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Irish News & the guardian mon-sat
Sunday Tribune & the Observer on Sunday.

I used it the last time I did a quiz there along with one with one about the 'all whites'

Round 7 Q5 should read ...senior inter-county championship debut?

Here are the questions which I shall be asking in about half an hour.

Round 1

1   Q. Who is the Dublin football manager?

2   Q. Who is the Dublin hurling manager?

3   Q. How many players are there on an ice hockey team?

4   Q. Who philosophically captained Brazil in the 1986 World Cup?

5   Q. How old must fillies be to enter the 1000 Guineas?

6   Q. Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup for 3 successive years from 1964?

7   Q. In cricket what were bowlers who took three wickets in a row originally rewarded with?

8   Q. Who is the oldest ever winner of the men's 100M at the Olympics?
 
9   Q. In croquet if your balls are red and yellow what colour are your opponents balls?

10   Q. Russian airline Aeroflot sponsored which county hurling team in the 1990s?


Round 2

1   Q. Who rode Aldiniti to victory in the 1981 Grand National?

2   Q. How many players are there on a netball team?

3   Q. For which Australian Rules club does Setanta Ó hAilpín play?

4   Q. Who resigned as Offaly manager at the weekend after just 5 weeks in charge?

5   Q. John Barnes was appointed coach of which international side in September 2008?

6   Q. Who did, the now retired, Joe Calzaghe defeat in October 1997 to win the WBO super-middleweight championship? (Bonus point how many fights did he win?)

7   Q. How many tennis grand slams has Roger Federer won?

8   Q. Who in 1985 scored the first televised English league hat-trick?

9   Q. Who is the only man to win hurling and football All-stars in the same year?

10   Q. Which horse, with a name that sounds as if it came from the Portadown area, won the 1903 Grand National?


Round 3

1   Q. Which team has won the Super Bowl the most times?
 
2   Q. Which metric distance is run over 1,321.4 feet?

3   Q. Which Russian goalkeeper was European footballer of the year in 1963?

4   Q. Which team won the Scottish League for the first time in 1983?

5   Q. How many fences are there on the Grand National course at Aintree?

6   Q. What did Tom Morris senior and junior win between them 8 times out of the first 12?

7   Q. What does TT stand for in motorcycle racing?

8   Q. Who were the only three boxers to beat Muhammad Ali in world title fights?

9   Which former Premiership manager was manager of the Kuwait football team when Iraq invaded the country in 1990?

10   Q. Which jockey's 2008 autobiography was titled "Better than sex"?


Round 4

1   Q. Who rode Shergar to victory in the 1981 Derby?

2   Q. Which English club knocked Liverpool out of the European Cup in 1978?

3   Q. What Irishman played for the British and Irish Lions a record 17 times?

4   Q. Who was the oldest ever Olympic Pentathlon winner?

5   Q. Which two legendary managers both managed Leeds for exactly 44 days?

6   Q. In cricket what is the term for an off break bowled with a leg break action?

7   Q. What sport do the Philadelphia Flyers play?

8   Q. Who interrupted Eric Bristow's run by winning the World dart's championship in 1982?

9   Q. The Munster club football champions Drumcollogher/Broadford come from which county?

10   Q. Which Spanish city is home to the La Liga team Espanyol?



Round 5

1   Q. Which horse gave Tony McCoy his 3,000th winner?

2   Q. In Rugby Union which two countries play for the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy?

3   Q. What is the total of the numbers at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock on a dartboard?

4   Q. Who are the only two boxers to have beaten Lennox Lewis?

5   Q. Who is the Ulster GAA President?

6   Q. Which country's team always leads the procession at the opening of the Summer Olympics?

7   Q. Who broke his own record of 5 seconds for the fastest booking in English soccer when he was booked after 3 seconds of an FA Cup 5th round match in 1992?

8   Q. Which of the following wasn't an Olympic sport: live pigeon shooting, one handed weightlifting, golf, sack race or cliff diving?

9   Q. Which country won its first World Cup in 1954?

10   Q. Name the only club to beat Crossmaglen more than once in the Ulster Club Football Championship?



Round 6

1   Q. Name the only two players to win Inter-provincial medals in hurling and football over the last 25 years? (Both still playing)

2   Q. Which English team were voted European team of the year in 1981?

3   Q. What are the only two nations to have made a clean sweep of all the Olympic boxing golds in one games?

4   Q. Which two countries contested the first international football match?

5   Q. There was a cricket match played at Old Trafford in July 1863 between a one armed team and a one legged team. Who won?

6   Q. In what year did Ulster win the Heineken Cup?

7   Q. The new Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces is a famous ex GAA player and intercounty manager. Who is he?

8   Q. At which Olympics did Hugh Russell win a boxing bronze for Ireland?

9   Q. Who was the last Scotsman to win the Football Writers Association Player of the Year Award in England?

10   Q. Which country qualified for the 1950 World Cup but were not allowed to take part because their players insisted on going barefoot?


Round 7

1   Q. In the last 10 years two hurlers have won the hurler of the year even though their county didn't play in an All-Ireland final. Name them?

2   Q. What did a Bolton Wanderers fan throw in front of Wolves manager Graham Taylor in 1995 to incur a £60 fine?

3   Q. Which of the following actually won the Grand National: Queer Fellow, Gay Lad or Raging Homo?

4   Q. What did Arsenal and Chelsea have on 25th August 1925 that no other team did?

5   Q. Name the player who played in the 2007 Inter-provincial football semi-final before he had made his senior inter-county debut?

6   Q. Which outdoor team sport is played on the largest pitch to have a goal at either end?

7   Q. Which team won the European Cup in 1982 making it 6 in a row for English clubs?

8   Q. In what test of strength did Britain win all 3 medals at the 1908 Olympics?

9   Q. The first ever international sporting contest was a cricket match played in 1844 between which two countries?

10   Q. Of the 12 original members of the Football League in 1888 six are in the Premiership. Name them?

Like heganboy the thought of anything happening to my kids scares the shit out of me.
I once had to leave the pub to go home and kill a moth.

I had the leg in a cast for 3-4 months, was another couple of monts before I could walk properly. That was the end of my football career. Till about 6 months ago anyway.

I always shudder when I hear about people dislocating their knee.  That would be unbelievably sore.
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It is, done mine almost 20 years ago. I can still remember the feeling of bone rubbing against bone.

When someone farts
"speak to me o toothless one...your breath is rotten!"

Desperate defending by Kelly, the hook beckons

Had a look at the soccer ones alright, I'm looking for questions on all sports, GAA. soccer, rugby, golf, horse racing, elephant polo, etc.

I'm running a sports quiz later this week & I could probably do with a few more questions/ideas. Anybody got any good sports trivia they wish to share? The quirkier the better!
I'll post the quiz up on Friday. 

Album 12"
CD 4"

Eair play to you ghd. I will get a run up to the Oaks early next week.

You can add me to the list.

We got a nice easy draw in the 1st round. Cross!