Festive Sports Quiz of 2015 - the Answers ...

DID you get chance to have a go at our Christmas Quiz of 2015 amid all the festivities on Christmas Day?
..
.

No worries if not, it’s only a bit of fun but you can follow the link below to the questions and then come back here to see how well you’ve done.

In case you missed them - the questions are HERE

International cricket

1 Aaron Finch. 2 Brendon McCullum. 3 Moeen Ali. 4 Afghanistan. 5 South Africa and India. 6 3-2. 7 3-2 to Australia. 8 1933. 9 Adelaide Strikers. 10 RE “Tip” Foster.

Local cricket

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

11 Tim Bresnan. 12 Yorkshire won by nine wickets. 13 Cheteshwar Pujara. 14 Steve. 15 New Road, Worcester. 16 Derbyshire. 17 Third. 18 Five hundreds and five fifties. 19 Andrew Gale. 20 11 games and 286 points.

Local football: 21 Lee Johnson. 22 Eight. 23 Arsene Wenger, Paul Tisdale, Karl Robinson, Jim Bentley. 24 Richard Cresswell. 25 Middlesbrough. 26 Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United. 27 Stabaek. 28 Ron Flowers, Gordon Banks. 29 Five. 30 2010-11.

International football: 31 Wales, Russia, Slovakia. 32 1984. 33 Spain, 2-0 in November. 34 Switzerland. 35 Robert Lewandowski (13 goals). 36 Ivory Coast. 37 1958 (World Cup). 38 24. 39 Andorra, Gibraltar. 40 Austria, 28 points from 10 games in Group G.

General sport

41 United States, France, Australia & Belgium. 42 Leeds Rhinos. 43 Mo Farah (5,000m & 10,000m), Greg Rutherford (long jump) & Jessica Ennis-Hill (heptathlon). 44 Chris Froome. 45 Utrecht. 46 10. 47 Kansas City Royals. 48 Chicago Blackhawks. 49 National Basketball Association play-off winners. 50 Danny Kent. 51 Eliud Kipchoge. 52 Taekwondo. 53 Laura Bassett. 54 Novak Djokovic (Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open), Stan Wawrinka (French Open). 55 Flavia Pennetta. 56 Zach Johnson. 57 Jordan Spieth (Masters, US Open), Jason Day (PGA Championship). 58 Inbee Park. 59 Dusseldorf. 60 New England Patriots. 61 James Hall, Brinn Bevan, Daniel Purvis, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas, Max Whitlock & Nile Wilson. 62 Saracens. 63 Ireland (top on points difference), Scotland (bottom). 64 Stuart Bingham. 65 Elise Christie. 66 Sebastien Ogier. 67 Clermont & Toulon. 68 Scottish Open, Open Championship & WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. 69 Gary Anderson. 70 Adam Peaty. 71 Sergey Bubka, the former Olympic pole vault champion. 72 3. 73 Lars-Petter Nordhaug. 74 Hull. 75 Ben Swift. 76 Switzerland. 77 10. 78 Kazan. 79 Seven. 80 Rebecca Gallantree.

Rugby league

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

81 Zak Hardaker. 82 Jermaine McGillvary. 83 Three. 84 Ben Roberts. 85 Five - Joe Burgess, John Bateman, George Williams, Mike Cooper and Jermaine McGillvary. 86 125. 87 Danny Houghton. 88 Dane Chisholm. 89 Lee Gaskell. 90 Johnathan Thurston.

Rugby union

91 Peter Clegg. 92 Luther Burrell. 93 Rotherham Titans (fourth in Championship). 94 Ospreys Premiership Select. 95 Rudding Lane. 96 Hinckley. 97 Vili Veikoso. 98 Mark Jones. 99 Worcester. 100 Five.

Rugby World Cup

101 Italy, Canada, Scotland, United States. 102 Brighton Community Stadium. 103 Four. 104 23. 105 Bernard Foley. 106 Ireland v Romania at Wembley Stadium (89,267). 107 Craig Joubert. 108 Wales. 109 62. 110 Dan Carter.

Racing – Flat

111 William Buick. 112 Arabian Queen. 113 David Elsworth and Silvestre de Sousa. 114 Litigant. 115 Joe Tuite and Oisin Murphy. 116 Ralph Beckett. 117 Amazing Maria. 118 Trip To Paris. 119 Tom Marquand. 120 Two.

Racing – National Hunt

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

121 Leighton Aspell. 122 Captain Christy (1974). 123 Uxizandre. 124 Capard King. 125 Sean Bowen. 126 Un Temps Pour Tout. 127 Paddy Brennan. 128 Kilcooley. 129 Gavin Sheehan. 130 Dodging Bullets.

Who am I?

131 Carlos Carvalhal. 132 Kyle Edmund. 133 David Goffin. 134 Tom Brady. 135 Jenson Button. 136 Yvan Mendy. 137 Rebekah Tiler. 138 David Willey. 139 Matty Lee. 140 Roberta Vinci.