Quiz Of The Year – Part One
Quiz Of The Year – Part One
This is the formidable Telegraph Sport Quiz of the Year. Good luck.
This is the formidable Telegraph Sport Quiz of the Year. Good luck.
Which global event was opened by Hayley Westenra (pictured) singing "You Raise Me Up" as Richie McCaw and Peter Jackson looked on?
Who was caught on camera abusing Tomas Berdych in a tirade lip-readers said was littered with the use of the 'f-word'?
Which Arsenal player’s father defended his son by saying: '[He] made a mistake but please look at the defence. Per Mertesacker has the agility of a rhinoceros.’
Which cricketer’s autobiography was published with the title 'Rhino'?
Which tournament’s opening match was delayed by six minutes after one team refused to accept the other’s ploy to make them face the crowd first?
Who was made a Companion of Honour in the New Year’s Honours list 43 years after winning Olympic gold in Munich?
Who announced his retirement with the admission, “I’m probably the only person who is going to miss bouncing off the floor. I know I’m never going to find anything to replace that buzz”?
Abstinence from what was the cause of Peter Lawrie’s slump according to the golfer who announced in February that he had now resumed his 'habit’?
How many sixes did AB de Villiers hit in reaching his hundred off 31 balls in the second ODI v West Indies at Johannesburg?
Which Formula One team official was caught on camera relieving himself by the side of the track during testing in Jerez and inadvertently diverted attention from his car’s mechanical issues?
What did 'The Flying Scotsman’ win at 'Chucking 'em Palace’?
Which seven-times European champion football team were ridiculed for selling their team bus in a cost-cutting measure?
Who became the youngest rugby union player to win 50 caps with his appearance in the France v Wales match?
Who recorded a song with the opening lines: “We are going to fight, I am going to fight to the world” to use as his entrance music for a world championship bout?
Who hit four centuries in seven matches at the Cricket World Cup and promptly retired from ODIs?
Laura Trott (pictured) was the only Briton to win two medals at cycling’s World Track Championships but in which two events?
Which England U21 striker scored four goals in the 7-0 FA Cup third-round defeat of a Vanarama National League side?
What disputed reason did Robert Allenby claim as the reason for withdrawing from the Bob Hope Classic in January?
What went from being pentagonal to hexagonal in 2015?
Who was treated like Anthea Redfern at the Australian Open and asked by a male interviewer to “give us a twirl”?
Which three-times major champion won his first Tour title for seven years at Palm Beach Gardens in March?
What, apart from their team, links Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies (twice) and Sam Warburton in the 2015 Six Nations?
How long was Steven Gerrard (pictured) on the pitch for Liverpool’s Premier League match against Manchester United before stamping on Ander Herrera and being sent off?
Which two batsmen scored double centuries at the Cricket World Cup?
Who played his final Masters, ending his Augusta run at 32 over par for two rounds?