Sports

Question 1

Who won 2023’s Sports Personality of the Year?

Answer 1

Mary Earps

Question 2

What are the five colours of the Olympic rings?

Answer 2

Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, and Red

Question 3

At which venue is the British Grand Prix held?

Answer 3

Silverstone

Question 4

In horse racing

Answer 4

the annual Cheltenham Gold Cup takes place in which month?

Question 5

Who is the only American football player to have won five Super Bowl MVP awards?

Answer 5

Tom Brady

Question 6

What score did cricketing legend Don Bradman average as a batsman across his career?

Answer 6

99.94

Question 7

How many goals did the England men’s team score (excluding penalty shoot-outs) at Euro 2024?

Answer 7

Eight

Question 8

How many different teams have won the Premier League since the start of the inaugural season in 1992/93?

Answer 8

Seven (Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Leicester, Blackburn, Liverpool)

Question 9

Where is the US Masters golf tournament held?

Answer 9

Augusta National Golf Club

Question 10

Which European city hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics?

Answer 10

Berlin

Question 11

Name the three players who share a record for most Premier League red cards (8).

Answer 11

Richard Dunne, Patrick Vieira, Duncan Ferguson

Question 12

Which English Football League team holds the nickname The Cobblers?

Answer 12

Northampton Town

Question 13

Who scored the fastest goal in Premier League history after just 7.69 seconds?

Answer 13

Shane Long (for Southampton against Watford in 2018/19)

Question 14

What is the official name of the original FIFA World Cup trophy used between 1930 and 1970?

Answer 14

Jules Rimet

Question 15

Which team became the first to pick up 100 cards in a Premier League season in 2021-22?

Answer 15

Leeds United

Question 16

Who is the only batsman to record 400 runs in an international Test match?

Answer 16

Brian Lara (v England in 2004)

Question 17

Which non-UK city was Ben Stokes born in?

Answer 17

Christchurch, New Zealand

Question 18

What is Joe Root’s ODI shirt number?

Answer 18

66

Question 19

Which England bowler earned the nickname ’The Burnley Express’?

Answer 19

James ‘Jimmy’ Anderson

Question 20

Was Alastair Cook’s England Test batting average above or below 45?

Answer 20

Above (45.35)

Question 21

How many Grand Slam singles titles did Serena Williams win across her career?

Answer 21

23

Question 22

Who won the Australian Open Women’s Singles title in 2022?

Answer 22

Ashleigh Barty

Question 23

How many Grand Slam titles has Andy Murray won?

Answer 23

Three (Wimbledon x2, US Open)

Question 24

Rafael Nadal has won all four majors at least once in his career – true or false?

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Who was the last American player to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games Men’s Singles tournament?

Answer 25

Andre Agassi (1996)

Question 26

Who won The Match: Tiger Woods v Phil Mickelson in 2018?

Answer 26

Phil Mickelson

Question 27

Which European golfer sunk the iconic winning putt in the 2019 Solheim Cup?

Answer 27

Suzann Pettersen

Question 28

In which US state is the famous Whistling Straits course?

Answer 28

Wisconsin

Question 29

What is Tiger Woods' real first name?

Answer 29

Eldrick

Question 30

How many majors has Rory McIlroy won in his career so far?

Answer 30

Four (PGA Championship x2, US Open, The Open)

Question 31

American boxer James J. Braddock was given which nickname inspired by a popular fairytale story?

Answer 31

Cinderella Man

Question 32

Carl Froch defeated which opponent at Wembley in 2014?

Answer 32

George Groves

Question 33

Who beat Anthony Joshua in 2021 to become heavyweight champion?

Answer 33

Oleksandr Usyk

Question 34

Muhammed Ali was born in which US state?

Answer 34

Kentucky

Question 35

Who is the Number 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world according to The Ring’s top 10 rankings?

Answer 35

Canelo Alvarez