GOM Quiz1. Which is the only team in UK league football whose name, strictly speaking, begins with five consonants?
2. Who was the first poker player to win the “triple crown” of WSOP, WPT and EPT titles?
3. What is the lightest weight division in professional boxing?
4. Spanish football giants Barcelona took the inspiration for their trademark home strip from which European team?
5. In which sport do competitors currently battle it out for the Nextel Cup?
6. Last year’s “November Nine” have all gone on to become recognisable faces on the poker scene—but who was the unlucky player to finish 10th?
7. Where does the sporting term “hat-trick” derive from?
8. As Lewis Hamilton gears up for F1 2009 in Melbourne, whom does he have to beat to set a new lap record, which currently stands at 1:24.125?
9. Who scored the first goal at Arsenal’s Emirates stadium?
10. What do Prince, Aerosmith, Christina Aguilera and Boyz II Men all have in common?
11. What did the four suits in a standard deck of cards originally represent?
12. FK Crvena Zvezda is the official name of which former European Cup-winning football team?
Answers
1) Crystal Palace 2) Gavin Griffin 3) Straw-weight 4) Swiss champions FC Basel 5) NASCAR 6) Dean Hamrick 7) In cricket, a bowler taking three consecutive wickets used to be presented with a top hat. 8) Michael Schumacher 9) Klass-Jan Huntelaar. Villa’s Olof Mellberg scored the first Premier League goal. 10) They’ve all performed at Super Bowl half-time shows. 11) The four classes of men: monarchy (spades), clergy (hearts), merchants (diamonds) and peasants (clubs). 12) Red Star Belgrade. |
