Sports Quiz
Well we know who will now be in the FIFA 2022 World Cup Final and I thought it time to check out a few other sports for the quiz today.
These are easy to medium difficulty to give everyone a chance!
QUESTIONS
1. With which Olympic sport is Tessa Sanderson a former Gold Medallist?
2. How many separate pieces of wooden equipment are there required on the cricket crease during play? (The ball, made of cork, is not included in the final answer)
3. What is the maximum number of horses and their jockeys allowed to run in the Grand National at Aintree?
4. In which country are the 2023 Rugby Union World Cup Finals being held?
5. Who famously tripped up and fell alongside Zola Budd in the 1984 3,000m Final?
6. Which bubbly jockey famously rode seven winners in a single race meeting at Ascot in 1996?
7. What sport is famously played at Flushing Meadow in the USA?
8. When Donovan Bailey took home the 100m Gold medal at the 1996 Olympics, which British sprinter was disqualified from the final after two controversial false starts?
9. What nationality was the Formula One driver Aryton Senna, who won the 1988, 1990 and 1991 World Title before tragically being killed in an accident in 1994?
10. Who was the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon Men’s Single Title?
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ANSWERS
1. With which Olympic sport is Tessa Sanderson a former Gold Medallist?
JAVELIN
2. How many separate pieces of wooden equipment are there required on the cricket crease during play? (The ball, made of cork, is not included in the final answer)
TWELVE (6 Stumps, 4 Bails, 2 Cricket bats)
3. What is the maximum number of horses and their jockeys allowed to run in the Grand National at Aintree?
40
4. In which country are the 2023 Rugby Union World Cup Finals being held?
FRANCE
5. Who famously tripped up and fell alongside Zola Budd in the 1984 3,000m Final?
MARY DECKER
6. Which bubbly jockey famously rode seven winners in a single race meeting at Ascot in 1996?
FRANKIE DETTORI
7. What sport is famously played at Flushing Meadow in the USA?
TENNIS (It’s home to the US Open Tennis Championships)
8. When Donovan Bailey took home the 100m Gold medal at the 1996 Olympics, which British sprinter was disqualified from the final after two controversial false starts?
LINFORD CHRISTIE
9. What nationality was the Formula One driver Aryton Senna, who won the 1988, 1990 and 1991 World Title before tragically being killed in an accident in 1994?
BRAZILIAN
10. Who was the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon Men’s Single Title?
BORIS BECKER