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Sports Around the Globe Trivia Quiz

General questions on a range of sports.

A multiple-choice quiz by gregbrfc2. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
gregbrfc2

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
245,441

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
504

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first left handed golfer to win the Masters? Hint

Ben Hogan

Phil Mickleson

Mike Weir

Nick O'Hearn

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the tennis majors did Pete Sampras not win? Hint

Wimbledon

Australian Open

US Open

French Open

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the first Premiership footballer to have scored a hat-trick against Manchester United? Hint

Egil Ostenstad

David Bentley

Matt LeTisser

Thierry Henry

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the following England batsmen had the highest test match score of 364, made against Australia? Hint

Len Hutton

David Gower

Wally Hammond

Mike Gatting

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who scored the most runs for England in the 2005 Ashes series? Hint

Michael Vaughan

Andrew Flintoff

Kevin Pietersen

Andrew Strauss

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the first batsman to reach 10,000 Test match runs? Hint

Sunil Gavaskar

Brian Lara

Allan Border

Sachin Tendulkar

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the 2006 Ryder Cup, who scored the least points for Europe? Hint

Paul McGinley

Henrik Stenson

Robert Karlsson

Padraig Harrington

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the first non Brit to win the Snooker World Championship? Hint

Cliff Thorburn

Eddie Charlton

Ken Doherty

Marco Fu

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the first team to win the FA Cup three years in a row? Hint

Man Utd

Blackburn Rovers

Liverpool

Preston North End

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Question 10 of 10

10. TRACK & FIELD - Who was the first man to break the 10-second barrier for the 100m sprint? Hint

Bob Hayes

Jim Hines

Calvin Smith

Charles Greene

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first left handed golfer to win the Masters?

Answer: Mike Weir

Weir won in 2003 becoming only the second left hander to win a major.

2. Which of the tennis majors did Pete Sampras not win?

Answer: French Open

His best finish came in 1996, when he reached the semi-finals.

3. Who was the first Premiership footballer to have scored a hat-trick against Manchester United?

Answer: David Bentley

It came in Rovers' 4-3 home win in 2006.

4. Which of the following England batsmen had the highest test match score of 364, made against Australia?

Answer: Len Hutton

Hutton scored 364 in 1938.

5. Who scored the most runs for England in the 2005 Ashes series?

Answer: Kevin Pietersen

He scored 473 runs at an average of 52.55.

6. Who was the first batsman to reach 10,000 Test match runs?

Answer: Sunil Gavaskar

Gavaskar reached the figure in 1987 six years before Border.

7. In the 2006 Ryder Cup, who scored the least points for Europe?

Answer: Padraig Harrington

Harrington took only half a point from his 5 matches played.

8. Who was the first non Brit to win the Snooker World Championship?

Answer: Cliff Thorburn

Thorburn beat Alex Higgins 18-16 in 1980.

9. Who was the first team to win the FA Cup three years in a row?

Answer: Blackburn Rovers

Rovers won between 1884 and 1886.

10. TRACK & FIELD - Who was the first man to break the 10-second barrier for the 100m sprint?

Answer: Jim Hines

Hines ran 9.95 in October 1968 at the Mexico Olympics, breaking Greene's record of 10.02 set the day before. Calvin Smith broke that record with a 9.93 sprint 15 years later, in July 1983, at Colorado Springs USA.

Source: Author gregbrfc2

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