madrid 0
9 1990 World Cup Final West Germany 1 Argentina 0
10 1972 FA Cup Final Leeds 1 Arsenal 0
Answers
Paul Rideout
Peter With
John Robertson
Eric Cantona
Jeff Astle
Ian Porterfield
Lawrie Sanchez
Alan Kennedy
Andreas Brehme
Alan Clarke
SESSION EIGHT QUIZ FIVE
GENERAL
1 Who is the first footballer to play 1000 games in the Football League?
2 Who was the first British boxer to win three Lonsdale Belts?
3 In which sport is an attack known as a balestra?
4 Which horseracing classic is named after an estate near the town of Epsom?
5 At the 1984 Olympics who won the first ever gold medal for the women’s marathon?
6 Who was the first British footballer to win the European Golden Boot?
7 In which sport does an ippon score 10 points?
8 Who is the only Scotsman to be voted Footballer Of The Year in England in the 1990s?
9 Which track athlete won the Women’s 100m gold medal at the Sydney Olympics?
10 What number is basketball star Michael
Jordan famous for wearing on his shirt?
Answers
Peter Shilton
Henry Cooper
Fencing
The Oaks
Joan Benoit
Ian Rush
Judo
Gordon Strachan
Marion Jones
23
SESSION EIGHT QUIZ SIX
MEET THE TEAMS
What sport is played by the following teams?
1 Carolina Hurricanes
2 Fremantle Roosters
3 Luton Golds
4 Guernsey Gaels
5 Amsterdam Admirals
6 Orange County Bombers
7 Minnesota Timberwolves
8 Byfleet Ramblers
9 Chicago Cubs
10 Swindon Robins
Answers
Ice hockey
Rugby League
Netball
Gaelic football
American football
Australian rules football
Basketball
Field hockey
Baseball
Speedway
SESSION EIGHT QUIZ SEVEN
GENERAL
1 In which sport is the Espirito Santo Trophy contested?
2 Which Scottish club played in the first round of the English FA Cup in 1991?
3 Which country amassed the greatest number of medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games?
4 In British horseracing which three races make up the Triple Crown?
5 Which was the first British football club to win a European trophy?
6 In 2002 which team became the first Russian club to compete in the Rugby Challenge Cup?
7 Which sports personality’s autobiography is entitled Where’s Harry?
8 In 1968 who became the first athlete to run 100m in under 10 seconds?
9 How many different disciplines are there in men’s gymnastics?
10 What was first held in 1897 and is now
contested annually on Patriot’s Day in the USA?
Answers
Golf
Gretna
Australia
Derby, St Leger and 2000 Guineas
Tottenham who won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1963
Strella Kazan
Harry Carpenter
Jim Hines
Six
The Boston Marathon
SESSION EIGHT QUIZ EIGHT
ON YOUR BIKE!
1 Who is the only cyclist to have won the Tour de France before and after World War II?
2 Peter Collins an Michael Simmons are both past world champions in which sport?
3 Which country does former Tour de France winner Nicholas Frantz represent?
4 Which Superbike champion acquired the nickname of The Lion King?
5 Which Spaniard won the greatest number of Tour de France races in the 1990s?
6 What was the nationality of the cyclist who were stopped by police from training on the M 61 motorway prior to the 2002 Commonwealth Games?
7 Which New Zealander captured a record 18 Word Speedway Championships between 1954 and 1972?
8 From 199 to 2000 which manufacturer won 8 World Superbike titles?
9 Which Irish cyclist won the Tour de France in 1987?
10 In professional cycling road racing the
Triple comprises of The Tour de France, the World Championships and which other
event?
Answers
Gino Bartali
Speedway
Luxembourg
Carl Fogarty
Miguel Indurain
Kenyan
Barry Briggs
Ducati
Stephen Roche
Giro d’Italia
SESSION EIGHT QUIZ NINE
GENERAL
1 Who has scored 48 goals for England and a century for the MCC at Lord’s?
2 Which nation hosted the 2002 ENC World Cup Trophy in golf?
3 Who is the only man to have won 10 Olympic gold medals?
4 Which county cricket club plays its home matches at Wantage Road?
5 Which driver partnered Michael Schumacher at Ferrari in 2001?
6 In a 1990 Test Match against India Graham Gooch scored a treble Nelson. How many runs did he score?
7 On which course do horses gallop down the Rowley Mile?
8 How many laps are raced in the Indianapolis 500?
9 Which Welshman captained the 1984 FA Cup winners?
10 Which African nation recorded a shock
victory over the West Indies in a 1996 World Cup cricket group match?
Answers
Gary Lineker
Japan
Ray Ewry of the USA
Northants
Rubens Barrichello
333
Newmarket
200
Kevin Ratcliffe
Kenya
SESSION EIGHT QUIZ TEN
SPORTING ORIGINS
1 In which city did Australian Rules football originate?
2 Which sport created by North American Indians