Sports Quiz Test Your Knowledge

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. How many teams played in the first World Cup?
    a: 13
    b: 24
    c: 32

2. Who has scored the most goals in a single World Cup tournament?

3. Which was the first country to host the World Cup twice?

4. Who scored the quickest goal ever by an England player in a World Cup match?

5. Who scored two goals in the 1998 World Cup final?

6. How many games were played at the World Cup 2006?

7. How many different countries have won the World Cup prior to 2010?

8. Who are the only team to have played in every World Cup?

9. What was the name of the original World Cup trophy?
    a: The Jules Rimet Trophy
    b: The Fifa Trophy
    c: The Coupe de Monde

10. How many games will the winning team have to play?

11. Which city comes next in this list: Munich, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Mexico City, Rome, Pasadena, Paris...?

12. Who scored Germany's winner against Argentina in the 1990 World Cup Final?

13. Name the defender shot dead after scoring an own goal during the 1994 World Cup.

14. Poland beat Brazil to finish third at the 1974 World Cup. True or false?

15. When Brazil's team-sheet was first issued for the 1998 World Cup final, the name of Ronaldo was absent. Minutes later, a second, definitive teamsheet was issued that included Ronaldo. But who was the player originally named as Ronaldo's replacement?

16. Which debutants gave Scotland a 1-0 thrashing at the 1990 World Cup?

17. Who were the only European debutants at the last World Cup?

18. Hungary's Laszloz of Hungary still holds the record for what feat achieved in seven minutes against El Salvador in 1982?

19. Name the four African countries who will be making their World Cup debut in Germany

20. The European Player of the Year for 2004 made his debut at an international tournament in 2005. Name him 

21. Uruguay won the first World Cup in 1930 ? but in which country was that competition held?

22. How many times have Italy won the World Cup?

23. Why were the England team grateful to Tovik Bakhramov in 1966?

ANSWERS

1. 13

2. Just Fontaine

3. Mexico

4. Bryan Robson

5. Zinedine Zidane

6. 64

7. Seven

8. Brazil

9. The Jules Rimet Trophy

10. Seven

11. Yokohama - The venue of the previous world cup final matches

12. Andreas Brehme

13. Andres Escobar

14. True

15. Edmundo

16. Costa Rica

17. Slovenia

18. Fastest Hat-Trick

19. Angola, Ivory Coast, Ghana andTogo

20. Andriy Shevchenko

21. Uruguay

22. 4 (so far) 1934, 1938,1982 & 2006

23. He was the linesman who allowed Geoff Hurst?s 2nd Goal

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. Which London team earned the nickname 'The Crazy Gang'?

2. Which manager said he'd been in more courts than Bjorn Borg?

3. Which Nottingham club was managed by Brian Clough?

4. Which player was involved in Britain's first million pound transfer?

5. Which Scottish side's nickname is 'The Blue Brazil'?

6. Which soccer player advertised 'Brut' in the 1980s?

7. Which soccer side plays at Rugby Park?

8. Which stadium hosted its first FA Cup semifinal in 1991?

9. Which team are known as the Gunners?

10. Which team first won an FA Cup semifinal on a penalty shoot-out?

11. Which team had Radford and Kennedy as a strike force?

12. Which team is known as The Magpies?

13. Which team played home games at Villa Park?

14. Which two England internationals captained on 'A Question of Sport'?

15. Which was the first 3rd division side to reach FA Cup semis?

16. Which was the first Welsh side to win the FA Cup?

17. Who captained Arsenal when they won the League and Cup in 1970-71?

18. Who did Alan Shearer play for before he joined Blackburn?

19. Who has managed Everton, Notts County, and Sheffield United?

20. Who has scored most goals in FA Cup ties?

21. Who joined Liverpool from Nottingham Forest for ?8 million plus in 1995?

22. Who managed Liverpool to the 1986 FA Cup and League double?

23. Who or what was Alexandra in Crewe Alexandra?

24. Who played against Rangers in an Auld Firm derby match?

25. Who played home games at Ewood Park?

26. Who played home games at Filbert Street?

27. Who played home games at The New Den?

28. Who said on supporting Birmingham, 'You lose some, you draw some'?

29. Who said, 'When seagulls follow the trawler it is because they think the sardines will be thrown into the sea'?

30. Who used to be a hod carrier before joining Wimbledon? 

ANSWERS

1. Wimbledon

2. Tommy Docherty

3. Forest

4. Trevor Francis

5. Cowdenbeath

6. Kevin Keegan

7. Kilmarnock

8. Wembley

9. Arsenal

10. Liverpool

11. Arsenal

12. Newcastle or Notts County

13. Aston Villa

14. Emlyn Hughes, John Barnes

15. Millwall

16. Cardiff

17. Frank McLintock

18. Southampton

19. Howard Kendall

20. Ian Rush

21. Stan Collymore

22. Kenny Dalglish

23. Queen Alexandra

24. Celtic

25. Blackburn Rovers

26. Leicester

27. Millwall

28. Jasper Carrott

29. Eric Cantona

30. Vinny Jones

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. Which Geordie played for England and managed the Republic of Ireland?

2. Which ground hosts the FA Cup Final?

3. Which Joe managed Everton when they won the 1995 FA Cup?

4. Which Lane do Sheffield United play at?

5. Which London side did Ruud Gullit join in 1995?

6. Which London striker has played for Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Queen's Park Rangers, Spurs, Chelsea, West Ham and Millwall?

7. Who was England's manager for the 1990 World Cup in Italy?

8. Who was Ian St John's partner on TV?

9. Who was the England manager when the side failed to reach the 1994 World Cup finals?

10. Who was the first Footballer of the Year in England and Scotland?

11. Who was the first Scot to make 100 appearances for his country?

12. Who was the first soccer manager to manage all three Birmingham clubs - Aston Villa, Birmingham and West Brom?

13. Who was the manager when England won the 1966 World Cup?

14. Who went to Newcastle from Man Utd in the Andy Cole transfer deal?

15. Who were Asia's two representatives in the 1990 World Cup Finals?

16. Who were the first club last century to win the FA Cup and the FA Amateur Cup?

17. Who were the first country to win the World Cup four times?

18. Who won the European Cup in the first five seasons from 1955 to 1960?

19. Who won the World Cup in 1958, 1962, 1970 and 1994?

20. With whom did Alan Ball begin his playing career?

21. At which Lane did Wimbledon play when they entered the League?

22. At which Meadow do Shrewsbury play?

23. If you are at Turf Moor who is playing at home?

24. Man Utd were the first team to score 9 in a Premier game. against whom?

25. Mike Walker and Martin O'Neill walked out on which chairman?

26. Nanninga was the first sub to score in a World Cup Final for whom?

27. Newcastle play at St James' Park but who plays at St James Park?

28. Stokoe (Sunderland) and Revie (Leeds) were rival managers in the 1973 FA Cup Final. For which teams were they rivals as Cup Final players?

29. What name is shared by Scunthorpe, Southend and Rotherham?

30. What was strange about the tackle that ended the career of keeper Chic Brodie of Brentford in 1970? 

ANSWERS

1. Jack Charlton

2. Wembley Stadium

3. Royle

4. Bramall

5. Chelsea

6. Clive Allen

7. Bobby Robson

8. Jimmy Greaves

9. Graham Taylor

10. Gordon Strachan

11. Kenny Dalglish

12. Ron Saunders

13. Alf Ramsey

14. Keith Gillespie

15. South Korea, United Arab Emirates

16. Wimbledon

17. Brazil

18. Real Madrid

19. Brazil

20. Blackpool

21. Plough

22. Gay

23. Burnley

24. Ipswich

25. Robert Chase

26. Netherlands

27. Exeter

28. Birmingham and Manchester City

29. United

30. It was against a dog

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. Name the five English teams that have won back to back league titles in the post war era. (Top flight: Premier League or the old division one)

2. Which English premier league team was once known as "The Biscuit Men" ?

3. Complete the names of the following football brothers.
    a: Ronald and Frank ....
    b: Dieter and Uli ...
    c: Wili and Rene ....
    d: Nico and Robert ....

4. In a 1983 hit song from Alan and Denise, which superstar had "sexy knees" ?

5. Who is the only player in English top flight football to have scored (on average) more than a goal a game in one season ?

6. Which football players had the following nicknames ?
    a: The ax
    b: Der Bomber
    c: Cowboy
    d: Il Divin Codino (The divine pony tail)
    e: Il Gigante Buona (The gentle giant)
    f: Giraffe

7. What was the name of Kevin Keegan's top ten hit song in Germany?

8. Field Marshall B. L. Montgomery was the honoury chairman of which football club ?

9. Which ex premier league club once suffered (or still does) from the gypsy curse ?

10. Shilton excluded, name the five players Maradona slipped around while scoring his wonder goal on June 22 1986. One point for every correct answer.

ANSWERS

1. Five teams from the following details:
    Portsmouth FC 49-50,
    Man U. 56-57,
    Wolves 58-59,
    Liverpool 76-77,
    Liverpool 79-80,
    Liverpool 82-83-84,
    Man U. 93-94,
    Man U. 96-97,
    Man U. 99-2000-2001,
    Chelsea 2005-2006

2. Reading

3. Four Answers:
    a: de Boer
    b: Hoeness
    c: de Kerkhoff
    d: Kovac

Dixie Dean4. Karl Heinz "Rummenigge Rummenigge" ( "talkin bout a man with sexy knees... first he traps the ball and then? Karl Heinz Rummenigge puts it in... Rummenigge Rummenigge, all night long")

5. Dixie Dean - 60 goals in 39 games. 1927-1928

6. Six Answers:
    a: Vinnie Jones
    b: Gerd M?ller
    c: Jim Leighton
    d: Roberto Baggio
    e: John Charles
    f: Jack Charlton

7. "Head over heels in love"

8. Portsmouth FC

9. Derby County. The Baseball Ground was built upon a gypsy camping ground.

10.  Five Answers:
    Peter Reid,
    Peter Beardsley,
    Terry Butcher,
    Terry Fenwick and
    Gary Stevens.

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. Which African country was the first to compete in a Football World Cup?
    a. Cameroon
    b. Eygpt
    c. South Africa
    d. Tunisia

2. Which Football World Cup was the first to be broadcast in colour?

3. Which two countries have been runners-up in two consecutive Football World Cup tournaments?

4. Players from which country have been cautioned a record 345 times in Football World Cup matches? (as of 2006)
    a. Germany
    b. Argentina
    c. Italy
    d. Ecuador

5. Which seven English players have missed penalties after extra time in Football World Cup matches? One point for each correct answer

6. Why did the best side of the decade, the Austrian 'wunder' team, withdraw from the 1938 Football World Cup?

7. The American Bert Patenaude was the first player to do what in a Football World Cup match?
    a. Miss a penalty
    b. Get sent off
    c. Score a hattrick

8. Which German player appeared in five consecutive Football World Cup tournaments?

9. In a Football World Cup match, who was
    a. The youngest player to score a goal for England (1998)
    b. The oldest player to score a goal for England (1958)?

10. What would have happened in the 1966 World Cup Final between England and West Germany had the score remained 2-2 after extra time?

ANSWERS

1. b. Eygpt (1934)

2.  Mexico 1970

3. Holland (1974 and 1978) and West Germany (1982 and 1986)

4. b. Argentina

5. Stuart Pearce, Chris Waddle, David Batty, Paul Ince, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher

6. German 'annexation'

7. c. Score a hattrick

8. Lothar Matthaus (1982-1998)

9. Two answers
    a. Michael Owen 18 years 190 days
    b. Tom Finney 36 years 64 days

10. Flip of a coin to determine the World Champion

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. Who was the only heavyweight champion to finish his boxing career with a perfect record? (49 wins-0 defeats)

2. Goleo, Spheriks, Ciao, Naranjito and Tip & Tap were all examples of what?

3. Which national team introduced 'Total Football' at the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany?

4. Which Dutch footballer earned the nickname 'Llama' after spitting on the West German striker Rudi Völler during a 1990 FIFA World Cup game?

5. Which Cameroonian footballer is the only African to have played in four FIFA World Cups?
a. Nwankwo Kanu 
b. Roger Milla 
c. Aaron Mokoena 
d. Rigobert Song

6. Which kind of ball follows the US President everywhere he goes?

7. In 2011, a Formula 1 race will be/was held in which country for the first time?
a. India
b. Mexico
c. Ireland
d. Japan

8. Which male tennis player lost a record 4 US Open singles finals in 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1981?

9. Which three lefties have won the most Grand Slam singles titles in mens tennis?

10. The fastest serve in mens tennis (155 mph or 249.5 km/h) belongs to which man?

11. Based on the number of Major Championships won (Masters, U.S. Open, The Open, PGA), who is the most successful golfer ever from outside the United States?

ANSWERS

1. Rocky Marciano

2. Football World Cup mascots

3. Holland

4. Frank Rijkaard

5. d. Rigobert Song

6. 'The Football' or 'The Nuclear Football'. (a black briefcase containing the nuclear launch codes)

7. a. India (Jaypee Group Circuit)

8. Bjorn Borg

9. Rod Laver (11), Jimmy Connors (, Raphael Nadal (.

10. Ivan Karlovic or Samuel Groth (see comments below)

11. Gary Player

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. Who were the first two World Heavyweight Boxing Champions in the late 19th century?

2. Super Flyweight is a weight division in professional boxing (sometimes referred to as Junior Bantamweight).
    What is the maximum weight a boxer can be and still be classified in this division? Plus or minus 1kg (Plus or minus 2 lb)

3. Since the Open era in tennis, which six men have reached the singles final of the US Open the most times? One point for each correct answer.

4. Which biennial sporting event was postponed in 2001 following the September 11th terrorist attack on New York?

5. Where were the US Open tennis championships held between 1924 and 1977?

6. The name of which Olympic host city translated means 'Northern Capital'?

7. Which male tennis player lost a four US Open singles finals in 1976, 78, 80 and 81?

8. In September 2010, former steelworker Philippe Croizon swam the English Channel, completing the challenge in just less than 14 hours. The record at that time stood at 6 hours, 57 minutes and 50 seconds, so why was Croizon's crossing so amazing?

9. Due to superstition, what didn't Bjorn Borg do at Wimbledon?

10. The first official international cricket match was held in 1844 between two countries not known for their cricketing history or prowess. Can you name the two countries? One point for each correct answer.

ANSWERS

1. John L Sullivan and 'Gentleman' Jim Corbett

2. 115 lb (52.2 kg, 8.2 stone)

3. In order: Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras (, Jimmy Connors (7), Andre Agassi (6), Roger Federer (6) and John McEnroe (5) (as of 2011)

4. The Ryder cup

5. Forest Hills (The West Side Tennis Club)

6. Beijing (Peking)

7. Bjorn Borg

8. He is a quadruple amputee

9. Shave

10. Canada and the USA

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. Which London team earned the nickname 'The Crazy Gang'?

2. Which manager said he'd been in more courts than Bjorn Borg?

3. Which Nottingham club was managed by Brian Clough?

4. Which player was involved in Britain's first million pound transfer?

5. Which Scottish side's nickname is 'The Blue Brazil'?

6. Which soccer player advertised 'Brut' in the 1980s?

7. Which soccer side plays at Rugby Park?

8. Which stadium hosted its first FA Cup semifinal in 1991?

9. Which team are known as the Gunners?

10. Which team first won an FA Cup semifinal on a penalty shoot-out?

11. Which team had Radford and Kennedy as a strike force?

12. Which team is known as The Magpies?

13. Which team played home games at Villa Park?

14. Which two England internationals captained on 'A Question of Sport'?

15. Which was the first 3rd division side to reach FA Cup semis?

16. Which was the first Welsh side to win the FA Cup?

17. Who captained Arsenal when they won the League and Cup in 1970-71?

18. Who did Alan Shearer play for before he joined Blackburn?

19. Who has managed Everton, Notts County, and Sheffield United?

20. Who has scored most goals in FA Cup ties?

21. Who joined Liverpool from Nottingham Forest for ?8 million plus in 1995?

22. Who managed Liverpool to the 1986 FA Cup and League double?

23. Who or what was Alexandra in Crewe Alexandra?

24. Who played against Rangers in an Auld Firm derby match?

25. Who played home games at Ewood Park?

26. Who played home games at Filbert Street?

27. Who played home games at The New Den?

28. Who said on supporting Birmingham, 'You lose some, you draw some'?

29. Who said, 'When seagulls follow the trawler it is because they think the sardines will be thrown into the sea'?

30. Who used to be a hod carrier before joining Wimbledon? 

ANSWERS

1. Wimbledon

2. Tommy Docherty

3. Forest

4. Trevor Francis

5. Cowdenbeath

6. Kevin Keegan

7. Kilmarnock

8. Wembley

9. Arsenal

10. Liverpool

11. Arsenal

12. Newcastle or Notts County

13. Aston Villa

14. Emlyn Hughes, John Barnes

15. Millwall

16. Cardiff

17. Frank McLintock

18. Southampton

19. Howard Kendall

20. Ian Rush

21. Stan Collymore

22. Kenny Dalglish

23. Queen Alexandra

24. Celtic

25. Blackburn Rovers

26. Leicester

27. Millwall

28. Jasper Carrott

29. Eric Cantona

30. Vinny Jones

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. Which three England players have been shown a red card during a World Cup match?

2. Which colour shirts did Benito Mussolini insist the Italian players wear during the 1938 Football World Cup?

3. Name the seven players who have scored more than 10 goals in World Cup Football?

4. Which defending champions had the worst performance in a Football World Cup with 2 losses, 1 draw and no goals scored?

5. Which country has Brazil met twice in a World Cup final match?

6. What was Scotland's World Cup song in
    a. 1978
    b. 1998

7. In which year was the only World Cup in which England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all qualified?

8. Which country has made a record number appearances in Football World Cup's without ever advancing to the next round?

9. Who was
    a. the oldest player to appear in a World Cup match
    b. the oldest player to appear in the final of a World Cup?

10. What colour did Her Majesty wear when presenting Bobby Moore with the Jules Rimet Trophy?

ANSWERS

1. Ray Wilkins (1986), David Beckham (1998) and Wayne Rooney (2006)

2. 'Black shirts'

3. Ronaldo (15), Gerd Müller (14), Just Fontaine (13), Pele (12), Jurgen Klinsmann (11)  Sandor Kocsis (11) and Miroslav Klose (14)

4. France (2002)

5. Italy (1970 and 1994)

6. Two answers
    a. Ally's Tartan Army
    b. Don't Come Home Too Soon

7. 1958 in Sweden

8. Scotland

9. Two answers
    a. Roger Milla (42 years and 39 days)
    b. Dino Zoff (40 years and 133 days)

10. Yellow

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. Which African country was the first to compete in a Football World Cup?
    a. Cameroon
    b. Eygpt
    c. South Africa
    d. Tunisia

2. Which Football World Cup was the first to be broadcast in colour?

3. Which two countries have been runners-up in two consecutive Football World Cup tournaments?

4. Players from which country have been cautioned a record 345 times in Football World Cup matches? (as of 2006)
    a. Germany
    b. Argentina
    c. Italy
    d. Ecuador

5. Which seven English players have missed penalties after extra time in Football World Cup matches? One point for each correct answer

6. Why did the best side of the decade, the Austrian 'wunder' team, withdraw from the 1938 Football World Cup?

7. The American Bert Patenaude was the first player to do what in a Football World Cup match?
    a. Miss a penalty
    b. Get sent off
    c. Score a hattrick

8. Which German player appeared in five consecutive Football World Cup tournaments?

9. In a Football World Cup match, who was
    a. The youngest player to score a goal for England (1998)
    b. The oldest player to score a goal for England (1958)?

10. What would have happened in the 1966 World Cup Final between England and West Germany had the score remained 2-2 after extra time?

ANSWERS

1. b. Eygpt (1934)

2.  Mexico 1970

3. Holland (1974 and 1978) and West Germany (1982 and 1986)

4. b. Argentina

5. Stuart Pearce, Chris Waddle, David Batty, Paul Ince, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher

6. German 'annexation'

7. c. Score a hattrick

8. Lothar Matthaus (1982-1998)

9. Two answers
    a. Michael Owen 18 years 190 days
    b. Tom Finney 36 years 64 days

10. Flip of a coin to determine the World Champion

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. Which one of the following was never a modern olympic discipline?
    a. tumbling   
    b. running deer shooting   
    c. horseshoes (throwing)   
    d. club swinging   
    e. tug of war   
    f. under water swimming   
    g. 200m obstacle swimming

2. Gold, silver and bronze. What do participants who achieve 4th to 8th place receive?

3. Which was the only country to host the summer olympics and not win a single gold medal?

4. In which discipline did the father of the modern olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, win an olympic gold medal?

5. Winners of which olympic games never had to pay any tax again for the rest of their lives?

6. Plus or minus five, how many pigeons did Leon de Lunden manage to kill while winning gold in the living pigeon shooting event at the Paris games in 1900?

7. Edward Eagan is the only person in modern olympic history to   
    a. win gold in both a summer and winter olympiad   
    b. win a medal in five consecutive olympic games   or
    c. be disqualified in two different olympic games, once for doping, once for accepting a bribe

8. What is the only city in the world named after an olympic gold medalist? 
    a. Mark Spitz Town   
    b. Cassius Clay Town   
    c. Edward Edwards Town   
    d. Jim Thorpe Town

9. After losing a wrestling bout against the German Jakob Brendel at the 1932 games in L.A., the Sizilian Marcello Nizzola went to the dressing room and   
    a. attacked his opponent with a dagger   
    b. committed suicide   
    c. continued the fight

10. Shepherd's Bush Stadium London. 1908 summer olympics. Marathon runner Dorando Pietri enters the stadium exhausted to the roar of the crowd and proceeds to run in the wrong direction. After realising his error, he alters direction and heads towards the finish line. He is however on his last legs and his competitors are closing the gap. Just short of the longed for end to this gruelling race he collapses and starts to crawl on his hands and knees. At this moment a famous British writer helps him to his feet and over the line, where he passes out, only to awake hours later and discover he has been disqualified. Who was the famous writer?

ANSWERS

1. c. horseshoes

2. A diploma

3. Canada

4. Literature, for his song 'Ode to sport'

5. The ancient games in Greece

6. 21

7. a. win gold in both a summer and winter olympiad (boxing and 4 man bob)

8. d. Jim Thorpe Town (in Penn. USA)

9. a. attacked his opponent with a dagger

10. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. At which olympic games in the USA were there special events for 'ethnic minorities' ?

2. The playing of which instrument was once an olympic discipline in ancient Greece ?

3. What are the five ring colours on the olympic flag ?

4. What was unusual about two time olympic marathon winner Abebe Bikila's running style at the 1960 games ?

5. How were false starters punished in ancient Greece ? 
    a. whipped 
    b. stoned 
    c. exciled

6. In which discipline did each of the following superstars excell ? 
    a. Wassil Aleksejew 
    b. Bruce Jenner 
    c. Edwin Moses 
    d. Larissa Latynina 
    e. Xavier Sotomayer

7. The stadium in Athens for the 1896 games was built from which material ?

8. Which Finnish star won nine gold medals before he was unfairly barred from the 1932 games in L.A. ?

9. What do Ben Johnson and Waterford Crystal both have in common ?

10. Which two sports that start with the letter C are no longer olympic ?

ANSWERS

1. St. Louis 1904

2. Trumpet

3. Blue,  yellow,  black,  green and red

4. barefoot

5. a. whipped

6. Five Answers
    a. weightlifting 
    b. decathalon 
    c. hurdles 
    d. gymnastics 
    e. high jumping

7. marble

8. Paavo Nurmi

9. both were disqualified for doping. (Waterford Crystal was an Irish horse at the 2004 games in Athens)

10. Cricket and Croquet

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. The Basque country won a gold medal playing its national sport at the 1900 games in Paris. It must be noted however that they did not have to play any matches as no other country took part in the competion. What is the Basque country's national game ?

2. Since 1968, which two countries have had the most athletes tested positive for doping? (It's the usual suspects)

3. Which four cities have twice hosted the summer olympics?

4. Which Summer Olympic Games were boycotted by the majority of African countries?

5. Papa doc Duvallier had threatened to execute any athletes from his country that did not cross the finish line at the 1976 games in Montreal. Duvallier was the dictator of which country?

6. The following are all members of a bronze medal winning team at the 1904 games in St. Louis. Which sport might it be ?  Spotted Tail, Lightfoot, Red Jacket, Rain in Face, Man Afraid Soap, Blackhawk, Black Eagle, Almighty Voice, Flat Iron, Halfmoon and Snake Eater. clue, it's no longer olympic

7. A touring Australian team won gold at the 1908 games in London with the battle cry 'cripple every opponent'. What sport might that have been? Clue, it too is no longer olympic

8. The Swede Oscar Swahn is the oldest medal winner at the olympic games. Plus or minus four years, how old was he?

9. The modern olympic marathon is full of unbelievable stories. Which one of the following is not true ?   
    a. Velokas, the very first man disqualified in the olympics was a Greek marathon runner,  He was caught taking a taxi.   
    b. Yamasini and Lentauw, two Zulu tribesmen,  came in 9th and 12th in the 1904 games in St. Louis. They might have done much better if they hadnt had to hide in a corn field after being chased by stray dogs.   
    c. The first winner of the marathon in 1896, the Greek national hero Spirodon Louis, stopped at a taverna along the way and ate fried chicken washed down with generous amounts of wine.

10. The man who has won the most gold medals, namely ten, suffered from polio as a child !!   What was his name ?  (This question was written before 11th Aug 08, so M. Phelps is excluded)

ANSWERS

1. pelota

2. Bulgaria 8x, Hungary 6x

3. Four Answers:
    Athens 1896 2004,
    Paris 1900 1924,
    London 1908 1948 ,
    L.A. 1932 1984

4. Montreal 1976

5. Haiti

6. Lacrosse

7. Rugby

8. 72

9. a. Velokas    Fact is Velokas was disqualified for riding in the back of a donkey cart. Taxis didnt exist then.

10. Ray Ewry

[THE FUGITIVE]

1. Where was the Derby held during the two World Wars?

2. Which course celebrated 100 years of racing in July 1987?

3. Which European flat race is run annually on the first Sunday in October?

4. Which gossip columnist was owner of My Purple Prose?

5. Which Grand National winner of the 80s was named after a lighthouse?

6. Which horse gave Lester Piggott his first Royal Ascot winner?

7. Which horse was the first to win both the Derby and the St Leger?

8. Which horse, in 1977, became the first to win the Mackeson and Hennessy in the same season?

9. Which is the oldest British flat classic race?

10. Which jockey had most Classic wins before Lester Piggott?

11. Which jockey riding Shergar in 1981 won in his first Derby ride?

12. Which jockey won the 1970 St Leger on Nijinsky?

13. Which jockey won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe from 1985 to 1987 on three different horses?

14. Which race came first, the 1000 Guineas or 2000 Guineas?

15. Which race is known as 'The Publicans' Derby'?

16. Which trainer, who died in 1983 aged 95, saddled 13 Classic winners?

17. Which trainer's autobiography was called 'The Glorious Uncertainty'?

18. Which was the first horse to win two Grand Nationals?

19. Which was the first racecourse equipped with a photo-finish camera?

20. Who is the St Leger named after?

21. Who owned triple Grand National winner Red Rum?

22. Who rode Henbit, Nashwan and Erhaab to Derby victories?

23. Who was the first jockey to win both the Epsom and Kentucky Derbies?

24. Who was the first National Hunt jockey to ride more than 1,000 winners in Britain?

25. Who was the first trainer to turn out winners of more than £1 million in one flat racing season in Britain in 1985?

26. Who was the first woman to ride a winner over fences in Britain?

27. Who was the first woman to ride in the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1984?

28. Who was the first woman to ride in the Grand National in 1977?

29. Who won the flat racing jockeys' championship 26 times?

30. Why was the 1955 Royal Ascot meeting postponed for a month? 

ANSWERS

1. Newmarket

2. Wolverhampton

3. The Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe

4. Nigel Dempster

5. Corbiere

6. Malka's Boy

7. Champion

8. Bachelor's Hall

9. St Leger

10. Frank Buckle

11. Walter Swinburn

12. Lester Piggott

13. Pat Eddery

14. 2000 Guineas

15. Epsom's Great Metropolitan

16. Cecil Boyd-Rochfort

17. Jenny Pitman

18. Abd-el-Kader

19. Epsom

20. Lt Col Anthony St Leger

21. Noel Le Mare

22. Willie Carson

23. Steve Cauthen

24. Stan Mellor

25. Henry Cecil

26. Jane Thorne

27. Linda Sheedy

28. Charlotte Brew

29. Sir Gordon Richards

30. Because of a railway strike