MERRY Christmas sports fans, give our quiz a try!

Set yourself a goal and see how many you can get right.

 

1. Which nation will host the next Winter Olympics in 2018?

2. Who was the first professional football player to be knighted?

3. Which golfer has played in the most Ryder Cups?

4. Who did Wigan Warriors’ Ben Flower punch in the 2014 Super League Grand Final in order for him to be sent off?

5. Who did Brazil play in the opening match of World Cup 2014?

6. How many points are awarded for a touchdown in American Football?

7. In which year did the first London Marathon take place?

8. With 54 to his credit, which cricketer holds the record for most catches in Ashes Tests?

9. How many fences have to be jumped in the Grand National?

10. In 2009, Micheala Webb became the first female to referee which sport’s World Championship Final?

11. Who won three Formula One World Championships between 1988 and 1991?

12. In which sport might you find an oxer?

13. Who was man of the match in rugby league’s 2014 NRL Grand Final?

14. Who won the first gold medal for Team GB at the 2012 London Olympics?

15. What type of animal is FULECO, the official mascot of the World Cup 2014?

16. Who in 2014 became the oldest Ryder Cup team captain?

17. Which two positions in netball can score a goal?

18. Which winter sport combines cross country skiing with shooting?

19. Name the five events that make up the modern pentathlon?

20. Which club won football’s Capital One Cup in 2014?

21. In which sport do you throw stones at a house?

22. Which cricketer made his professional boxing debut in December 2012?

23. How many times have countries in the southern hemisphere hosted the winter games?

24. What is the highest finish with three shots in darts?

25. How many areas is an archery target divided into?

26. Which team won the football European Cup for the first five seasons it was contested?

27. Which team did Leigh Centurions defeat in rugby league’s Championship Grand Final in 2014?

28. Who was the first unseeded man to win the Wimbledon singles title?

29. Which country has won the most Olympic gold medals in men’s water polo?

30. How is footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known?

31. Where were the 2006 Commonwealth Games held?

32. At the start of a game of snooker how many balls are on the table?

33. Which batsman has scored the most runs in Ashes tests?

34. In which sports do teams compete for the following trophies: (a) The Stanley Cup, (b) The America’s Cup, (c) The Calcutta Cup, (d) The Solheim Cup and (e) The Larry O'Brian Trophy.

35. How many times can a volleyball be touched by one team before crossing the net?

36. In golf, what does a stimpmeter measure?

37. Which Edinburgh football club was formed first – Hearts or Hibs?

38. In showjumping, how many faults are recorded for a refusal?

39. Who was the first goalkeeper to save a penalty in a FA Cup Final?

40. The host nation Russia won the most medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Which nation came second in the medals table?

41. Which League One football team played their home matches at the Sixfields Stadium in Northampton last season?

42. Which jockey won the Grand National on Papillon in 2000 and the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Kauto Star in 2007 and 2009?

43. Who hit the 12th 147 break of his career during the 2014 Welsh Open final?

44. How many times has Phil Taylor won the PDC World Darts Championship?

45. In angling, what is a waggler?

46. Who did Martin Murray defeat in his last fight to set up a date with WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in February?

47. Which horse won the Grand National in 2014?

48. Who kicked 13 points for Toulon in their Heineken Cup Final defeat of Saracens in 2014?

49. In which country was athletics star Mo Farah born?

50. Why did a golfer in The Open in 2014 wear two pairs of trousers?