SPORT QUIZ NO. 21

[magpie in the 80's]

1 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

[Dirko]

1 Jesse Owen
8 Javelin
11 Gascoine
12 Freeman
15 Hibs
16 Eagle
19 Gaelic Footy
21 Archery
23 Surfboards
25 Gold Club
27 Crampons
29 Wicked Ass or Wing attack
30 Yacht

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Jesse Owen
8 Javelin
11 Gascoine
12 Freeman
15 Hibs
16 Eagle
19 Gaelic Footy
21 Archery
23 Surfboards
25 Gold Club.....
27 Crampons
29 Wicked Ass or Wing attack
30 Yacht

ALL CORRECT SJABC

[Dirko]

GOLD Club = Tiger Wood weapon of destruction

GOLF Club = A instrument for the hackers

[Dirko]

14 Derbyshire

[magpie in the 80's]

14 Derbyshire

CORRECT SJABC

[Peterxtc]

3. 200M
18. Chris Lewis

[magpie in the 80's]

3. 200M
18. Chris Lewis

BOTH CORRECT PETE

[spell_check]

6) 9.77 seconds

[magpie in the 80's]

6) 9.77 seconds

close enough spelly.........9.78

[spell_check]

6) 9.77 seconds

close enough spelly.........9.78

It still was wrong though.

[Mr66]

22/ Shinty

[Mr66]

17/ Stanley Matthews

[JAS]

Q22 Ahhhh a 'stick' so in the hope of avoiding embarrassment for missing one everybody thinks I should know...it's going to be my local sport isn't it....shinty or my maternal relatives sport...hurling.

Ahh sod it

Q28 A martingale stops a horse throwing up it's head* so anything Equestrian.

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

22/ Shinty

CORRECT MR66

[magpie in the 80's]

17/ Stanley Matthews

INCORRECT MR66

[magpie in the 80's]

Q22 Ahhhh a 'stick' so in the hope of avoiding embarrassment for missing one everybody thinks I should know...it's going to be my local sport isn't it....shinty or my maternal relatives sport...hurling..CORRECT

Ahh sod it

Q28 A martingale stops a horse throwing up it's head* so anything Equestrian......INCORRECT

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

SPORTS FANS WERE ARE YOU

[JAS]

Q5 Jonathon Edwards...the one that refuses to compete on Sundays.

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q5 Jonathon Edwards...the one that refuses to compete on Sundays.

Regards
JAS

INCORRECT JAS