Trivial Quiz - Sports & Leisure Part I
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50 questions about Sports & Leisure.
- 1.What traditional Halloween singles game uses apples to predict who will marry next?
- A.
Apple carving
- B.
Apple bobbing
- C.
Apple throwing
- D.
Apple eating
- 2.Where would a tool called a 'muddler' usually be used?
- A.
A garage
- B.
A school
- C.
A bar
- D.
A hospital
- 3.What former basketball star was married for 10 days to Baywatch babe Carmen Electra?
- A.
Rick Adelman
- B.
Quintin Dailey
- C.
James Edwards
- D.
Dennis Rodman
- 4.In what year did Sydney host the Summer Olympics?
- A.
2000
- B.
2001
- C.
1999
- D.
2003
- 5.At which sport does Guy Haines excel in Hitchcock's 1951 film Strangers On A Train?
- A.
Rugby
- B.
Tennis
- C.
Golf
- D.
Basketball
- 6.Which UK amusement park features a rollercoaster called The Big One?
- A.
Drayton Manor
- B.
Thorpe Park
- C.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
- D.
Alton Towers
- 7.Which city in the British Isles has an airport named after a wayward footballer?
- A.
London
- B.
Dublin
- C.
Bangor
- D.
Belfast
- 8.What video game character has a cap adorned with an upside-down letter L?
- A.
Waluigi
- B.
Luigi
- C.
Lemguin
- D.
Lockjaw
- 9.What was the first African country to host the football World Cup?
- A.
Ethiopia
- B.
South Africa
- C.
Kenya
- D.
Madagascar
- 10.In what year was Albert Einstein born?
- A.
1879
- B.
1898
- C.
1906
- D.
1900
- 11.The Race for Life is organised by which charity?
- A.
Red Cross
- B.
Cancer Research UK
- C.
World Wildlife Fund
- D.
The Starr Foundation
- 12.What Reebok trainer, first released in the late 1980s, had an inflatable tongue?
- A.
Sneaker
- B.
Running shoe
- C.
Pump
- D.
Slip-on
- 13.Which Scottish football player/manager was the longest serving manager of Manchester United in 2009?
- A.
Matt Busby
- B.
Alex Ferguson
- C.
Robert Campbell
- D.
Derek Adams
- 14.Which boxing legend filed for bankruptcy in 2003, with debts of $23 million?
- A.
Muhammad Ali
- B.
Mike Tyson
- C.
George Foreman
- D.
Joe Frazier
- 15.What part of a sheep might be used to make pork sausage?
- A.
Lungs
- B.
Kidneys
- C.
Intestine
- D.
Heart
- 16.Which international cricketer famously received a shipment of baked beans while on tour in India as he didn't like the local food?
- A.
Chris Cairns
- B.
Steve Waugh
- C.
Paul Collingwood
- D.
Shane Warne
- 17.Which children's TV presenter lost his job in 1998 after admitting taking cocaine?
- A.
Chris Jarvis
- B.
Stephen Mulhern
- C.
Richard Bacon
- D.
Thomas Darvill
- 18.Which of these former England rugby captains did not play for Bath RFC?
- A.
Phil de Glanville
- B.
Jason Leonard
- C.
Mike Catt
- D.
Richard Hill
- 19.What is the name of the drink made from fermented bread, that is popular in Russia and Eastern Europe?
- A.
Samogon
- B.
Kombucha
- C.
Kvass
- D.
Pivo
- 20.What did Mary Phelps Jacob create - and receive a patent for - out of two silk handkerchiefs and some ribbon?
- A.
Headdress
- B.
Socks
- C.
Briefs
- D.
Brassiere
- 21.Which long-running BBC One Saturday afternoon sports show broadcast for the last time in 2007 after more than 48 years on TV?
- A.
The League
- B.
Coach
- C.
Grandstand
- D.
The Contender
- 22.With which other former cricketer did Ian "Beefy" Botham appear in a series of adverts promoting British meat?
- A.
Donald Bradman
- B.
Allan Lamb
- C.
Andrew Flintoff
- D.
Garfield Sobers
- 23.For what was Michael Schumacher driving in 1997 when his younger brother Ralf won his first Grand Prix?
- A.
Ferrari
- B.
Renault
- C.
Mercedes
- D.
Cosworth
- 24.What 1992 Wimbledon winners named their babies Jaden Gil and Jaz Elle?
- A.
Roger and Mirka Federer
- B.
Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf
- C.
Ana Ivanovic and Fernando Verdasco
- D.
Nicole Vaidisova and Radek Stepanek
- 25.What item of confectionery injured David Bowie when it was thrown onto the stage during a show in Oslo in 2004?
- A.
Cookie
- B.
Hotdog
- C.
Lollipop
- D.
Candy cane
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