SPORTS
SPORTS
1. GIVE EX-CRICKET UMPIRE DICKIEBIRD'S REAL FIRST NAME
A. HAROLD
2. ENGLAND'S NATIONAL RUGBY UNION SIDE PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT WHICH GROUND?
A. TWICKENHAM
3. WHICH SPORT COMBINES CROSS COUNTRY SKIING AND RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP?
A. BIATHLON
4. IN CROQUET IF YOUR BALLS ARE BLACK AND BLUE WHAT COLOUR ARE YOUR OPPONENTS?
A. RED AND YELLOW
5. WHAT DO SUMO WRESTLERS TOSS INTO THE RING TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS?
A. SALT
6. IN WHICH COUNTRY WAS MO FARAH BORN?
A. SOMALIA
7. WHO WAS LIVERPOOL F.C. REGULAR KEEPER THROUGHOUT THE 80'S?
A. BRUCE GROBBELAAR
8. SCOTLAND PLAYED ENGLAND FOR THE ABERDEEN CUP IN WHICH SPORT?
A. TENNIS
9. IN WHICH MONTH IS THE ASCOT GOLD CUP USUALLY RUN?
A. JUNE
10. A SHUTTLECOCK IS USED IN WHICH SPORT?
A. BADMINTON
11. IN WHICH SPORT DOES THE NET STAND 2.43 M HIGH. BADMINTON OR VOLLEYBALL?
A. VOLLEYBALL
12. WHO DID FRANK BRUNO DEFEAT TO BECOME WORLD BOXING CHAMPION IN 1995?
A. OLIVER McCALL
13. THE TRENT BRIDGE CRICKET GROUND IS IN WHICH ENGLISH CITY?
A. NOTTINGHAM
14. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE METHOD OF CALCULATING RUNS REQUIRED BY THE TEAM BATTING SECOND
IN A LIMITED OVERS CRICKET MATCH INTERRUPTED BY THE WEATHER?
A. DUCKWORH-LEWIS -STERN
15. WHICH YEAR OF THE 70'S WERE THE RED AND YELLOW CARDS INTRODUCED INTO FOOTBALL?
A. 1976
16. FROM 1999-2003 NASSER HUSSAIN CAPTAINED WHICH INTERNATIONAL TEST CRICKET SIDE?
A. ENGLAND
17. PAUL POGBA PLAYS FOOTBALL FOR WHICH NATIONAL TEAM?
A. FRANCE
18. IN WHICH MONTH IS THE LONDON MARATHON USUALLY HELD?
A. APRIL
19. WHAT IS THE MINIMUM DEPTH OF A GOLF HOLE, 4, 5, OR 6 INCHES?
A. 4 INCHES
20. WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO A SCORE OF NOUGHT IN CRICKET?
A. DUCK
21. IN WHICH COUNTRY WAS EX-ENGLAND CRICKET CAPTAIN TONY GREIG BORN?
A. SOUTH AFRICA
22. WHICH CRICKET TEAM PLAYS THEIR HOME COUNTY GAMES AT EDGBSTON?
A. WARWICKSHIRE
23. ON A CRICKET SCORE CARD WHAT FORM OF DISMISSAL IS S .T.?
A. STUMPED
24. AFTER EXERCISE THE MUSCLES EXPERIENCE A LACK OF OXYGEN WHICH PRODUCES WHICH ACID?
A. LACTIC ACID
25. IN WHICH CITY WOULD WATCH A FOOTBALL DERBY MATCH BETWEEN THE PIRATES
AND THE ROBINS?
A. BRISTOL
26. SCHOOLBOY WILLIAM WEBB IS REPORTED TO HAVE ACCIDENTALLY INVENTED WHICH SPORT?
A. RUGBY
27. WHO ACHIEVED THE FIRST TELEVISED NINE DART FINISH IN 1984?
A. JOHN LOWE
28. FROM FOOTBALL WHAT DO THE INITIALS U.E.F.A STAND FOR?
A. UNION of EUROPEAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS
29. IN TENNIS WHAT TERM IS USED FOR A SCORE OF 40:40?
A. DEUCE
30. IN GAELIC FOOTBALL HOW MANY POINTS ARE SCORED BY KICKING THE BALL INTO THE NET?
A. 3
31. HOW OFTEN IS THE CRICKET WORLD CUP HELD?
A. EVERY 4 YEARS
32. RETIRING FROM THE PROFESSIONAL CIRCUIT IN 1994 JEREMY BATES WAS
BRITAINS No 1 IN WHICH SPORT?
A. TENNIS
33. IN WHICH SPORT ARE YOU NOT ALLOWED TO USE YOUR LEFT HAND?
A. POLO
34. THE DIAMETER OF A GOLF HOLE IS 4. 1/4 INCHES, 5 1/4 INCHES OR 6. 1/4 INCHES?
A. 4 1/4 INCHES
35. FOR WHICH COUNTY DID FRED TRUEMAN PLAY CRICKET?
A. YORKSHIRE
36. IN SNOOKER WHAT SCORE IS ACHIEVED FROM SAFELY POTTING RED, BLACK,RED,PINK RED?
A. 16
37. WHICH ENGLISH FOOTBALL CLUB'S NAME CAN BE MADE FROM THE ANAGRAM
SYNTHETIC CREAM?
A. MANCHESTER CITY
38. IN WHICH SPORT DO PLAYERS TAKE LONG AND SHORT CORNERS?
A. HOCKEY
39. FROM FOOTBALL WHAT IS THE SECOND PART OF PLYMOUTH'S NAME?
A. ARGYLE
40. WHICH FOOTBALLER WHO DIED IN 1993, WAS CAPT. OF WEST HAM AND
CAPT. OF THE ENGLAND WORLD CUP WINNERS?
A. BOBBY MOORE
41. WHAT IS THROWN IN THE OLYMPICS WEIGHING 4 LBS 7 OZ?
A. DISCUS
42. WHICH BELTS ARE AWARDED TO BRITISH BOXING CHAMPIONS?
A. LONSDALE BELT
43. RED, GREEN, BLUE, YELLOW AND WHICH OTHER COLOUR MAKE UP
THE OLYMPIC RINGS?
A. BLACK
44. WHEN A HIGHLAND GAMES COMPETITOR TOSSES HIS CABER HOW LONG IN
FEET IS THE TREE TRUNK THAT GETS TOSSED 15 1/2. 17 1/2. OR 19 1/2 FT?
A. 19 1/2 FT
45. IN CRICKET WHICH OF THESE FIELDING POSITIONS IS THE FURTHEST FROM
THE BATSMAN ON STRIKE. LEG SLIP, SILLY POINT OR THIRD MAN?
A. THIRD MAN
46. WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB ONCE PLAYED HOME GAMES AT THE BASEBALL GROUND?
A. DERBY COUNTY F.C.
47. WHICH SPORT HAS AN EVENT WHOSE TOP PRIZE IS A SILVER CLARET JUG?
A. GOLF
48. WHICH 3 LETTERWORD IS USED TO DESCRIBE ONE OF THE GRADES INTO WHICH
EXPERIENCED JUDO CONTESTANTS ARE DIVIDED
A. DAN
49. AT WHICH RACE TRACK IS THE BRITISH F.1. CAR RACE CONTESTED?
A. SILVERSTONE
50. WHICH OF THESE RIVAL MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNERS WAS THE OLDEST.
SEBASTIAN COE, STEVE OVETT, STYEVE CRAM?
A. STEVE OVETT
51. ON A DART BOARD WHAT NUMBER IS TO THE LEFT OF 20?
A. 5
52. CLEAN, JERK AND SNATCH ARE TERMS USED IN WHAT ACTIVITY?
A. WEIGHT LIFTING
53. WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME OF OF THE DART PLAYER ERIC BRISTOW?
A. THE CRAFTY COCKNEY
54. IN WHICH YEAR OF THE 70'S DID RED RUM WIN HIS FIRST GRAND NATIONAL?
A. 1973
55. WHAT LETTERS WERE ON A SOVIET ATHLETES VEST BEFORE 1992
USSR OR CCCP
A. CCCP
56. WHO WAS THE LAST TEAM TO WIN THE F.A. CUP AT THE OLD WEMBLEY?
A. CHELSEA
57. BY WHAT NAME WERE THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES ORIGINALLY KNOWN?
A. EMPIRE GAMES
58. NAME THE JAPANESE SPORT WHICH USES A TWO HANDED BAMBOO SWORD?
A. KENDO
59. WHO WAS CHAMPION JOCKEYMOST TIMES ON THE FLAT IN THE 20th CENTURY?
A. GORDON RICHARDS
60. WHICH 3 SPORTS MAKE UP THE MOST COMMON TRIATHLON?
A. SWIMMING, CYCLING AND RUNNING
61. HOW MANY POCKETS ARE THERE ON A SNOOKER TABLE?
A. 6
62. WHICH SPORT USES THE LIGHTEST BALL?
A. TABLE TENNIS
63. WHAT ARE THE 2 ON-PITCH OFFICIALS IN A GAME OF CRICKET CALLED?
A. UMPIRES
64. SNOOKER CHAMPIONS JOE, FRED AND STEVE SHARE WHAT SURNAME?
A. DAVIS
65. HOW MANY LANES ARE THERE IN AN OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOL?
A. 8
66. WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB USED TO BE CALLED "THAMES IRONWORKS"?
A. WEST HAM UTD.
67. WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB HAS 2 SEAHORSES ON THEIR BADGE?
A. NEWCASTLE UTD.
68. WHICH ENGLISH FOOTBALLER RETIRED IN 2006 WITH A RECORD
260 PREMIERSHIP GOALS?
A. ALAN SHEARER
69. OTHER THAN HUMANS WHICH IS THE ONLY OTHER ANIMAL THAT TAKES
PART IN THE OLYMPICS?
A. HORSE
70. IAN WRIGHT JOINED ARSENAL FROM WHICH LONDON FOOTBALL CLUB?
A. CRYSTAL PALACE
71. WHICH OF THESE SPORTSMEN IS / WAS A PUGILIST? CARL FROCH
CARL LEWIS OR CARL FOGARTY?
A. CARL FROCH (BOXER)
72. WHICH IS THE MOST PLAYED SPORT IN INDIA
A. CRICKET
73. IN 1987 WHICH JOCKEY WAS JAILED AFTER BEING FOUND
GUILTY OF TAX FRAUD?
A. LEISTER PIGGOTT
74. NAME THE LIGHTEST WEIGHT DIVISION IN BOXING?
A. STRAW WEIGHT
75. FOOTBALL TEAM BENFICA COME FROM WHICH COUNTRY?
A. PORTUGAL
76. WHAT WAS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF POINTS REQUIRED
TO WIN A TENNIS TIE-BREAK?
A. 7
77. WHERE IN AMERICA IS THE U.S. MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT
HELD?
A. AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB
78. WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB DID HARRY KNAPP MANAGE FIRST
PORTSMOUTH OR SOUTHHAMPTON
A. PORTSMOUTH
79. WHICH SKATE BOARDING TRICK INVOLVES SLIDING SIDEWAYS
ALONG A HANDRAIL OR CRUB. CRUSH, SHRED OR GRIND?
A. GRIND
80. WHO IS THE CURRENT (2022). MANAGER OF LIVERPOOL
FOOTBALL CLUB?
A. JURGEN KLOPP
81. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SPORTS HAS MORE PLAYERS ON THE
PLAYING SURFACE AT ANY ONE TIME. BASKET BALL, NETBALL,
ICE HOCKEY, OR VOLLEY BALL?
A. NETBALL
82. WHICH OF THESE DID NOT WIN A GOLD MEDEAL AT THE 2012 LONDON
OLYMPICS, MO FARAH, STEVE REDGRAVE, BRADLEY WIGGINS?
A. STEVE REDGRAVE
83. WHAT SPORT WOULD YOU ASSOCIATE WITH LEE TRAVINO?
A. GOLF
84. GIVE THE NAME OF THJE PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL GROUND
THAT SHARES ITS NAME AN 11TH CENTURY BATTLE?
A. STAMFORD BRIDGE
85. WHAT WAS THE FINAL SCORE WHEN ENGLAND BEAT
WEST GERMANY IN THE 1966 WORLD CUP FINAL?
A. 4:2
86. BRIAN LARA WAS THE CRICKET CAPTAIN OF WHICH COUNTRY?
A. WEST INDIES
87. IN A 1997 BOXING MATCH WHO WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR BITING
A CHUNK OUT OF EVADER HOLYFIELD'S EAR?
A. MIKE TYSON
88. WHICH COUNTRY DID LENNOX LEWIS REPRESENT WHEN HE
WON AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN 1988?
A. CANADA
89. HOW MANY PLAYERS ON THE PITCH MAKE UP A
RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM?
A. 13
90. WHAT IS THE COLOUR OF THE CUE BALL IN A GAME OF POOL?
A. WHITE
91. GIVE THE SURNAME OF THE SISTERS THAT HAVE WON
MORE THAN 100 TENNIS SINGLES TITLES?
A. WILLIAMS
92. IN SCOTLAND NAME ONE OF THE 2 TEAMS THAT ARE
KNOWN AS THE OLD FIRM?
A. CELTIC OR RANGERS
93. FROM TENNIS WHAT NATIONALITY IS ROGER FEDERER?
A. SWISS
94. HOW OLD WAS BORIS BECKER WHEN HE WON HIS
FIRST WIMBLEDON TITLE?
A. 17
95. WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE 8TH HOLE AT TROON
THE SHORTEST IN CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF?
A. THE POSTAGE STAMP
96. WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB PLAYS ITS HOME GAMES
AT LOFTUS RD?
A. QUEENS PARK RANGERS
97. WHICH PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB WENT UNBEATEN
FOR THE WHOLE OF 2003/04 SEASON?
A. ARSENAL
98. BARNEY THE OWL IS ONE OF 2 OFFICIAL MASCOTS FOR
WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM?
A. SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
99. WHAT NICKNAME IS GIVEN TO A SCORE OF 111 IN CRICKET?
A. NELSON
100. WHICH FOOTBALLER MOVED FROM EVERTON TO MAN.UTD
AND SCORED A HAT-TRICK ON HIS DEBUT?
101. HOW MANY BALLS IN TOTAL ARE THERE ON THE TABLE
AT THE START OF A GAME OF SNOOKER?
A. 22
102. IN BOXING WHAT DOES THE INITIALS T.K.O. STAND FOR?
A. TECHNICAL KNOCK OUT
103. WHAT IS THE LONGEST RELAY RACE IN OLYMPIC ATHLETICS?
A. 4 x 400M
104. WHICH ENGLISH COUNTY DID VIV RICHARDS PLAY
FOR BETWEEN 1974 AND 1986?
A. SOMERSET
105. WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB MOVED FROM ROKER PARK
TO THE STADIUM OF LIGHT?
A. SUNDERLAND
106. WHO DID GRAHAM GOOCH OVERTAKE TO BECOME
ENGLANDS HIGHEST SCORING TEST PLAYER?
A. DAVID GOWER
107. WHICH FLAG IN MOTOR RACING SIGNALS THE
END OF THE RACE?
A. CHEQUERED FLAG
108. HOW IS THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE
CUP BETTER KNOWN?
A. F.A.CUP
109. IN DARTS WHAT IS THE LOWEST NUMBER
THAT CANNOT BE SCORED WITH A SINGLE DART?
A. 23
110. WHICH SPORT IS DIVIDED INTO PLAYING
PERIODS KNOWN AS CHUKKAS?
A. POLO
111. HOW MANY ROUNDS ARE THERE IN AN
OLYMPIC BOXING MATCH?
A. 3
112. AT WHICH RACE COURSE IS THE ENGLISH GRAND
NATIONAL HELD?
A. AINTREE
113. WHO FOUGHT HIS LAST PROFESSIONAL BOXING MATCH
IN 1981 AGAINST TREVOR BERBICK?
A. MUHAMMAD ALI
114. WHICH FOOTBALL CLUB'S NICK-NAME
IS THE FOXES?
A. LEICESTER CITY
115. WHICH MANUFACTURER WAS THE FIRST TO
ACHIEVE MORE THAN 100 F1 GRAND PRIX WINS?
A. FERRARI
116. IN SNOOKER HOW MANY POINTS ARE SCORED
FOR POTTING THE BLUE BALL?
A. 5
117. IN WHICH ASIAN COUNTRY DID GARY LINEKER
PLAY CLUB FOOTBALL?
A. JAPAN
118. IN SWIMMING IS FREESTYLE USUALLY PERFORMED
ON THE FRONT OR THE BACK?
A. FRONT
119. HOW MANY PINS ARE THERE ON THE BACK ROW
OF A 10 PIN BOWLING TRIANGLE?
A. 4
120. IN WHICH COUNTRY IS THE GOLFING VENUE
VALDERRAMA?
A. SPAIN
121. DID SHANE WARNE FIRST PLAY ENGLISH COUNTY
CRICKET FOR ESSEX OR HAMPSHIRE?
A. HAMPSHIRE
122. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN A BOAT IN A
ROWING COXED PAIR RACE?
A. 3
123. WHAT NAME DO THEY GIVE TO THE HIGHEST
JUMP IN THE GRAND NATIONAL?
A. THE CHAIR
124. WHICH ITALIAN TEAM DID GAZA PLAY FOR?
A. LAZIO
125. HOW MANY PROTECTIVE SHIN PADS ARE
NORMALLY IN PLAY AT A CRICKET MATCH?
A. 6
126. WHICH ENGLISH BOXER HAD MUHAMMAD ALI
( CASSIUS CLAY ) ON THE FLOOR?
A. HENRY COOPER
127. WHO WAS THE FIRST BRITISH DRIVER TO
BECOME FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPION?
A. MIKE HAWTHORNE
128. WHICH LONDON FOOTBALL CLUB USED TO
BE CALLED DIAL SQUARE?
A. ARSENAL