Quiz of the year October – December

Try the fourth part of our annual test of your sporting memory

1 A set from Razorlight, Stuart Maconie’s Northern Soul classics, and Laura Wright singing Jerusalem preceded which October event?

2

Which national team manager said after a shattering result: “Genetically we have to work at things, maybe we get big women and men together and see what we can do.”

3

At his last home grand prix, who signed off over his team radio by bellowing: “Caramba! Vamo! Vamo! F---!”

4

Who, with 1,140 Test runs, is 2017’s highest scorer between New Year’s Day and Christmas Day?

5

Which Wales debutant scored two tries in the defeat of South Africa and had his performance assessed by Warren Gatland in less than exuberant terms: “He did OK, yeah.”

6

What is a ‘Buckethead’ and where would you find one?

7

Who is the self-styled ‘Equaliser’ who diagnosed Arsenal’s lack of ‘cojones’ thus: “Whenever I play against them, I’ll go up and think, ‘Let me whack the first one and see who wants it’ … they all just backed off. Happy days.”

8

Which dual football and cricket international scored a double hundred in the sole Women’s Ashes Test?

9

What record did Francois Gabart smash by more than six days in December? 10 What did Joe Root attempt and fail to do that only Mike Gatting and Andrew Strauss have achieved since 1912?

11

A giggling emoji in a tweet mocking his chances inspired Tommy Fleetwood to do what in November?

12

How many of the other home unions voted for Ireland to host rugby’s 2023 World Cup?

13

Who is the odd one out: Eric Dier, Harry Kane, Joe Hart, Phil Jones, Jordan Henderson, Gary Cahill?

14

Who is the mother of Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jnr?

15

Which Oscarwinning actress plays Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes?

16

What did Boyd Cordner do on Dec 2 to make it 11 out of 14 for his country?

17 Who’s 2017 autobiography has

the title Firestarter: Me, Cricket and the Heat of the Moment?

18

What links Michael Appleton, Leon Britton, Gary Megson and David Unsworth?

19

Who top-scored with 41 in England’s first innings in the second Test at Adelaide Oval?

20

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