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1 How many people compete in the annual University Boat Race?
A 18. 2 x 8 oarsmen and 2 x coxswain)
2 What is the national sport of the USA?
A Baseball – historically – in more recent decades, American football has been the most popular sport in terms of broadcast viewership audience and basketball has grown into the mainstream American sports scene since the 1980s
3 What is the national game of Canada in the summer months?
A Lacrosse (invented by the Indigenous people of Canada) – Bill C-212 in 1994 became law: “To recognize Hockey as Canada’s National Winter Sport and Lacrosse as Canada’s National Summer Sport.”
4 How many players in total get down in a normal rugby union scrum?
A 16 (Props x 4; Hookers x 2; locks (2nd Rows) x 4; flankers x 4; No#8’s x 2)
5 Who is the current sponsor of the Football League Cup?
A Carabao – Carabao Cup until the end of the 2026/27 season
6 For what track and field event is Czech Jan Železný the world record holder?
A Javelin – he is a World and Olympic champion and holds the world record with a throw of 98.48 metres (323 ft 1 in)
7 Which wrestling form has its World Championship contest each year at the Bentley Brook Inn in Ashbourne, Derbyshire?
A Toe wrestling (it hasn’t yet been accepted as an Olympic sport)
8 The name of which martial art means gentle way in Japanese?
A Judo (created in 1882 by Jigoro Kano)
9 Hedley Verity was an international star of which sport during the 1930s?
A Cricket (played for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939)
10 Which German golfer sank a six-foot putt to retain the Ryder Cup for Europe in 2012?
A Martin Kaymer