We have a winner ...
Congratulations to Stephen Davies, who scored a sensational 59 out of 60. The only question he answered incorrectly was No2 in the picture round, where he mistook Marianne Vos for ... em, Tony Martin. Joining Stephen on the podium are Jonathan Wilson (not that one .. we think - he has a different email address) and Chris Powell, who scored 58 each and mistook poor Marianne Vos for Nairo Quintana and Tony Martin respectively. Nairo Quintana? Seriously?
We’ve five prizes to give away and three people who scored 57: Boris Starling, Ben Crellin and Kieran Monaghan. Sadly, one of them is going to miss out. I’ve written the numbers 1, 2 and 3 on their respective answer sheets, asked John Ashdown to pick the unlucky loser and he’s said: “2”. Sorry, Ben.
We’ll be in touch with the prize-winners before close of play today.
Picture round answers ...
Round 5: Big Matches - answers
Name the showpiece event from the scoreline:
1) 14-6 Super League Grand Final
2) 43-8 Super Bowl
3) 0-0 (4-2 pens) Europa League final
4) 6-3, 6-0 Wimbledon women’s singles final
5) 9-3 Men’s curling gold medal match at Sochi
6) 115-114, 115-113, 113-116 Billy Joe Saunders v Chris Eubank Jr
7) 16.5-11.5 Ryder Cup
8) 21-9 Women’s Rugby World Cup final
9) 20-22 France v Ireland in Six Nations
10) 209,920, 123,745, 99,913 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award top three
Round 4: Odds and Ends -answers
1) What mode of transport helped George Groves to the Wembley ring in May? A London bus
2) What pet was Liverpool’s Joe Allen bought for his birthday this year? Cockerell/Rooster
3) In what did French cyclist Arnaud Demare make an unscheduled toilet break on stage 14 of the Tour de France? Campervan
4) What started with Billionaire and ended with Just The Way You Are? Bruno Mars’s Super Bowl half-time show
5) What did then Fulham manager Felix Magath suggest Brede Hangeland use to treat a leg injury? A block of cheese
6) How did golfer Pablo Larrazabal escape from a hornet attack at the Malaysia Open in April? He jumped in a water hazard/lake
7) What notable feature of the Commonwealth Games sold for £1,605 in the official post-Games auction? A giant Tunnocks teacake
8) Peruvian international Hansell Riojas was struck by what object at Wembley? A paper aeroplane
9) Which rugby union player maintained his 100% boxing record with a fourth round stoppage of Warren Tresidder in January? Quade Cooper
10) In which final did Müller score an 80th minute winner to give a German side a 4-3 victory? Women’s Champions League final
Round 3: Quotes - answers
1) “After the impact I lost my balance, making my body unstable and falling on top of my opponent. At that moment I hit my face against the player, leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth.” Luis Suarez
2) “Punching lockers isn’t the way forward for anyone.” Ben Stokes
3) “The problem is mine. The wedding invitations issued at the weekend made me realise that I wasn’t ready for all that marriage entails.” Rory McIlroy
4) “I sometimes feel like I’m the Miley Cyrus of heavyweight boxing.” Tyson Fury
5) “That’s it. That’s how I am. I am not fake. If I hate you, I say in your face and I will never speak to you again.” Martin Castrogiovanni
6) “I got Robbie’s mobile number and rang him. It went to his voicemail: ‘Hi, it’s Robbie - whazzup!’ like the Budweiser ad. I never called him back. I thought: ‘I can’t be fucking signing that.” Roy Keane
7) “I made a poor decision regarding the limits of my alcohol intake.” Aaron Cruden
8) “I’ve looked at Mike Tyson, Nigel Benn, Gerald McClellan and James Toney. They were all dark and they were all great fighters. But they were all were unhinged. Christopher’s darkness is different. He’s stoic. He’s still. There is a darkness in him I cannot measure.” Chris Eubank
9) “I’ve seen the B team train uno, dos, tres, cuatro times.” David Moyes
10) ‘WOOOOOOO!’ ‘87.2!” “GO ON THE JONES!” “As of now Jenny Jones is in gold medal position.” “WOOOOOOOOOO!” Ed Leigh, Tim Warwood, Aimee Fuller (BBC snowboarding comms team)
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Round 2: World Cup video round answers
1) Statistically speaking South Korea, Iran, Japan, Australia, Honduras and Cameroon were the only sides to have a worse tournament than which team? England
2) Which cuddly character came under fire after his bumping and grinding at an event in Brazil? Fuleco the Armadillo
3) Who was so concussed in the final that he told the referee: “I need to know if this is really the final”? Christoph Kramer
4) Who told local journalists to “Back off. I just want to walk on the beach”? Gary Neville
5) In the middle of the tournament which American political commentator opined that “Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation’s moral decay”? Ann Coulter
6) Which squad was pictured bathing in the nude at their team hotel by photographers hiding in the bushes? Croatia
7) Who thought he had become “one of six ever to score in three World Cups” (although there are actually 25)? Tim Cahill
8) Which team were the first to be eliminated from the tournament? Spain
9) From whom did Mario Balotelli request a kiss in the event that his Italy team beat Costa Rica? The Queen
10) Fans from which team had the world’s press ducking for cover after a pre-match invasion of the media centre at the Maracana? Chile
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Round 1: General Sporting Knowledge answers
1) If the Premier League season had begun on 1 January which team would’ve won the 2013-14 title? Liverpool
2) Who burnt their bum at the Australia Open? Jelena Jankovic
3) In what event did Mighty Mike beat Snakebite to the £250,000 prize? PDC World Championship
4) Where did the host nation finish in the Commonwealth Games medal table? Fourth
5) Which three England batsmen have a batting average of over 40 in Test matches in 2014? Joe Root (97.12), Jos Buttler (66.66), Gary Ballance (60.75)
6) Adeline Sotnikova’s victory over Yuna Kim in which Winter Olympic event sparked an online petition that garnered over 2m signatures? Ladies’ singles figure skating
7) Which two players failed to score even half a point at this year’s Ryder Cup? Bubba Watson and Stephen Gallacher
8) Three drivers qualified in pole position in the 2014 F1 season. Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and who else? Felipe Massa
9) Who did Maria Sharapova fail to recognise at Wimbledon, sparking a brief #whoismariasharapova trend on Twitter? Sachin Tendulkar
10) In October who became the first player to be sent off in a Super League Grand Final? Ben Flowers
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Handy tip!
The form in which you’re supposed to submit your entries has fields in which you’re asked to put in your name and email address. Please use them ... apparently an astounding number of people aren’t doing so. *weeps*
That's it for this year's live sports quiz ...
I’m sure you’ll agree with me when I say that plenty of those questions were fiendishly difficult, so hats off to our question-setter John Ashdown for another great quiz.
You’ve got until 1.45pm (GMT) to submit your clearly marked answers using the form below. We’ll post the full set of answers to the questions at 2pm and will email the five lucky winners later in the day. Thanks for your time and good luck.
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Round 6: Picture round
Round 6: Question 10 of 10: Who’s that exiting stage left?
Round 6: Picture round
Round 6: Question 9 of 10: Name the two athletes nuzzling noses ...
Round 6: Picture round
Round 6: Question 8 of 10: Who’s come a cropper here?
Round 6: Picture round
Round 6: Question 7 of 10: We all recognise the horse, but who’s in the saddle?
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Round 6: Picture round
Round 6: Question 6 of 10: Who’s the centre of Centre Court attention?
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Round 6: Picture round
Round 6: Question 5 of 10: Name this man in white?
Round 6: Picture round
Round 6: Question 4 of 10: Who’s this brave insane weirdo?
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Round 6: Picture round
Round 6: Question 3 of 10: Who scored this goal?
Round 6: Picture round
Round 6: Question 2 of 10: Name that cyclist ...
Round 6: Picture round ...
Round 6: Question 1 of 10: Who’s behind the visor?
Round 5: Big Matches
Name the showpiece event from the scoreline:
1) 14-6
2) 43-8
3) 0-0 (4-2 pens)
4) 6-3, 6-0
5) 9-3
6) 115-114, 115-113, 113-116
7) 16.5-11.5
8) 21-9
9) 20-22
10) 209,920, 123,745, 99,913
Round 4: Odds and Ends
1) What mode of transport helped George Groves to the Wembley ring in May?
2) What pet was Liverpool’s Joe Allen bought for his birthday this year?
3) In what did French cyclist Arnaud Demare make an unscheduled toilet break on stage 14 of the Tour de France?
4) What started with Billionaire and ended with Just The Way You Are?
5) What did then Fulham manager Felix Magath suggest Brede Hangeland use to treat a leg injury?
6) How did golfer Pablo Larrazabal escape from a hornet attack at the Malaysia Open in April?
7) What notable feature of the Commonwealth Games sold for £1,605 in the official post-Games auction?
8) Peruvian international Hansell Riojas was struck by what object at Wembley?
9) Which rugby union player maintained his 100% boxing record with a fourth round stoppage of Warren Tresidder in January?
10) In which final did Müller score an 80th minute winner to give a German side a 4-3 victory?
Round 3: Quotes - who said the following?
1) “After the impact I lost my balance, making my body unstable and falling on top of my opponent. At that moment I hit my face against the player, leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth.”
2) “Punching lockers isn’t the way forward for anyone.”
3) “The problem is mine. The wedding invitations issued at the weekend made me realise that I wasn’t ready for all that marriage entails.”
4) “I sometimes feel like I’m the Miley Cyrus of heavyweight boxing.”
5) “That’s it. That’s how I am. I am not fake. If I hate you, I say in your face and I will never speak to you again.”
6) “I got Robbie’s mobile number and rang him. It went to his voicemail: ‘Hi, it’s Robbie - whazzup!’ like the Budweiser ad. I never called him back. I thought: ‘I can’t be fucking signing that.”
7) “I made a poor decision regarding the limits of my alcohol intake.”
8) “I’ve looked at Mike Tyson, Nigel Benn, Gerald McClellan and James Toney. They were all dark and they were all great fighters. But they were all were unhinged. Christopher’s darkness is different. He’s stoic. He’s still. There is a darkness in him I cannot measure.”
9) “I’ve seen the B team train uno, dos, tres, cuatro times.”
10) ‘WOOOOOOO!’ ‘87.2!” “GO ON THE JONES!” “As of now Jenny Jones is in gold medal position.” “WOOOOOOOOOO!”
Round 2: World Cup video round
EastEnders fans could be forgiven for thinking that Nat Coombs has been bundled into the back of a van and driven to Albert Square to sit on the Arthur Fowler memorial bench of misery to ask these questions. Our thanks and hearts go out to him.
Just in case you can’t see the video, here are Nat’s questions in full ...
1) Statistically speaking South Korea, Iran, Japan, Australia, Honduras and Cameroon were the only sides to have a worse tournament than which team?
2) Which cuddly character came under fire after his bumping and grinding at an event in Brazil?
3) Who was so concussed in the final that he told the referee: “I need to know if this is really the final”
4) Who told local journalists to “Back off. I just want to walk on the beach”?
5) In the middle of the tournament which American political commentator opined that “Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation’s moral decay”?
6) Which squad was pictured bathing in the nude at their team hotel by photographers hiding in the bushes?
7) Who thought he had become “one of six ever to score in three World Cups” (although there are actually 25)?
8) Which team were the first to be eliminated from the tournament?
9) From whom did Mario Balotelli request a kiss in the event that his Italy team beat Costa Rica?
10) Fans from which team had the world’s press ducking for cover after a pre-match invasion of the media centre at the Maracana?
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Between round entertainment ... Some more nostalgia as we present what is arguably the greatest moment in quiz show history. Spare a thought for the poor lady contestant, who doesn’t appear to know what’s going on.
Round 1: General Sporting Knowledge
1) If the Premier League season had begun on 1 January which team would’ve won the 2013-14 title?
2) Who burnt their bum at the Australia Open?
3) In what event did Mighty Mike beat Snakebite to the £250,000 prize?
4) Where did the host nation finish in the Commonwealth Games medal table?
5) Which three England batsmen have a batting average of over 40 in Test matches in 2014?
6) Adeline Sotnikova’s victory over Yuna Kim in which Winter Olympic event sparked an online petition that garnered over 2m signatures?
7) Which two players failed to score even half a point at this year’s Ryder Cup?
8) Three drivers qualified in pole position in the 2014 F1 season. Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and who else?
9) Who did Maria Sharapova fail to recognise at Wimbledon, sparking a brief #whoismariasharapova trend on Twitter?
10) In October who became the first player to be sent off in a Super League Grand Final?
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We’ll post the next 10 questions at 12.40pm GMT
Another example of the classic quiz show genre: As the tension mounts, please be upstanding for Ted Rogers and Dusty Bin, with added Black Lace. Great hair.
For those new to the “quiz” genre: Here’s Guardian football journalist, pyramid inverter and Blizzard editor Jonathan Wilson and some chums to give a demonstration of how it’s done by participating on a team called The Nightwatchmen in the ridiculously complicated BBC2 quiz chow Only Connect. Spoiler alert: they lose.
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Lest there be any confusion, today’s question-setter is John Ashdown. So, if you spot any glaring errors in his questions, or even a hint of ambiguity or room for misinterpretation, please direct your complaints to john.ashdown@theguardian.com and leave me alone.
Good afternoon everybody. We’ll begin posting the questions at 12.30pm, so get your fingers poised above those buzzers keyboards. In the meantime, here’s some hot quiz action to get you in the mood.
Welcome to our third now-annual live quiz of the year
Your quizmaster Barry Glendenning will begin posting questions at 12.30pm GMT, but in the meantime, let’s explain the format.
There are six rounds of 10 questions and whoever provides the most correct answers (and is first to post them) will win. Here are the rounds:
Round 1: General (12.30pm)
Round 2: World Cup video round (12.40)
Round 3: Quotes (12.50)
Round 4: Odds and ends (1pm)
Round 5: The Big Match (1.10)
Round 6: Pictures (1.20)
You will only be allowed to post your answers once in the form below. Post your name, email address and full set of answers after the final round and before the 1.45pm deadline. Any comments posted after 1.45pm will not be considered for prizes.
We will post the full set of answers at 2pm and will email the winners later in the day. We have five prizes to give away, so good luck.
Enjoy the quiz.
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