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Sporting Life 130806 is a selection of 10 questions. Sporting Life 130806 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 When is the traditional start of the grouse shooting season?
A 12th August (current legislation enshrining the date is the Game Act 1831)
2 The Windsor Forest Stakes run at Royal Ascot was renamed what this year, following the Queen’s consent?
A The Duke of Cambridge Stakes (recognising the new title given to Prince William)
3 Two of the swords used in fencing competitions are the foil and the epee, what is the third?
A Sabre
4 In cricket, what are you doing if accused of sledging?
A Using insulting or verbal intimidation (against an opponent)
5 Which football club did Gary Lineker play for, between leaving Everton in 1986 and joining Tottenham Hotspur in 1989?
A Barcelona
6 Under what ring name will viewers of ITV’s World of Sport wrestling slot remember Martin Ruane?
A Giant Haystacks (6’ 11” and 48 stone – yes 48 – he died aged 52)
7 In golf, what is an alternative name for a hole-in-one on a par three hole?
A Eagle
8 In which sport did Tom Daley become Britain’s youngest-ever world champion?
A Diving (10-metre platform)
9 What are the three disciplines in Three-Day Eventing?
A Dressage, cross-country and show jumping (apparently, it is more commonly now run over four days, but sill called 3DE)
10 In which outdoor pursuit would you use Thunder and Lightning, Orange Stimulator, and Greenwell’s Glory?
A Fly-fishing (they’re types of artificial fly, apparently)