Sport Quizzes > Sport Quiz #5
Sport Quiz - Number 5
Questions I
- Which British sportsman had a massive rivalry with Jurgen Hingsen?
- What is known colloquially as 'the Bible of Cricket'?
- In the Tour de France who wears a white jersey with red polka dots?
- The game of snooker originated in which country in the latter half of the 19th century?
- What name does England rugby coach Eddie Jones use to describe his match-day replacements?
- Which country is home to Europe’s finest basketball league?
- Which athelete was stripped of her 3 gold and 2 bronze medals won in the 2000 Sydney olympics after admitting the use of steroids?
- Who was Formula One World Drivers' Champion four times from 2010 to 2013? And for which racing team did he drive for?
- What is the national sport of Papua New Guinea?
- Who was top scorer in the 1996 Football World Cup tournament?
- In which sport do you hit a hard solid sphere slightly larger than a tennis ball called a sliotar?
- What name is given to the periods that the horseback sport of polo is divided into?
- Shakehand grip and penhold grip are common grips in which sport?
- Which acronym is motorsport's pre-eminent stock-car racing organization?
Answers:
- Daley Thompson
- Wisden (or Wisden Cricketers' Almanack)
- The King of the Mountains
- India
- Finishers
- Spain
- Marion Jones
- Sebastian Vettel. Red Bull.
- Rugby League
- Eusebio
- Hurling
- Chukkas
- Table tennis
- NASCAR
Sport Quiz II
- As of 2016, who was the last footballer to win BBC's Sports Personality of the Year Award?
- Which city was the birthplace of Martina Navratilova?
- Name the first Canadian athelete to legally break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres?
- In 2009, which horse became the longest-priced winner of the Grand National for 42 years with odds of 100/1?
- When first built in 1884, Anfield football stadium was originally home to which football team?
- To the closest mile, how long is the course of the Boat Race?
- In 2015, England had 2,084, France 648, Scotland 552, and Italy 285 - what do these figures represent?
- As of 2016, who was the last American to reach the Men's Singles Wimbledon Final?
- Vince Lombardi is a famous name in which sport?
- How many bowls does a player have per end in singles bowls tournament?
- Who is the only person in athletics history to run faster than 10 seconds for 100 metres, 20 seconds for 200 metres, and 44 seconds for 400 metres?
- Simone Biles excels in which sport?
- Skaters Torvill and Dean were both born and raised in which British city?
- The Commissioner's Trophy is presented each year in which sport?
Answers:
- Ryan Giggs (2009)
- Prague
- Donovan Bailey
- Mon Mome
- Everton
- 4 miles (4 miles and 374 yards)
- Number of golf courses
- Andy Roddick
- American football
- Four
- Wayde van Niekerk
- Gymnastics (2016 Olympic individual all-around, vault and floor gold medalist)
- Nottingham
- Baseball (winner of the World Series)