SPORTS QUIZ 10
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:31 am1 How many players make up a team in Ice Hockey? SIX
2 Who won the Wimbledon Women's Singles title in 1994? CONCHITA MARTINEZ
3 For what is the Foss Williams Medal awarded in Australian Rules Football? BETS PLAYER FOR S.A. IN S.O.O. MATCH
4 How many times have Oxford and Cambridge deadheated in the famous University boatrace? ONCE
5 What sporting facilities are the most common in Australia? LAWN BOWLS
6 What was the heaviest-weighted horse to win the Melbourne Cup? CARBINE (66.5KG)
7 What nationality is Juan Manuel Fangio, Of Formula One fame? ARGENTINIAN
8 And how many world titles did he win? 5
9 How many sails does a gunter class sailing boat raise? 2
10 How many forwards are there in a Rugby Union team? EIGHT
11 What player holds the record for the lowest score in the US Masters Golf Championship? TIGER WOODS
12 Which international Test team scored 952 runs in 1997-98 to gain the world record for the highest team total in Test cricket ? SRI LANKA
13 With what sport do you associate Shaquin O"Neal? BASKETBALL
14 In what year did the AFL/VFL introudce the salary cap? 1985
15 At which Olympics did Nadia Comaneci win the hearts of spectators with her perfect performance in gymnastics? 1976 MONTREAL OLYMPICS
16 In what sport do the competitors use the outhandle to grasp the apparatus? CURLING
17 How many colored balls are used by each team or competitor in a game of croquet? FOUR
18 What three movements are requirred for an athlete to successfully complete a triple jump? HOP, STEP AND JUMP
19 How many points do you score if you hit the black ring in archery? OUTER BLACK = 3, INNER BLACK = 4
20 What four-letter title is given to the captain and last player in a game of lawn bowls? SKIP
21 In which sport would herringboning be used? SNOW SKIING
22 How many shooting stations are generally used in clay-pigeon shooting ? 6
23 How many sails does a Bermudian Cutter raise? 3
24 Where were the 1932 Winter Olympics held? LAKE PLACID U.S.A.
25 Who was the first female tennis player to win the Grand Slam? MAUREEN CONNOLLY
26 Who replaced Alan Jones as Formula 1 Car Racing Champion in 1981? NELSON PIQUET
27 Which sport used to feature a bully FIELD HOCKEY
28 What is the lowest weight division in competition Weight Lifting? BANTAM WEIGHT
29 What popular major change in surfboards took place in 1950?? BOARDS SHORTENED TO UNDER 3M
30 How many players in a Lacrosse team? TEN
31 What is the heaviest weight division in weight-lifting? HEAVYWEIGHT 105+ CATEGORY
32 At what racetrack is the British Formula One car race contested ? SILVERSTONE
33 What name is given to the implement used in the game of lacrosse to throw, pass and catch the ball? THE CROSSE
34 What three-letter term is used to describe one of the grades into which experienced judo contestants are divided? DAN
35 How many periods of play are there in a game of ice hockey? THREE
36 In golf, what does the abbreviation PGA represent? PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION
37 What is traditionally sounded to signify the final lap in a cycle event A BELL
38 How many Grand Slams were won by tennis great, Rod Laver? 2
39 In lawn bowls, over how many ends are most pairs events contested? 21
40 What body part is used to describe a stage in a relay race in athletics? A LEG
41 How many British Opens did golfer, Peter Thompson, win? FIVE
42 What city does the American basketball team, The Timberwolves, call home ? MINNESOTA
43 What name is given to the movable screen at either end of a cricket ground designed to assist the batsmen to see the ball as it is bowled at them? THE SIGHTSCREEN
44 In which sporting arena would you meet the competitor known as The Undertaker? WRESTLING
45 The forte is an apparatus used in which sport? FENCING
46 How many strokes would you take to score a birdie on a par three golf hole? TWO
47 In what sport would a "faceoff" commence play? ICE HOCKEY
48 How many players on field for an Australian Rules Football team? 18
49 On which river is the annual boatrace between Oxford and Cambridge Universities rowed? THE THAMES
50 What participation sport had the highest number of devotees in Australia in 1997? AEROBICS
2 Who won the Wimbledon Women's Singles title in 1994? CONCHITA MARTINEZ
3 For what is the Foss Williams Medal awarded in Australian Rules Football? BETS PLAYER FOR S.A. IN S.O.O. MATCH
4 How many times have Oxford and Cambridge deadheated in the famous University boatrace? ONCE
5 What sporting facilities are the most common in Australia? LAWN BOWLS
6 What was the heaviest-weighted horse to win the Melbourne Cup? CARBINE (66.5KG)
7 What nationality is Juan Manuel Fangio, Of Formula One fame? ARGENTINIAN
8 And how many world titles did he win? 5
9 How many sails does a gunter class sailing boat raise? 2
10 How many forwards are there in a Rugby Union team? EIGHT
11 What player holds the record for the lowest score in the US Masters Golf Championship? TIGER WOODS
12 Which international Test team scored 952 runs in 1997-98 to gain the world record for the highest team total in Test cricket ? SRI LANKA
13 With what sport do you associate Shaquin O"Neal? BASKETBALL
14 In what year did the AFL/VFL introudce the salary cap? 1985
15 At which Olympics did Nadia Comaneci win the hearts of spectators with her perfect performance in gymnastics? 1976 MONTREAL OLYMPICS
16 In what sport do the competitors use the outhandle to grasp the apparatus? CURLING
17 How many colored balls are used by each team or competitor in a game of croquet? FOUR
18 What three movements are requirred for an athlete to successfully complete a triple jump? HOP, STEP AND JUMP
19 How many points do you score if you hit the black ring in archery? OUTER BLACK = 3, INNER BLACK = 4
20 What four-letter title is given to the captain and last player in a game of lawn bowls? SKIP
21 In which sport would herringboning be used? SNOW SKIING
22 How many shooting stations are generally used in clay-pigeon shooting ? 6
23 How many sails does a Bermudian Cutter raise? 3
24 Where were the 1932 Winter Olympics held? LAKE PLACID U.S.A.
25 Who was the first female tennis player to win the Grand Slam? MAUREEN CONNOLLY
26 Who replaced Alan Jones as Formula 1 Car Racing Champion in 1981? NELSON PIQUET
27 Which sport used to feature a bully FIELD HOCKEY
28 What is the lowest weight division in competition Weight Lifting? BANTAM WEIGHT
29 What popular major change in surfboards took place in 1950?? BOARDS SHORTENED TO UNDER 3M
30 How many players in a Lacrosse team? TEN
31 What is the heaviest weight division in weight-lifting? HEAVYWEIGHT 105+ CATEGORY
32 At what racetrack is the British Formula One car race contested ? SILVERSTONE
33 What name is given to the implement used in the game of lacrosse to throw, pass and catch the ball? THE CROSSE
34 What three-letter term is used to describe one of the grades into which experienced judo contestants are divided? DAN
35 How many periods of play are there in a game of ice hockey? THREE
36 In golf, what does the abbreviation PGA represent? PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS ASSOCIATION
37 What is traditionally sounded to signify the final lap in a cycle event A BELL
38 How many Grand Slams were won by tennis great, Rod Laver? 2
39 In lawn bowls, over how many ends are most pairs events contested? 21
40 What body part is used to describe a stage in a relay race in athletics? A LEG
41 How many British Opens did golfer, Peter Thompson, win? FIVE
42 What city does the American basketball team, The Timberwolves, call home ? MINNESOTA
43 What name is given to the movable screen at either end of a cricket ground designed to assist the batsmen to see the ball as it is bowled at them? THE SIGHTSCREEN
44 In which sporting arena would you meet the competitor known as The Undertaker? WRESTLING
45 The forte is an apparatus used in which sport? FENCING
46 How many strokes would you take to score a birdie on a par three golf hole? TWO
47 In what sport would a "faceoff" commence play? ICE HOCKEY
48 How many players on field for an Australian Rules Football team? 18
49 On which river is the annual boatrace between Oxford and Cambridge Universities rowed? THE THAMES
50 What participation sport had the highest number of devotees in Australia in 1997? AEROBICS
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