New Year QUIZ
1. Which player ended his international career with his 68th goal for his country in a 4- 0 win over Oman? 2. Whose autobiography was entitled ‘ 5 league titles and a packet of crisps’? 3. Which Scottish boxing champion was known as the Fighting Carpenter? 4. This former footballer is regular host of the talkSPORT breakfast show? 5. Which player had most goal assists at Euro 2016? 6. In what year were the first European Football Championships held? 7. Which country won the 2004 Euros? 8. Who was third behind Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson at the 2016 Open? 9. How many goals did Gareth Bale score in Euro 2016? 10. How many times has Royal Troon hosted The Open? 11. Who was the last Brit before Andy Murray to win a Wimbledon senior singles title? 12. From which club did Tottenham sign Dele Ali? 13. Who is GB’s most ost decorated female male Olympian? 14. From which club did Rangers sign James Tavernier? 15. This then nonleague eague club reached the hequarter quarterfinals of the Scottish Cup in 1968. 16. Who is England’s most capped outfield player? 17. This left handed Aussie was a four times Wimbledon singles winner in the 60s. 18. This Olympic and Commonwealth gold medalist was named the Lord Lieutenant of the City of Belfast in 2009. 19. Which club did England keeper Joe Hart join on loan? 20. This former Ayr United full- back won an FA Cup medal with Sunderland in 1973. 21.21 Who is the last English manager to win the top league southso of the border? 22. Who is the last England manager to lose their first game in charge of a World Cup qualifier? 23. Name the five players to have played for both halves of the Old Firm since the war?w 24.2 Who are the holders of the Scottish Junior Cup? 25. Which Scottish league club are known as The Hedgemen? 26. Who captained England’s T20 games against Pakistan? 27. From what Channel Island does former England footballer Matt Le Tissier hail? 28. This 2009 F1 world champion won’t compete in 2017. 29. This Japanese player ko’d Andy Murray in the quarter- finals of the US Open. 30. Who was named British and Lions coach for the second time? 31. Name the three Scottish clubs of Rudi Skacel. 32. Which Premiership club plays at the London Stadium? 33. Which golfer is known as The Beef? 34. Which horse won the Coral Scottish Grand National in April? 35. Who won the first ever FIFA world coach of the year award in 2010? 36. Which two Welsh clubs took part in the inaugural IRN- BRU Cup? 37. Which big race did Rule The World win in 2016? 38. Why were US firm Liberty Media in the headlines in September? 39. Whichonce manage? Russian club did Dick Advocaat 40. In what sport do paralympic stars John 41. Cavanagh and John Stubbs compete? Who was US Masters champion in 2012 and 2014? 42. Which manager signed Stevie Nicol for Liverpool? 43. Who won the men’s university boat race for the first time since 2012? 44. Who won The Open in 1969 and The US Open a year later? 45. Who won 15 consecutive world snooker titles between 1927 and 1946? 46. She was dubbed the golden girl of British athletics but sadly died of cancer in 1970. 47. What is the nationality of Rangers player Niko Kranjcar? 48. Who captained the US in the 2016 Ryder Cup? 49. Who is GB’s most successful ever female paralympian? 50. Who was the first Briton to win the Tour de France in 2012?