Friday night quiz 1

Question 1

Members of which sports team are proud to wear “the baggy green”?

Accepted Answer

Australian cricket team

Question 2

What is this song?

Accepted Answer

ABC

Question 3

What is this song?

Accepted Answer

every breath you take

Question 4

When were the first winter Olympics held?

Accepted Answer

January 25 to February 5, 1924, in France.

Question 5

When were the modern Olympics first held?

Accepted Answer

1896 A.D.

Question 6

What sports were introduced into the 1896 Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

Shooting, fencing and tennis., Gymnastics, swimming and weightlifting.

Question 7

What was the only event at the first recorded Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

The stade, a 192 metre foot race.

Question 8

What is Usain Bolt's 100m record?

Accepted Answer

9.58 seconds

Question 9

What colours are the Olympic rings?

Accepted Answer

Blue, yellow, black, green and red

Question 10

What is this song?

Accepted Answer

stairway to heaven

Question 11

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Sausage

Question 12

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Orange Juice

Question 13

What song is this?

Accepted Answer

just give me a reason

Question 14

Why did many African countries boycott the 1976 Montreal Games in Canada?

Accepted Answer

Because the NZ All Blacks had toured South Africa.

Question 15

Prince William and David Cameron both claim to be fans of which football club?

Accepted Answer

Aston Villa

Question 16

When and where did women first compete at the Olympics?

Accepted Answer

1900, Paris.

Question 17

How many times have the Winter Olympics been held in the UK?

Accepted Answer

0

Question 18

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Oranges

Question 19

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Carrots

Question 20

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Onions

Question 21

What song is this?

Accepted Answer

let it go

Question 22

What problems did Rio de Janeiro experience getting ready to host the Olympics?

Accepted Answer

Zika virus and a wave of strikes., High crime rate and political unrest., Pollution and corruption.

Question 23

Where are the 2016 Olympic Games being held?

Accepted Answer

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Question 24

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Sandwich

Question 25

Why did the Olympic Games cease in A.D. 393?

Accepted Answer

The Roman emperor banned all pagan festivals.

Question 26

What host country is the only country not to win a gold medal when the Olympics was held there?

Accepted Answer

Canada: 1976 Montreal Games.

Question 27

Who was captain when England won the 1966 FIFA World Cup?

Accepted Answer

BOBBY MOORE

Question 28

Which American sport is played on a diamond?

Accepted Answer

Baseball

Question 29

How many events were held at the first recorded Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

1.

Question 30

How many athletes competed in the 1896 Athens Olympics?

Accepted Answer

280.

Question 31

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Pear

Question 32

What is this song?

Accepted Answer

eye of the tiger

Question 33

What country's athletes faced being banned from the Rio Games because of drug cheating?

Accepted Answer

Russia.

Question 34

In which month of the year is the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony?

Accepted Answer

December, January

Question 35

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Ice Cream

Question 36

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Blueberries

Question 37

Where did the Olympic games originate.

Accepted Answer

Greece.

Question 38

What song is this?

Accepted Answer

Harlem shake

Question 39

Who, in 2015, became only the third England test captain to win two home Ashes series?

Accepted Answer

Alastair Cook

Question 40

Where were the 1896 Olympic games held?

Accepted Answer

Athens, Greece.

Question 41

In which sport could you encounter the terms ‘yuko’, ‘koka’, ‘ippon’ and ‘waza-ari’?

Accepted Answer

Judo

Question 42

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Milk

Question 43

How long is an Olympic-size swimming pool?

Accepted Answer

50m

Question 44

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Hot Dog

Question 45

Who holds the individual record for most Summer Olympic medals won in total?

Accepted Answer

Michael Phelps

Question 46

How many events were held in the 1896 Athens Olympics?

Accepted Answer

43.

Question 47

What song is this?

Accepted Answer

stayin alive

Question 48

At first who were the only people allowed to compete?

Accepted Answer

Freeborn male citizens of Greece

Question 49

Why were the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games boycotted by many countries?

Accepted Answer

Russia had invaded Afghanistan.

Question 50

By 648 B.C. which other events had been added to the Olympics?

Accepted Answer

Pentathlon, boxing and chariot racing.

Question 51

In which years were the Olympic Games not held?

Accepted Answer

1916, 1940, 1944.

Question 52

When were the first recorded Olympic Games held?

Accepted Answer

776 B.C.

Question 53

When did the Olympic symbol of 5 interlocking rings on a white background first appear?

Accepted Answer

Antwerp, 1920.

Question 54

What word links a sport film from 2009 to an sporting event organised by Prince Harry?

Accepted Answer

Invictus

Question 55

How many female athletes competed in the first modern Olympics of 1896?

Accepted Answer

0.

Question 56

What is this song

Accepted Answer

sir duke

Question 57

Which team were losing finalists in the 2014 FIFA World Cup?

Accepted Answer

Argentina

Question 58

Which country had 11 athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists in the 1972 Munich Games?

Accepted Answer

Israel.

Question 59

Whose display of chest hair became famous in the 1999 FA Cup semi-final for Manchester United?

Accepted Answer

Ryan Giggs

Question 60

What is this?

Accepted Answer

Meat

Question 61

What is this?

Accepted Answer

An apple

Question 62

What song is this?

Accepted Answer

rolling in the deep

Friday night quiz 1

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Friday night quiz 1

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