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How much do you know about American football (6)?

October 24, 2009 · Filed under games, sports · Tagged , , , ,

QUESTIONS.

1. Which team won the Super Bowl in the year 2000?

2. Who was the New York Jets quarterback who led them to a famous victory over the defending champions, the Baltimore Colts, in the 1969 Super Bowl?

3. Which team’s home ground is in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome?

4. Who was the star receiver for the San Francisco ‘49ers, making such effective passing combinations with Joe Montana, and helping them to win the Super Bowl in 1989 and 1990?
5. Who was the great running back who went from the University of Pittsburgh to the Dallas Cowboys in 1979 and set an NFL record with a run of 99 yards against Minnesota Vikings in 1983? He had a career rushing total of 12,739 yards. 6. Which team won the Super Bowl in both 1998 and 1999?

7. Who was the Cleveland Brown’s full back who led the NFL statistics for rushing yards 8 times in a 9 year (1957 – 1966) career?

8. Which team has its home ground at Rich Stadium, Orchard Park?

9. Who was the head football coach at Yale University who, in 1889, in collaboration with the editor Caspar W.Whitney, began honouring the best football players by nominating them to an ‘All-American’ team?

10. Which team won the Super Bowl in 1993, 1994 and 1996?

11. Who was the Norwegian born player and coach at the University of Notre Dame who revolutionised football strategy by the introduction of the forward pass? He led Notre Dame to 3 National Collegiate Championships (1924, 29 and 30), winning 105 games, losing 12 and drawing 5.

12. Who was the running back for the Chicago Bears who retired in 1987, the NFL’s career leader with 3,838 rushing attempts; 16,726 rushing yards and 110 rushing touchdowns? His nickname was ‘Sweetness’

13. Which team reached the Super Bowl four years in succession, 1991-92-93 and 94 , only to lose each time?

14. Which team plays its home games in the Riverfront Stadium?

15. Two teams have won the Super Bowl 5 times each. One is the San Francisco ‘49ers.What is the other?

ANSWERS.

1. St.Louis Rams. 2. Joe Namath. 3. Minnesota Vikings. 4. Jerry Rice. 5.Tony Dorsett. 6. Denver Broncos. 7. Jim Brown. 8. Buffalo Bills. 9.Walter Chauncey Camp. 10. Dallas Cowboys. 11. Knut Rockne. 12.Walter Jerry Paton. 13. Buffalo Bills. 14. Cincinnati Bengals. 15. Dallas Cowboys.

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How much do you know about Association football? (6)

October 1, 2009 · Filed under games, sports · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

QUESTIONS
1. Up to the end of 2001, only one English club has won the FA Cup 10 times.
Which one?
2. Since the formation of the Football League in 1888, only one non-league side
has won the FA Cup.Which club was it?
3. Only one non-English club side has ever won the FA Cup.Which one?
4. In two consecutive FA Cup finals play was interrupted when the ball burst.
What years?
5. In what year did Stan Mortensen score a hat-trick in the FA Cup final?
6. Up to and including the 2001- 2002 season, which team has won the Scottish
FA Cup final the most times?
7. How many times?
8. Which club is the runner-up, and how many times has it won the Cup?
9. In what year was the Cup withheld by the Scottish FA because Celtic and
Rangers refused to participate in a third replay, after a riot had broken out in
extra time of the second replay?
10. In what year was the first World Cup held?
11. Where was it staged and which national team was the winner?
12. What was the World Cup trophy called, at that time?
13. Who was Jules Rimet?
14. Which national team won the trophy outright after their third World Cup
victory in 1970?
15. In 1934 the World Cup was staged in which country and which national team
was the winner?

ANSWERS
1. Manchester United. 2.Tottenham Hotspur in 1901. 3. Cardiff City in 1927. 4. 1946
and 1947. 5. 1953. 6. Glasgow Celtic. 7. 32. 8. Rangers – 29. 9. 1909. 10. 1930. 11.
Uruguay/Uruguay. 12.The Jules Rimet Trophy. 13. Former President of FIFA. 14.
Brazil. 15. Italy/Italy.

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How much do you know about major league baseball teams (4)?

September 28, 2009 · Filed under sports · Tagged , , ,

QUESTIONS.
1. What major innovation occurred to baseball during the 2nd World War?
2. In 1953 the Boston Braves relocated.Where did they go to?
3. In 1958 the Brooklyn Dodgers also relocated.Where to?
4. Also in 1958 the New York Giants also went West.Where to?
5. In September 1994 a very unusual situation presented itself, which lasted until
May 1995.What was it?
6. What was the name of the American who introduced baseball to Japan in 1872?
7. How large is a baseball field?
8. A baseball field is divided into two areas: the first is the playing area; the second
is all the rest. In baseball terminology what is the playing area called?
9. And what is all the rest?
10. The playing area (fair territory) is again divided into two areas.What are they
called?
11. The infield is a square shaped plot.What is it called?
12. What does each side of the square measure?
13. One corner of the square (or diamond) is marked by a five-sided piece of
rubber.What is this called?
14. How many players are there in each team?
15. How many umpires officiate at each major league baseball game?

ANSWERS.
1. Establishment of American Girls Professional Baseball League. 2. Milwaukee.

3. LosAngeles. 4. San Francisco. 5. Player’s strike. 6. Horace Wilson. 7.About 2 acres (0.8
hectares) 8. Fair territory. 9. Foul territory. 10. Infield and outfield. 11.The ‘diamond’.
12. 90 feet (27 metres). 13.The ‘home plate’. 14. Nine. 15. Four.

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How much do you know about Association football? (5)

September 25, 2009 · Filed under games, sports · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , ,

QUESTIONS
1. How is play re-started after the ball has gone out of play over the white lines
marking the length of the playing area, when it was last touched by a member
of the attacking team?
2. How is play re-started after the ball has gone out of play over the white lines
marking the length of the playing area, when it was last touched by a member
of the defending team?
3. What is the term for a serious offence committed in a careless or reckless
manner or with the use of excessive force?
4. What will the referee award to the player on the receiving end of a foul?
5. What will the referee award to the attacking team if the foul is committed by a
member of the defending team in his own penalty area?
6. How far must the opposing players be away from the ball when a free-kick is to
be taken?
7. If a player continues to commit serious offences after having received a verbal
warning, the referee will officially caution him with the aid of ….What?
8. If a player continues to offend after receiving a yellow card, or if he commits a
really serious offence, the referee will send him from the field by showing him
a …… What?
9. Only two FA clubs have ever won the FA Challenge Cup three years in
succession. One was Wanderers (1876-77-78), which was the other, who won it
1884-85-86?
10. Who was the first foreign player to captain an FA Cup winning team?
11. What was the last ‘second division’ club to win the FA Cup?
12. What year was the FA Cup final played at Wembley for the first time?
13. Which was the first club to do ‘the double’, winning the FA Cup final and
leading the first division?
14. In 1903, Bury set the record for the winning margin in an FA Cup final, against
Derby.What was the score?15. In what year did Arsenal beat Sheffield
Wednesday in both the FA Cup final and the League Cup final?
15. In what year did Arsenal beat Sheffield Wednesday in both the FA Cup final and
the League Cup final?

ANSWERS
1.A ‘goal-kick’. 2.A ‘corner-kick’. 3.A ‘foul’. 4.A ‘direct free-kick’. 5.A ‘penalty’. 6. 10
yards (9.15m). 7.A yellow card. 8.A red card. 9. Blackburn Rovers. 10. Eric Cantona
(Man U 1996). 11.West Ham United (1980). 12. 1923. 13. Preston North End 1889.
14. 6-0. 15. 1993.

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How much do you know about Association football? (4)

September 24, 2009 · Filed under games, sports · Tagged , , , , , , , ,

QUESTIONS
1. In what year was the Irish Football Association formed?
2. In what year was the Welsh Football Association formed?
3. What is the London address of the Football Association?
4. What is the shape and what are the dimensions of an Association football pitch?
5. A goal consists of two uprights and a crossbar, backed by a net What are its
dimensions?
6. What is the circumference of a football?
7. What is the weight of a football?
8. How many officials control a game of professional Association football?
9. What are their roles?
10. How long does a match normally last?
11. How many players are there in each team on the field at any one time?
12. By what name is the start of a match known?
13. How many substitutes are allowed in normal league and international matches?
14. What is it called when the whole of the ball passes between the goal posts,
under the cross- bar, traversing the whole of the goal line?
15. How is play re-started after the ball has gone out of play over the white lines
marking the width of the playing area?

ANSWERS
1. 1880. 2. 1876. 3. Lancaster Gate. 4. Rectangular. 100 yards (91m) to 130 yards
(119m) in length x 50 yards (45.5m) to 100 yards (91m) in width. 5. 8 yards
(7.32m) wide and 8 feet (2.44m) high. 6. 27 to 28 ins. ((68 to 71 cm). 7. 14 to 16 oz.
(396 to 453 grams). 8. Four. 9. One referee; two assistant referees (or linesmen) and
a fourth official, who controls substitutions etc. 10. 90 minutes. (Two periods of 45
minutes each). 11. Eleven, maximum. 12.‘Kick-off’. 13.Three from five previously
named substitutes. 14.A goal. 15. By a ‘throw-in’.

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How much do you know about Association football? (3)

September 22, 2009 · Filed under games, sports · Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

QUESTIONS
1. What was the name of the English immigrant who was mainly responsible for
introducing to Brazil?
2. What was the name of the first Brazilian club to be formed?
3. In what year was the Argentinian FA formed?
4. In what year was the Chilean FA formed?
5. In what year was the Football Association of Uruguay formed?
6. In what year was the Paraguayan FA formed?
7. In what year was the first Association football club formed in the USA?
8. What was it called?
9. What is the name of the world governing body?
10. When and where was it formed?
11. How many members (Association football playing nations) did it have as at
1997?
12. The English Football League is made up of how many clubs?
13. Every year all teams take part in two knockout tournaments, the FA Cup and
the ….what?
14. In what year was the Scottish Football League formed?
15. The 1st Division, the Scottish FA Cup and the Scottish League Cup have been
dominated since their inception by two clubs. One is Glasgow Rangers.What is
the name of the other?

ANSWERS
1. Charles Miller. 2.Associaciao Athletica Mackenzie College, Sao Paulo. 3. 1893. 4.1895. 5. 1900. 6. 1906. 7. 1862.8.The Oneida Club of Boston. 9. FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association). 10. 1904, Paris. 11.200. 12. 92. 13.The Football League Cup. 14. 1890. 15. Glasgow Celtic.

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How much do you know about Association football? (1)

September 19, 2009 · Filed under games, sports · Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

QUESTIONS
1. In what year was there a determined attempt to establish the first codified set
of rules for the game of football?
2. Where did this take place?
3. Who were the main instigators of this action?
4. What was the name of the world’s oldest football club?
5. In what year was it formed?
6. What is (still) the name of the world’s oldest league club?
7. In what year did it come into existence?
8. When was the Football Association founded?
9. What was the name of the FA Secretary who, in 1871, proposed to organise a
Football Association Challenge Cup tournament, to be played annually?
10. What was the name of the winning team of the first FA Cup, played in 1872?
11. Where were all the finals held up until 1893?
12. The first international match was played between England and Scotland. In
what year?
13. What year was the English Football League formed?
14. In what year were the Netherlands FA and Danish FA formed?
15. In what year was the Italian FA formed?

ANSWERS.
1. 1843. 2. Cambridge. 3. J.C.Thring and H. de Winton. 4. Sheffield FC. 5. 1855. 6.
Notts County. 7. 1862. 8. October 1863. 9. Charles Alcock. 10.Wanderers. 11.
Kennington Oval. 12. 1872. 13. 1888. 14. 1889. 15. 1898.

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How much do you know about Association football? (1)

September 15, 2009 · Filed under games, sports · Tagged , , , , , , , ,

QUESTIONS
1. In what year was there a determined attempt to establish the first codified set
of rules for the game of football?
2. Where did this take place?
3. Who were the main instigators of this action?
4. What was the name of the world’s oldest football club?
5. In what year was it formed?
6. What is (still) the name of the world’s oldest league club?
7. In what year did it come into existence?
8. When was the Football Association founded?
9. What was the name of the FA Secretary who, in 1871, proposed to organise a
Football Association Challenge Cup tournament, to be played annually?
10. What was the name of the winning team of the first FA Cup, played in 1872?
11. Where were all the finals held up until 1893?
12. The first international match was played between England and Scotland. In
what year?
13. What year was the English Football League formed?
14. In what year were the Netherlands FA and Danish FA formed?
15. In what year was the Italian FA formed?

ANSWERS
1. 1843. 2. Cambridge. 3. J.C.Thring and H. de Winton. 4. Sheffield FC. 5. 1855. 6.
Notts County. 7. 1862. 8. October 1863. 9. Charles Alcock. 10.Wanderers. 11.
Kennington Oval. 12. 1872. 13. 1888. 14. 1889. 15. 1898.

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How much do you know about world-class sporting champions? (4)

September 6, 2009 · Filed under games, sports · Tagged , , , , , ,

QUESTIONS
1. Who was the German tennis player who won the ladies singles title at the
French Open x 5; the Australian Open x 4; the US Open x 5 and Wimbledon x
7; and retired at 30?
2. Who was the Scots rugby full-back who played three World Cups 1987/91/95,
captaining Scotland for the first time in 1992-93 season?
3. Who was the Ukrainian athlete who dominated pole vaulting 1983-94, breaking
35 world records and setting a new world record of 6.14 metres in 1994?
4. Who was the English athlete, winner of Olympic gold at 1,500m and silver at
800m at both ‘80 and ’84 games? Broke world record for 800m; 1,000m and
mile in 1981.
5. Who was the Argentinian footballer of outstanding ability winning over 80
caps, whose name now always invokes the ‘Hand of God’ cheating incident in
the 1990 World Cup semi-finals?
6. Who was the Austrian downhill skier, Olympic champion;World Champion
1975-8; & ‘83?
7. Who was the US athlete who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in
Berlin?
8. Who was the English jockey, voted Champion 11 times; rode 30 Classic winners
including the Derby 9 times? Retired (for the 2nd time) in 1995 at 60 years of
age.
9. Who was the US discus thrower who won the Gold medal at four consecutive
Olympic Games, 1956-60-64-68, breaking the Olympic record each time?
10. Who was the Australian batsman whose batting average in Test Matches was
99.94 runs?
11. Who was the US swimmer, winner of 7 medals at 1986 World Championships; 7
medals at 1988 Olympics and 1 medal at the 1992 Olympics?
12. Who was the English snooker player,Worlds leading player during the 1980’s
and world champion 6 times – 1981-83-84-87-88-89?
13. Who was the US baseball player whose career 1936-51 was with the New York
Yankees? He was renowned for batting safely, scoring in every one of 56
consecutive games.
14. Who was Northern Ireland’s greatest footballing talent, Man U’s leading scorer
‘67-8?
15 Who was the Welsh rugby player whose 53 consecutive caps are a Welsh
record;Wales youngest ever captain also played in 10 British Lions Tests?

ANSWERS
1. Steffi Graf. 2. Gavin Hastings. 3. Sergei Bubka. 4. Sebastian Coe. 5. Diego Maradona. 6. Franz Klammer. 7. Jesse Owens. 8. Lester Piggott. 9.Alfred Oerter. 10. Don Bradman. 11. Matt Biondi. 12. Steve Davis. 13. Joe DiMaggio. 14. George Best. 15. Gareth Edwards.

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How much do you know about world-class sporting champions? (3)

September 4, 2009 · Filed under games, sports · Tagged , , , , , ,

QUESTIONS
1. Who was the Swedish skier who was World Master 1978 and 1982, Olympic
gold in 1980; winner of a record 86 World Cup races between 1974 and 1989?
2. Who was the US golfer who, with Jack Nicklaus, dominated golf from the mid-
‘70’s to the early ‘80’s, winning US Open; 2 Masters and 5 British Opens? 6 times
US Player of the Year.
3. Who was the French racing cyclist, 5 times winner of the Tour de France (1957;
1961-64), winner of the Tour of Spain (1963) and Tour of Italy (1964)?
4. Who was the Australian cricketer,world record holder for most test and one-day
international appearances’ and for runs scored in Test matches (10,161 ).
5. Who was New Zealand’s most capped rugby player and the world’s most
capped hooker?
6. Who was the Scottish motor racer who won the Formula 1 World
Championship with Lotus (1963 and 1965).? First non-American since 1916 to
win Indianapolis 500 – 1965.
7. Who was the Prague-born US tennis player who won Wimbledon ladies singles a
record of 9 times; US Open 4 times? Her 100-plus tournament wins include 2
Golden Grand Slams.
8. Who was the US athlete who won 4 golds at the 1984 Olympics; 2 in 1988; 2 in
1992 and 1 in 1996?
9. Who was the Indian cricketer , the most prolific run-scorer in Test cricket
history, in 125 Test Matches he scored 10,122 runs, including 34 centuries?
10. Who was the first American golfer to win the British Open, which he did 4
times, winner of the US Open x 2; the US PGA x 5 (a record) and captained first
6 Ryder Cup teams?
11. Who was the Native American footballer and athlete who won the pentathlon
and decathlonin the 1912 Olympics, and was considered to be the greatest allround
athlete ever?
12. Who was the US heavyweight world champion from 1937 until 1949 (a record)?
13. Who was the US jockey to be the first to ride 8,000 winners, retiring 1990 with
8,833?
14. Who was the second French cyclist to win the Tour de France five times?
15. Who was the Romanian gymnast who was the first ever to obtain a perfectscore
of ten at the 1976 Olympic Games at the age of 14?

ANSWERS
1. Ingemar Stenmark. 2.Tom Watson. 3. Jacques Anquetil. 4.Allan Border. 5. Sean
Fitzpatrick. 6. Jim Clark. 7. Martina Navratilova. 8. Carl Lewis. 9. Sunil Gavaskar. 10.
Walter Hagen. 11. Jim Thorpe. 12. Joe Louis. 13.Willy Shoemaker. 14. Bernard
Hinault. 15. Nadia Comaneci

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