International sports General

Source: Various Web pages

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

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