SPORT QUIZ NO. 21
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:43 am1 Who was the first athlete to exceed a distance of 8 metres in the long jump?
JESSE OWENS
2 In 2002 who became the first British track athlete to win four European titles?
COLIN JACKSON
3 Over what distance was Don Quarry an Olympic champion?
200M
4 Who succeeded David Hemery as President of UK Athletics?
LYNN DAVIES
5 Which Englishman won a Commonwealth gold medal in the long jump at the 2002 games?
NATHAN MORGAN
6 What was Tim Montgomery’s time when he broke the 100 metres world record in September 2002?
9.78 SEC
7 In November 2002 who was named The International Athletic Foundation Athlete of the Year in Monte Carlo?
PAULA RADCLIFFE
8 What is the final throwing event in the decathlon?
JAVELIN
9 At which Oxford stadium did Roger Bannister run the first sub-four minute mile?
IFFLEY ROAD
10 Who was the first athlete to record a time of less than 13 minutes for the 5000 metres?
SAID AOUITA
11 Who was the first British footballer to be transferred for £2 million?
PAUL GASCOINE
12 Who lit the Olympic flame at the 2000 Sydney games?
CATHY FREEMAN
13 Who managed the Welsh national soccer team for just 50 days in 1994?
JOHN TOSHACK
14 Which cricket county won its only county championship in 1936?
DERBYSHIRE
15 Which was the first Scottish football club to compete in the European Cup?
HIBERNIAN
6 What bird connects Crystal Palace FC and USA’s rugby union team?
THE EAGLE
17 Who was the first professional sportsman to receive a knighthood?
CRICKERTER SIR JACK HOBBS
18 Which unseeded player did John McEnroe defeat in the final of the Wimbledon Singles in 1983?
CHRIS LEWIS FROM NEW ZEALAND
19 At what sport have Kerry, Cork and Kildaire all won the Sam Maguire Trophy?
GAELIC FOOTBALL
20 On which horse did Willie Carson record his first Epsom Derby win?
TROY
21 In which sport do competitors use a tab and a chest guard?
ARCHERY
22 In which sport is a stick called a caman used?
SHINTY
23 Epoxy hard, Malibu and wave-tec are all types of what?
SURFBOARD
24 The cantle, the surcingle loop and the twist are all parts of a what?
HORSES SADDLE
25 What piece of sporting equipment has a grip, a shaft and a head?
GOLF CLUB
26 What kind of weapon is an estoque?
A SWORD USED BY A MATADOR
27 What name is given to the metal spiked plates attached to a mountaineer’s boots for a better grip?
CRAMPONS
28 In what sport might competitors wear a plastron, a lame and a martingale?
FENCING
29 What do the initials WA signify on a netball bib?
WING ATTACK
30 On what would you find a boom yang, a pintle and a halyard?
A YACHT
JESSE OWENS
2 In 2002 who became the first British track athlete to win four European titles?
COLIN JACKSON
3 Over what distance was Don Quarry an Olympic champion?
200M
4 Who succeeded David Hemery as President of UK Athletics?
LYNN DAVIES
5 Which Englishman won a Commonwealth gold medal in the long jump at the 2002 games?
NATHAN MORGAN
6 What was Tim Montgomery’s time when he broke the 100 metres world record in September 2002?
9.78 SEC
7 In November 2002 who was named The International Athletic Foundation Athlete of the Year in Monte Carlo?
PAULA RADCLIFFE
8 What is the final throwing event in the decathlon?
JAVELIN
9 At which Oxford stadium did Roger Bannister run the first sub-four minute mile?
IFFLEY ROAD
10 Who was the first athlete to record a time of less than 13 minutes for the 5000 metres?
SAID AOUITA
11 Who was the first British footballer to be transferred for £2 million?
PAUL GASCOINE
12 Who lit the Olympic flame at the 2000 Sydney games?
CATHY FREEMAN
13 Who managed the Welsh national soccer team for just 50 days in 1994?
JOHN TOSHACK
14 Which cricket county won its only county championship in 1936?
DERBYSHIRE
15 Which was the first Scottish football club to compete in the European Cup?
HIBERNIAN
6 What bird connects Crystal Palace FC and USA’s rugby union team?
THE EAGLE
17 Who was the first professional sportsman to receive a knighthood?
CRICKERTER SIR JACK HOBBS
18 Which unseeded player did John McEnroe defeat in the final of the Wimbledon Singles in 1983?
CHRIS LEWIS FROM NEW ZEALAND
19 At what sport have Kerry, Cork and Kildaire all won the Sam Maguire Trophy?
GAELIC FOOTBALL
20 On which horse did Willie Carson record his first Epsom Derby win?
TROY
21 In which sport do competitors use a tab and a chest guard?
ARCHERY
22 In which sport is a stick called a caman used?
SHINTY
23 Epoxy hard, Malibu and wave-tec are all types of what?
SURFBOARD
24 The cantle, the surcingle loop and the twist are all parts of a what?
HORSES SADDLE
25 What piece of sporting equipment has a grip, a shaft and a head?
GOLF CLUB
26 What kind of weapon is an estoque?
A SWORD USED BY A MATADOR
27 What name is given to the metal spiked plates attached to a mountaineer’s boots for a better grip?
CRAMPONS
28 In what sport might competitors wear a plastron, a lame and a martingale?
FENCING
29 What do the initials WA signify on a netball bib?
WING ATTACK
30 On what would you find a boom yang, a pintle and a halyard?
A YACHT
or Wing attack 
