SPORTS

Olympics Hosts

Source: Various Web pages

Name the Countries and Cities that hosted the Olympics during these years:

  1. 2021
  2. 2016
  3. 2012
  4. 2008
  5. 2004
  6. 2000
  7. 1996
  8. 1992
  9. 1988
  10. 1896
  1. Japan; Tokyo
  2. Brazil; Rio de Janeiro
  3. United Kingdom; London
  4. China; Beijing
  5. Greece; Athens
  6. Australia; Sydney
  7. USA; Atlanta
  8. Spain; Barcelona
  9. South Korea; Seoul
  10. Greece; Athens

*The next upcoming Olympics will be held in Paris (2024) and Los Angeles (2028) *

SPORTS(ENGLISH)

Source: English Football Association

Questions

1. Which club won the 1986 FA Cup final?
2. Which goalkeeper holds the record for winning the most caps for England, winning 125 caps in his playing career?
3. How many League goals did Jurgen Klinsmann score for Tottenham Hotspur during the 1994/1995 Premier League season during his 41 League starts – 19, 20 or 21?
4. Who managed West Ham United between 2008 and 2010?
5. What is Stockport County’s nickname?
6. In which year did Arsenal move to The Emirates Stadium from Highbury?
7. What is Sir Alex Ferguson’s middle name?
8. Can you name the Sheffield United striker who scored the first ever Premier League goal during August 1992 in a 2-1 win against Manchester United?
9. Which Lancashire team plays their home games at Ewood Park?
10. Can you name the manager who took charge of the England national team in 1977?

Answers

1. Liverpool (they beat Everton 3-1)
2. Peter Shilton
3. 21
4. Gianfranco Zola
5. The Hatters (or County)
6. 2006
7. Chapman
8. Brian Deane
9. Blackburn Rovers
10. Ron Greenwood

SPORT(FOOTBALL/SOCCER)

Football – Questions

1) Which year was the English Premier League founded?

2) Real Madrid won the first five European Cups – but which club was the second to win Europe’s elite competition?

3) Who holds the record for most consecutive Premier League appearances (310)?

4) Which club won the 2017 UEFA Super Cup?

5) Who was manager of Manchester City when they won their first Premier League title?

6) Who has scored more career goals – Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi from 2003-2020?

7) Which Dutch player was voted ‘European Player of the Century’ in 1999?

8) Who scored the first Premier League hat-trick?

9) Which English referee officiated the 2010 World Cup final?

10) Wayne Rooney scored his Premier League first goal against which team?

Football – Answers

1) 1992

2) Benfica

3) Brad Friedel

4) Real Madrid

5) Roberto Mancini

6) Cristiano Ronaldo

7) Johan Cruyff

8) Eric Cantona

9) Howard Webb

10) Arsenal

Sports(Internal General)

Questions

  1. Where does the American baseball team the Tampa Bay Rays play their home games?
  2. First held in 1907, in which sport is the Waterloo Cup contested?
  3. Who was the BBC’s ‘Sports Personality of the Year’ in 2001?
  4. Where were the Commonwealth Games held in 1930?
  5. How many players are there in a Water Polo team?
  6. What sport did Neil Adams excel in?
  7. What country won the 1982 World Cup in Spain defeating West Germany 3-1?
  8. What is the nickname of Bradford City football club?
  9. What team won the American football Superbowl in 1993, 1994, and 1996?
  10. What greyhound won the Derby in 2000 and 2001?
  11. Which tennis player won the 2012 Ladies Australian Open defeating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0?
  12. Who scored an extra-time drop goal for England to win the 2003 Rugby World Cup defeating Australia 20-17?
  13. What sports game did James Naismith invent in 1891?
  14. How many times have the Patriots been in the final game of the Super Bowl?
  15. Wimbledon 2017 was won by the 14th seed who surprisingly defeated Venus Williams in the final. Who is she?
  16. How many players are there on an Olympic curling team?
  17. As of 2020, who was the last Welshman to win Snooker’s World Championship?
  18. Which American city’s Major League Baseball team is named after the Cardinals?
  19. Which country has dominated Olympic Summer Games Synchronized Swimming with five gold medals since its reintroduction to the games in 2000?
  20. Canadian Connor McDavid is a rising star in which sport?

Answers

  1. Tropicana Field
  2. Crown Green Bowls
  3. David Beckham
  4. Hamilton, Canada
  5. Seven
  6. Judo
  7. Italy
  8. Bantams
  9. Dallas Cowboys
  10. Rapid Ranger
  11. Victoria Azarenka
  12. Jonny Wilkinson
  13. Basketball
  14. 11
  15. Garbiñe Muguruza
  16. Four
  17. Mark Williams
  18. St Louis
  19. Russia
  20. Ice Hockey

SPORTS(SHORT QUIZ)

Questions

1) What are the five colours of the Olympic rings?

2) In football, which team has won the Champions League (formerly the European Cup) the most?

3) How many players are there in a rugby league team?

4) Which horse is the only three-time winner of the Grand National?

5) Since 1977, where has snooker’s World Championship taken place?

6) In tennis, what piece of fruit is found at the top of the men’s Wimbledon trophy?

7) Who won the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2019?

8) In bowling, what is the term given for three consecutive strikes?

9) How many world titles has Phil Talyor won in darts?

10) In golf, where does the Masters take place

Sport – Answers

1) Blue, yellow, black, green and red

2) Real Madrid (13)

3) 13

4) Red Rum

5) Crucible Theatre

6) Pineapple

7) USA

8) A turkey

9) 16

10) Augusta National

SPORTS

  • Against which team did Wyne Rooney score his English Premier League first goal?

Arsenal

  • Who won the English Premier League Manager of the Month Award 27 times?

Sir Alex Ferguson

  • What is the Capital City of Brazil?

Brasillia

  • In what season in the English Premier League did Arsenal Football Club go the whole season unbeaten?

2003 / 2004

  • Winners of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League compete for  which trophy?

UEFA Super Cup

  • “ LA LIGA” may be associated with this country for Professional Football.

Spain

  • It is called “Serie A” for the Professional Football Association.  Which country?

Italy

  • This football team plays at Camp Nou Stadium

Barcelona F. C

  • This football team plays at Signal Iduna Park

Borussia Dortmund

  • Bayern Munich FC is found in which country?

Germany

  • Who was the top goal scorer of the World Cup 2018?

Harry Kane of England

  • Full meaning of UEFA

The Union European Football Association

  • FIFA Headquarters are in which country?
    • Switzerland, Zurich
  • Country winning the men’s Football World Cup in 2018
    • France
  • Country winning the women’s Football World Cup in 2019
    • United States of America
  • Which country hosted the FIFA World Cup for men in 2010?
    • South Africa
  • FIFA World Cup no 16 was hosted by France in which year?
    • 1998
  • The country that won FIFA World Cup in 2010
    • Spain
  • In 1942 and 1946 there was no FIFA World Cup, Why?
    • It was cancelled because of World War II
  • FIFA World Cup 2002.  Name the two host countries. 
    • South Korea
    • Japan
  • (Tennis Player) From which Country is Roger Federer?
    • Switzerland (Born – 8 August 1981)
  • Who won the World Cup Cricket 2019?
    • England Cricket Team
  • Name the Country that will host 2023 Cricket World Cup (for Men)
    • India
  • Who were the runner’s up in the 2019 Cricket World Cup finals?
    • New Zealand
  • In which Sport can one use a Racket?

Tennis

  • Andre Agassi may be associated with what kind of sport?

Tennis

  • Roger Federer plays this sport

Tennis

  • Serena Williams, a Tennis Player from which country?

USA

OLYMPICS FACTS

OLYMPIC QUICK

  1. IDENTIFY THE COLOURS OF THE OLYMPIC LOGO
  2. WHICH COUNTRY HOSTED THE LAST OLIMPICS

OLYMPIC ANSWERS

  1. BLUE, BLACK, YELLOW, GREEN, RED
  2. JAPAN