Tuesday Sports Quiz #13 - answers now added

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I scored 8 ½ on these, so they must be fairly gettable 🙂 - good luck!
I’ll add the answers late this afternoon.

1 Excluding other home nations, which team have England faced the most in qualifying matches for the men’s football World Cup and European Championship?
2 Which England opener made his Test debut against West Indies at Edgbaston in 1984 and was on ten when struck by a Malcolm Marshall bouncer? (He retired not out and never played Test cricket again.)
3 Which team knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup in 1983 and 1984 (they were in the second tier in the second of those games)?
4 Name the five men with 1,000-plus points in international rugby union.
5 Which team scored more than one quarter of their league goals from penalties in their Premier League relegation season of 2004-05?
6 John Isner and Nicolas Mahut combined for the longest match in tennis at Wimbledon in 2010 — for how long were they playing (to the nearest hour)?
7 Which two men have managed Southampton and Scotland this century?
8 Women’s professional golf is set to return in the UK on June 18 at which course?
9 This season’s FA Cup final will be played in August; in which year was the League Cup final held in that month?
10 Usain Bolt won silver in the 200m at the 2007 World Championships. Which American duo won gold and bronze?
11 Which team played in five European club finals between 1973 and 1980, two of them against Liverpool?
12 Which British Formula One team entered the 1997 Australian Grand Prix but failed to qualify, and never raced again?
13 Who joined Everton in 2000, 15 years after providing the assist for the winning goal against them in the FA Cup final?
14 Who was the captain of Great Britain’s gold medal-winning women’s hockey team at Rio 2016?
15 Who were English football champions in 1949 and 1950 but otherwise have never finished in the top two of the top flight?
16 Which horse won the Gold Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2004?
17 Clubs from which two countries have shared the Uefa Women’s Champions League trophy for the past 12 seasons?
18 Which present Premier League ground staged an Ashes Test in 1902?
19 One Bryan Robson captained England’s football team but another player whose real name was Bryan Robson was the top flight’s leading scorer in 1972-73. For which team was he playing?
20 Tennessee Titans were established in the NFL in 1999. What was the franchise called in the previous two seasons?
21 Aside from the co-hosted event in 2002, which men’s football World Cup has been held across the most cities?
22 In which event did Rhona Martin win an Olympic gold medal?
23 In which year was the Premier League last won by a team whose home shirt is red?
24 Peter Sagan has won the points classification in seven of the past eight editions of the Tour de France. Who won the other one?
25 Which is the only club to have played in the finals of both the FA Cup and League Cup this century when outside the top flight?
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Answers
1
Poland (16 times)
2 Andy Lloyd
3 Brighton & Hove Albion
4 Dan Carter, Jonny Wilkinson, Neil Jenkins, Ronan O’Gara, Diego Domínguez
5 Crystal Palace
6 11 hours (and five minutes)
7 George Burley and Gordon Strachan
8 Brokenhurst Manor
9 1961 – the first leg of the competition’s first final was in August
10 Tyson Gay (gold) and Wallace Spearmon (bronze)
11 Borussia Mönchengladbach (they lost to Liverpool in the 1973 Uefa Cup final and the 1977 European Cup final)
12 MasterCard Lola
13 Mark Hughes, who set up Norman Whiteside’s goal for Manchester United in 1985
14 Kate Richardson-Walsh
15 Portsmouth
16 Best Mate
17 France and Germany
18 Bramall Lane
19 West Ham United (he was better known as Pop Robson)
20 Tennessee Oilers (from 1960-96, they were Houston Oilers)
21 1982, held in 14 Spanish cities
22 Curling (she was the skip of Britain’s women’s team at the 2002 Winter Olympics)
23 2013 – Manchester United. Since then Manchester City, Chelsea and Leicester City have shared the trophy
24 Michael Matthews
25 Cardiff City (they lost to Portsmouth in the 2008 FA Cup final and to Liverpool in 2012 League Cup final)
 
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1. Croatia??

20. Tenesee Oilers (as took on Houston Oilers name)
24. Michael Matthews

Found this super difficult.
 
I scored 8 ½ on these, so they must be fairly gettable 🙂 - good luck!
I’ll add the answers late this afternoon.

1 Excluding other home nations, which team have England faced the most in qualifying matches for the men’s football World Cup and European Championship?
2 Which England opener made his Test debut against West Indies at Edgbaston in 1984 and was on ten when struck by a Malcolm Marshall bouncer? (He retired not out and never played Test cricket again.)
3 Which team knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup in 1983 and 1984 (they were in the second tier in the second of those games)?
4 Name the five men with 1,000-plus points in international rugby union.
5 Which team scored more than one quarter of their league goals from penalties in their Premier League relegation season of 2004-05?
6 John Isner and Nicolas Mahut combined for the longest match in tennis at Wimbledon in 2010 — for how long were they playing (to the nearest hour)?
7 Which two men have managed Southampton and Scotland this century?
8 Women’s professional golf is set to return in the UK on June 18 at which course?
9 This season’s FA Cup final will be played in August; in which year was the League Cup final held in that month?
10 Usain Bolt won silver in the 200m at the 2007 World Championships. Which American duo won gold and bronze?
11 Which team played in five European club finals between 1973 and 1980, two of them against Liverpool?
12 Which British Formula One team entered the 1997 Australian Grand Prix but failed to qualify, and never raced again?
13 Who joined Everton in 2000, 15 years after providing the assist for the winning goal against them in the FA Cup final?
14 Who was the captain of Great Britain’s gold medal-winning women’s hockey team at Rio 2016?
15 Who were English football champions in 1949 and 1950 but otherwise have never finished in the top two of the top flight?
16 Which horse won the Gold Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2004?
17 Clubs from which two countries have shared the Uefa Women’s Champions League trophy for the past 12 seasons?
18 Which present Premier League ground staged an Ashes Test in 1902?
19 One Bryan Robson captained England’s football team but another player whose real name was Bryan Robson was the top flight’s leading scorer in 1972-73. For which team was he playing?
20 Tennessee Titans were established in the NFL in 1999. What was the franchise called in the previous two seasons?
21 Aside from the co-hosted event in 2002, which men’s football World Cup has been held across the most cities?
22 In which event did Rhona Martin win an Olympic gold medal?
23 In which year was the Premier League last won by a team whose home shirt is red?
24 Peter Sagan has won the points classification in seven of the past eight editions of the Tour de France. Who won the other one?
25 Which is the only club to have played in the finals of both the FA Cup and League Cup this century when outside the top flight?
1 Poland?
3 Brighton
4Johnny Wilkinson, Dan Carter - Others?
11 FC Bruges
15 Portsmouth
 
I scored 8 ½ on these, so they must be fairly gettable 🙂 - good luck!
I’ll add the answers late this afternoon.

1 Excluding other home nations, which team have England faced the most in qualifying matches for the men’s football World Cup and European Championship?
2 Which England opener made his Test debut against West Indies at Edgbaston in 1984 and was on ten when struck by a Malcolm Marshall bouncer? (He retired not out and never played Test cricket again.)
3 Which team knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup in 1983 and 1984 (they were in the second tier in the second of those games)?
4 Name the five men with 1,000-plus points in international rugby union.
5 Which team scored more than one quarter of their league goals from penalties in their Premier League relegation season of 2004-05?
6 John Isner and Nicolas Mahut combined for the longest match in tennis at Wimbledon in 2010 — for how long were they playing (to the nearest hour)?
7 Which two men have managed Southampton and Scotland this century?
8 Women’s professional golf is set to return in the UK on June 18 at which course?
9 This season’s FA Cup final will be played in August; in which year was the League Cup final held in that month?
10 Usain Bolt won silver in the 200m at the 2007 World Championships. Which American duo won gold and bronze?
11 Which team played in five European club finals between 1973 and 1980, two of them against Liverpool?
12 Which British Formula One team entered the 1997 Australian Grand Prix but failed to qualify, and never raced again?
13 Who joined Everton in 2000, 15 years after providing the assist for the winning goal against them in the FA Cup final?
14 Who was the captain of Great Britain’s gold medal-winning women’s hockey team at Rio 2016?
15 Who were English football champions in 1949 and 1950 but otherwise have never finished in the top two of the top flight?
16 Which horse won the Gold Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2004?
17 Clubs from which two countries have shared the Uefa Women’s Champions League trophy for the past 12 seasons?
18 Which present Premier League ground staged an Ashes Test in 1902?
19 One Bryan Robson captained England’s football team but another player whose real name was Bryan Robson was the top flight’s leading scorer in 1972-73. For which team was he playing?
20 Tennessee Titans were established in the NFL in 1999. What was the franchise called in the previous two seasons?
21 Aside from the co-hosted event in 2002, which men’s football World Cup has been held across the most cities?
22 In which event did Rhona Martin win an Olympic gold medal?
23 In which year was the Premier League last won by a team whose home shirt is red?
24 Peter Sagan has won the points classification in seven of the past eight editions of the Tour de France. Who won the other one?
25 Which is the only club to have played in the finals of both the FA Cup and League Cup this century when outside the top flight?
18. Brammal lane?
17 France and England
23 2012
25 Bradford city?
 
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