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World of Champions Trivia Quiz

For each question, I will name three sports personalities or teams. You have to guess when they were all World Champions in their sports in the same year. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by silverginger. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
silverginger

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
153,854

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

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Difficult

Avg Score
2 / 5

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Question 1 of 5

1. This was a year which saw India reign as cricket world champions, Nelson Piquet win the Formula One drivers world title, and Carl Lewis win the world championship in the 100 metres. Which year was it? Hint

1983

1978

1990

1988

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Question 2 of 5

2. Which year saw Stephen Hendry win snooker's world title, Germany become soccer World Cup winners, and Phil Taylor win the world championship of darts? Hint

1995

1987

1982

1990

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Question 3 of 5

3. In this particular year, New Zealand became the rugby union world champions, Wayne Gardner won the 500cc motorcycling world championship, and Mike Tyson became the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Which year was it? Hint

1983

1987

1991

1979

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Question 4 of 5

4. Which year did Carl Fogarty become world superbike champion, Brazil win soccer's World Cup, and Michael Schumacher win the Formula One world title? Hint

1990

1998

1994

2002

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Question 5 of 5

5. Marco Antonio Barrera became boxing's WBO bantamweight world champion, the San Francisco 49ers became Super Bowl world champions, and the Atlanta Braves win baseball's World Series. Which year was this? Hint

1990

1995

2000

1985

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: 1983

On 25th June, 1983, India beat the West Indies by 43 runs to become cricket's world champs at Lord's, London, England. The team, which comprised of Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar amongst others posted a score of 183 all out, while the Windies could only manage 140. Brazilian, Nelson Piquet won the Formula One title with 59 points, just two points ahead of second placed Alain Prost. Carl Lewis posted a time of 10.07 seconds to win the 100 metres World title in 1983, to go alongside a length of 8.55 metres in the long jump which he also won that year.

2. Which year saw Stephen Hendry win snooker's world title, Germany become soccer World Cup winners, and Phil Taylor win the world championship of darts?

Answer: 1990

Stephen Hendry became the world champion of snooker by beating Jimmy White 18-12. He also became the youngest winner of the title at the age of 21 years and 106 days. Germany beat Argentina in soccer's World Cup, 1-0 with an 85th minute penalty from Andreas Brehme, and Phil Taylor won his first of many world titles by beating Eric Bristow, 6-1 in the final.

Answer: 1987

New Zealand, lead by captain David Kirk, went on to beat France 29-9 in the final. Australian Wayne Gardner won the motorcycling title on a Honda. Mike Tyson beat Tony Tucker to become the undisputed champion of the world. Tyson held the undisputed title for three years before a shock knockout loss to James 'Buster' Douglas.

4. Which year did Carl Fogarty become world superbike champion, Brazil win soccer's World Cup, and Michael Schumacher win the Formula One world title?

Answer: 1994

'Foggy' won four world superbike titles in his career in 1994, 1995, 1998, and 1999, all on a Ducati. Brazil and Italy bored us all in the 1994 World Cup final, as they played out a 0-0 draw with Brazil winning 3-2 on penalties. Schumacher won the F1 title with 92 points, just one point ahead of second-placed Damon Hill.

Answer: 1995

Mexican Barrera beat Daniel Cobrita Jiminez on points to win the first of many world titles. The 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers, 49-26 on 29th January, 1995, with QB Steve Young winning the MVP. The Braves beat the Cleveland Indians 4-2 to win the World Series.

Source: Author silverginger

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