Sports Odd One Out Trivia Quiz

Answer: Dibber

A brassie was the equivalent of the 3 Wood; a spoon was similar to a 5 Wood; a niblick was a lofted iron club. A dibber is a gardening implement used to make a hole in the ground.

Answer: Denmark

Stockholm (Sweden) hosted the 1912 summer games; Antwerp (Belgium) was the venue for the 1920 summer games; and Innsbruck (Austria) hosted the winter games in both 1964 and 1976. Denmark was never the venue for a 20th century Olympiad.

Answer: Italian Open

The four Grand Slam tournaments are the Australian Open, played in Melbourne in January; the French Open, played in Paris in late May/early June; Wimbledon, played in London in July; and the US Open, held in New York in late August/early September. The Italian Open is not a Grand Slam tournament, but is still one of the most prestigious tournaments on both the ATP and WTA tours - it takes place in Rome in May, under various alternative names such as the Rome Masters and Internazionali BNL d'Italia.

Answer: Orange

There are 22 balls on the table at the start of a frame of snooker. The white "cue" ball which is used to pot the other balls, fifteen red balls worth one point each, and six "colours", one of each, with ascending values of yellow (two points), green (three), brown (four), blue (five), pink (six) and black (seven). There isn't an orange ball.

Answer: Canberra Raiders

Richmond Tigers, from Melbourne, won their eleventh VFL/AFL grand final in 2017; Geelong Cats won their ninth tile in 2011; Fremantle Dockers still awaited their first title when the 2018 season kicked off. Canberra Raiders are a rugby league team who are members of the NRL (National Rugby League).

Answer: Brooklyn Dodgers

The Polo Grounds was an iconic stadium situated in Coogan's Bluff in upper Manhattan. Opened in 1890, it was home to the New York Giants from 1891 until 1957, after which the franchise relocated to San Francisco. The New York Yankees shared the stadium with the Giants from 1913 until 1922, before moving across the Harlem River to Yankee Stadium.

The New York Mets played their first two seasons as an expansion franchise there in 1962-63 before their own Shea Stadium was ready. The Polo Grounds was demolished shortly afterwards.

The Brooklyn Dodgers played in Brooklyn from 1884 until moving to Los Angeles in 1958, mostly at Ebbets Field.

Answer: Grand National

The five English flat racing classics are the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas (both run at Newmarket), the Oaks and the Derby (both run at Epsom), and the St Leger (run at Doncaster). The Grand National, held at Aintree, Liverpool, is a steeplechase race (where the horses have to jump over fences).

Answer: Tampa Bay Bandits

The full list of American franchises, who played various seasons between 1993-95, was Baltimore Stallions, Birmingham Barracudas, Las Vegas Posse, Memphis Mad Dogs, Sacramento Gold Miners, San Antonio Texans and Shreveport Pirates. The Stallions actually won the Grey Cup in 1995, before relocating to Montreal in 1996. All the other teams folded.
The Tampa Bay Bandits were members of the United States Football League from 1983-85.

Answer: Catcher

Gully stands wide of the slips looking to catch an edged ball; Silly mid off stands close to the batsman on the off side; Long leg stands on the boundary on the leg side.
Catcher is a positon in baseball - the cricket equivalent is wicket keeper.

Answer: Frankie Fredericks

Borzov won gold at Munich in 1972; Wells finished first at Moscow in 1980; Christie crossed the line first at Barcelona in 1992. Fredericks, from Namibia, was runner-up to Christie in 1992, and won silver again in Atlanta four years later, behind Donovan Bailey.