Collins - Collins Sports Quiz Book

Welcome to the glorious world of Collins Sports Quiz! Get your game face on and prepare to put all those days, weeks, months, years spent watching sport, listening to sport, talking and dreaming about sport to the test. Half the quizzes are pot luck and half are themed, one third are fairly easy going, one third are medium tricky, and one third are a whole world of brain pain. Together, they are the dream team of sports trivia. Enjoy! This digital edition of Collins Sports Quiz Book is the next generation in quiz book design. All the quizzes appear twice. Once with only the questions showing, once with both questions and answers visible.

A link at the end of each quiz lets you jump between the two versions. Instead of flicking back and forth to find the answers, all you have to do is click and youll be taken right there. You can also use the contents page to navigate through the book and pick out the quizzes that tickle your fancy the most.

1. Who won the Premier League in 2012? 2. The British Formula One Grand Prix is held at which circuit? 3.

The Big Easy is the nickname of which golfer? 4. Which county cricket team play their home games at Lords? 5. What was the name of the stadium that hosted the athletics events at the 2008 Olympic Games? 6. Who was the first triple jumper to break the 60ft barrier? 7. What nationality is football manager Jos Mourinho? 8. Who did Chelsea beat in the 2012 Champions League final? 9.

Which dart player is known as The Power? 10. How long is a rugby union pitch? 11. Turf Moor is the home ground of which football club? 12. The Stoop is the home ground of which rugby union team? 13. In rugby league, how many points are awarded for a drop goal? 14. Sainte Dvote, Massenet and Mirabeau Bas are features of which Formula One circuit? 15.

What is the oldest of golfs four majors? 16. Who announced his retirement after a heavy defeat at the 2012 World Snooker Championship? 17. How many flights must an athlete clear in an Olympic 400m hurdles race? 18. Each innings in a Cricket World Cup match lasts how many overs? 19. Which team won the Spanish Primera Divisin in 2012?
a) Barcelona
b) Real Madrid
c) Atltico Madrid 20. Who finished bottom of the Premier League in 2011/12?
a) Blackburn
b) Bolton
c) Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Who won the mens 5,000m at the 2011 World Championships? 2. Who was the first athlete to successfully defend the mens 1,500m at the Olympics? 3. What is the first event of the womens heptathlon? 4. Who is the oldest male athlete to win the Olympic 100 metres? 5. Dai Greene won a gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in which event? 6. Who holds the womens 100m world record? 7.

In what event do Chris Tomlinson and Greg Rutherford compete? 8. Who is the only woman to hold the World, Olympic, European and Commonwealth 400m hurdles titles at the same time? 9. Whose 200m world record did Usain Bolt break at the 2008 Olympics? 10. Who won the heptathlon gold medal at the 2009 World Athletics Championships? 11. David Hemery won Olympic gold at which event? 12. In which Scandinavian city is the annual Bislett Games meeting held? 13.

Kelly Sotherton won Olympic and World Championship medals at which event? 14. What is the longest Olympic track event? 15. Jan elezn was a world and Olympic gold medallist at which event? 16. Who was the only British athlete to win a field event medal at the 2011 World Championships? 17. Who won the gold medal in the mens 800m at the 1980 Moscow Olympics? 18. What is the penultimate event of a decathlon? 19.

Which Jamaican won the mens 100m at the 2011 World Championships?
a) Yohan Blake
b) Usain Bolt
c) Asafa Powell 20. How often does the World Athletics Championships take place?
a) every year
b) every 2 years
c) every 4 years

1. Which two teams contest the Australian State of Origin rugby league series? 2. What is Tiger Woods real first name? 3. Kenilworth Road is the home ground of which football club? 4. What nationality is boxing champion Manny Pacquiao? 5.

Who won the US Open mens singles title every year from 2004 until 2008? 6. Silverback is the nickname of which dart player? 7. In what month does the third round of the FA Cup usually take place? 8. Joe Cole spent the 2011/12 season playing for which French club? 9. How many players make up a beach volleyball team? 10. Which county cricket team play their home games at the Rose Bowl? 11.

Which rugby union club did Jason Robinson join after he left rugby leagues Wigan Warriors? 12. The Real Deal is the nickname of which World Heavyweight Champion? 13. Who was the first black British woman to win an Olympic gold medal? 14. Craven Park is the home ground of which rugby league team? 15. Which city hosted the 2012 Champions League final? 16. Premier League footballer Ryan Nelsen plays international football for which country? 17.

On a standard dartboard what number lies between 4 and 6? 18. The 1908 London Olympics were hosted at which stadium? 19. How many players were in the final squads in each UEFA Euro 2012 squad?
a) 22
b) 23
c) 24 20. Robin van Persie joined Arsenal from which Dutch club?
a) Ajax
b) Feyenoord
c) Willem II

1. Which pair of British fighters were involved in a press conference brawl after a 2012 World Championship fight? 2. Who beat Amir Khan in a controversial world title fight in Washington in December 2011? 3.

Which giant Russian did David Haye beat to claim the WBA world heavyweight championship in 2009? 4. Who in 2005 became the first British boxer to be named Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year? 5. Ricky Hattons only two professional defeats were at the hands of which fighters? 6. Who is the youngest man to win the world heavyweight championship? 7. What nationality are boxings Klitschko brothers? 8. Who is the only World Heavyweight Champion to retire undefeated? 9.

The Cobra is the nickname of which British World Champion? 10. What belt is awarded to winners of British title fights? 11. Which 50/1 outsider shocked Lennox Lewis in a 2001 heavyweight championship fight? 12. Which Irish super middleweight appeared in the video to the U2 song Sweetest Thing? 13. The Dark Destroyer was the nickname of which British soldier turned fighter? 14. Which Welsh fighter lost a world cruiserweight title unification contest against David Haye in 2008? 15.

Which fighter was elected to the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 2010? 16. Which British superheavyweight won gold at the 2000 Olympic Games? 17. Golden Boy is the nickname of which fighter? 18. Which Mexicans run of 87 consecutive wins, which stretched back to 1980, was brought to an end by Pernell Whitaker in 1993? 19. How many fights did Joe Calzaghe lose in his professional career?
a) none
b) one
c) two 20. What is the minimum weight in pounds for a heavyweight fighter?
a) 190lb
b) 200lb
c) 210lb

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Which four field events feature in an Olympic heptathlon? 2. Amy Williams won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in which event? 3. Who did Paul Lambert succeed as manager of Aston Villa? 4. The Augusta National Golf Club is in which American state? 5. Which Australian batsman is nicknamed Mr Cricket? 6. Which German club finished runners-up in the Bundesliga, the German Cup and the Champions League in 2012? 7.

Which Pakistani all-rounder smashed a century off just 37 balls against Sri Lanka in 1996? 8. UK athletics chief Charles van Commenee was involved in a row in 2011 with which athlete about the use of Twitter? 9. Which rugby league team are nicknamed the Vikings? 10. Who lit the Olympic Flame at the 2000 Sydney Games? 11. Which clanger-prone Manchester United goalkeeper was nicknamed The Blind Venetian? 12. Who was the first batsman to score 13,000 Test runs? 13.

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