Sport

Question 1

In Formula 1, the world driver’s champion usually comes from the team that win
the constructor’s championship. An exception was 2008, when Ferrari won the
constructor’s title, but which British driver won the driver’s title in a McLaren?

Answer 1

Lewis Hamilton

Question 2

Which Scottish stunt cyclist and filmmaker is known for his viral videos involving
mountain bike street trial tricks often performed in scenic locations, such as The
Ridge, filmed on the Cuillin mountain in his native Skye?

Answer 2

Danny MacAskill

Question 3

Despite having a red, white and blue flag, the national football teams of the
Netherlands usually play in which other colour?

Answer 3

Orange

Question 4

At the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Liverpool, which
British gymnast won his first world gold in the men’s floor exercise?

Answer 4

Giarnni Regini-Moran

Question 5

Ferrari also won the constructor’s championship in Formula 1 in 1999, but were
beaten to the driver’s title by which Finnish driver in a McLaren?

Answer 5

Mika Hakkinen

Question 6

Which Scottish endurance cyclist, broadcaster and author first broke the world
record for cycling around the world in 2008, doing so in 194 days, and set the
current record of just 78 days in 2017?

Answer 6

Mark Beaumont

Question 7

At the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Liverpool, who
became Ireland’s first ever gold medal winner by winning the men’s pommel
horse?

Answer 7

Rhys McClenaghan

Question 8

Despite having a red, white and green flag, the national football teams of Italy
usually play in which other colour?

Answer 8

Blue

Question 9

Shaquille O’Neal and Nikola Jokic are famous players of which position on a
basketball team, often the tallest player on the team and responsible for trying to
dominate around the basket on both offence and defence?

Answer 9

Center/Five

Question 10

Instead of being called ‘wrestlers’ or ‘superstars’ like their male counterparts,
female wrestlers in the WWE between 2008 and 2016 were referred to by what
word, perhaps more associated with leading female opera performers?

Answer 10

Diva(s)

Question 11

Which Stephen is the Ugandan athlete who won the men’s marathon at the 2012
London Olympics, and remains the last non-Kenyan champion?

Answer 11

Stephen Kiprotich

Question 12

In football, which type of acrobatic kick, named after a mode of transport,
involves the player launching their body backwards into the air while arcing their
kicking leg upwards?

Answer 12

Bicycle kick

Question 13

Which Stefano is the Italian athlete who won the men’s marathon at the 2004
Athens Olympics, and remains the last non-African champion?

Answer 13

Stefano Baldini

Question 14

Instead of being called ‘wrestlers’ or ‘superstars’ like their male counterparts, the
female wrestlers in Impact Wrestling are referred to by what word, more usually
associated with a way to end a boxing match?

Answer 14

Knockout(s)

Question 15

Magic Johnson and Steph Curry are famous players of which position on a
basketball team, traditionally responsible for running the team’s offense by
controlling the ball and getting it to the right player at the right time?

Answer 15

Point Guard/One

Question 16

Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita is credited with the invention of what type of
acrobatic kick, named after an arachnid, in which the player dives forward onto
their hands before throwing their back heels over their head?

Answer 16

Scorpion kick

Question 17

Which Ukrainian, a former striker for Chelsea and AC Milan, was the captain of
the ‘Blue’ team in the 2023 charity ‘Game 4 Ukraine’, held at Stamford Bridge?

Answer 17

Andriy Shevchenko

Question 18

What is the name of the cricket franchise based in Brisbane who won their only
men’s Big Bash League title in the 2012-13 season?

Answer 18

Brisbane Heat

Question 19

Which 23-time Olympic gold medal winning sportsman set a record of 159 feet in
2016 for the longest ever televised golf putt, which has since been beaten by Ian
Poulter?

Answer 19

Michael Phelps

Question 20

What is the name of the cricket franchise based in Adelaide who won their only
men’s Big Bash League title in the 2017-18 season?

Answer 20

Adelaide Strikers

Question 21

Which Ukrainian defender, a former Manchester City and current Arsenal player,
was the captain of the ‘Yellow’ team in the 2023 charity ‘Game 4 Ukraine’, held at
Stamford Bridge?

Answer 21

Oleksandr Zinchenko

Question 22

An earlier record-holder for the world’s longest televised golf putt was the putt of
100 feet made by which Limerick-born TV presenter at a pro-celebrity tournament
at Gleneagles in 1981?

Answer 22

Terry Wogan

Question 23

Which country has won 25 out of the 32 gold medals in the history of basketball at the Olympics?

Answer 23

USA

Question 24

Which country has won 32 out of the 37 gold medals in the history of table tennis at the Olympics?

Answer 24

China

Question 25

Apart from two years playing in France with Racing 92, the Ireland rugby union captain Johnny Sexton has spent his entire career with which Irish team who play in the United Rugby Championship?

Answer 25

Leinster Rugby

Question 26

What is the surname of the American brother and sister John and Tracy, who won the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title together in 1980?

Answer 26

Austin

Question 27

What is the surname of the Irish brother and sister Ruby and Katie, who, in 2013 both raced together as jockeys in the Aintree Grand National?

Answer 27

Walsh

Question 28

From 2005, when he first moved up from their feeder club Swansea, until 2023, when he joined the French club Toulon, the former Welsh rugby union captain Alun Wyn Jones spent almost all of his professional career with which Welsh team who play in the United Rugby Championship?

Answer 28

Ospreys (Neath-Swansea Ospreys)

Question 29

With a name meaning 'Martial Arts Hall', which Tokyo venue hosted the Olympic judo and karate competitions in 2021, and is also known as a live music venue?

Answer 29

Budokan

Question 30

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, the gold medal in which men's event was shared, after Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi both achieved 2 metres 37 centimetres?

Answer 30

High Jump

Question 31

With a name meaning 'The Victory', which Riyadh-based Saudi football club signed Cristiano Ronaldo in 2022?

Answer 31

Al-Nassr

Question 32

Which Australian tennis player who held the World Number 1 ranking for just a single week lost consecutive Wimbledon singles finals to Pete Sampras and Goran Ivanisevic?

Answer 32

Pat Rafter

Question 33

At the 2023 World Athletics Championship in Budapest, the gold medal in which women's event was shared, after Katie Moon and Nina Kennedy both achieved 4 metres 90 centimetres?

Answer 33

Pole Vault

Question 34

One of the few tennis players to reach the World Number 1 slot without ever winning a Grand Slam singles tournament, which Russian player lost consecutive French Open finals in 2008 and 2009 to Ana Ivanovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova?

Answer 34

Dinara Safina

Question 35

With a name meaning 'The Agreement', which Dammam-based Saudi football club signed the Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson in 2023?

Answer 35

Al-Ettifaq

Question 36

After a poll of 100 experts, Wisden’s Almanac published their 'five cricketers of the 20th century'. Which Australian batsman, whose test career lasted from 1928- 48, was the top choice, selected unanimously by all 100?

Answer 36

Don Bradman

Question 37

The only year in the history of golf when all four men's major titles were won by non-Americans was 1994. The Zimbabwean Nick Price accounted for two of those, while which South African took the US Open, the first of his four majors?

Answer 37

Ernie Els

Question 38

Which motorcyclist won the MotoGP world championship six times in seven years between 2013 and 2019? His brother Álex has been a world champion in both Moto2 and Moto3 and now competes in MotoGP too.

Answer 38

Marc Márquez

Question 39

Which nationality precedes 'deadlift' in the name of a strength exercise that targets the hamstrings more than a traditional deadlift? Unlike a regular deadlift, the movement begins in a standing position, and the barbell does not touch the ground between reps.

Answer 39

Romanian

Question 40

1994’s uniquely non-American list of major winners in men’s golf was completed by which Spaniard, who took the first of his two Masters titles?

Answer 40

José María Olazábal

Question 41

Wisden's 'five cricketers of the 20th century' included just one bowler - which Australian leg spinner, whose test career lasted from 1992-2007, and who died in 2022?

Answer 41

Shane Warne

Question 42

Which nationality precedes 'split squat' in the name of a strength exercise? While a regular split squat has the rear foot on the ground, in this variation, it is elevated on a bench or other object behind the person instead.

Answer 42

Bulgarian

Question 43

Marc Márquez's run of MotoGP championships was only interrupted by which fellow Spaniard who won the 2015 title, to add to his earlier championships in 2010 and 2012?

Answer 43

Jorge Lorenzo