THE SPORTS QUIZ OF THE YEAR 2006 GLOBAL SPORTS

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Who was named as the highest-earning sportswoman in the world?SHARAPOVA

2 How did Hollywood come to Merseyside?ROBERT EARL PLANET HOLLYWOOD OWNER

3 What did the Russians Nikolai Valuev, Vladimir Klitschko, Sergei Liakhovich and Oleg Maskaev have in common with each other?THEY WERE ALL WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPIONS

4 Which Frenchwoman won her first major title at the 32nd attempt?MAURESMO

5 Which American confessed in his autobiography to an addiction to gambling that had cost him more than £30m over the last 12 years?JOHN DALY

6 Who followed her conquest of Europe by finishing on top of the world, an achievement matched previously only by Mary Gordon-Watson and Virginia Leng?ZARA PHILLIPS

7 Who beat Lleyton Hewitt in Miami, having lost in all eight of their previous meetings?TIM HENMAN

8 Which trainer triumphed in Paris for the seventh time?ANDRE FABRE

9 Who shocked Spain by scoring the first home hat-trick since George Best in 1971?DAVID HEALY

10 Which Serb was alleged to have threatened to kidnap his daughter, kill an Australian and "drop a nuclear bomb on Sydney" as revenge for her decision to play as an Australian again?DAMIR DOKIC

[Dutchy]

1/ Sharapova
5/ John Daly
10/ Damir Dokic

[MW]

4. Mauresmo?

[magpie in the 80's]

DUTCHY

Q1..SHARAPOVA..CORRECT
Q5..JOHN DALY...CORRECT
Q10..DAMIR DOKIC...CORRECT

MW

Q4..MAURESMO..CORRECT

[The Real Number 3]

Number 3 is their all boxers and i think all world champs

[The Real Number 3]

q2 is liverpools new owners are american

[magpie in the 80's]

THE REAL NUMBER 3

Q3... CORRECT
Q2....HE IS AMERICAN BUT WHO IS HE AND WHAT DOES HE OWN

[RoosterMarty]

9. David Healy for Northern Ireland!

[magpie in the 80's]

[quote="RoosterMarty"]9. David Healy for Northern Ireland

CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

STILL 4 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

[Dutchy]

2/ Planet Hollywood owner
6/ Zara Phillips
7/ Tim Henman
8/ André Fabre

[magpie in the 80's]

[quote="Dutchy"]2/ Planet Hollywood owner...ROBERT EARL...CORRECT
6/ Zara Phillips....CORRECT
7/ Tim Henman....CORRECT
8/ André Fabre...CORRECT