Sport - 1 point
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
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| Football - World | Across its various name changes - World Player of the Year, Ballon d'Or Winner, Best FIFA Men's Player - who is the only African, who later his country's President, to have been voted the world's best male footballer? | George Weah | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - World | What city name is shared by previous champions of England and Australia's football leagues, with the English side last winning in 1927, and the Australian side in 2008? | Newcastle | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - World | Which Belgian footballer's blocked transfer from RFC Liège to Dunkerque in France in 1995, and subsequent 70% wage cut, led to a European Court of Justice case and changes in professional football that Alex Ferguson described as 'all hell broke loose'? | Jean-Marc Bosman *Bosman took a case to the European Court, leading to the Bosman ruling that allowed players freedom of movement once their contracts had expired | 2023/04/22 |
| Football - World | Which sports company has made the official football for every World Cup tournament since 1970? | Adidas | 2024/04/08 |
| Football - World | In football, which nation has competed in the most men's World Cup qualifying campaigns without ever reaching the finals? | Luxembourg *As of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Luxembourg had attempted to qualify for the World Cup 21 times without success. | 2024/06/15 |
| Football - Europe | In which European nation is the domestic football cup called Coppa Titano, a name that could be seen as ironic considering the nation's size? | San Marino | 2024/12/08 |
| Football - Europe | In the seven World Cup finals for which Bulgaria have qualified, all but four of the surnames of the players in their squads have ended with the letter ‘v’. With what letter did the other four names end? | I *The four players whose names did not end with ‘v’ were Evgeni Yanchovski (1966), Milko Gaydarski (1970), Georgi Kamenski (1970), and Petar Mihtarski (1994). | 2025/01/01 |
| Football - Australia | Which Australian international featured opposite Kylian Mbappé on the cover of FIFA23, thus becoming the first female cover athlete in the FIFA computer game series? | Sam Kerr | 2023/04/28 |
| Football - World Cup | Who is the only footballer to have scored at five World Cup finals? | Cristiano Ronaldo | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - World Cup | How many goals did Just Fontaine score at the 1958 World Cup, the most scored by a single player in a World Cup Finals? | 13 | 2024/06/15 |
| Football - Champions League | What is the only French team to have won the Champions League since it was introduced for the 1992-1993 season? | Marseille (or Olympique de Marseille) | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - Champions League | What is the only country to have hosted successive Champions League or European Cup finals, doing so in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions affecting Turkey? | Portugal *Covid meant that the 2019-2020 competition had its quarter-finals, semi-finals and final all played in Lisbon, rather than in Istanbul. Istanbul then replaced St Petersburg as the scheduled host for the next year’s final, but was replaced because both the finalists were from England, which had put Turkey on its travel red list. The final was therefore moved to Porto. | 2025/01/09 |
| Football - Italy | Which Italian football team won eight trophies between 1992 and 2002 - including four European trophies - before collapsing when its parent company underwent Europe's largest ever bankruptcy, having a €14bn hole in its accounts? | Parma *Parma was owned by Parmalat, which went bankrupt in 2003. Parmalat's owner, Calisto Tanzi, was found guilty of embezzling €800m. | 2024/04/18 |
| Football - Italy | Which Scottish midfield player was named the Italian Serie A midfielder of the year 2023-2024 after his performances for Bologna? | Lewis Ferguson | 2024/10/29 |
| Football - Scotland | The name of which Scottish football club’s stadium translates from Gaelic as 'dung hill'? | Aberdeen *Aberdeen’s stadium is called Pittodrie. pit = pit, hollow todhar = dung, manure | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - Scotland | Which Scottish women's team won the Premier League 14 times in a row between 2008 and 2021? | Glasgow City | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - Scotland | The great-grandfather of current Scottish woman's football captain, Rachel Corsie, is credited with introducing what feature to football stadiums? | Dugout | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - Scotland | Which Scottish football team was believed the first in the world to introduce dugouts to a football stadium, doing so in the 1920s? | Aberdeen | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - Scotland | Who is Scotland's all-time top scorer at World Cup Finals? | Joe Jordan *Jordan has 4 World Cup Finals goals, scored across the 1974, 1978 and 1982 tournaments | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - Scotland | In the 2020-2021 season, which team won both the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup, becoming the first non-Old Firm team to win the cup double since Aberdeen in 1989-1990? | St Johnstone | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - Scotland | Which Scottish island had its football pitch featured in FIFA's Museum of Football in 2015 due to its unusual location and uneven playing surface? | Eriskay | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - Scotland | Which side, which has not played in Scotland's top flight since 1985, won the first two Scottish Football League championships in 1891 and 1892? | Dumbarton | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - Scotland | Which then Highland League football team was nicknamed ‘the worst team in football’ in 2019 after famously finishing a season with zero wins, two draws, thirty-two losses, a points total of -7, and a goal difference of -224? | Fort William | 2024/10/31 |
| Football - Scotland | What football team is the only one to have fired Alex Ferguson as manager? | St Mirren | 2025/01/09 |
| Football - England | Which English football team sat three points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League table on March 22 2015, yet became Premier League champions on 2 May 2016? | Leicester City *Leicester won 7 of their final 9 games in the 2015-2016 season, then won the league the next year | 2023/04/22 |
| Football - England | Which English team won the 1st division title in 1984-1985, signed Gary Lineker for the next season, didn't win the title, sold Gary Lineker, and then won the title again in 1986-1987? | Everton | 2023/04/22 |
| Football - England | What is the only football team in England's top four divisions whose name does not contain any of the letters in the word 'mackerel'? | Swindon Town | 2023/04/22 |
| Football - UK | Who is the only British football player to have broken the football world transfer record in the 21st century? | Gareth Bale *Bale was transferred from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid for £86m in 2013. | 2024/04/28 |
| Football - South America | In 2024, Argentina won the Copa América for the 16th time, taking them one clear of which other South American team for most wins in the competition? | Uruguay *Uruguay have won the Copa América 15 times, compared to only 9 victories for record World Cup winners Brazil. | 2024/10/22 |
| Football - Africa | The national football of which west African nation are known by the nickname the Black Stars? | Ghana | 2024/10/31 |
| Football - Miscellaneous | What football move shares its name with a type of spice? | Nutmeg | 2024/04/08 |
| Football - Miscellaneous | In colloquial Spanish, with the term now listed in the Royal Spanish Academy's official dictionary, for which South American country is the football skill of an overhead kick named? | Chile *The skill is called a chilena. | 2024/10/30 |
| Tennis | From and including the French Open in 2005 to Wimbledon in 2014, 4 men won 34 of the 35 men's tennis grand slam singles titles on offer: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray. Who won the other? | Juan Martin del Potro | 2023/04/14 |
| Tennis | At which of the four tennis majors did Nicolas Mahut and John Isner play the sport’s longest ever match in 2010, with Isner winning 70-68 in the fifth set after over 11 hours of playing time held across three days? | Wimbledon | 2024/12/07 |
| Athletics | What is the only country to have won the men and women's 100m gold double in three consecutive Olympics? | Jamaica (2008, 2012, 2016) | 2023/04/14 |
| Athletics | At the London 2012 Olympics, St Kitts and Nevis sprinter Kim Collins, a previous World Champion, was expelled from his national team. What unusual reason was given? | He had left the Olympic Village to visit his wife, thus missing training sessions | 2023/04/14 |
| Athletics | According to his biography ‘The Fastest Man Alive’, a fear of stomach issues led Usain Bolt to eat what item off the MacDonald’s menu for every meal during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, at which he won gold in the 100m and 200m in world record times? | Chicken McNuggets | 2024/12/07 |
| Cycling | Professional cycling's most prestigious one-day races are known as Monuments. How many Monuments are there in the cycling calendar? | 5 | 2023/04/14 |
| Cycling | In 2022, Eritrea's Biniam Girmay became the first black African to win a stage in one of cycling's three Grand Tours when he won stage 10 of the Giro D'Italia. For what unusual reason did Girmany have to withdraw from the race the next day? | The popped cork from his celebratory bottle of prosecco, opened on the podium, hit him in the eye. | 2023/04/14 |
| Motor Sport | Which British racing driver is the only to have completed the so-called Triple Crown of Motorsport, having won the Indy 500, the Monaco Grand Prix, and the 24 hour of Le Mans? | Graham Hill | 2023/04/14 |
| Motor Sport | Which European country holds the record for the most men's Motocross World Champions in each of the 500cc, 250cc and 125cc categories? | Belgium | 2023/04/14 |
| US Sports | Frederick Arthur Stanley, the 16th Earl of Derby, who lived from 1841 to 1908, was an original inductee into the Hall of Fame of which North American sport? | Ice hockey *It is he after whom the Stanley Cup trophy is named. | 2023/04/14 |
| US Sports | From 1956 to 1979, the ice hockey team of which Canadian city won 15 out of 24 Stanley Cups? | Montreal | 2023/04/14 |
| US Sports | Which NFL team is named after the gold rush that brought prospectors to Northern California in the middle of the 19th century? | San Francisco 49ers | 2023/04/14 |
| US Sports | Prior to a game on Valentines Day 1990, Michael Jordan's jersey was stolen, forcing him to wear which number with consecutive digits? | 12 | 2023/04/14 |
| US Sports | Across America's big four sports leagues - the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB - how many teams have the words 'New York' in their name? | 7 *New York Giants, New York Jets, New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New York Islanders, New York Yankees, New York Mets | 2023/04/14 |
| US Sports | In the NFL, what is the only team to have won back-to-back Super Bowls twice? | Pittsburgh Steelers *The Steelers won in 1975 and 1976, and then again in 1979 and 1980. | 2024/12/27 |
| Golf | What colour of jacket is awarded to the winner of the Masters golf tournament? | Green | 2024/04/06 |
| Snooker | The Wizard of Wishaw is the nickname of which Scottish snooker player? | John Higgins | 2023/04/14 |
| Snooker | Provided no fouls are committed and only one ball is potted per shot, what is theoretically the lowest possible total clearance in a frame of snooker? | 72 *15 reds (15 points) + 15 yellows (30 points) + colours (27 points) | 2024/12/19 |
| Cricket | In 1994, which international cricketer scored 798 runs against England in a single 5-test test series? | Brian Lara *The series included a score of 375, a then test record innings that Lara would later surpass with 400 not out, again against England | 2023/04/22 |
| Cricket | In the 2010-2011 Ashes in Australia, which English cricketer scored 766 runs in only 7 innings, at an average of 127, including 383 consecutive runs without being dismissed, to make him both the highest scoring English batsman in the Ashes since 1929 and the world record holder for longest time at the crease in a 5-test series? | Alistair Cook *Amongst his innings were 235 not out, 148, and 189. | 2023/04/22 |
| Cricket | In cricket, what term is used to describe an over in which a bowler concedes no runs? | Maiden | 2025/01/01 |
| Olympics | What object was secretly placed at centre ice of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics ice rink by Canadian worker Trent Evans, and was deemed lucky after Canada won gold in both the men and women's events? | Coin *The coin was a loonie ($1), and every Winter Olympics since has seen the Canadian Mint create special 'Lucky Loonie' coins. | 2024/04/09 |
| Olympics | What is the only city to have hosted both a summer and winter Olympics in the modern era?? | Beijing *Summer Olympics: 2008 Winter Olympics: 2022 | 2024/10/31 |
| Olympics | At which summer Olympics were the five Fuwa - Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini - the official mascots? | Beijing 2008 *The Fuwas' names read ‘Beijing huanying ni’, translated as ‘Beijing welcomes you’. | 2024/12/27 |
| Darts | What is the name of the line from behind which players must throw in a game of darts? | Oche | 2023/04/14 |
| Darts | What are the fewest numbers of darts in which a player can finish a standard leg of darts, in which players start at 501? | 9 | 2023/04/14 |
| Aquatics | From which west African nation were the swimmers Eric Moussambani and Paula Barila Bolopa, whose backstory and slow times at the 2000 Sydney Olympics earned them celebrity status and the nicknames Eric the Eel and Paula the Crawler? | Equatorial Guinea | 2023/04/14 |
| Table Tennis | As of December 2, 2024, the top five positions in the ITTF table tennis world rankings for women’s singles are all taken by players representing China. In a case of near symmetry, which other country has players in positions 6, 7, 8, and 10? | Japan *The player to break the sequence is Cheng I-Ching of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), the world number 9. | 2024/12/07 |
| Traditional | Rarájipari, a running game in which teams kick a ball to the next village, sometimes as far as 100 miles away, is played by the Tamahumara people in which country? | Mexico | 2024/04/18 |
| Miscellaneous | Between 1996 and 2016, Kingussie Camanachd and Newtonmore Camanachd won 19 of the first 20 Premier League championships in which Scottish sport? | Shinty | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | In arguably the longest winning streak in sports history, aided by the holder retaining home advantage until defeated by a challenger, the America's Cup was defended for 132 years by the yacht club of which American city? | New York | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | What is the term used in professional wrestling for portraying staged events as real? | Kayfabe | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | Vince MacMahon was the co-founder of what sports theatre organisation? | WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | The Auld Mug is a nickname given to which famous sailing trophy? | The America's Cup | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | Madeira Airport is officially named after which sportsperson? | Cristiano Ronaldo | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | In 2006, Belfast City Airport was renamed to honour which sportsperson? | George Best | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | The Gaelic football team of which Irish county has been labelled cursed after losing the last 11 All-Ireland finals it has reached, including back-to-back finals in the 90s, two in 3 years in the 2000s, and 6 in 10 years between 2012 and 2021? | Mayo *In its entire history Mayo have reached the final 18 times, losing on 15 of those occasions. Mayo last won the competition in 1951. | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | What colour are the dots used on a competition level squash ball, as per the World Squash Federation? | Yellow | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | La Gazzetta dello Sport, Italy's most read newspaper, is printed on what colour of paper? | Pink | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | Despite its name, every edition of the World Freshwater Angling Championships has been held in which continent since it began in 1954, with that continent also supplying all team winners and all bar one of the individual winners? | Europe | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | William Webb Ellis, the alleged inventor of the game of rugby, represented Oxford University at which sport? | Cricket | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | Peruvian Diego Elias has been a world number one in which sport? | Squash | 2024/10/31 |
| Miscellaneous | The sport SlamBall involves playing basketball on what athletic apparatus? | Trampoline | 2024/12/27 |
| Miscellaneous | The Heritage Classic, Winter Classic, and Stadium Series are occasions when which sports league plays matches outdoors? | NHL *The National Hockey League (NHL) is North America's ice hockey league. | 2024/12/27 |
| Sports Business | Who is the only client of sports agency CK66, run by Charlie Kane? | Harry Kane | 2025/01/09 |
Sport - 2 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
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| Football - World | 'The Big Blue' derby in Australia's A-League is usually played on Australia Day between leading football teams from which two cities? | 1.Sydney 2. Melbourne *Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - World | What are the only two teams outside of Europe's Big 5 Leagues - those being England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France - to have won the Champions League since it was introduced in 1992? | 1. Ajax (1994-1995) 2. Porto (2003-2004) | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - Scotland | What are currently the only two teams in Scotland's top four football divisions that use 'city' in their name? | 1. Edinburgh City 2. Elgin City *Brechin City were relegated from the leagues in 2021 | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - Scotland | In October 2024, which two Scottish football teams set a record in the country’s top flight for the latest two teams with 100% records played each other, both having won their first seven league games of the season? | 1. Celtic 2. Aberdeen | 2024/11/14 |
| Football - Scotland | Which Scottish Premiership football club shares its name with an American abstract expressionist painter from the New York School? And which other Scottish Premiership club shares its name with the town in Washington state in which this painter was born? | 1. Motherwell (Robert Motherwell) 2. Aberdeen | 2024/12/07 |
| Football - England | Dating back to its origins in 1888, what are the only two football teams with 'Town' in their name that have been champions of England's top division? | 1. Huddersfield Town 2. Ipswich Town *Huddersfield won three titles in a row: 1923-1924, 1924-1925, 1925-1926. Ipswich won the 1961-1962 season. | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - England | Which two 21st century captains of the England national football team also played for London youth team Ridgeway Rovers as children? | 1. David Beckham 2. Harry Kane *Ridgeway Rovers was established in 1979. Beckham played for Ridgeway's Under-10s team. Kane played for the Under-7s team. | 2024/04/28 |
| US Sports | Barring a single game before which he had his jersey stolen and had to wear a replacement, what two numbers did Michael Jordan wear throughout his NBA career? | 1. 23 2. 45 *Jordan wore the number 12 jersey for a game against the Orlando Magic after his own jersey was stolen. | 2023/04/14 |
| US Sports | Within America's big four sports leagues - the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB - what are the only two teams with numbers in their names? | 1. San Francisco 49ers 2. Philadelphia 76ers | 2023/04/14 |
| US Sports | Which are the only two NBA teams to have reached five consecutive NBA finals? | 1. Boston Celtics 2. Golden State Warriors *Boston made 10 consecutive finals between 1957 and 1966, winning 9. Golden State made 5 consecutive between 2015 and 2019, winning 3. | 2023/04/28 |
| US Sports | Which two NFL teams have the most Super Bowl victories, each having won the title six times? | 1. New England Patriots 2. Pittsburgh Steelers | 2024/10/31 |
| US Sports | What are the names of the two conferences within American Football’s NFL? | 1. AFC (American Football Conference) 2. NFC (National Football Conference) | 2024/12/07 |
| Snooker | What are the only 2 non-European countries to have a World Snooker Champion? | 1. Canada 2. Australia *Canada's champion was Cliff Thorburn (1980). Australia has had two champions: Horace Lindrum (1952) and Neil Robertson (2010) | 2023/04/14 |
| Athletics | After failing a drugs test in 1998, what two causes did US sprinter Dennis Mitchell originally give for his high levels of testosterone, claims which were surprisingly accepted by the US Track and Field organisation but ultimately rejected by the International Association of Athletics Federation? | 1. Alcohol 2. Sex * Mitchell said he had had 5 beers and made love to his wife at least 4 times because it was her birthday and 'the lady deserved a treat'. | 2023/04/14 |
| Rugby | Which are the only two rugby league teams to have won the BBC Sports Team of the Year Award? | 1. Wigan (1994) 2. St Helens (2006) | 2023/04/22 |
| Volleyball | 2025 will see the next editions of both the men’s and women’s World Volleyball Championships. Which two European countries are the respective reigning world champions? | 1. Italy (men) 2. Serbia (women) | 2024/12/27 |
| Badminton | Which two European countries are the only non-Asian nations to win an Olympic gold medal at badminton, in any of the men's, women's or doubles disciplines? | 1. Denmark 2. Spain *Denmark has won two men's singles golds. Spain has one women's singles gold. | 2023/04/14 |
Sport - 3 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Updated |
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| Football - English | The PFA Player of the Year award was won by which three Muslim footballers between 2015 and 2018? | 1. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) 2. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) 3. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) | 2024/12/07 |
| Football - Italian | Which three Italian football teams have won the European Cup or its successor, the Champions League? | 1. AC Milan 2. Inter Milan 3. Juventus | 2024/12/07 |
| Cycling | What coloured jerseys are worn by the respective leaders of cycling’s three grand tours, the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the Vuelta a España? | 1. Pink (Giro d'Italia) 2. Yellow (Tour de France) 3. Red (Vuelta a España) | 2023/04/14 |
| Cycling | Which three countries host professional cycling's Five Monuments, the five most prestigious one-day races in the sport? | 1. Italy 2. Belgium 3. France *Italy hosts two: Milan–San Remo, and Giro di Lombardia. Belgium also has two: Tour of Flanders, and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. France has one: Paris–Roubaix. | 2023/04/14 |
| Cycling | Which are the only 3 countries to have won the nations competition - that being the best country, rather than best individual - since Africa's UCI cycling tour was launched in 2005? | 1. South Africa 2. Morocco 3. Eritrea *South Africa won the first five. Morocco then won the next six. Eritrea won the next three, and South Africa the three after that. | 2023/04/14 |
| Gymnastics | Who are the only three professional gymnasts that have won the BBC World Sports Star of the Year award, previously known as the Overseas Sports Personality of the Year award? | 1. Olga Korbut (1972) 2. Nadia Comăneci (1976) 3. Simone Biles (2016) | 2023/04/22 |
| Snooker | In snooker, which three coloured balls are defined as the baulk colours? | 1. Yellow 2. Green 3. Brown *The baulk colours are situated on the baulk line at the top of the table. | 2024/05/30 |
Sport - 4 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Latest Update |
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| Football - English | Not including caretaker managers, who are the four non-British people to have been named manager of either the England men’s or women’s national football team? | 1. Sven-Goran Erikssen (men’s, 2001-2006) 2. Fabio Capello (men’s 2008-2012) 3. Sarina Wiegman (women’s, 2021-present) 4. Thomas Tuchel (men’s, starts 2025) | 2024/11/14 |
| Football - English | Which four English football teams to have played only one season in the English Premier League since it was founded in 1992? | 1. Swindon (1993-1994) 2. Barnsley (1997-1998) 3. Blackpool (2010-2011) 4. Luton (2023-2024) | 2024/12/07 |
| Football - Scottish | What are the four teams in Scotland's top four football divisions that use 'Athletic' in their team name? | 1. Dunfermline Athletic 2. Alloa Athletic 3. Annan Athletic 4. Forfar Athletic | 2023/04/14 |
| Football - German | What are the only four teams outside Bayern Munich that have won the German Bundesliga in the 21st century? | 1. Borussia Dortmund 2. Werder Bremen 3. VfB Stuttgart 4. Wolfsburg | 2023/04/21 |
| Football - World Cup | Which four countries have been to the final of the men’s football World Cup once? | 1. Sweden (1958) 2. England (1966) 3. Spain (2010) 4. Croatia (2018) | 2024/10/31 |
| Football - UK | What four club teams were managed by Alex Ferguson? | 1. East Stirling (1974) 2. St Mirren (1974-1978) 3. Aberdeen (1978-1986) 4. Manchester United (1986-2013) | 2025/01/07 |
| US Sports | Which 4 teams in American Football's NFL have nicknames relating to species of big cat? | 1. Detroit Lions 2. Cincinatti Bengals 3. Carolina Panthers 4. Jacksonville Jaguars | 2023/04/14 |
| US Sports | Since it was first played in 1967, which four NFL teams have never reached a Super Bowl? | 1. Cleveland Browns 2. Detroit Lions 3. Jacksonville Jaguars 4. Houston Texans | 2024/12/19 |
| Snooker | Which 4 Scottish players have won the World Snooker Championship? | 1. Walter Donaldson (1947, 1950) 2. Stephen Hendry (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999) 3. John Higgins (1998, 2007, 2009, 2011) 4. Graeme Dott (2006) | 2023/04/14 |
| Tennis | Which four female professional tennis players have won the BBC World Sports Star of the Year award, previously known as the Overseas Sports Personality of the Year award? | 1. Chris Evert 2. Martina Navratilova 3. Steffi Graf 4. Martina Hingis | 2023/04/22 |
| Tennis | Since the Open Era began in 1968, which four Swedes have won a tennis grand slam tournament? | 1. Bjorn Borg (11) 2. Mats Wilander (7) 3. Stefan Edberg (6) 4. Thomas Johansson (1) | 2024/12/07 |
| Golf | What are the names of the four men’s major golf championships? | 1. The Masters 2. The Open 3. US Open 4. PGA Championship | 2024/12/14 |
| Golf | Who are the four male golfers to remain as world number one for an entire calendar year - that being January 1st to December 31st - since the rankings were introduced in 1986? | 1. Nick Faldo (1993) 2. Greg Norman (1996) 3. Tiger Woods (2000-2003, 2006-2009) 4. Scottie Scheffler (2024) | 2025/01/01 |
| Rugby | The men’s rugby union teams of which four nations perform pre-match war dances respectively called the Haka, Siva Tau, Sipi Tau, and Cibi? | 1. New Zealand 2. Samoa 3. Tonga 4. Fiji | 2025/01/09 |
| Ten Pin Bowling | In ten pin bowling, what are the pin numbers of the four pins on the left-hand side of a rack? | 1, 2, 4, 7 *Pins are numbered from front to back, left to right. This means the front pin is number one; the left pin in the second row is number two; the left pin in the third row is number four; and the left pin in the fourth row is number seven. | 2024/04/18 |
Sport - 5 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
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| Football | Since making his professional debut in 2002 at the age of 17, for which five club sides has Cristiano Ronaldo played football? | 1. Sporting Lisbon 2. Manchester United 3. Real Madrid 4. Juventus 5. Al Nassr | 2024/12/14 |
| Tennis | Name the 5 non-European nations that have had a female tennis singles grand slam winner since the beginning of the year 2000. | 1. USA (Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Jennifer Capriati, Sloane Stephens, Sofia Kenin) 2. China (Li Na) 3. Australia (Sam Stosur, Ash Barty) 4. Japan (Naomi Osaka) 5. Canada (Bianca Andreescu) | 2023/04/14 |
| Cycling | Name the five professional cyclists that have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. | 1. Tom Simpson (1965) 2. Chris Hoy (2008) 3. Mark Cavendish (2011) 4. Bradley Wiggins (2012) 5. Geraint Thomas (2018) | 2023/04/14 |
| US Sports | What are the five ways of scoring in American football? | 1. Touchdown 2. Field goal 3. Safety 4. Two-point conversion 5. Extra point | 2023/04/14 |
| Cricket | Name the last five captains of the England cricket team. | 1. Andrew Strauss (2006-2012) 2. Kevin Pietersen (2008-2009) 3. Alastair Cook (2009-2017) 4. Joe Root (2017-2022) 5. Ben Stokes (2020- ) | 2023/04/14 |
| Miscellaneous | Which five African nations have hosted the men's Pétanque World Championships since its inception in 1959? | 1. Morocco 2. Tunisia 3. Algeria 4. Senegal 5. Madagascar | 2023/04/14 |
Sport - 6 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
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| Football - UK | Which six British footballers have won the Ballon d’Or prize for the world’s best male footballer? | 1. Stanley Matthews 2. Denis Law 3. Bobby Charlton 4. George Best 5. Kevin Keegan 6. Michael Owen | 2024/10/31 |
| Cycling | Which six countries outside the European Cycling Union have had a rider win one of the cycling three Grand Tours (Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España)? | 1. US 2. Colombia 3. Australia 4. Kazakhstan 5. Canada 6. Ecuador | 2024/04/03 |
| Rugby Union | What are the names of the six stadiums used by the competing nations in the men's Six Nations rugby championship? | 1. Twickenham (England) 2. Murrayfield (Scotland) 3. Aviva Stadium (Ireland) 4. Stade de France (France) 5. Millennium Stadium (Wales) 6. Stadio Olimpico (Italy) *Ireland's Lansdown Road was demolished in 2007, with the Aviva built on the same site. Stadio Olimpico is currently being used as renovations to the Stadio Flaminio have stalled. | 2023/04/14 |
| Formula One | What six racing teams have been Formula One constructors champions in the 21st century? | 1. Ferrari (2000-2004, 2007-2008) 2. Renault (2005-2006) 3. Brawn (2009) 4. Red Bull (2010-2013, 2022-2023) 5. Mercedes (2014-2021) 6. McLaren (2024) | 2024/12/19 |
| Miscellaneous | Who are the six people who have won both the main BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, which started in 1954, and the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement award, which started in 1996? | 1. Ian Botham (1981, 2004) 2. David Beckham (2001, 2010) 3. Steve Redgrave (2000, 2011) 4. Sebastian Coe (1979, 2012) 5. Chris Hoy (2008, 2014) 6. AP McCoy (Tony McCoy) (2010, 2015) | 2023/04/22 |
Sport - 7 points
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| Football | Which seven footballers have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award since it was introduced in 1954? | 1. Bobby Moore (1966) 2. Paul Gascoigne (1990) 3. Michael Owen (1998) 4. David Beckham (2001) 5. Ryan Giggs (2009) 6. Beth Mead (2022) 7. Mary Earps (2023) | 2024/03/03 |
| Scottish Football | Name the 7 companies that have sponsored Scotland's top men's football league. | 1. Fine Fare (1985-1988) 2. B&Q (1988-1992) 3. Bell's Whisky (1994-1998) 4. Bank of Scotland (1999-2007) 5. Clydesdale Bank (2007-2013) 6. Ladbrokes (2015-2020) 7. Cinch (2021- ) *Although Irn Bru sponsored the second, third and fourth tiers, and was the top flight's 'official soft drink' from 2013, it did not serve as a main sponsor of the top league | 2023/04/14 |
| Athletics | From 2025, when a new race is added to the series, in which seven cities will the World Marathon Majors be run? | 1. Tokyo 2. Boston 3. London 4. Sydney 5. Berlin 6. Chicago 7. New York | 2024/12/27 |
Sport - 8 points
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| Scottish Football | Which eight teams that have won Scotland's top men's football division since World War 2? | 1. Rangers 2. Hibernian 3. Celtic 4. Aberdeen 5. Heart of Midlothian 6. Dundee 7. Kilmarnock 8. Dundee United | 2023/04/14 |
| Rugby Union | Since its inaugural tournament in 1987, which eight nations have reached a Rugby Union World Cup semi-final? | 1. New Zealand 2. Australia 3. South Africa 4. Argentina 5. France 6. Wales 7. England 8. Scotland | 2024/12/14 |
| Athletics | Which 8 nations have had men's 100m Olympic champions since the first modern games held in 1896? | 1. USA 2. UK 3. Canada 4. Germany ('United Team of Germany') 5. USSR 6. Trinidad and Tobago 7. Jamaica 8. Italy | 2023/04/14 |
| US Sports | Since the Super Bowl era started in 1966, what the eight teams that have won back-to-back Super Bowls? | 1. Green Bay Packers (1967 & 1968) 2. Miami Dolphins (1973 & 1974) 3. Pittsburgh Steelers (1975 & 1976; 1979 & 1980) 4. San Francisco 49ers (1989 & 1990) 5. Dallas Cowboys (1993 & 1994) 6. Denver Broncos (1998 & 1999) 7. New England Patriots (2004 & 2005) 8. Kansas City Chiefs (2023 & 2024) | 2024/12/19 |
Sport - 9 points
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| Athletics | Which 9 nations have had women's 100m Olympic champions since the race was first introduced in 1928? | 1. USA 2. Poland 3. Netherlands 4. Australia 5. East Germany 6. West Germany 7. USSR 8. Belarus 9. Jamaica | 2023/04/14 |
Sport - 10 points
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| Tennis | Name the 10 countries that have had male tennis grand slam singles champions since Roger Federer won his first title in 2003, thus beginning the era known as 'The Big Three'. | 1. Switzerland (Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka) 2. US (Andy Roddick) 3. Argentina (Gaston Gaudio, Juan Martin del Potro) 4. Russia (Marat Safin, Daniil Medvedev) 5. Spain (Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz) 6. Serbia (Novak Djokovic) 7. UK (Andy Murray) 8. Croatia (Marin Cilic) 9. Austria (Dominic Thiem) 10. Italy (Jannik Sinner) | 2024/04/03 |
| Darts | Following Professional Darts Corporation rule 5.13.09, which states that the 20 segment must be coloured black, what are the ten black numbers on a standard dartboard? | 1. 2 2. 3 3. 7 4. 8 5. 10 6. 12 7. 13 8. 14 9. 18 10. 20 | 2024/12/07 |
Sport - 12 Points
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| Football | Which 12 football teams have won the BBC Sports Team of the Year Award since it was introduced in 1960? | 1. Tottenham Hotspur (1961) 2. England Youth Football Team (1964) 3. West Ham (1965) 4. England Men's Football Team (1966, 2021) 5. Celtic (1967) 6. Manchester United (1968, 1999) 7. Sunderland (1973) 8. Liverpool (1977, 1986, 2001, 2020) 9. Arsenal (1998) 10. Leicester City (2016) 11. England Women's Football Team (2022) 12. Manchester City (2023) | 2024/03/03 |
| Scottish Football | Which 12 teams play in the Scottish Women's Premier League? | 1. Aberdeen 2. Celtic 3. Dundee United 4. Glasgow City 5. Hamilton Academical 6. Heart of Midlothian (Hearts) 7. Hibernian (Hibs) 8. Montrose 9. Motherwell 10. Partick Thistle 11. Rangers 12. Spartans | 2024/03/03 |
Sport - 13 Points
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| Tennis | Which 13 countries have had male tennis grand slam singles champions since the beginning of the year 2000? | 1. USA (Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Andy Roddick) 2. Brazil (Gustavo Kuerton) 3. Russia (Marat Safin, Daniil Medvedev) 4. Croatia (Goran Ivanisevic, Marin Cilic) 5. Australia (Leyton Hewitt) 6. Sweden (Thomas Johansson) 7. Spain (Albert Costa, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz) 8. Switzerland (Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka) 9. Argentina (Gaston Gaudio, Juan Martin del Potro) 10. Serbia (Novak Djokovic) 11. UK (Andy Murray) 12. Austria (Dominic Thiem) 13. Jannik Sinner | 2024/03/03 |
Sport - 15 points
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| Tennis | Name the 15 European countries that have had women’s tennis grand slam singles tennis champions (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open) since the beginning of the year 2000. | 1. France (Mary Pierce, Amelie Mauresmo, Marion Bartoli) 2. Belgium (Justine Henin, Kim Clisjsters) 3. Russia (Anastasia Myskina, Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova) 4. Serbia (Ana Ivanovic) 5. Italy (Francesca Schiavone, Flavia Pennetta) 6. Czechia (Petra Kvitova, Barbora Krejčíková) 7. Belarus (Victoria Azarenka, Aryna Sabalenka) 8. Germany (Angelique Kerber) 9. Spain (Garbine Muguruza) 10. Latvia (Jelena Ostapenko) 11. Denmark (Caroline Wozniaki) 12. Romania (Simona Halep) 13. Poland (Iga Swiatek) 14. UK (Emma Raducanu) 15. Ukraine (Elena Rybakina) | 2024/03/03 |