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English Sports Trivia Quiz

A little mixture of questions based on English Sports - hope you enjoy it, and good luck - you shouldnt need it.

A multiple-choice quiz by TheRock123321. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
TheRock123321

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
3,420

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2473

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which English Premier League side won the first ever Treble: League Champions, the FA Cup and the European Champions League? Hint

Barnsley

Liverpool

Manchester United

Manchester City

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Question 2 of 10

2. In what year did England win the Jules Rimet World Cup? Hint

Never Won it

1962

1966

1970

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which English County Cricket team plays at the world famous The Oval? Hint

Sussex

Surrey

Essex

Middlesex

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these English athletes won the decathlon at the Olympic Games? Hint

Daley Thompson

Daley Telegraph

Dale Thompson

Dean Hickman

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these sports is played with 13 players (on the pitch at one time for one team - not including substitutions)? Hint

Rugby League

Football

Rugby Union

Cricket

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Sheffield Steelers play which sport? Hint

Baseball

American Football

Basketball

Ice Hockey

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Question 7 of 10

7. The world famous rugby league team Featherstone Rovers played at which stadium in 2003? Hint

JJB Stadium

Lionheart Stadium

McCalpine Stadium

Autoquest Stadium

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where was the golfer Colin Montgomerie born? Hint

England

Wales

Ireland

Scotland

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which English football manager got sacked by the English FA and was then appointed manager by Southampton FC? Hint

Terry Venables

Kevin Keegan

Glenn Hoddle

Alan Shearer

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the England manager in charge when England won the World Cup? Hint

Sir Matt Busby

Alf Greenwood

Alf Ramsey

Bobby Robson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which English Premier League side won the first ever Treble: League Champions, the FA Cup and the European Champions League?

Answer: Manchester United

2. In what year did England win the Jules Rimet World Cup?

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.

3. Which English County Cricket team plays at the world famous The Oval?

Answer: Surrey

The cricket ground is called the Oval believe it or not, because, it is Oval shaped - boring fact hey!

4. Which of these English athletes won the decathlon at the Olympic Games?

Answer: Daley Thompson

He was the first ever English athlete to win the 10 event competition.

5. Which of these sports is played with 13 players (on the pitch at one time for one team - not including substitutions)?

Answer: Rugby League

Rugby League has 13 players on each team and 4 subs also - Rugby Union has 15 players on each team - Football has 11 Players - Cricket has also 11 players on each team.

6. The Sheffield Steelers play which sport?

Answer: Ice Hockey

They get their nickname - due to the city of Sheffield being a massive area of the British Steel Industry in years gone by.

7. The world famous rugby league team Featherstone Rovers played at which stadium in 2003?

Answer: Lionheart Stadium

Featherstone Rovers are world famous (believe it or not) as they are the best supported team in the world in ratio to the number of people who live in the town and the number of fans they get - in the 1970s 80s and early 90s they used to attract just under half the town's population to their games.

8. Where was the golfer Colin Montgomerie born?

Answer: Scotland

9. Which English football manager got sacked by the English FA and was then appointed manager by Southampton FC?

Answer: Glenn Hoddle

Glenn Hoddle was relieved of his duties for saying, 'Disabled people must be paying for something done in a previous life'.

10. Who was the England manager in charge when England won the World Cup?

Answer: Alf Ramsey

Played at Wembley Stadium, vs. West Germany in 1966, 4-2 aet.

Source: Author TheRock123321

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