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Sport Quiz - Number 2



Free Sport Questions I

  1. Adam Peaty represents Great Britian in which sport?
  2. In football, how far is the penalty spot from the goal line?
  3. A key strategy in which sport is known as 'dominating the T'?
  4. In square feet, what is the surface area of a table tenis table?
  5. Wayne Gretzky was a legend in which sport?


  6. Which French term, meaning 'training', is a highly skilled form of horse riding performed in competitions and exhibitions?
  7. There are three weapons in modern fencing, foil and epee are two, can you name the third?
  8. How many players are in the pool at any one time in a water polo team?
  9. Who won the 800 metres athletics gold medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games?
  10. In 2014, who became the first horse trainer to have three consecutive winners of the Epsom Derby?

Answers:

  1. Swimming (breaststroke 2015 world champion)
  2. 11 metres or 12 yards (36 feet)
  3. Squash
  4. 45 square feet (9 feet long by 5 feet wide)
  5. Ice hockey
  6. Dressage
  7. Sabre
  8. Seven
  9. Steve Ovett
  10. Aidan O'Brien



Quiz II

  1. The first Rugby World Cup Final was played in which stadium?
  2. Who got sent off in a 2011 Rugby World Cup semi-final?
  3. Which sportsman won the first series of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!?
  4. In 2015, which of the four tennis Grand Slam events gave the most prize money to the singles winner?
  5. Which American figure skater was a 1994 Olympic silver medallist and a 1992 bronze medallist?
  6. What is the nickname of the Australian national rugby league team?
  7. What nickname links football teams Fulham, Preston North End and Tottenham Hotspur?
  8. How many fences are jumped in The Grand National?
  9. Which golf club has hosted the British open 24 times, 5 less than St. Andrews?
  10. What is 48 inches in diameter with the centre 1.3 metres above the ground?


Answers:

  1. Eden Park (New Zealand)
  2. Sam Warburton
  3. (Andrew) Freddie Flintoff
  4. US Open ($3 million)
  5. Nancy Kerrigan
  6. The Kangaroos
  7. Lilywhites
  8. 30
  9. Prestwick Golf Club
  10. An archery target




Quiz III

  1. Which female gymnast became the first woman to score a perfect 10 at the Olympic Games?
  2. Which American female sprinter ran a time of 10.64 seconds for the 100 metres in 2009?
  3. Matt Biondi is famous name in which sport?
  4. Who was boxer Joe Calzaghe's last professional opponent?
  5. In pole vaulting, who became the first ever member of the 'six metres club'?
  6. The Sid Waddell trophy is awarded in which sport?
  7. The name of what sport translates to 'gentle way'?
  8. Also known as Gilette, who dominated alpine ski racing in the late 1960s?
  9. True or False. For association football, Canadians use the term soccer and not football?
  10. In 1972 the venue was Selly Park British Legion, Birmingham and in 1974 it was held in Belle Vue, Manchester; where was the venue in 2000?


Answers:

  1. Nadia Comaneci
  2. Carmelita Jeter
  3. Swimming
  4. Roy Jones Jr.
  5. Sergey Bubka
  6. Darts
  7. Judo
  8. Jean-Claude Killy
  9. True
  10. Crucible Theatre, Sheffield (world snooker championship)