Toastrack
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Today's teasers are all about sporting comebacks.
I'll nip back with the answers late this afternoon.
Good luck!
1 By what score did Charlton Athletic beat Huddersfield Town in December 1957 when they made a dramatic comeback despite playing with ten men for 75 minutes because of an injury?
2 In the 100th Test at Lord’s in 2000, after England gave up a 133-run deficit in the first innings, what were West Indies bowled out for in their second innings?
3 Watford’s 3-2 win over which opponents in 2019 was the first case since the First World War of a team winning an FA Cup semi-final match from two goals down?
4 In the 2019 Calcutta Cup match, which ended 38-38, England were leading 31-0 when which Scotsman scored a charge-down breakaway try?
5 Which third-tier club won the 1967 League Cup final 3-2 from 2-0 down against top-flight West Bromwich Albion?
6 How many shots was Paul Lawrie behind Jean van de Velde at the start of the fourth round of the 1999 Open?
7 Which team did Manchester United trail 3-0 away to at half-time before winning 5-3 in September 2001?
8 Which Briton, ranked No 479 in the world at the time, was down 6-0, 5-0 (40-30) against Jessika Ponchet in an ITF Tour event last year — and went on to win?
9 Which English team beat Real Madrid 4-1 at home in the European Cup in 1975-76 only to lose the second leg away 5-1?
10 Australia’s Steven Bradbury became known around the world for his gold medal-winning tactics in which discipline at the 2002 Winter Olympics?
11 Who beat Wimbledon 3-2 at home from 2-0 down on the last day of the 1993-94 Premier League season when a draw would have had them relegated?
12 In the seventh race of the 2011 Formula One season, Jenson Button was in 21st after 37 laps, having endured two crashes, a puncture, a stop-go penalty and a two-hour delay due to torrential rain. After 70 laps he had risen to take victory. Where did the grand prix take place?
13 Which team won 6-4 away to Birmingham City from 4-1 down en route to promotion to the top flight on Easter Monday 1993?
14 When India won after following on against Australia in Kolkata in 2001, who scored 281 in India’s second innings?
15 Somen Tchoyi scored a hat-trick for which team as they drew 3-3 from 3-0 down away to Newcastle United in the top flight in 2011?
16 In the Miracle at Medinah, which European’s victory made it 14-13 to retain the Ryder Cup?
17 When Antwerp scored in the 90th, 92nd and 95th minutes to pip Levski Sofia in the Uefa Cup in 1989, which Belgian former Tottenham Hotspur player scored two of those goals?
18 Oracle Team USA 17 launched a famous comeback in which event in 2013?
19 In October 1978 Chelsea were 3-0 behind at home to Bolton Wanderers with 20 minutes left yet won 4-3, with the winner an own goal by which future Bolton manager?
20 Lloyd Williams’s kick infield set up Gareth Davies for a pivotal try in a 28-25 win for injury-ravaged Wales against England in the 2015 World Cup. Who had Williams, a scrum half, replaced on the left wing?
21 In a Champions League match in 1993, which German club trailed 3-0 at home to Anderlecht with 25 minutes left yet won 5-3?
22 In Super Bowl LI, New England Patriots scored 25 unanswered points to beat which franchise 34-28?
23 Wolverhampton Wanderers finished bottom of the Premier League in 2003-04 yet that season beat which team 4-3 from 3-0 down at half-time?
24 Norway’s Simen Hegstad Krüger fell and broke a ski pole at the start of a 30km cross-country skiing race at the 2018 Olympics, but recovered to win gold. The discipline combines classic and skating — what is it called?
25 Which future Chelsea player scored twice in the 2005 Champions League final for AC Milan, who led Liverpool 3-0 only to lose on penalties?
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Answers
1 7-6. They trailed 5-1 with 27 minutes left
2 54
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
4 Stuart McInally
5 Queens Park Rangers
6 Ten shots
7 Tottenham Hotspur
8 Tara Moore
9 Derby County
10 Short track speed skating (1,000m) — Bradbury reasoned in the semi-final that his best chance of beating superior skaters was hanging back in the chance they all crashed, which duly happened, and again in the final
11 Everton
12 Canada
13 Swindon Town
14 VVS Laxman
15 West Bromwich Albion
16 Martin Kaymer
17 Nico Claesen
18 America’s Cup
19 Sam Allardyce
20 Hallam Amos
21 Werder Bremen
22 Atlanta Falcons
23 Leicester City
24 Skiathlon
25 Hernán Crespo
I'll nip back with the answers late this afternoon.
Good luck!
1 By what score did Charlton Athletic beat Huddersfield Town in December 1957 when they made a dramatic comeback despite playing with ten men for 75 minutes because of an injury?
2 In the 100th Test at Lord’s in 2000, after England gave up a 133-run deficit in the first innings, what were West Indies bowled out for in their second innings?
3 Watford’s 3-2 win over which opponents in 2019 was the first case since the First World War of a team winning an FA Cup semi-final match from two goals down?
4 In the 2019 Calcutta Cup match, which ended 38-38, England were leading 31-0 when which Scotsman scored a charge-down breakaway try?
5 Which third-tier club won the 1967 League Cup final 3-2 from 2-0 down against top-flight West Bromwich Albion?
6 How many shots was Paul Lawrie behind Jean van de Velde at the start of the fourth round of the 1999 Open?
7 Which team did Manchester United trail 3-0 away to at half-time before winning 5-3 in September 2001?
8 Which Briton, ranked No 479 in the world at the time, was down 6-0, 5-0 (40-30) against Jessika Ponchet in an ITF Tour event last year — and went on to win?
9 Which English team beat Real Madrid 4-1 at home in the European Cup in 1975-76 only to lose the second leg away 5-1?
10 Australia’s Steven Bradbury became known around the world for his gold medal-winning tactics in which discipline at the 2002 Winter Olympics?
11 Who beat Wimbledon 3-2 at home from 2-0 down on the last day of the 1993-94 Premier League season when a draw would have had them relegated?
12 In the seventh race of the 2011 Formula One season, Jenson Button was in 21st after 37 laps, having endured two crashes, a puncture, a stop-go penalty and a two-hour delay due to torrential rain. After 70 laps he had risen to take victory. Where did the grand prix take place?
13 Which team won 6-4 away to Birmingham City from 4-1 down en route to promotion to the top flight on Easter Monday 1993?
14 When India won after following on against Australia in Kolkata in 2001, who scored 281 in India’s second innings?
15 Somen Tchoyi scored a hat-trick for which team as they drew 3-3 from 3-0 down away to Newcastle United in the top flight in 2011?
16 In the Miracle at Medinah, which European’s victory made it 14-13 to retain the Ryder Cup?
17 When Antwerp scored in the 90th, 92nd and 95th minutes to pip Levski Sofia in the Uefa Cup in 1989, which Belgian former Tottenham Hotspur player scored two of those goals?
18 Oracle Team USA 17 launched a famous comeback in which event in 2013?
19 In October 1978 Chelsea were 3-0 behind at home to Bolton Wanderers with 20 minutes left yet won 4-3, with the winner an own goal by which future Bolton manager?
20 Lloyd Williams’s kick infield set up Gareth Davies for a pivotal try in a 28-25 win for injury-ravaged Wales against England in the 2015 World Cup. Who had Williams, a scrum half, replaced on the left wing?
21 In a Champions League match in 1993, which German club trailed 3-0 at home to Anderlecht with 25 minutes left yet won 5-3?
22 In Super Bowl LI, New England Patriots scored 25 unanswered points to beat which franchise 34-28?
23 Wolverhampton Wanderers finished bottom of the Premier League in 2003-04 yet that season beat which team 4-3 from 3-0 down at half-time?
24 Norway’s Simen Hegstad Krüger fell and broke a ski pole at the start of a 30km cross-country skiing race at the 2018 Olympics, but recovered to win gold. The discipline combines classic and skating — what is it called?
25 Which future Chelsea player scored twice in the 2005 Champions League final for AC Milan, who led Liverpool 3-0 only to lose on penalties?
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Answers
1 7-6. They trailed 5-1 with 27 minutes left
2 54
3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
4 Stuart McInally
5 Queens Park Rangers
6 Ten shots
7 Tottenham Hotspur
8 Tara Moore
9 Derby County
10 Short track speed skating (1,000m) — Bradbury reasoned in the semi-final that his best chance of beating superior skaters was hanging back in the chance they all crashed, which duly happened, and again in the final
11 Everton
12 Canada
13 Swindon Town
14 VVS Laxman
15 West Bromwich Albion
16 Martin Kaymer
17 Nico Claesen
18 America’s Cup
19 Sam Allardyce
20 Hallam Amos
21 Werder Bremen
22 Atlanta Falcons
23 Leicester City
24 Skiathlon
25 Hernán Crespo
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