And that’s yer lot for this one. Hope you all enjoyed looking up the answers! See you next year.
The results are in...
While there’s a strong whiff of...well, we don’t like to call it ‘cheating’, but certainly ‘Googling against the spirit of the quiz’, here are our top five. We won’t include the totals, as that will just cause arguments. You can work out for yourselves how many you got right...
- 1) Neil Griffiths
- 2) Ally Finn
- 3) Gareth Richards
- 4) Fergal Grogan
- 5) Martin Crines
Congratulations those who have won. We’ll be in touch via email so you can claim your prize.
Looking at some of these answers, it seems as if some people have been consulting Mr Google. For shame, quizzers...
So there you have your answers. How did you get on? It’s all being marked now, so we should have the winners for you shortly.
Answers: Round Five - Odds and Ends
1. What led to a delay at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee?
A rabbit
2. “Apologies to Hennes for my hard celebration,” said Anthony Ujah. Who, or what, is Hennes?
A goat
3. At which venue were three koi carp found this year?
Carlisle United’s flooded ground, Brunton Park
4. Who paid $1m to walk to the ring with Floyd Mayweather before his fight with Manny Pacquiao?
The Burger ‘King’
The Burger King mascot at Floyd Mayweather fight, Kentucky Derby credited for boosting sales http://t.co/d1JiwmfJ0h pic.twitter.com/KQHkUjTXqc
— Larry Brown (@LBSports) July 31, 2015
5. Who had a haircut during a sporting event in London?
Andy Murray
6. What happened 1,152 times in 2011, then 1,143 in 2012, 988 in 2013, 828 in 2014 and 592 in 2015?
Overtakes in the Formula One seasons
7. What started with a roar and ended with a firework?
Katy Perry’s halftime show at the Super Bowl
8. When Kevin Pietersen posted a picture of a tattoo on his torso and asked us to “work the stars out yourself”, what answer was he looking for?
There was a star for every ground where he has scored an international century
9. Which Bronze received a bronze?
Lucy
10. In which mode of transport did Argentinian footballer Mariano Gorosito celebrate a goal in September?
An ambulance
Answers: Round Four - Pictures
1. Mick Fanning
2. Beauden Barrett
3. American Pharoah
4. The World Darts Championship trophy
5. Jamie Vardy
6. Lizzie Armitstead
7. Rolanda Bell
8. Hector Bellerin
9. The Mexican free synchronised swimming team
10. Sergio Perez
11. Serena Williams and Garbine Muguruza
12. Morne Morkel
Answers: Round Three - Football
1. Seven players with 50 or more England caps have appeared in the Premier League this season. Name them.
Wayne Rooney, John Terry, James Milner, Joe Hart, Jermain Defoe, Glen Johnson and Gareth Barry
2. Who scored the first goal of the Premier League season – and against which goalkeeper did he score it?
Kyle Walker against Michel Vorm
3. Why did Laura Bassett have cause to say she “couldn’t breathe, my heart was out of my chest and I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me”?
She scored an own-goal for England at the World Cup
4. What was the score in Steven Gerrard’s last match for Liverpool? And for a bonus point, name three of the scorers?
6-1 to Stoke - the scorers were Mame Biram Diouf, Jonathan Walters, Charlie Adam, Stephen N’Zonzi, Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard
5. England were the only team to win all 10 of their Euro 2016 qualifying group games. Which three other sides were unbeaten in their groups?
Italy, Austria and Romania
6. Which manager, who has worked in England, won the Asian Champions League this year?
Luiz Felipe Scolari
7. How far did the hosts progress at the Women’s World Cup?
Canada went to the quarter-finals
8. Which country do Fifa rank as the No1 international men’s team in the world?
Belgium
9. Who were the northernmost country to play at the Copa América?
Mexico
10. Who are the only team in England’s top four divisions that remain unbeaten this season?
Brighton
Answers: Round Two - Quotes
1. “I still want to achieve. I want to learn the art of presenting.”
Dion Dublin
2. “It’s not helpful when the three fountains of knowledge on Match of the Day make a mountain out of a molehill.”
Nigel Pearson
3. “I’m fine with being asked to twirl if they ask the guys to flex.”
Eugenie Bouchard
4. “At the moment I’m not getting much joy. There’s nobody coming into my little room to join me.”
David Moyes
5. “You can support Man Utd, the West Indies and Team GB all at the same time - of course I’d rather you supported West Ham.”
David Cameron
6. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
Marshawn Lynch
7. “I think people like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition. If there is anyone who deserves the Nobel prize, it’s those people.”
Vladimir Putin
8. “If I was born again, I wouldn’t be a football goalkeeper. They convinced me I had a lot of talent but it’s not an easy path and it hasn’t made up for all the years of suffering. There have been many days when I haven’t wanted to be there, but I do it since I was convinced when I was young. I have walked the path with discipline but it has brought me thousands of moments of suffering.”
Victor Valdes
9. “I would like to thank the general public for their overwhelming support. Really very much appreciated.”
Dr Eva Carneiro
10. “Someone is smoking weed. I can smell it and I’m getting dizzy. Somebody is getting high. Can you smell it – the whole place smells of it.”
Novak Djokovic
Answers: Round One - General Knowledge
1. Name the sport by the scoreline:
- USA 82-0 France - American Football
- Germany 10–0 Ivory Coast - football, Women’s World Cup
- England 2-9 New Zealand - rugby league
- Great Britain 3-2 USA - tennis, Davis Cup
2. What lasted 14 seconds, 34 seconds and 59 seconds this year?
Ronda Rousey’s fights
3. And was 54.526km long?
Bradley Wiggins’ hour record
4. Which four countries competed in the Davis Cup semi-finals?
Great Britain, Australia, Belgium and Argentina
5. Jordan Spieth won the first two golf majors of the year. Who won the other two?
Jason Day and Zach Johnson
6. Andy Murray, the favourite for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, played in one grand slam final this season. In which city was it held?
Melbourne
7. Which sportspeople wrote these autobiographies, which are all available in good bookstores this Christmas?
- Commitment: My Autobiography - Didier Drogba
- Where Am I?: My Autobiography - Phil Tufnell
- Bomb: My Autobiography - Adam Jones
- Staying on Track: The Autobiography - Nigel Mansell
8. Which three athletes earned the most money this year, according to the Forbes rich list?
Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Cristiano Ronaldo
9. Tyson Fury won the IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight belts when he beat Wladimir Klitschko. Which boxer holds the WBC title, after winning it in January?
Deontay Wilder
10. Who were the top points and runs scorers at the rugby and cricket world cups?
Nicolás Sánchez and Martin Guptill
11. Which cities hosted the Cricket World Cup final, the European Rugby Champions Cup final and the Champions League final?
Melbourne, London and Berlin
12. Which tournament held in England in spring featured 143 men and one woman?
The Snooker World Championship
Time's up!
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If anyone has any queries, or if anything needs clarifying, drop me a mail on Nick.Miller@theguardian.com.
Round Five: Odds and Ends
And finally...
1. What led to a delay at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee?
2. “Apologies to Hennes for my hard celebration,” said Anthony Ujah. Who, or what, is Hennes?
3. At which venue were three koi carp found this year?
4. Who paid $1m to walk to the ring with Floyd Mayweather before his fight with Manny Pacquiao?
5. Who had a haircut during a sporting event in London?
6. What happened 1,152 times in 2011, then 1,143 in 2012, 988 in 2013, 828 in 2014 and 592 in 2015?
7. What started with a roar and ended with a firework?
8. When Kevin Pietersen posted a picture of a tattoo on his torso and asked us to “work the stars out yourself”, what answer was he looking for?
9. Which Bronze received a bronze?
10. In which mode of transport did Argentinian footballer Mariano Gorosito celebrate a goal in September?
Round Four: Pictures
12. And finally, who’s behind this dreamy lighting?
Round Four: Pictures
11. One’s straightforward, the other not so - name the two tennis players here.
Round Four: Pictures
10. Which driver is pranging his car here?
Round Four: Pictures
9. Jazz hands and weird swimming caps - which team is this?
Round Four: Pictures
8. Who’s this shadowy figure?
Round Four: Pictures
7. Whose legs are these?
Round Four: Pictures
6. Name this cyclist, if you can.
Round Four: Pictures
5. You have to be good with boots like this - whose are these?
Round Four: Pictures
4. Name this bit o’ silverware.
Round Four: Pictures
3. Who’s the horse at the front, wearing No.4?
Round Four: Pictures
2. Who’s this chap doing a try?
Round Four: Pictures
1. Who’s the human one here?
Updated
The picture round is next up - there are 12 photos, and alls you need to do is identify the subject of the picture - that might be a person, an animal or some form of inanimate object. Diego Costa might qualify as all three.
Round Three: Football
1. Seven players with 50 or more England caps have appeared in the Premier League this season. Name them.
2. Who scored the first goal of the Premier League season – and against which goalkeeper did he score it?
3. Why did Laura Bassett have cause to say she “couldn’t breathe, my heart was out of my chest and I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me”?
4. What was the score in Steven Gerrard’s last match for Liverpool? And for a bonus point, name three of the scorers?
5. England were the only team to win all 10 of their Euro 2016 qualifying group games. Which three other sides were unbeaten in their groups?
6. Which manager, who has worked in England, won the Asian Champions League this year?
7. How far did the hosts progress at the Women’s World Cup?
8. Which country do Fifa rank as the No1 international men’s team in the world?
9. Who were the northernmost country to play at the Copa América?
10. Who are the only team in England’s top four divisions that remain unbeaten this season?
Updated
Quick reminder that to enter you have to wait until all the questions are posted, then fill in the form that will be put up at the end. So don’t go fiddling around emailing me with the answers just yet. Patience, children, patience.
Round Two: Quotes - video
Here’s our own John Ashdown reading some select quotes from the last year in sport. Simply name who said each one.
And for those of you who can’t watch the video, here are the quotes in text form:
1. “I still want to achieve. I want to learn the art of presenting.”
2. “It’s not helpful when the three fountains of knowledge on Match of the Day make a mountain out of a molehill.”
3. “I’m fine with being asked to twirl if they ask the guys to flex.”
4. “At the moment I’m not getting much joy. There’s nobody coming into my little room to join me.”
5. “You can support Man Utd, the West Indies and Team GB all at the same time - of course I’d rather you supported West Ham.”
6. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
7. “I think people like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition. If there is anyone who deserves the Nobel prize, it’s those people.”
8. “If I was born again, I wouldn’t be a football goalkeeper. They convinced me I had a lot of talent but it’s not an easy path and it hasn’t made up for all the years of suffering. There have been many days when I haven’t wanted to be there, but I do it since I was convinced when I was young. I have walked the path with discipline but it has brought me thousands of moments of suffering.”
9. “I would like to thank the general public for their overwhelming support. Really very much appreciated.”
10. “Someone is smoking weed. I can smell it and I’m getting dizzy. Somebody is getting high. Can you smell it – the whole place smells of it.”
Round One: General Knowledge
1. Name the sport by the scoreline:
- USA 82-0 France
- Germany 10–0 Ivory Coast
- England 2-9 New Zealand
- Great Britain 3-2 USA
2. What lasted 14 seconds, 34 seconds and 59 seconds this year?
3. And was 54.526km long?
4. Which four countries competed in the Davis Cup semi-finals?
5. Jordan Spieth won the first two golf majors of the year. Who won the other two?
6. Andy Murray, the favourite for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, played in one grand slam final this season. In which city was it held?
7. Which sportspeople wrote these autobiographies, which are all available in good bookstores this Christmas?
- Commitment: My Autobiography
- Where Am I?: My Autobiography
- Bomb: My Autobiography
- Staying on Track: The Autobiography
8. Which three athletes earned the most money this year, according to the Forbes rich list?
9. Tyson Fury won the IBF, WBO and WBA heavyweight belts when he beat Wladimir Klitschko. Which boxer holds the WBC title, after winning it in January?
10. Who were the top points and runs scorers at the rugby and cricket world cups?
11. Which cities hosted the Cricket World Cup final, the European Rugby Champions Cup final and the Champions League final?
12. Which tournament held in England featured 143 men and one woman?
Round one coming up...
Five minutes to go. Can you feel the tension rising?
Can you be our Herb Stempel or Charles van Doren?
Prizes! The books we’ve got to offer are:
- Jimmy: The Autobiography of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
- The Agony & The Ecstasy: A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs by Richard Foster
- Alex Ferguson: Leading
- Making Haye: an authorised biography of David Haye, by Elliot Worsell
- There’s Only One Dixie Deans: The Autobiography
- The Balls.ie Guide to Life
Welcome to the Guardian Sport quiz of the year
It’s a tradition on a par with the Queen’s speech, watching It’s A Wonderful Life and half the country crying and the other half getting cross about the John Lewis advert. Well, it has been for a bit, anyway. Sort of. Let’s make it a tradition.
But before that, let’s explain the rules. There will be five rounds of questions, posted at regular intervals (details below). You receive one mark per correct answer - so where four answers are required in a question, you can be awarded four points. At the end of the quiz a form will be posted in which you can put your answers. You’ll have an hour to post your answers. The answers will be fed into our complex Mark-O-Matic computer system (whichever work experience kid who didn’t manage to hide under the desk when we asked) and the winners will be notified via email. This is mainly for glory, but also prizes of some fine literature from the last year in sport.
Got it?
The Rounds
- Round One: General knowledge - 12.30pm
- Round Two: Quotes (a video round) - 12.45pm
- Round Three: Football - 12.55pm
- Round Four: Pictures (a picture round) - 1.05pm
- Round Five: Odds & ends - 1.20pm
Any questions? Mail them to Nick.Miller@theguardian.com and, assuming they’re not stupid, I’ll do my best to answer them.
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