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Sporting Firsts 100302 is a selection of 10 questions. Sporting Firsts 100302 is the filename to differentiate it from other Sport and Leisure quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 Who was the first professional footballer to be knighted?
A Stanley Matthews – he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing football
2 Who was the first black athlete to captain the British men’s team?
A Kris Akabusi
3 David Wagstaff was the first British football player to receive what?
A A Red Card – when at Blackburn Rovers on 2nd October 1976
4 In 1979, which footballer became Britain’s first £1 million transfer?
A Trevor Francis
5 Which athlete became famous for being the first to run the mile in under four minutes?
A Roger Bannister
6 Which was the first British team to win football’s European Cup
A Celtic Football Club In 1967 beating favourites Internazionale Milan 2-1.
7 What was the first music video shown on MTV?
A Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles, which aired on August 1, 1981 at 12:01 AM. The song was a number-one hit in the UK in 1979.
8 What was used for the first time at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York?
A Artificial snow. Organisers used snow machines to ensure that events could take place because of the dry winter in Lake Placid. They also used a refrigeration system for the Bob Run.
9 Which sport made its first-ever Wembley appearance in August 1983?
A American Football – the Vikings faced the St. Louis Cardinals
10 In which decade was the first Wimbledon Tennis Championships held?
A 1870s (1877, on one of the croquet lawns)