Just for fun: sports quiz

DON YOUR thinking cap to tackle these questions from successful quiz team The Diggle and Delph Donkeys.

See if you can work out who the answers to these sports questions:

  1. At which cricket venue would you find the WG Grace gates?
  2. Which show jumper’s autobiography is entitled “V is for Victory”?
  3. Which female boxer is nicknamed “The Fleetwood Assassin”?
  4. Who was the leading goal scorer in the 1970 World Cup?
  5. Chelsea scored the fastest FA Cup goal on record in 43 seconds, who were their opponents?
  6. Which footballer scored the first goal in premiership history?
  7. Which number is between 20 and 12 on a dartboard?
  8. In snooker, whose nickname is “The Jester from Leicester”?
  9. What name is given to a matador on horseback?
  10. Which was the first British football team to win a European trophy?

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1. Lords
2. Harvey Smith
3. Jane Couch
4. Gerd Muller
5. Middlesborough
6. Brian Dean
7. Five
8. Mark Selby
9. Picador
10. Tottenham Hotspur