Round
One - Team Round
1,
Football:- With 486 League
appearances between 1966 and 1982, which ex-England international holds the
record for the number of appearances for Derby County?
Ans:
Kevin Hector
2.
Cricket:- Matthew Hoggard was
the last Englishman to take a hat trick in a Test Match – this in the Barbados
test match against West Indies in 2004. Who had been the previous Englishman
to achieve the feat, this in Sydney in the 1998-99 Ashes series?
Ans:
Darren Gough
3.
Boxing:- During his 37 fight
career who was the only man to defeat Prince Naseem Hamed – this on an
undisputed points decision in April
2001?
Ans:
Marco Antonio Barerra
4.
Athletics:- Great Britain had a miserable time at the 2005 World
Championships in Helsinki. Other than gold medallist Paula Radcliffe, only one
woman finished in the top 5 in an individual event. Which woman?
Ans:
Kelly Sotherton
5.
General Sport(Tennis):-The
winner of the 1999 Australian Open, he went on to win the Gold Medal at the
Olympics in Sydney the following year. Which man?
Ans:
Yefgany Kafelnikov
6.
Horse Racing:- This filly won
her first 8 races from April 2003 to June 2004. Amongst others, these races
included the Irish 2000 Guineas and the Coronation Stakes at Ascot. Name her.
Ans:
Attraction
7.
General Sport (American
Football):- The New England Patriots won their 3rd Superbowl in
the last four years when they defeated which team at Superbowl 39 in 2005?
Ans:
Philadelphia Eagles
8.
General Sport (Rugby Union):- Jonny
Wilkinson was the leading point scorer at the 2003 World Cup in Australia with
113. Which European player was second on the points list, notching 103?
Ans:
Frederic Michelak
9.
Horse Racing:- Which female
jockey, many of whose winners have come aboard horses from the 2005 Derby
winning trainer Michael Bell, won for the 95th time in her career at
Folkestone this September 2005, and as a result became just the fourth female
jockey to lose her claming allowance?
Ans:
Hayley Turner
10.
General Sport (Golf):- This
Briton has played in 2 Ryder Cups to date, in 1991 and 1995. In his first, at
Kiowah Island, he suffered a crushing 7&6 defeat while partnering
Nick Faldo. In his second, at Oak Hill, he helped Europe to victory with
a singles victory over Brad Faxon. Which man?
Ans:
David Gilford
Round One – (continued)
11.
Athletics:- Which man won a silver medal for Great Britain at the
1990 European Championships in the 3000 metres steeplechase?
Ans:
Mark Rowland
12.
Boxing:- Prior to his having
to give up boxing for three years for legal reasons, Cassius Clay fought three
times in Britain. Twice he fought Henry Cooper, which other Briton did he face?
Ans: Brian London
13.
Cricket:- In a 61 Test match
career, spanning from 1958 to 1973, this man became one of only 10 Englishman to
score 1000 test runs and take over 100 wickets, scoring 1836 runs and taking 122
wickets. Towards the end of his county career he played for Leicestershire, but
he was more associated with a Northern county. Name him.
Ans:
Ray Illingworth
14.
Football:- In qualifying for
the 2006 World Cup in Germany, this African team, nicknamed the ‘Black
Sables’, has qualified for World Cup finals for the first time. In their
qualification group they finished above former finalists Nigeria. Name the
country.
Ans:
ANGOLA
Round
Two - Team Round
1.
Football:- Glasgow Rangers
reached the final of the first European Cup Winners Cup Final in 1961, when they
lost 4-1 on aggregate to Fiorentina. They were beaten finalists again in 1967,
when they lost 1-0 to which team, that in subsequent years won the European Cup?
Ans:
Bayern Munich
2.
Cricket:- History was made in
the 2005 Nat West Challenge One Day International match between England and
Australia at Headingley, when England used the first ‘Super sub’. Which man
was that first super sub, coming on to replace Simon Jones?
Ans: Vikram Solanki
3.
Boxing:- This mans pro career
lasted from 1958 to 1977 and his record was 85 wins, 24 losses, and 2 draws. He
won his first world title in 1961 beating Benny Kid Paret, and he held titles at
3 different weights. His final fight in 1977 was a loss to Alan Minter. Name
him.
Ans: Emil Griffiths
4.
Athletics:- African athletes
have dominated the placings in the men’s 10,000 metres at the World
Championships, winning every gold medal competed for since 1987, but which
European took the gold at the inaugural games in Helsinki in 1983?
Ans:
Alberto Cova
5.
General Sport(Cycling):- The
now retired Lance Armstrong has won a record 7 Tour de France. Who was the last
man other than Armstrong to win the race?
Ans:
Marco Pantani
6.
Horse Racing:- When Go
Ballistic, Florida Pearl and Double Thriller were the placed horses, which Mick
Fitzgerald mount won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in the 1990s?
Ans:
See
More Business
7.
General Sport(Swimming):- Which
man won the 1500 metres freestyle at both the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games?
Ans:
Kieron Perkins
8.
General Sport(Basketball):- Which
team won the 2005 NBA title for the third time in 9 years, when they beat the
defending title holders, from 2004, the Detroit Pistons, in the final?
Ans:
San Antonio Spurs
9.
Horse Racing:- Tony McCoy
became National Hunt jump jockey champion for the first time in the 1995/96
season. Who was the last man before him to win the title?
Ans: Richard Dunwoody
10.
General Sport(Olympic Games):- In
which sport did Alison Williamson win a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic Games
in Athens?
Ans:
Archery
11.
Athletics:- An Olympic Gold
medal winner, this man won the 5000m at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, his only
victory at that distance in a Major games. Name him.
Ans:
Steve
Ovett
Round
Two – (continued)
12.
Boxing:- Which former World Champion did Johnny Nelson defeat in
December 1996, to regain the British Cruiserweight crown he had relinquished 6
years earlier?
Ans:
Dennis Andries
13.
Cricket:- The narrowest margin
of victory in a Benson and Hedges Final came in 1987, when, with the scores tied
Yorkshire batted out the final over to win on the ‘losing fewer wickets’
rule, beating which county?
Ans:
Northamptonshire
14.
Football:- Currently in League
2, the record transfer fee received by this club was £1.6 million, when they
sold Alun Armstrong to Middlesbrough in 1998. Name the club.
Ans:
Stockport County
Round
Three – Individual Pot Luck (No Theme!)
1.
Boxing:- Frank Bruno never
fought for the British heavyweight title but he did win the European crown when
defeating which man in October 1985?
Ans:
Anders Eklund
2.
Cricket:- Which man, with 170
appearances, has played in the most One Day International matches for England?
Ans: Alec Stewart
3.
Athletics:- Michael Johnson
won Olympic Gold Medals at both 200 and 400 metres, but against which man did he
race over 150 metres, in June 1997, to decide the world’s fastest man?
Ans:
Donovan Bailey
4.
General Sport (Rallying):- Which
French driver won the 2005 World Rallying Championship?
Ans:
Sebastian
Loeb
5.
General Sport (Speeedway):- Tony Rickardson regained the World
Speedway crown by winning the title in 2005. Which man, who rode for Belle Vue
Aces in the 2005 season, won the title, this his first title, in 2004?
Ans:
Jason Crump
6.
Football:- Celtic and
Rangers have dominated the SPL (and the First Division before it!),
either of them winning the League in every season since 1966, apart from
just 4 seasons. In those 4 seasons when a Glasgow club didn’t win the title,
Aberdeen won three titles, but which other club won the League on the other
solitary occasion?
Ans:
Dundee United
7.
Horse Racing:- Which
trainer saddled the winner of the 1989 1000 Guineas, Musical Bliss, this after
having trained the runner up on 6 previous occasions?
Ans:
Sir Michael Stoute
8.
General Sport (Rugby League):- Which
St Helens player, in doing so in 2000 and 2001, became the first man to win the
Rugby League Man of Steel award in consecutive years?
Ans: Paul
Sculthorpe
Round
Four – Multiple Part Question.
MULTIPLE
PART QUESTION (2
minutes allowed).
NOTE
TO QUESTION MASTER - ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED.
American
Sport:-
The
Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros have been battling out the 2005 World
Series in Baseball. Between 1989 and 2004 (inclusive) ten different teams have
won the World Series. Name them:-
Oakland
Athletics
(1989)
Cincinnati
Reds
(1990)
Minnesota
Twins
(1991)
Toronto
Blue Jays
(1992&1993)
Atlanta
Braves
(1995)
New
York Yankees
(1996,1998,1999 and 2000)
Florida
Marlins
(1997 and 2003)
Arizona
Diamondbacks
(2001)
Anaheim
Angels
(accept LA Angels)
(2002)
Boston
Red Sox
(2004)
NOTE
TO QUESTION MASTER: Do not accept NEW YORK on it’s own as there are two NEW
YORK teams – the answer must stipulate the YANKEES.
Round
Five – Written Answer round.
Theme
– Sport in the North East - 2005.
Hartlepool United reached the League 1 play
off final where they lost to Sheffield Wednesday. Who had they beaten over two
legs in the semi final?
Ans:
Tranmere Rovers
Durham won promotion in both the County
Championship and also the Totesport League. Who won their Player of the Year
award?
Ans:
Dale Benkenstein
Which Sunderland Super Heavyweight boxer, the
gold medal winner at the 2002 Commonwealth Games at Manchester, was named to
lead the British team at the World Amateur Championships in China?
Ans:
David Dolan
Which former Derby winning jockey of the
1990’s rode 14 to 1 shot Sergeant Cecil to victory for trainer Rod Millman in
this years Northumberland Plate?
Ans:
Alan Munro
Which team knocked Newcastle Falcons out of
the Heineken (European) Cup at the Quarter Final stage in 2005?
Ans:
Stade Francais
The 2005 Seve Trophy was played at Wynyard
Hall, and was won by 16 and a half points to 11 and a half by the Great Britain
& Ireland team. On the final
day in the singles only 2 Europeans won their matches.
Jose-Maria Olazabal beat Colin Montgomerie, but which fellow Spaniard,
who in August 2005 had won the Johnnie Walker at Gleneagles, beat Padraig
Harrington 2 & 1?
Ans:
Emmanuel Cannonica
The 2005 Great North was won in a record time by Eritrean runner Zersenay
Tadesse but which veteran
British athlete, known better for his exploits at 1500 and 3000 metres, was the
first Briton man home, this in 5th place?
Ans:
John
Mayock
Round
Six – Individual ‘Expert’ Round. (no Theme!).
1)
Boxing:-
Which mans only British title fight, to date,
ended in victory when he defeated Jonathan Thaxton in October 2000?
Ans:
Ricky Hatton
2)
General Sport(Golf):-
In the 2005 Presidents Cup, USA clinched a
narrow victory over the International team when which man, who has not, to date,
won a Major but who played in a play off for the 2004 US PGA before losing to
Vijay Singh, won 1up against Stuart Appleby?
Ans:
Chris di Marco
3)
General Sport(Motor Racing) :-
Which driver, a former winner of the British
Grand Prix, will replace Takuma Sato as Jenson Buttons partner in the BAR team
for the 2006 season?
Ans:
Reubens Barichello
4)
Football:-
In the final of the 1981 League Cup
Liverpool, won a replay 2-1 at Villa Park, after a 1-1 draw at Wembley, with
which team?
Ans: West Ham
5)
General Sport (Rugby Union):-
Which Wasps player was the only England
player to receive a yellow card during the 2003 World Cup in Australia?
Ans:
Joe Worsley
6)
Horse Racing:-
A Walter Swinburn mount, this horse won an
Epsom Derby in the 1990s, in a time of 2 mins 32.31 seconds beating the record
of Mahmoud, which had stood since 1938. Name the horse.
Ans:
Lammtarra
7)
Cricket:-
Which all rounder, a former international
captain, will captain Warwickshire in the 2006 season?
Ans:
Heath Streak
8)
Athletics:-
Which American won the Decathlon at the
1991and also the 1993 World Athletics Championships?
Ans:
Dan O’Brien
Round
Seven - Team Round
1.
Football:- In qualifying for
the 2006 World Cup in Germany, this African team, nicknamed the ‘Hawks’, has
qualified for World Cup finals for the first time. In their qualification group
they finished above former finalists
Senegal. Name the country.
Ans:
TOGO
2.
Cricket:- In a 53 Test match
career, spanning from 1955 to 1975, this man became one of only 10 Englishman to
score 1000 test runs and take over 100 wickets, scoring 1449 runs and taking 153
wickets. At the end of his county career he played for Surrey, but he was more
associated with another Southern county. Name him.
Ans:
Fred
Titmus
3.
Boxing:- Between returning to
the ring in 1970, and the end of his career Mohammed Ali fought three times
against British opponents. Twice he faced Joe Bugner, which other Briton did he
face?
Ans: Richard
Dunn
4.
Athletics:- Which man won a silver medal for Great Britain at the
1990 European Championships in the 5000 metres?
Ans:
Gary Staines
5.
General Sport (Golf):- This
European (i.e. not a Briton) played in 2 Ryder Cups to date, in 1995 and 1997.
In his first, at Oak Hill, he suffered a crushing 6&4 defeat while
partnering Bernhard Langer. In his
second, at Valderamma, he helped Europe to victory with a singles victory over
Davis Love III. Which man?
Ans:
Per Ulrik Johanssen
6.
Horse Racing:- In September
2005, Hayley Turner became only the 4th female jockey to lose the
riding allowance for apprentices. Which female jockey had, in 1991, become the
first female jockey to lose her claming allowance?
Ans:
Alex Greaves
7.
General Sport (Rugby Union):- Three
players each tallied over 100 points or more at the 2003 World Cup in Australia.
Jonny Wilkinson and Frederic Michelak were two of the three, which Australian
scored exactly 100 points?
Ans:
Elton Flatley
8.
General Sport (American
Football):- The New England Patriots won their 3rd Superbowl in
the last four years when they won Superbowl 39 – who was the last team other
than the Patriots to win the title, this being in 2003?
Ans:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
9.
Horse Racing:- Attraction won
her first 8 races, but lost her unbeaten tag in the 2004 Falmouth Stakes. The
filly which beat her that day won that race again this year and, in between, won
the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. Name her.
Ans:
Soviet Song
10.
General Sport (Tennis):-
The winner of the 1995 Australian Open, he went on to win the Gold Medal
at the Olympics in Atlanta the following year. Which man?
Ans:
Andre Agassi
Round Seven – (continued)
11.
Athletics:- Great Britain had
a miserable time at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. Only one man
finished in the top 5 in an individual event. Which man?
Ans:
Tim Benjamin
12.
Boxing:- Which fellow Briton
did Prince Naseem Hamed defeat in 8 rounds to win his first world title?
Ans:
Steve
Robinson
13.
Cricket:- Vikram Solanki made
history in the 2005 Nat West
Challenge One Day International match Australia
at Headingley. Which Australian, later in the same game, became the first
‘Super sub’ to bowl – this after replacing Matthew Hayden?
Ans:
Brad Hogg
(NOTE
– do NOT accept the similarly named
Brad HODGE).
14.
Football:- With 591 League
appearances between 1966 and 1982, which ex-England international holds the
record for the number of appearances for Ipswich Town?
Ans:
Mick Mills
Round
Eight - Team Round
1.
Football:- Currently in League
2, the record transfer fee received by this club was £1.6 million, when they
sold Matt Elliott to Leicester City in 1997. Name the club.
Ans:
Oxford United
2.
Cricket:- The narrowest margin
of victory in a Nat West trophy final came in 1985, when Essex beat which county
by 1 run?
Ans: Nottinghamshire
3.
Boxing:- Dennis Andries last
pro fight was a defeat in a British Cruiserweight title fight against Johnny
Nelson, but against which Commonwealth boxer had Andries lost the last of his 9
world title fights?
Ans: Jeff Harding
4.
Athletics:- A World Champion,
this man won the 800m at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, his only victory at that
distance in a Major games. Name him.
Ans:
Steve
Cram
5.
General Sport (Olympic Games):-In which sport did Ian Wynne win a bronze medal at
the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens?
Ans:
Canoeing
6.
Horse Racing:- Martin Pipe has
been the leading National Hunt trainer every year since the 1995/96 season.
Which trainer was the last man before him to win the title?
Ans:
David
Nicholson
7.
General Sport (Basketball):- The San
Antonio Spurs won the 2005 NBA title,
beating the defending title holders from 2004, the Detroit Pistons, in the
final. Which team did the Pistons defeat in 2004, this team having won
the title in both 2001 and 2002 ?
Ans:
Los Angeles Lakers
(Note
don’t accept ‘Los Angeles’ as there are two teams in LA)
8.
General Sport (Swimming):- Which man won the 100 metres freestyle at both the 1992
and 1996 Olympic Games?
Ans:
Alexandr Popov
9.
Horse Racing:- When Strong
Promise, Dorans Pride, and Senor El Betrutti were the placed horses, which
AndrewThornton mount won a Cheltenham Gold Cup in the 1990s?
Ans:
Cool Dawn
10.
General Sport (Cycling):- The
now retired Lance Armstrong has won a record 7 Tour de France. Which man
finished second to him on 3 of those 7 occasions?
Ans:
Jens Ullrich
11.
Athletics:- African athletes
have dominated the placings in the men’s 5,000 metres at the World
Championships, winning every gold medal competed for since 1987, but which
European took the gold at the inaugural games in Helsinki in 1983?
Ans:
Eamon Coghlan
12.
Boxing:-This mans pro career
lasted from 1961 to 1978 and his record was 56 wins, 8 losses, and 1 draw. He
won his first world title in 1968 by beating
Dick Tiger, and he subsequently fought Mohamed Ali and Joe Frazier for the
Heavyweight crown. Name him.
Ans: Bob Foster
Round Eight – (continued)
13.
Cricket:- Darren Gough
achieved a hat trick against Australia in the 1998-9 Ashes series. Which man had
previously achieved this feat – this against West Indies at Old Trafford in
1995?
Ans:
Dominic Cork
14.
Football:- After losing in
1961 and 1967, Glasgow Rangers finally won the European Cup Winners Cup Final,
at the third time of asking in 1972, when they beat which Eastern European team
in the final?
Ans: Moscow Dynamo
SPARE
QUESTIONS:-
Football:-
In
qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, this African team, nicknamed the
‘Black Stars’, has qualified for World Cup Finals for the first time. In
their qualification they finished
above former Finalists South Africa. Name the country.
Ans:
GHANA.
Boxing:
Who
in 1994, handed Lennox Lewis his first defeat as a professional boxer?
Ans:
Oliver McCall
Athletics:-
Which
woman won gold medals in the Heptathlon at both the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games?
Ans: Jackie Joyner Kersee
General
Sport(Basketball):-
Known
as ‘The Admiral’ this man (a Centre) played in the USA’s original ‘Dream
Team’ at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. He later led the San Antonio Spurs to
their first NBA title, this in 1999. Name him.
Ans: David Robinson
General
Sport (Olympics):-
At
which event did Kate Allenby win a bronze medal for Great Britain in the 2000
Olympic Games in Sydney?
Ans: Modern Pentathlon
Horse
Racing:-
Which
jockey, now a trainer rode the winner of the 1990 Hennessy Gold Cup, Arctic
Call?
Ans: Jamie Osborne
Cricket:-
Which
man scored 167 not out for England against Australia in a One Day International
at Old Trafford in 1993?
Ans: Robin Smith
Football:-
This
club, currently in League 2, gained admission to the Football League in 1999.
They play at Whaddon Road and are nicknamed ‘The Robins’. Name the
club.
Ans:
Cheltenham Town
Boxing:-
Amir
Khan won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics. Which man beat him 30 points to
22 in the Final?
Ans: Mario Kindelan