Scottish Sporting Greats - Men Quiz

Answer: Chris Hoy

Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy, MBE was born in Edinburgh in 1976. He raced BMX from the age of 7 to 14, and was ranked second in Britain, fifth in Europe and ninth in the world. He joined his first cycling club in 1990 and three years later began focussing on track cycling.

He represented Great Britain at four Olympic Games between 2000 and 2012, winning six gold medals and one silver, making him at the time the most decorated British Olympian. He also won two Commonwealth gold medals for Scotland between 2002 and 2006, and 11 gold medals at the World Championships between 1999 and 2012.

He was voted BBC Sports Personality of the year in 2008, and was knighted by the Queen in 2009 for services to sport, following up on his 2005 MBE.

Answer: Andy Murray

Sir Andrew Barron Murray, OBE was born in Glasgow in 1987. He began playing tennis at the age of three, and won the Junior US Open in 2004. He turned professional the next year, and in 2006 became British number one. He won gold at the 2012 Olympics, becoming the first British player to do so since 1908. He followed that up with victory in the 2012 US Open, the first British player to win a Grand Slam final since Fred Perry in 1936. In 2013 he became the first British player since Perry in 1936 to win Wimbledon, a tournament he won again in 2016. He retained his Olympic gold medal in 2016 and would end the year as the number one ranked player in the world. He had previously helped Great Britain win the 2015 Davis Cup, their first win in the competition since 1936. He was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2013, 2015 and 2016. He was awarded an OBE in 2013, and was knighted in 2017.

His older brother Jamie also played tennis, focussing on the doubles circuit. He has won various Grand Slam events both in men's doubles and mixed doubles.

Answer: Stephen Hendry

Stephen Gordon Hendry MBE was born in South Queensferry, Edinburgh, in 1969. He started playing snooker at the age of 12, and turned professional in 1985. The following year, at the age of only 17, he became the youngest ever player to qualify for the World Championship, a record he held until 2012.

He became the youngest player to win the World Championship in 1990. He would go on to dominate the sport in the 1990s, winning a further six World Championships, a record in the modern era at the time, and spent nine seasons as world number one.

As well as his seven World Championships, he won a further 29 ranking events, including five UK Championships. He also won six Masters titles. He retired in 2012, having made a total of 775 career century breaks, including 11 officially recognised maximum breaks in professional competition.

He was awarded an MBE in 1994.

Answer: Dario Franchitti

George Dario Marino Franchitti, MBE was born in Bathgate, West Lothian in 1973. After becoming interested in karting, he won the Scottish Junior Championship in 1984 and the British Junior Championship in 1985 and 1986. After progressing through various other disciplines, he went on to win the IndyCar Series in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011, and also won the Indianapolis 500 in 2007, 2010 and 2012.

He was awarded the MBE in 2014 for services to motor racing.

Answer: Colin Montgomerie

Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE was born in Glasgow in 1963. Montgomerie was raised in Yorkshire in England, where he joined Ilkley Gold Club. After turning professional in 1988, he was named Rookie of the Year on the European Tour. He won his first event in 1989, the Portuguese Open, and made his Ryder Cup debut in 1991.

He finished first in on the European Tour Order of Merit in seven consecutive years, from 1993 to 1999. He spent 400 weeks in the world top 10, at one point reaching number two. He never managed to win a major championship, although he did come close on several occasions.

He won 20 and drew 7 of his 36 Ryder Cup matches, and captained Europe to victory in the Ryder Cup in 2010. He was awarded an OBE in 2004.

Answer: Ken Buchanan

Ken Buchanan MBE was born in Edinburgh in 1945. After turning professional in 1965, he became British lightweight champion in 1968. He became WBA lightweight champion in 1970 with a victory over Ismael Laguna, and in 1971 he acquired the vacant WBC championship to become the undisputed world lightweight champion.

He was stripped of the WBC title in 1971, however, for failing to defend the title against Pedro Carrasco. He retired in 1976, but returned in 1978 before retiring for good in 1982. He won 61 fights in his career, 27 by KO, and lost only 8.

He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2000, only the second Brit to achieve the feat.

Answer: Willie Carson

William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE was born in Stirling in 1942. During his career he had a total of 3823 wins, passing 100 wins in a season 23 times. His best season was in 1990 when he rode 187 winners. On 30 June 1990, he rode six winners at Newcastle Racecourse, one of only four jockeys in the 20th century to achieve such a feat.

He was named British Champion Jockey five times between 1972 and 1983, and he won 17 British Classic Races (1,000 Guineas, 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Oakes, Epsom Derby and St Leger Stakes).

He was awarded an OBE in 1983 for services to horse racing.

Answer: Denis Law

Denis Law CBE was born in Aberdeen in 1940. He started his career at Huddersfield Town before moving to Manchester City, Torino and then Manchester United, setting British transfer records during each move. It was during his 11 years at Manchester United from 1962-1973 that he is probably best remembered. He helped them become league champions in 1965 and 1967, and become the first team from England to win the European Cup in 1968. In a team which boasted Bobby Charlton and George Best, Law was nicknamed "The King" by United fans. He scored 237 goals in 404 appearances for United before moving back to Manchester City, where he scored the winning goal on the last day of the 1973/74 season against Manchester United which saw United relegated from the old First Division. He retired at the end of that season.

Law was capped 55 times for Scotland, scoring 30 goals for his country, including one in Scotland's infamous 3-2 win over World Cup winners England in 1967. He won the Ballon d'Or, also known as the European Footballer of the Year award, in 1964. He was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2004.

Answer: Allan Wells

Allan Wipper Wells MBE was born in Edinburgh in 1952. Initially a triple jumper and long jumper, he began focussing on sprint events in 1976. He won the 100m gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, and the 200m silver medal at the same event. His other victories include two gold medals and one silver at the 1978 Commonwealth Games, and two golds and one bronze at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.

He also picked up a gold and silver medal at the IAAF World Cup in 1981, and three gold, two silver and a bronze in the European Cup between 1979 and 1983.

Answer: Bobby Thomson

Robert Brown Thomson was born in Glasgow in 1923. The youngest of six children, his father had moved to New York City shortly before Bobby was born, and his family joined him in 1925. He signed for the New York Giants in 1942, before joining the US Army Air Forces during World War II.

His three-run homer against the Brooklyn Dodgers to win the 1951 to win the 1951 National League pennant became popularly known as the "Shot Hear 'Round the World". He had three All Star selections in 1948, 1949 and 1952, made 264 home runs during his career, 1026 runs batted in, and had a batting average of .270.

He also played for the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. He died in 2010 in Savannah, Georgia, where he had moved to be near his daughter and grandchildren.