The Sports Set

1 In cricket, if Lancashire is Lightning, what is Somerset?

2 Which football club do both Rory McGrath and Clive Anderson support?

3 Who was the first footballer to be sent off whilst captaining England?

4 Which city links sporting teams called the Bulls, the Cubs and the Bears?

5 Which horse racing course stages the Lancashire Oaks?

6 In 1982, who became the first woman to be elected to the All England Committee?

7 Which Paralympian was created a dame in 2004?

8 In judo, what is a tatami?

9 In which game is the last hoop called a rover?

10 Which sports star was accused of assaulting Margaret Moore in 1998?

11 In 2004, Sydney became the fourth city beginning with S to host the Summer Olympics. What were the three previous beginning with S?

12 What type of bird was Olly, one of the official mascots of the Sydney Olympics?

13 Which footballer was behind the Sun headline of LIAR CHEAT CROOK?

14 Who has managed Norwich City, England and Wirral County?

15 Who was the first footballer to captain and manage England?

16 In 2012, Horse Guards Parade in London is to be used as the venue for which Olympic event?

17 Which is the only Belgian city to have hosted the Summer Olympics in the 20th century?

18 Which two nations defeated Brazil in a 20th century World Cup final?

19 Who bought Chelsea FC for £1 in 1982?

20 In 2005, Ginger McCain released his autobiography My Colourful Life from Red to Amber. Which two horses were alluded to in the title?

21 Which sporting venue is named after a French fighter pilot of World War I?

22 Which three footballers with the surname of Lee were capped for England in the consecutive decades of the 70s, 80s and 90s?

23 Which county cricket club sensationally sacked Viv Richards and Joel Garner in 1985?

24 What surname is shared by a men’s singles Wimbledon champion of the 1960s and an assassinated US President?

25 How many Epsom derbies did Lester Piggott win?

26 Which former England manager died in February 2006?

27 Which three football teams in the 20th century won the European Cup in three consecutive years?

28 Which England footballer came second in the 2005 World Footballer of the Year?

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

30 Who was the last cricketer before Andrew Flintoff to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year?

31 In 2005, Fernando Alonso became the first driver from which country to be crowned Formula One world champion?

32 Which Grand National fence is the 8th and 24th to be jumped?

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

34 Montreal, Moscow, Seoul. What comes next?

35 Which outsider was crowned snooker world champion in 2005?

36 Which county cricket club plays its home matches at Sophia Gardens?

37 Who gave his name to the trophy presented to the winners of the rugby union world cup?

38 Which two horses beginning with R won the Grand National in the 1990s?

39 In 1991 which Dutch player was voted World Footballer of the Year?

40 Ronaldhino became the 6th player with a name ending with O to be voted World Footballer of the Year. Name his five predecessors

Answers

1 Sabres
2 Arsenal
3 Ray Wilkins
4 Chicago
5 Haydock
6 Virginia Wade
7 Tanni Grey Thompson
8 The mat
9 Croquet
10 Geoff Boycott
11 Seoul, Sydney, Stockholm
12 Kookaburra
13 Bruce Grobbelar
14 Mike Bassett
15 Alf Ramsey
16 Beach volleyball
17 Antwerp
18 Uruguay and France
19 Ken Bates
20 Red Rum and Amberleigh House
21 Roland Garros
22 Francis, Sammy and Rob Lee
23 Somerset
24 McKinley, Chuck and William
25 9
26 Ron Greenwood
27 Real Madrid, Ajax and Bayern Munich
28 Frank Lampard
29 Atlanta Braves beat the Cleveland Indians to win the Baseball World Series
30 Ian Botham
31 Spain
32 Canal Turn
33 The Ashes
34 Barcelona
35 Shaun Murphy
36 Glamorgan
37 William Webb Ellis
38 Rough Quest and Royal Athlete
39 Marco van Basten
40 Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Rivaldo, Romario, Roberto Baggio