Sport 116067

Sport 116067 is a selection of 10 questions. Sport 116067 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   In darts, which double is known as the ‘basement’?
A   Double three

2   In which year did Virginia Wade win the women’s Wimbledon singles title?
A   1977 – Virginia Wade defeated Betty Stöve in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 to win the ladies’ singles tennis title. As of 2023, she remains the most recent Briton to win the title

3   In football they are called assistant referees, what are they called in Rugby?
A   Touch Judges – The touch judges must each carry a flag, which is used to signal certain things to the referee, players and spectators.

4   If you are at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, what sport would you be watching?
A   Horse racing

5   If you have the ‘Yips’ in golf, what do you have?
A   A nervous twitch (which inhibits putting)

6   If a Rugby Union referee puts his arm straight up in the air and blows his whistle, what is he indicating?
A   A try has been scored

7   In which sport are Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci famous for competing?
A   Gymnastics

8   How many players in a Rugby Union team?
A   15 – Rugby league thirteen players

9   Which former champion jockey of the 1980’s has written a number of thrillers based around horse racing including “False Start “?
A  

10   When was mountain biking first included in the Olympics?
A   1996 – it debuted as an Olympic discipline at the Atlanta Games