Sports Quiz Part 4: General sport


Answers at the bottom of the page.
General sport
1: How many medals did Leeds gymnast Nile Wilson win at the Commonwealth Games?
2: How many Commonwealth Games medallists did the City of Leeds Diving Club produce?
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Hide Ad3: Which Leeds diver partnered Tom Daley to Commonwealth gold in the 10m synchro?
4: Name the triathlete who finished third behind the Brownlee brothers in the men’s triathlon?
5: Yorkshire’s Scott Thwaites won a bronze in the Commonwealth men’s road race, but who won gold?
6: How many medals did gymnast Max Whitlock win at the Commonwealth Games?
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Hide Ad7: Swimmer Adam Peaty broke the individual world record in which discipline?
8: Middlesbrough swimmer Aimee Willmott won silver medals in which two races?
9: How many gold medals did Usain Bolt win in Glasgow?
10: Who won the women’s 100m in Glasgow?
11: Which cyclist won stage one of the Tour de France into Harrogate?
12: Which rider fell in the sprint finish?
13: Who took the mountains classification through Yorkshire on day one of this year’s Tour de France?
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Hide Ad14: Which British rider was a late call-up to the Orica GreenEdge team for the 2014 race?
15: How many Britons finished the Tour de France?
16: Who was the highest placed English golfer at the Masters?
17: Which American finished in the top five of all four majors?
18: Who struck the winning shot in the Ryder Cup?
19: How many medals did Team GB win at the Winter Olympics in Sochi
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Hide Ad20: By what name were Yorkshire competitors like James Woods, Katie Summerhayes and Jamie Nicholls known having learned their sport on dry ski slopes?
21: Who was runner-up to Mark Selby in the World Snooker Championships.
22: Who won the men’s singles at the US Open?
23: Name the horse ridden by dressage champion Charlotte Dujardin.
24: Who won ice hockey’s Stanley Cup in 2014?
25: In the same sport, who did Sheffield Steelers beat in the final of the 2013-14 Elite League play-offs?
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Hide Ad26: In which round did Carl Froch stop George Groves to retain his WBA and IBF super-middleweight titles?
27: Who did Kell Brook beat to win the IBF welterweight championship?
28: 8.29m was the winning distance at the European Championships for which athlete?
29: How many races did Lewis Hamilton win en route to winning the 2014 Formula 1 world title?
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Hide Ad30: At which grand prix did Marussia win their first and only points?
Answers
General sport: 1 4; 2 6; 3 James Denny; 4 Richard Murray; 5 Geraint Thomas; 6 5; 7 50m breaststroke; 8 400m IM and 200m butterfly; 9 1 (4x100m relay); 10 Blessing Okagbare; 11 Marcel Kittel; 12 Mark Cavendish; 13 Jens Voigt; 14 Simon Yates; 15 1, Geraint Thomas; 16 Lee Westwood; 17 Rickie Fowler; 18 Jamie Donaldson; 19 4; 20 The Fridge Kids; 21 Ronnie O’Sullivan; 22 Marin Cilic; 23 Valegro; 24 Los Angeles Kings; 25 Belfast Giants; 26 9th; 27 Shawn Porter; 28 Greg Rutherford; 29 11; 30 Monaco.