Mixed UK Sports Trivia Quiz

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.

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.

Answer: Witches

Speedway motorcycles have a 500cc engine, one gear and no brakes and are capable of reaching 70 mph. A typical speedway race consists of four or six riders racing for four laps on a dirt or shale oval track. The sport has been popular in UK since the 1920s and has seen riders such as Peter Collins, Michael Lee and Tai Woffinden become world champions.

Answer: Kettering Town

Gazza was appointed Kettering manager in October 2005 and stated he was going to use his own money to buy a third of the club and help lift them out of the Football Conference North. During his time at the club, Kettering had a record of played six, won two, drawn two and lost two, but he was sacked by the chairman who stated that in the two months of his tenure, Gascoigne had been under the influence of alcohol every day and he had had to deal with 37 separate incidents involving Gazza. Gascoigne claimed for his part that the chairman had interfered with his training methods, not paid him and not given him the chance to invest his money.

Answer: Rounders

Rounders was first referenced in 1744 in children's book "A Little Pretty Pocket-Book", although it was called base ball in this book. The main differences between rounders and baseball are, as a rounders bat is shorter, it is usually swung one handed and each batter receives only one "good ball" (bowled underarm as in softball) and must run whether they hit it or not, meaning that there are no "walks" or "strike outs" as in baseball. Also schoolgirls in UK don't wear a baseball glove when fielding.

Answer: Cricket

Cricket has been played in UK since the 16th century and its popularity spread with the British Empire and it is now played all over the world including USA who play annually for the K.A. Auty Cup against Canada. The teams in the question are the limited overs teams of Derbyshire and Warwickshire and play in competitions such as the "Twenty20 Cup".

Answer: Nick Matthew

Nick Matthew is a monster on the squash court. He has also won Commonwealth Games gold in 2010 and 2014 as well as victories at the Australian, Hong Kong, North American, and U.S. Opens, not forgetting winning the Qatar Classic, PSA Masters and the Tournament of Champions. According to figures released by the World Squash Federation in 2009, there are almost 50,000 squash courts around the world, in almost 200 different countries. Nick Park is the creator of "Wallace and Gromit", Nick Cotton was a character on TV soap "Eastenders" and Nick Elodeon is a kids TV channel.

Answer: Netball

Netball has been played in UK since the late 19th century and is still a part of many schoolgirl's physical exercise classes. Its popularity was further increased by media coverage of Tracey Neville, who was part of the England team that competed in the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games and sister to Manchester United footballers, Phil and Gary Neville. Following retirement in 2008, she took up coaching and in 2015 was named as England coach leading the team to their first ever netball gold medal when they defeated Australia 52-51 in the 2018 Commonwealth Games finals.

Answer: Hockey

As well as international honours, Danson has also won several championships with club team Reading and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2017 in recognition of her outstanding hockey career. Hockey is known as field hockey in USA and Canada and land hockey in Scandinavia to distinguish it from ice hockey.

Answer: Croquet

Tracing its roots back to France,The modern game is thought to have started in England in the 1850s where it quickly became popular, leading to the foundation of The Wimbledon All England Croquet Club in 1868, which is now the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and home to the Wimbledon tennis championships each year.

The objective in croquet is to hit your ball(s) with a large wooden mallet through a course of six hoops in the right sequence in each direction and then finish by hitting them against the centre peg.

The side which completes the course first with both balls wins.