Sports Mixtures

1 Which former Wimbledon champion has the middle name of Rune?

2 Which two British boxers called John were World Champions in the 1970s?

3 In which sport would a competitor use a tab, a bracer and a chest guard?

4 In horse racing betting slang what odds are represented by the phrase, double carpet?

5 Which athlete won 122 consecutive races between 1977 and 1987?

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

7 In 2002 who did Ricky Gervais defeat in a celebrity boxing contest?

8 Which British Olympic gold medallist of the 1980s has the middle name of Wipper?

9 Which 19th century song composed by Harry Thacker Burleigh became an anthem for English sporting fans?

10 Which Yorkshire town is known as the birthplace of rugby league?

11 At which venue did Muhammed Ali light the Olympic flame?

12 Which Scottish winter sports resort is overlooked by the Cairngorm Mountains?

13 In which event is the Val Barker Trophy awarded at the Olympic Games?

14 Which Brazilian was Formula One world champion three times in the 1980s?

15 Which boxer won a compensation claim in 1999, eight years after a near fatal bout with Chris Eubank?

16 Which Welshman did Steve Davis defeat in the final to win his first world snooker title?

17 The Four Graces were Britain’s first ever female team in which sport?

18 The Wightman Cup is the female counterpart of which sporting trophy?

19 In 1988 who became the first British golfer to win the US Masters?

20 In which sporting event did the Braves overcome the Indians in 1995?

21 The name of which sporting trophy derived from a fake obituary in an Australian newspaper?

22 Which Grand National fence is the 8th and 24th to be jumped at Aintree?

23 Who was knighted in 1975 and penned the book, The First Four Minutes?

24 In which English county is Wentworth Golf Course located?

25 Who was the first Brit to be a Formula One Grand Prix driver and constructor?

26 Which Grand National winning horse could possibly have been 4406 feet high?

27 Which sporting trophy was held for 132 years by the USA?

28 What was Jack Broughton’s handy sporting invention?

29 In 1996, which Formula One star equalled his father’s record of 16 Grand Prix wins?

30 Which activity is closely associated with La Quebrada, Acapulco?

31 Which was the first horse racing course to host an evening meeting in Britain?

32 Which sports star was sued for palimony by Judy Nelson?

33 Grays Athletic FC play their home matches in which county?

34 In which sport would the Calgary Flames face the New York Rangers?

35 Which three member nations of the International Olympic Committee were not invited to compete in the 1948 Summer Olympics?

36 Which Englishman was World Snooker Champion in 2002?

37 What is the surname of the first brothers to score a Test century in the same innings?

38 In which activity would one use a Malibu board whilst hanging five?

39 What is the real first name of the jockey Ruby Walsh?

40 In the 2005/06 Premiership season which club’s shirts bore the name Chang Beer?

Answers

1 Bjorn Borg
2 John Conteh and John H Stracey
3 Archery
4 33-1
5 Ed Moses
6 Roberto Duran
7 Grant Bovey
8 Alan Wells
9 Swing Low Sweet Chariot
10 Huddersfield
11 Atlanta
12 Aviemore
13 Boxing, awarded to the most stylish boxer of the games
14 Nelson Piquet
15 Michael Watson
16 Doug Mountjoy
17 Polo
18 Davis Cup
19 Sandy Lyle
20 Baseball World Series, Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians
21 The Ashes
22 The Canal Turn
23 Roger Bannister
24 Surrey
25 Jackie Stewart
26 Ben Nevis
27 America’s Cup
28 Boxing gloves
29 Damon Hill
30 Cliff diving
31 Hamilton Park
32 Martina Navratilova
33 Essex
34 Ice hockey
35 Germany, Japan, Italy
36 Peter Ebdon
37 Chappel, Greg and Ian
38 Surfing
39 Rupert
40 Everton