Sports Quiz

Round one:
1) Who was te first Irish driver to win a point in the Formula one world championship?

2) Who was the first Irish born man to win an Olympic gold medal?

3) Apart from Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and Mark Scanlon, what other Irishmen have ridden in the Tour de France (4)?

4) Apart from Ed Joyce, what other Irish man played first class county cricket this year?

5) In what sport is Padrag Harrington's cousin famous?

6) Who is the last fighter to win an Olympic gold medal and a World heavyweight title (IBF, WBC, WBA, WBO)?

7) Name every Irish athlete to have won a world championship gold medal (indoor, outdoor, cross country - total 5) ?

8) What connects Toronto St. Pats and Montreal Shamrocks?

9) Who are the only european football (soccer) club to have a professional American Football team?

10) Who played in the only NFL game played in Dublin?

1.Martin Donnelly
2.Ronnie (have you got it with you ?) Delaney
6.Lennox Lewis
7.John Treacy,Catriona Mc Kiernan,Eamon Coughlan,Sonia O Sullivan

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Originally Posted by the 12 th man

1.Martin Donnelly
2.Ronnie (have you got it with you ?) Delaney
6.Lennox Lewis
7.John Treacy,Catriona Mc Kiernan,Eamon Coughlan,Sonia O Sullivan

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1,2,6 - wrong
7 - 3 right (McKiernan only won silvers), missing 2

1. Derek Daly

3. Martin Earley

1. Correct
3. Yeah, still missing 3

paul kimmage for the tour de france?

Shay Elliot. First Irishman to wear the Maillot Jaune.

7. Treacy, Coughlan, O'Sullivan... it has to be two other cross country guys cause Coughlan won the first track World Championship medal won by an Irishman.
8.Both founded by Irish people
9. Barcelona?
10. Didn't know there was one played here, what year are we talking?

5. American Football. His name is Joey. Quarterback for the Detroit Lions
6. Audley Harrison
9. Ajax. The NFL team is the Amsterdan Admirals.
10. Navy vs Notre Dame. Was in Croke Pk

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Originally Posted by deecay

10. Navy vs Notre Dame. Was in Croke Pk

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Was that NFL? isn't that the college league??

OK, right answers first
1) Derek Daly
3) Earley, Kimmage and Elliot correct. Missing one...
5) Joey Harrington of the Detroit Lions
9) FC Barcelona. Originally on its own, the last year for the Barrcelna Dragons was played under the FC Barcelona umnbrella

The wrong answers so far
6) Harrison hasn't won a professional title so far
7) It wasn't cross country
8) Possibly founded by Irish people but looking for something more specific
10) Not the college game. It was the preseason American Bowl, and it was in the 90s

7. Ray Flynn

not Ray Flynn. There's a clue in the question lads....
7) Name every Irish athlete to have won a world championship gold medal (indoor, outdoor, cross country - total 5) ?

2. I've forgotten the name but he won it for the USA
6. Wladimir Klitschho and Harrison has won a title, the WBF (a meaningless one) but it's not one of the four you mentioned.
7. The missing two are Frank O'Mara and Marcus O'Sullivan.
10. The only two NFL teams to play a game in Dublin were the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears. It was NOT however an NFL game as it was pre-season and non-competitive.

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Originally Posted by Aberdonian Stu

6. Wladimir Klitschho and Harrison has won a title, the WBF (a meaningless one) but it's not one of the four you mentioned.
7. The missing two are Frank O'Mara and Marcus O'Sullivan.

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All correct. And in no way should the WBF belt be considered a world title. The WBO belt barley makes it FFS

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10. The only two NFL teams to play a game in Dublin were the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears. It was NOT however an NFL game as it was pre-season and non-competitive.

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http://www.nfl.com/international/story/6699961

It is considered an NFL game.

The Olympic goold medalist didn't represent the US...

So to recap the ones not answered yet

2) Who was the first Irish born man to win an Olympic gold medal? (not Delany, not representing the US)
3) Apart from Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and Mark Scanlon, Martin Earley, Paul Kimmage and Shay Elliot, what other Irishman have ridden in the Tour de France ?
4) Apart from Ed Joyce, what other Irish man played first class county cricket this year?
8) What connects Toronto St. Pats and Montreal Shamrocks? (apart from possibly being founded by Irish people)

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Originally Posted by Dodge

Round one:
2) Who was the first Irish born man to win an Olympic gold medal?

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John Pious Boland

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Originally Posted by Dodge

Round one:
4) Apart from Ed Joyce, what other Irish man played first class county cricket this year??

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Eoin Morgan (Middlesex)
Niall O'Brien (Kent)
Greg Thompson (Lancs)
Andrew White (Northamptonshire)

It must be one of them??

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Originally Posted by Dodge

3) Apart from Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and Mark Scanlon, Martin Earley, Paul Kimmage and Shay Elliot, what other Irishman have ridden in the Tour de France ?

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Peter Crinnion??

2) John Pius Boland. Won gold in individual and doubles tennis. Originally creditted to GB, he's now iriish according to the IOC
4) O'Brien is the only one to have played (according to what i can find)

Not Crin

3) Laurence Roche