SPORTS QUIZ NO.57

[magpie in the 80's]

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 declared the 1936 Summer Olympics officially open?
ADOLF HITLER
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 In which game does play commence with a squidge off?
TIDDLYWINKS
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 was the first cricketer to bowl 20,000 deliveries in Test cricket?
LANCE GIBBS
27 At the 2002 Winter Olympics at which event did Prince Albert of Monaco compete?
4 MAN BOBSLEIGH
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 KEYNES DON
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?
BASEBALL
34 Who was the only goal keeper to be voted European Footballer of the Year in the 20th century?
LEV YASHAN
35 Who lit the Olympic flame at the 2000 games?
CATHY FREEMAN
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?
CLAUDIUS
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 AFRICA - KENYA - ZIMBABWE - NAMIBIA
41 Who was the appropriate winner of the Venus Rosewater dish in 2005?
VENUS WILLIAMS
42 Who was the first boxer to defeat Lennox Lewis in a professional bout?
OLIVER MCCALL
43 In which sport might participants perform a shot known as a long jenny?
BILLIARDS
44 At which sporting venue can spectators watch the action from the Paddock Hill Grandstand?
BRANDS HATCH RACEWAY
45 In the 1994/95 season, who became the first foreign player to score 20 goals in a Premiership season in England?
JURGEN KLINSMAN
46 In which sport might competitors win the Swaythling Cup employing the penholder grip?
TABLE TENNIS
47 In which sport do participants wear a glove called a chistera?
PELOTA
48 What do the initials SB signify in a game of baseball?
STOLEN BASE
49 Which sporting trophy is nicknamed Dwight’s Pot?
DAVIS CUP
50 What occurred in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race for the only time in 1877?
DEAD HEAT
51 How many Wimbledon singles titles did Martina Navratilova win in her illustrious career?
9
52 What was stolen from a Birmingham shop window in 1895, at the time in possession of Aston Villa?
FA CUP TROPHY
53 Which golf course is home to the Queen’s Course, the King’s Course and the Wee Course?
GLENEAGLES
54 Which football league club plays its home matches in the town of Cleethorpes?
GRIMSBY TOWN
55 Who were the first three goalkeepers to captain England in post war soccer internationals?
FRANK SWIFT - PETER SHILTON - RAY CLEMENTS
56 Which sports star broke off his engagement to the singer Sheryl Crow in 2006?
LANCE ARMSTRONG
57 Which English rugby union club are named after the historical enemies of the Crusaders?
SARACENS
58 Who was the first boxer to defeat Sugar Ray Leonard in a professional bout?
ROBERTO DURAN
59 What do the initials HW signify with regard to a dismissal in cricket?
HIT WICKET
60 In 2002, who said “They had a tiger, but I had twelve lions”?
SAM TORRENCE AFTER EUROPE WON THE RYDERS CUP AGAINST THE USA

[Mr Beefy]

1 Boris Bonker
6 Rowing
19 Turkey

[godoubleblues]

Q7 - hitler
Q19 - turkey
Q40 - south africa, zimbabwe, kenya
Q56 - lance armstrong
Q57 - harlequins
Q59 - hit wicket

[Hazbeen]

8. Mark Spitz
30. Archery
33. Boxing
36. PLO
40. Sth Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Nambibia
57. Barbarians

[wycbloods]

30 Softball.

[magpie in the 80's]

1 Boris Bonker
6 Rowing
19 Turkey

CORRECT MB

[magpie in the 80's]

Q7 - hitler
Q19 - turkey
Q40 - south africa, zimbabwe, kenya
Q56 - lance armstrong
Q57 - harlequins...INCORRECT
Q59 - hit wicket

OTHERS CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

8. Mark Spitz
30. Archery
33. Boxing ..didn't originate from this sport
36. PLO
40. Sth Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Nambibia
57. Barbarians

OTHERS CORRECT HB

[magpie in the 80's]

30 Softball.

incorrect wyc

[Drop Bear]

25. Golf Tee
33. Baseball
36. Mosad ?
42. Mike Tyson
53. St Andrews

[magpie in the 80's]

25. Golf Tee
33. Baseball
36. Mosad ?
42. Mike Tyson
53. St Andrews

Q25 AND 33 CORRECT DB
OTHERS INCORRECT

[spell_check]

26) Lance Gibbs
31) Cricket

[magpie in the 80's]

26) Lance Gibbs
31) Cricket

CORRECT SPELLY

[hereforthebeer]

21 keke rosberg
46 table tennis

[magpie in the 80's]

21 keke rosberg
46 table tennis

CORRECT HFTB

[gadj1976]

2 Gabriel Solasce (no idea how to spell it)
10. Raman
21. Rosberg

[magpie in the 80's]

2 Gabriel Solasce (no idea how to spell it)

incorrect gadj

[gadj1976]

24 pool cue
48 stolen base

[magpie in the 80's]

24 pool cue....incorrect
48 stolen base....correct

[old moz]

17--sammy davis jnr