Sports Quiz

[Dodge]

1) Which horse is the last horse to have won England's Triple Crown (2,000 guineas, Derby, St Leger)

2) What is the oldest active awarded trophy in World Sports?

3) Who is the only Irish born player ever to play in the NBA?

4) IN what competition (country and sport) have the following teams all been national champions; Bethlehem Steel, Ukranian Nationals, Central Breweries

5) Who was the first ever World Heavyweight Boxing Champion?

6) Who was the last tennis player to have won a grand slam (all four majors in one year)?

7) Who are the olympic basketball champions?

8) In men's athletics what is the oldest standing world record (in championship events)?

9) Where were the 1889 GAA All Ireland finals played?

10) The current NFL Europa was originally founded as the World League of American Football. Who are the only non European team wo have won the "World Bowl"?

[Risteard]

6 is Steffi Graf i'd imagine. 1990 i think unless you mean grand-slam over any number of years.

As for 1889, get over yourself.:p:ball:
Stumped for the rest of them but i believe the Dream Team lost to some europeans.

[bennocelt]

let me take a few guesses

1) Vintage crop
2) Ashes
3) O'neill

7) argentina

8) sergi bubka's pole vault record

9) New York


good questions

[Dodge]

Steffi Graf is right but it was 1988

Argentina is right for the Olympic basketball, rest are wrong

[finlma]

The only one is know is 3 and the answer is Pat Burke - he plays with the Phoenix Suns.

[DmanDmythDledge]

FA Cup is the oldest competition.

[Dodge]

Burke is right, FA Cup is wrong

[DmanDmythDledge]

Calcutta Cup?

[beautifulrock]

I think Nijinsky is the answer to number one, they were talking about it on Saturday. FA cup number two ??

[Dodge]

Nijinsky is right (1970)

No to Calcutta Cup

[DmanDmythDledge]

9) Where were the 1889 GAA All Ireland finals played?
Croke Park

[endabob1]

Americas Cup is the oldest Sporting trophy I think

The Bethlehem Steel, Ukranian Nationals, Central Breweries have all won the US Open Cup (American FA Cup equivalent)

Irishman John Sullivan was the first heavyweight champion of the world

Does Bob Beamons long jump record at alltitude from Mexico still stand?

Were the GAA finals played in the US?

[Risteard]

Croke Park

It was on the old ground of what Richmond Park is now, correct?

[soccerc]

It was on the old ground of what Richmond Park is now, correct?

No, Oblates on Tyrconnell Road

[Dodge]

Americas Cup is the oldest Sporting trophy I think

The Bethlehem Steel, Ukranian Nationals, Central Breweries have all won the US Open Cup (American FA Cup equivalent)

Irishman John Sullivan was the first heavyweight champion of the world

All correct, although John Sullivan was born in the US

[Dodge]

No, Oblates on Tyrconnell Road

Correct, the record books just say Inchicore though

[endabob1]

All correct, although John Sullivan was born in the US


My Dad always claimed he was from outside Athlone :confused:

I assume the long jump is not the record then?

[swano]

Is the mile the Athlethics answer?

[swano]

World bowl winner must have been the early years as it's only Europeans now.

Orlando? Sacremento? Pretty sure they both played in the finals in the early 90's when the London Monarchs were a decent team.

[paul_oshea]

i think the argies won it, i know its not america though cos they kept it quiet when they lost and tried to take away from it, great to see them not winning it.
jack broughton was the the first champion dodge, i think that one is controversial one anyhow, cos he was the first to set about "official" rules for boxing. the first 15 round proper was jack dempsey though( i wonder where his roots lie!!!! )

Pat Burke was the first nba player.

1889 gaa finals were played in inchicore i think between dublin and clare ( though it would have been clubs playing then ), i think this must have been at your local quiz dodge in your club pub.

[paul_oshea]

btw i was in the middle of answering this question at 1.30 but was called into a meeting!!!!

[Schumi]

I think 8 is the 400m Hurdles.

[Dodge]

400m Hurdles is the longest standing running world record, but not the longest running track & field record

Sacramento is right (The Sacramento Surge beat the Orlando Thunder in the 1992 final)

You're wrong on the boxing Paul

[Schumi]

400m Hurdles is the longest standing running world record, but not the longest running track & field recordMeaning the answer is a field event? I'm not sure if I've understood this properly.

[swano]

I know it's not javelin so by process of elimination... hammer...shot put!

[Schumi]

Discus!

Think that's all of them. :D

[Superhoops]

I know it's not javelin so by process of elimination... hammer...shot put!

I think it is the hammer. Record is over 20 years old held by some Russian???

[Dodge]

Its discus, Jurgen Schult of Germany in 1986


So thats all of them. Feel free to ask your own...

[Schumi]

Its discus, Jurgen Schult of Germany in 1986

East Germany by any chance?

[Dodge]

Aye...

[DmanDmythDledge]

Name the only time 2 irish players played for each side(4 players in total) (Not northern) in an FA cup final who was playing for and what year ?
1996. Keane and Irwin for Man Utd, McAteer and Babb for Liverpool.

[beautifulrock]

1983 Man U (Moran/Stapleton) V Brighton (Gerry Ryan (owns a pub outside the Brighton) Michael Robinson). And Smith must score...................

[Superhoops]

Name the only time 2 irish players played for each side(4 players in total) (Not northern) in an FA cup final who was playing for and what year ?

1996 is right with Babb/McAteer and Keane/Irwin but in 2004 Man.Utd v Millwall, Roy Keane and John O'Shea played for Utd, Robbie Ryan and Barry Cogan played for Millwall (Cogan came on for Ryan), but certainly 2 Irish players played for each side.

[Risteard]

Good questions lads.
Potentiol case for merging (http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=20840&highlight=football+trivia&page=43)

[paul_oshea]

You're wrong on the boxing Paul


hmmm, i am not so sure....it all depends what your definition of the first heavyweight boxing champ was....i mean boxings first official rules came about in the late 1700s. This is why I said its controversial. Is the question who became the first 15 round winner or is it who was the first winner in the older rules i.e. who was knocked down first without being able to get back up ( unlimited rounds )? 3 different answers for each......

[Dodge]

1983 Man U (Moran/Stapleton) V Brighton (Gerry Ryan (owns a pub outside the Brighton) Michael Robinson). And Smith must score...................

Gary Howlett played in that Cup final for Brighton too

[Superhoops]

1983 Man U (Moran/Stapleton) V Brighton (Gerry Ryan (owns a pub outside the Brighton) Michael Robinson)....


Gary Howlett played in that Cup final for Brighton too

Gerry Ryan came on a sub in the first game. Surprised no one has mentioned that Tony Grealish captained Brighton in both games.

[beautifulrock]

Gerry Ryan came on a sub in the first game. Surprised no one has mentioned that Tony Grealish captained Brighton in both games.

yes indeed Superhoop, good shout. WAs concentrating on getting two from each team,
So far then we have 83, 96 and 2004 and all are correct.