SPORTS QUIZ NO. 18

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Re: SPORTS QUIZ NO. 17

Postby JAS » Sat May 10, 2008 2:27 am

Q17 Don't know about the golf bit but that description must be Sammy Davis Jr.
Q22 Freddie Starr

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Re: SPORTS QUIZ NO. 17

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat May 10, 2008 8:34 am

JAS wrote:Q17 Don't know about the golf bit but that description must be Sammy Davis Jr.
Q22 Freddie Starr

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BOTH CORRECT JAS
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Re: SPORTS QUIZ NO. 17

Postby Dogwatcher » Sat May 10, 2008 8:43 am

magpie in the 80's wrote:cant believe you two blokes havnt got Q35


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Re: SPORTS QUIZ NO. 17

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat May 10, 2008 8:46 am

Dogwatcher wrote:
magpie in the 80's wrote:cant believe you two blokes havnt got Q35


Zorba?

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Re: SPORTS QUIZ NO. 17

Postby Dogwatcher » Sat May 10, 2008 8:50 am

ThE Greek I reckon.
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Re: SPORTS QUIZ NO. 17

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat May 10, 2008 8:55 am

Dogwatcher wrote:ThE Greek I reckon.

INCORRECT DW
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Re: SPORTS QUIZ NO. 17

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat May 10, 2008 11:39 pm

DOWN TO THE FINAL 12 Q'S :shock:
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Re: SPORTS QUIZ NO. 18

Postby magpie in the 80's » Tue May 13, 2008 10:46 am

magpie in the 80's wrote:1 Which German sports star penned the 2004 autobiography The Player?
BORIS BECKER
2 Which runner acquired the nickname of The Moroccan Express?
SAID AOUITA
3 Which sport uses a ball known as a slitter?
HURLING
4 What colour of jersey in worn by the leader of the cycle race the Giro d’Italia?
PINK
5 What is the more common name for a natatorium?
SWIMMING POOL
6 A canvas is the shortest winning margin in which sport?
ROWING
7 Who was runner up in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 1998 and 2000?
DENISE LEWIS
8 In 1972, who created seven new world records in the space of two weeks?
MARK SPITZ
9 The bear and the staff is the emblem of which county cricket team?
WARWICKSHIRE
10 Which boxer inflicted a shock defeat on Lennox Lewis in April 2001?
HASIM RAHMAN
11 In December 2001, which striker scored the 10,000th goal in England’s premiership?
LES FERDINAND
12 How many players comprise a hurling team?
15
13 Which country’s national ice hockey team are known as The Three Stars?
SWEDEN
14 Which boxer appeared in the video for the U2 hit The Sweetest Thing
STEVE COLLINS
15 Which jockey nicknamed The Choirboy triumphed in the Derby aboard Shergar?
WALTER SWINBURN
16 Which team won the FA Cup in 1975 fielding a side of eleven Englishmen in the final?
WEST HAM UNITED
17 Who when questioned about his golf handicap replied, “I’m a coloured one eyed Jew”?
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
18 In 1966 which footballer won a World Cup winners medal and a League Championship medal?
ROGER HUNT
19 In ten pin bowling what bird lends its name to the term for three successive strikes?
TURKEY
20 Which is the only professional English football team that has a name starting with five consonants?
CRYSTAL PALACE
21 Who was the first Finnish driver to be crowned Formula One World Champion?
KEKE ROSBERG
22 Which comedian owned the 1994 Grand National winner Minnehoma?
FREDDIE STARR
23 Which Scottish football club are nicknamed the Doonhammers?
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH
24 What piece of sporting equipment has a maximum length of 42 inches and a maximum thickness of 23/4 inches?
BASEBALL BAT
25 Which golfing accessory was patented by George Grant in 1899?
GOLF TEE
26 Who did David Moyes replace as manager of Everton?
WALTER SMITH
27 At the 2002 Winter Olympics at which event did Prince Albert of Monaco compete?
4 MAN BOB SLEIGH
28 What do the initials USO signify with regard to a horse race?
UNDER STARTERS ORDERS
29 What did the winners of the 1988 FA Cup change their name to?
MILTON KEYNUS DONS
30 At which sport has the film star Geena Davis represented the USA at international level?
ARCHERY
31 In which sport would you find five pieces of wood at each end of a chain?
CRICKET
32 Who succeeded Bruce Jenner as Olympic champion?
DALEY THOMPSON
33 Which sport introduced the term southpaw to indicate left handedness?
BOXING
34 Who was the only goal keeper to be voted European Footballer of the Year in the 20th century?
LEV YASHIN
35 Who lit the Olympic flame at the 2004 games?
NIKOLAS KAKLAMANAKIS
36 Which Palestinian terrorist organisation assassinated eleven Israelis at the 1972 Olympics?
BLACK SEPTEMBER
37 What is the title of the football themed Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that premiered in 2000?
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
38 What is the middle name of Lennox Lewis, a name that he shares with a former Roman Emperor?
CLAUDIS
39 Which three nations beginning with P played in the 2002 football World Cup finals?
POLAND - PORTUGAL - PARAGUAY
40 Which four African nations competed in the 2003 cricket World Cup?
SOUTH AMERICA - ZIMBABWE - KENYA - NAMIBIA


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