GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION WORLDWISE LOCAL QUIZ 2010-11
GEOGRAPHY OF SPORT ROUND
Note for Organiser: There is much scope here for local questions to supplement those below, especially where girls sports are concerned! 10 Q’s should be enough.
1. EITHER: Which South American country was defeated in the Football World Cup semi- final1-3 by Holland?
ANSWER: URAGUAY
OR: Having been knocked out, which World Cup squad were publicly humiliated in Pyonyang, the capital of the country, on their return home, and had their coach expelled from the Workers’ Party?
ANSWER: NORTH KOREA
2. EITHER: The leading bowler in Test cricket with 800 wickets, Muttiah Muralitharan, retired from Tests in July 2009; which country did he represent?
ANSWER: SRI LANKA
OR: Pakistan beat Australia at Trent Bridge in the 2nd Test match before losing to England on the same ground two weeks later. Which county team plays at home at Trent Bridge?
ANSWER: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
3. Defeated Men’s Wimbledon tennis finalist Tomas Berdych represents which European country?
ANSWER; CZECHOSLOVAKIA
4. EITHER: In which team sport do the Warriors play the Dragons?
ANSWER: RUGBY LEAGUE (Wigan Warriors / Catalans Dragons)
OR: If Warrington Wolves played Leeds Rhinos at home in which county would the match take place Lancashire or Cheshire?
ANSWER: CHESHIRE
5. EITHER: The British Open golf championship took place in Scotland in July on which course, known as the home of golf?
ANSWER: ST ANDREWS
OR: Yani Tseng, who became the youngest winner of three golf major championships when she won the British Women’s Open in August, comes from the small island off the south east coast of China, just NE of Hong Kong. Name the island
ANSWER: TAIWAN
6. Lewis Moody, England’s new rugby union captain, left Leicester Tigers for which other Premiership team based in the South West of England at the end of the 2010 season?
ANSWER: BATH
7. EITHER: Which cycle race began in Belgium and ended in Paris 20 days later in July?
ANSWER: TOUR DE FRANCE
OR: The Tour de France has several mountain stages in both the SE and the SW of the country. Name the mountain range on the France-Spanish border in the SW.
ANSWER: PYRENEES
8. EITHER: The British Formula 1 Grand Prix took place at which racing circuit in Northamptonshire in July?
ANSWER: SILVERSTONE
OR: Hockenheim is the circuit of which European FI Grand prix?
ANSWER: GERMAN
9. EITHER: Epsom, Ascot, Newmarket and Doncaster are all venues for classic races in which sport?
ANSWER: HORSE RACING (Flat)
OR: Ripon, Thirsk, Redcar and Beverley are all race courses in which county?
ANSWER: YORKSHIRE
10. Soccer City was the venue for the Football World Cup final; in which South African city is the ground - Durban, Johannesburg or Cape Town?
ANSWER: JOHANNESBURG
11. The Tourist trophy route on this island takes in Ramsey and Douglas, the capital. Name the island off the west coast of Lancashire.
ANSWER: ISLE OF MAN
12. Yachtsmen and women descend on the Isle of Wight annually for a week of competitive sailing in late July. Name the resort by which the event is known
ANSWER: COWES
13. A team from the Iroquois Confederacy was denied access to Britain in July to play in a tournament for the sport that the Iroquois invented. Name the sport.
ANSWER: LACROSSE
14. Cyclist Mark Cavendish, the winner of 15 stages in the Tour de France, is based on which island; is it Isle of Wight, Isle of Man or the Isle of Skye?
ANSWER: ISLE OF MAN
15. Rugby League Premiership side Crusaders, moved from their Cardiff base to play the 2010 season home games at the Gnoll in which North Wales town?
ANSWER: WREXHAM
16. ‘Glorious Goodwood’, a prestigious meeting for a week of horse racing in late July, in which southern English county?
ANSWER: SUSSEX
17. Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins, the wayward snooker genius who died from cancer in August, hailed from which city in Ireland.
ANSWER: BELFAST
18. Yani Tseng, who became the youngest golfer to win three major championships when she won the British Open, comes from an island off the SE coast of China, just north east of Hong Kong. Name the island.
ANSWER: TAIWAN
19. The waters off Fistral beach in Newquay were the setting for which sporting championships over the August Bank holiday weekend?
ANSWER: SURFING
20. MK Dons defeated which team, newly promoted to the Premiership, in the second round of the Carling Cup in late August, winning 4-3 after extra time?
ANSWER: BLACKPOOL