Sport on the Silver Screen Trivia Quiz

Answer: Skiing

Robert Redford starred in this 1969 offering about a maverick member of the US ski team. Gene Hackman had the unenviable task of trying to mould him into the team ethos.

Answer: Pool

The movie was made in 1980 and starred James Coburn, Omar Sharif and Bruce Boxleitner. Coburn played a fading pool star who took the fledgling hustler Boxleitner under his wing.

Answer: Slap Shot

Newman starred as a player/coach who tried to turn the 'Charlestown Chiefs' from losers to winners. The film was based on a book by Nancy Dowd, whose brother (Ned) had been a minor league hockey player. The movie got mixed reviews when first released, but in 1998 'Maxim' magazine named it "Best Guy Movie Of All Time".

Answer: Baseball

Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neill led the cast in this 1976 offering about an aging pro drafted in to coach a team of youngsters playing little league baseball in southern California. He called in a girl pitcher (played by O'Neill, then aged 12) to help revive their fortunes. The writer, Bill Lancaster, won a WGA Award for 'Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen.'

Answer: Roller skating

Raquel Welch starred in the 1972 picture about a roller derby skater caught between desires of stardom and living a normal but happy life. Jody Foster was among the supporting cast

Answer: Motor racing

Made in 1977, the movie was about Formula One racing and starred Al Pacino as a reckless driver whose increasing sense of superiority and tangled love life jeopardized his winning ways. Real-life F1 drivers including Tom Pryce, James Hunt, Patrick Depaillier and Mario Andretti drove some of the cars in the action sequences.

Answer: Golf

Directed by Bobby Roth in 1988, this was a comedy about a professional golfer who liked the good time and a 'rock and roll' style life but then had to get his act together to play on the PGA tour. Randy Quaid and Jack Warden led the cast.

Answer: Rollerball

Made in 1975, 'Rollerball' was subjected to a remake in 2002. The concept centered around a world where there were no countries, just giant corporations that controlled the population. Caan starred as a veteran player who defied the bosses of the corporation that owned his team. To borrow a phrase, "expect scenes of violence from the start and throughout."

Answer: Players

This romantic drama centered around a young up-and-coming tennis player (Dean Paul Martin) who fell for the charms of an older woman (MacGraw). John McEnroe and Ile Nastase had cameo parts.

Answer: Extreme skiing

'The Maltese Flamingo' was made in 1986 and involved Glen Plake and other top extreme skiers jumping off impossible cliffs and skiing away. Two years later, he made 'The Blizzard Of Aahhhs'.