SPORT UP TO 1945

Question 1

What was the name given to the issue that divided rugby in 1895?

Accepted Answer

broken-time

Question 2

How much did Welsh boxer Tommy Farr earn in his unsuccessful fight against Joe Louis?

Accepted Answer

£10000

Question 3

In which decade did the football pools start?

Accepted Answer

1920s

Question 4

Fred Perry and Jack Hobbs - which sports?

Accepted Answer

tennis and cricket

Question 5

When did many councils begin to build tennis courts in public parks?

Accepted Answer

After WW2

Question 6

Which sport? Popular in the 1930s, venues at White City and 6 million spectators in 1933?

Accepted Answer

greyhound racing

Question 7

The 1930s Depression meant talented amateurs became professional. Which sport?

Accepted Answer

rugby

Question 8

Which sport was regarded as the national sport of England and had the first sporting heroes?

Accepted Answer

cricket

Question 9

What term refers to sport that is played as a pastime rather than for money?

Accepted Answer

Amateur

Question 10

Which of the following sports had a mainly working class following?

Accepted Answer

football

Question 11

The Football Association allowed players to be paid a minimum wage of £4 in ...

Accepted Answer

1901

Question 12

Which sport spread from English public schools and universities in the mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Rugby

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