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Old 14-08-2014, 20:30
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1.What is unusual abouth the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship races in Brazil, Singapore and Texas?
2.Who is the only current manager of an English Premier League club to have won the UEFA Champions League as a player?
3.Which Kenyan-born cricketer was in England's 2007 World Cup squad?
4.Which 17 year old appeared in Wigan's 1993 Challenge Cup winning side before winning the Man of Steel in both 1996 and 2004?
5.In 2008, in which sport did Tim Brabants become Britain's first Olympic gold medallist?
6.At the 2014 Miami Masters, who lost in a first round match against Jarkko Nieminen which lasted 28 minutes and 20 seconds, thus becoming the shortest recorded professional tennis match in Open Era history?
7.Picture: who is this at the 2014 British Open? http://www.postimage.org/image/70t5iz2n7/
8.Which swimmer beat favourite Michael Jamieson to win gold in the 200m breaststroke in the 2014 Commonwealth Games?
9.If every batsman in a cricket team is bowled first ball, what will be the number of the only batsman shown as not out at the end of the innings?
10.During the qualifying stages of the 2004 UK Championship, whio achieved the impressive feat of becoming the first ever player to compile a break over 147 in a professional match, in which he made a break of 148 against Leo Fernandez?
11.In 2013, who won the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award?
12.Which Manchester City player was sent off in the 2013 FA Cup Final against Wigan Athletic for a second yellow card after a clear foul on Callum McManaman?
13.Who, at the 2014 Tour de France became the first Pole to win a jersey?
14.Which athlete in 1990 broke David Hemery's long-standing British record for the 400m hurdles?
15.Which New Zealand rugby league player was the top scorer at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup?
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Old 14-08-2014, 20:35
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9) number 8
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Old 14-08-2014, 20:37
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13 rafal majka........won the polka dot (mountains) jersey
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Old 14-08-2014, 20:38
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Number 8 is right dtcdtcdtc
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Old 14-08-2014, 20:38
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It's him swingaleg
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Old 14-08-2014, 20:51
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7. Ian Poulter?
8. Ross Murdoch
10. Jamie Burnett
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Old 14-08-2014, 20:55
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4/4 Epy

1-4,6,11,12,14,15
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Old 14-08-2014, 21:07
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3). Jamie Dalrymple
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Old 14-08-2014, 21:09
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Old 14-08-2014, 21:13
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15) Brett Morris, but he,s anAussie

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Old 14-08-2014, 21:16
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2) Paul Lambert
12) Pablo Zabaleta
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Old 14-08-2014, 21:21
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Both wrong hallc
Both right Cuishla
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Old 14-08-2014, 21:23
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1) They are the only anti-clockwise circuits
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Old 14-08-2014, 21:27
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Old 14-08-2014, 21:33
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They are indeed Barracute and it's 8

3,4,6,11,14,15
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Old 14-08-2014, 22:32
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3,& 4are correct Quizzie
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Old 15-08-2014, 12:21
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Sorry hallc, I missed those

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Old 07-09-2014, 12:51
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I've lost the answers to the remaining four from the last quiz

1.Who, when he took 9 wickets for 57 runs in the Test against South Africa at the Oval in August 1994, achieved the sixth best test match bowling figures of all time?
2.Which golfer recorded top-five finishes in all four of the major championships this year?
3.Christiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid won the UEFA Super Cup in Cardiff last month. Where was the match held from 1998 until 2012?
4.Rifle shooting and cross-country skiing together from the Olympic biathlon event, but which sport is twinned with cross-country skiing in the Nordic combination?
5.Which Australain bowler took over 40 wickets in both the 1981 and 1989 Ashes series?
6.Which winger became the first Great Britain player to score five tries in a Rugby League International?
7.In August 1996, who played in his frst professional golf tournament - the Czech Open?
8.Picture: who is this at the US Open? http://www.postimage.org/image/iczuog9jd/
9.Usain Bolt ran the 100m sprint in 10.06 seconds on which famous landmark?
10.Groupies: five African nations qualified for football's 1998 World Cup Final in France - name them?
11.Which snooker player was whitewashed 5-0 by Barry Hawkins in the 2013 Shanghai Masters?
12.Which Dutchwoman won three individual swimming gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
13.Who defeated two-time semi-finalist Darryl Fitton 3-0 in the first round of the 2011 BDO World Championship?
14.Which Nigerian international in 1993 became the first player to score four goals in an English Premier League match?
15.In the 1990s, which boxer became the first Irishman to win versions of the World Title at two different weights?
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Old 07-09-2014, 12:58
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1. Devon Malcolm
5. Terry Alderman
7 Ivan Lendl
15 Steve Collins
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Old 07-09-2014, 12:59
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4/4 dtcdtcdtc
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Old 07-09-2014, 14:35
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2) Rickie Fowler
3) Monaco
10) South Africa, Tunisia, Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt
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Old 07-09-2014, 18:10
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Old 07-09-2014, 18:16
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Old 07-09-2014, 18:43
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Just Egypt is wrong Cuishla
It's him hallc
Correct neil

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Old 07-09-2014, 18:44
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