Sport 160503

Sport 160503 is a selection of 10 questions. Sport 160503 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 became the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes in 1954?
A   Roger Bannister (at Iffley Road, Oxford)

2   Which sporting discipline did Dick Fosbury revolutionise in 1968?
A   High jump (Fosbury Flop)

3   In which year did the Black September Palestinian group kidnap and eventually kill eleven Israeli Olympic team members?
A   1972 (the Munich massacre – they also killed a German police officer)

4   Which BBC cricket commentator was affectionately nicknamed ‘Johnners’?
A   Brian Johnston

5   Which country hosted the first football World Cup in 1930?
A   Uruguay (they won the final beating Argentina 4-2)

6   Why was Muhammad Ali arrested found guilty and stripped of his World Heavyweight title in 1967?
A   Draft evasion (refusing to do military service)

7   Which world-famous rally, first won by Henri Rougier, celebrated its 100th Anniversary in January 2011?
A   Monte Carlo Rally (officially Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo)

8   Which gymnast won three gold medals with seven perfect ten scores at the 1976 Montreal Olympics?
A   Nadia Comaneci

9   What sort of club was Sheffield Wednesday when informed in 1820?
A   The club was a Wednesday cricket club – it established a football side on Wednesday 4 September 1867

10   At the age of 72, Swede Oscar Swahn is the oldest person ever to compete in the Olympics. In what sport did he compete at the 1908, 1912, and 1920 Summer Olympics?
A   Shooting