Answer: Middlesex and Surrey
Lord's is located in St John's Wood near Regents Park, north of the Thames. As well as being the home of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club), it is home to Middlesex County Cricket Club. The Oval is located in Kennington, south of the Thames, and is home to Surrey County Cricket Club. There is no London county team, Essex and Kent are based in Chelmsford and Canterbury respectively, whilst Hertfordshire is a minor counties team who play at various small venues.
From Quiz: Sport in London
Answer: Bar Billiards
Instead of pockets, nine holes are sunk into the table; 5 in a row across the far end of the table and four set in a diamond pattern in the rear half of the table. The holes have different points values ranging from 10 points to 200, but there are also three strategically placed pins, also called skittles or mushrooms, to make scoring more difficult. The red ball potted in any hole scores double value, but if one of the two white pins, which are placed either side of the 100 hole, is toppled, the players break is forfeit. If the black pin, in front of the 200 hole is toppled, the player loses his entire score. A fascinating game of strategy and skill, and I have only covered the basic game play here.
From Quiz: Mixed UK Sports
Answer: Tennis
Devonshire Park is a tennis complex in the Sussex seaside resort of Eastbourne. It has been the venue for a Wimbledon warm-up event for women since 1974. The ATP began including it as part of the men's tour in 2009. Famous winners of this event include Chris Evert, Virginia Wade, Justine Henin and Martina Navratilova, who triumphed there on no fewer than 11 occasions.
From Quiz: British Sporting Venues
Answer: Sue Barker
Born in 1956, Sue Barker was a British tennis player who won the French Open in 1976 and reached the semi finals of the Australian Open (in 1975 and 1977) and Wimbledon (1977). She had a career high world ranking of number three which she achieved in 1977. Since retiring from tennis Sue Barker has worked for Channel 7 in Australia and British Sky Broadcasting but she is best known for her work on the BBC having been involved in their Wimbledon coverage since 1993 and presenting coverage of many different sports for the broadcaster including horse racing and the summer and winter Olympic games. In 1997 she replaced David Coleman as presenter of the BBC's sports quiz show "A Question of Sport".
From Quiz: Television Athletes
Answer: pig's bladder
Similar to modern day football but you were unlikely to get any of those nasty yellow or red cards for breaking the rules as there wasn't any. All you had to do was to get the ball to the opponent's side by any means. On the day before Ash Wednesday, whole villages would join in and play. The game sometimes lasted for days through the streets and across fields! The pigs bladder, after being inflated with air, was filled with dried peas. A local legend from Chester and Kingston-on-Thames, claims the first game was played with the head of Danish Prince!
From Quiz: Run Through Medieval Sports
Answer: Bobby Moore
Though he may have won more caps, Beckham was never able to match Moore's most impressive feat--captaining England to the World Cup title, which Moore did in 1966. England's triumph as hosts of the FIFA World Cup capped a fantastic three seasons for Moore that each ended with him lifting a trophy at Wembley Stadium. In 1964 it was the FA Cup with his club, West Ham United, the club's first major trophy success. In 1965, the club followed up their FA Cup win by claiming the European Cup Winners' Cup, becoming only the second English team to win a European title (the first was Tottenham Hotspur in 1963). Then in 1966, along with club mates Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters, who scored all England's goals in the final, he played a huge part in helping England become world champions for the first time.
Moore would play in one more World Cup in 1970, winning huge admiration for his performances but, unfortunately, England were unable to retain their title. England failed to qualify for the 1974 World Cup and following a disappointing performance against Poland in 1973, Moore was dropped from the side after having played every minute of the 108 games in which he appeared. He was never picked for the England side again. Moore died at the age of just 51 in 1993 but a statue of him sits outside the rebuilt Wembley Stadium as a monument to the great achievement of the side he led.
Manchester Utd's Bobby Charlton was the English record holder before Moore having won 106 caps for England between 1958 and 1970. Billy Wright of Wolves was the first player in world football to reach 100 caps, ending his career in 1959 with 105 caps for England.
From Quiz: British Sporting Centurions
Answer: Leeds United
The ground dates back to 1897, when it was occupied by Holbeck Rugby Club as a rugby league stadium. After the demise of Holbeck, the ground was leased by the newly formed Leeds City football club. Leeds United took possession of the stadium in 1919 and it has remained their home ground ever since. The 2010 film 'The King's Speech' used Elland Road to film scenes set at Wembley Stadium, and the ground has also hosted concerts by bands such as U2 and The Kaiser Chiefs.
From Quiz: How Many Roads?
Answer: Cricket
Henry Blofeld is the personification of the likable, upper class, cricket loving English schoolboy who has never really grown up. The former Eton educated Blowers, as he is known to all, has entertained the radio listening public around the world for many years. His humour coupled with his unique descriptions, not only of the cricket, but also events surrounding the game such as pigeon's antics, red buses passing by and helicopters in the distance have become his trademark. Ian Fleming, who was a good friend of Henry's, named James Bond's arch rival the sinister Blofeld after the genial cricketing commentator.
From Quiz: UK Sports Commentators [2]
Answer: Rugby union
Bill McLaren was known as the voice of rugby to millions of BBC Grandstand viewers. Born in Hawick in the Scottish borders, Bill was well known for his impartiality when commentating on games. When his son-in-law Alan Lawson scored two tries against England in 1976, although stating afterwards that he nearly fell out of the commentary box, his voice retained its normal cadence thereby masking the emence personal pride he was feeling at that moment. His standing in the sport was highlighted in 2001 when, he became the first non-rugby playing personality inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame.
From Quiz: UK Sports Commentators [1]
Answer: South Africa
Lamb was born in Cape Province in 1954 and qualified for England due to his British parents and through residing in the UK. He acted as captain in three Test matches between 1989 and 1991. Lamb was unable to represent the country of his birth as they were banned from international cricket due South Africa's regime of apartheid. He arrived in England in 1978, signing for the county of Northamptonshire, before making his debut for England in 1982.
Other South African born men to play for England include Tony Greig, Robin Smith, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen and Basil D'Oliveira. It was the refusal of the South African government to allow D'Oliveira (who was classed by them as 'coloured') into South Africa as part of the 1968/69 English touring party, which led to the ban on South Africa taking part in international sport. This event is often seen as one of the catalysts for the eventual fall of apartheid.
From Quiz: They Think It's All Ovine
Answer: Batley
Batley beat St. Helens 10-3 in the 1896-97 season, and went on to retain the trophy the following year when they beat Bradford FC. Their third and final victory was in 1901. Wigan won the trophy on 8 successive occasions (1988-1995), a record which is unlikely to ever be beaten. Warrington held the trophy in 2009.
From Quiz: Yorkshire Sporting Firsts
Answer: Ryan Giggs
"Giggsy" has always been very proud of his Cardiff roots, despite the fact that he moved to Manchester as a youngster when his dad, Danny Wilson, moved there to play professional rugby league for Swinton.
Bobby Charlton is English, George Best was from Northern Ireland, and Eric Cantona is French - all Manchester United legends as well!
From Quiz: Capital Sport
Answer: 4 miles, 4 furlongs
The Grand National is raced over four and a half miles, with two complete circuits of the Aintree circuit completed. This includes thirty fences to navigate, each of the 16 fences on the course are jumped twice, with the exception of the Chair and the Water Jump, which are jumped on the first circuit only.
From Quiz: Mixed Bag of UK Sports
Answer: Bronze
Yes, David, winning the bronze medal makes you highly qualified to know about winning (and being overtaken also!).
From Quiz: Sports Commentators
Answer: Lillehammer
Lillehammer in Norway, saw Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean bow out of competition with a bronze medal.
From Quiz: Sports in 1994
Answer: a golf competition
The Ryder Cup competition started in 1927, at Worcester, Mass. The competition is held every two years, alternatingly in America and in Europe. Originally Europe meant "England". Later Scotland and Spain(Sotogrande, 1997) became locations too. For obvious reasons no matches were played during Second World War.
From Quiz: Locations And Competitions In Sports
Answer: 1
Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent won Britain's solitary gold in coxless pair rowing. It was quite a painful Games to watch.
From Quiz: The British Suck at Sport
Answer: 8
Red, Yellow, Green, Brown, Blue, Pink, Black and white. Not counting 14 of the 15 reds.
From Quiz: England: Sports and Games
Answer: Manchester United
From Quiz: English Sports
Answer: Barnsley
It's Barnsley, who won promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 1996-97.
From Quiz: English Sports
Answer: London Broncos
The London Broncos were founded as Fulham RLFC in 1980. In 1994, the Australian NRL club Brisbane Broncos bought them and rebranded them under the club's name. They have had numerous home grounds since then, with their 2009 games being played at the Trailfinders Sports Ground in Ealing. The team's greatest achievement came in 1999 when they reached the Challenge Cup final at Wembley, eventually losing to Leeds Rhinos.
From Quiz: Sport in London
Answer: Brown
The game of snooker begins with 22 balls on the table - fifteen red, six colours and the white cue ball. Each red scores one point and potting a red means the player can try to pot a coloured ball. The colours (and their values) are yellow (two), green (three), brown (four), blue (five), pink (six) and black (seven). The maximum break (points scored in a series of shots without missing any pots) is 147, achieved by potting all the reds, followed by a black each time, and then the coloured balls in order of their points value.
From Quiz: Even Points
Answer: Bowls
Bowls involves rolling biased balls called woods closer to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty" over an area of grass called a "green" which is between 31 and 40 metres long. The two main variations of bowls are flat green, in which the green should be completely flat and crown green in which the green will be uneven. David Bryant has also won gold at the World Indoor Bowls Championships in 1979, 1980 and 1981 as well as at the Commonwealth Games in 1962, 1970, 1974 and 1978. He was also voted Pipe Smoker of the Year in 1986 by the British Pipesmokers' Council.
From Quiz: Mixed UK Sports
Answer: Rugby League
Rugby League's stronghold is in the traditional northern English counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire. St Helens Saints moved into Langtree Park in 2011 whilst Warrington Wolves opened Halliwell Jones Stadium in 2004. Both are Rugby League specific venues, unlike the DW Stadium in Wigan and John Smith's Stadium in Huddersfield which are also used for soccer.
From Quiz: British Sporting Venues
Answer: I'm a Celebrity... Get me Out of Here!
Phil Tufnell is a former orthodox spin bowler who played for Middlesex between 1986 and 2002 as well as playing in 42 test matches and 20 one day international matches for the England national team. On his retirement from cricket in 2003 "Tuffers" as he is nicknamed appeared on the ITV reality show "I'm a Celebrity... Get me Out of Here!" and was voted the winner by the British public. Since his appearance on "I'm a Celebrity", "Tuffers" has appeared on a number of other reality and quiz shows as well as featuring regularly on the BBC's "The One Show" as the art reporter. In 2008 he replaced Ally McCoist as a team captain on "A Question of Sport". As well as TV work Phil Tufnell can be heard on the BBC's radio cricket commentary programme, "Test Match Special".
From Quiz: Television Athletes
Answer: Stick fighting contests
The Quarterstaff, sometimes known as a Balkstaff or Stave, was usually made from hardwood such as Ash or Oak and measured around six to nine feet. Some had metal tips making this close contact weapon even more lethal. Stick fighting contests were especially popular with the lower classes as the quarterstaff was fairly cheap to make. During the 16th century the Quarterstaff also became the favoured weapon of 'London Masters of Defense', an organisation founded during the reign of Henry VIII.
From Quiz: Run Through Medieval Sports
Answer: Aldaniti
After their Grand National triumph, Bob and Aldaniti were named as the 1981 BBC Sports Personalities of the Year. Bob Champion was awarded an MBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in 1982.
In the 1983 film, the role of Bob Champion was played by John Hurt.
From Quiz: Ten Sportsmen Named Bob
Answer: Rugby Union
Over the years, Nigel Starmer-Smith has commentated on Rugby Union for both the BBC and ITV. Capped seven times for England as a scrum-half, Nigel's early commentating career was somewhat overshadowed by the late great Bill McLaren. In addition to his work on Rugby, Nigel has also commentated on Olympic hockey, the version played on grass not ice.
From Quiz: UK Sports Commentators [2]
Answer: Cricket
John Arlott combined his poetic gift with his love of cricket to enchant the English radio listening public for over 30 years. Although he did a limited amount of cricket coverage on television, it was his magical use of the English language on radio that became synonymous with English summers. In 1975, his description of West Indian batsman Clive Lloyd's majestic strike as 'the stroke of a man knocking a thistle top off with a walking stick', lives long in the memory of his millions of admirers.
From Quiz: UK Sports Commentators [1]
Answer: Derby County
Derby County Football Club was originally formed in 1884 as an offshoot to the county's cricket club and played its home games at the cricket ground, known as the Racecourse Ground between 1884 and 1895. In 1888, the club became one of the 12 founding members of the Football League. In 1895, they moved their home ground to the Baseball Ground, prior to moving to the Pride Park stadium in 1997. The nickname was adopted from the First Regiment of Derby Militia, who had a ram as their mascot and the song, 'The Derby Ram', as their regimental song.
Stoke City are known as 'The Potters', due to the pottery industry in the area and West Bromwich Albion are called 'The Baggies'. Wolverhampton Wanderers are known as 'Wolves'.
From Quiz: They Think It's All Ovine
Answer: Sheffield Wednesday
Known as The Wednesday at the time, they beat Wolves 2-1 in 1896. They had previously lost in the final in 1890. They changed their name to Sheffield Wednesday in 1929.
From Quiz: Yorkshire Sporting Firsts
Answer: Huddersfield Town
In the movie, Toto was played by a cairn terrier called Terry, however, some say that the dog illustrated in L. Frank Baum's book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", is actually a Yorkshire terrier. Baum never actually specified the breed so it remains a matter of conjecture. Huddersfield Town's nickname is 'The Terriers' so I guess they are definitely Yorkshire Terriers. Bradford City's nickname is 'The Bantams', Leeds United's nickname is 'The Whites' (imaginative stuff!), and Sheffield Wednesday are known as 'The Owls'.
From Quiz: "The Wizard of Oz"? Sports?
Answer: Bog-snorkling
The first bog-snorkling world championship was held at Llanwrtyd Wells in 1985 and has become an annual contest attracting contestants and competitors from all over the world (well from Mid-Wales anyway). A 60-yard trench was cut through a peat-bog and contestants must negotiate two lengths wearing snorkels and flippers, wetsuits are usually worn but die-hard bog-snorklers scorn such frippery. As of 2007, the world record-holder is Joanne Pitchforth with a time of 1 minute and 35 seconds. Other events held at the same meeting include bog mountain biking and a bog-snorkling triathlon.
From Quiz: Some Crazy British 'Sports'
Answer: South Africa
Kaiser Chiefs, a British indie/britpop band from Leeds, was named after the club because Lucas Radebe, a former member of the Chiefs, captained the team they all supported, Leeds United AFC. The Kaizer Chiefs played their home games at either the FNB Stadium or Ellis Park Stadium, and were founded in 1970 in Soweto, Johannesburg.
From Quiz: Mixed Bag of UK Sports
Answer: Cycling
Well, unless the back wheel comes off then that is certainly a true statement. It might have been better to have told us who actually won the race but who needs that sort of information?
From Quiz: Sports Commentators
Answer: Collided
Schumacher went on to win the championship by a single point after the lap 36 stunt, but Damon's efforts were rewarded by winning the 1994 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year award.
From Quiz: Sports in 1994
Answer: a yachting-competition
The America's Cup as such was designed in 1848 by a London jeweler. The first Marquess of Anglesey presented it to the Royal Yacht Squadron as a racing-trophy. In 1851, a first competition was organised. The yachts were to race clockwise around the Isle of Wight. It became a glorious victory for the U.S.A. schooner, the America. When Queen Victoria once asked "who had been second in the race", she got the famous reply: "In this race, Your Majesty, there is no second".
From Quiz: Locations And Competitions In Sports
Answer: 1936
Fred Perry won in 1936.
From Quiz: The British Suck at Sport
Answer: 6
If it touches the ground first, it scores 4.
From Quiz: England: Sports and Games
Answer: 1966
England won the most prestigious football award in 1966 beating West Germany 4-2 after extra time (over-time) when England striker Geoff Hurst scored the only ever hat-trick in a World Cup final.
From Quiz: English Sports