General sports

Quiz

How long ago was cricket first played by the English
1. over 250 years ago
2. over 300 years ago
3. over 400 years ago
4. over 350 years ago
The measurements of cricket and the origin of the dimensions of cricket as written by .
1. AC Littlewood
2. AR Littlewood
3. AR Liverwood
4. AR Littlestill
Today's bat was invented around
1. 1859
2. 1823
3. 1845
4. 1853
the blade made of
1. pine
2. oak
3. willow
4. maple
Written and pictorial records of cricket go back to the
1. Plantnet period
2. agenet period
3. Plantate period
4. Plantagenet period
The earliest known Laws of Cricket, the Code of 1744 gave the length of the pitch as
1. 22 yards
2. 23 yards
3. 20 yards
4. 21 yards
Many different cultures have played a sport similar to the modern game of soccer but no one can really say with any certainty when or where soccer began but it is known that the earlier variations of what later became soccer were played almost
1. 2500 years ago.
2. 3000 years ago.
3. 2000 years ago.
4. 1000 years ago.
One of the earliest forms of soccer in which players kicked a ball around on a small field has been traced as far back as
1. 1021 B.C.
2. 1010 B.C.
3. 1004 B.C.
4. 1000 B.C.
One of the earliest forms of soccer in which players kicked a ball around on a small field has been traced as far back where
1. Japan
2. China
3. England
4. Germany
The Munich Ethnological Museum in Germany has a Chinese text from approximately*****. that mentions games very similar to soccer that were played between teams from Japan and China.
1. 20 B.C
2. 50 B.C
3. 40 B.C
4. 60 B.C
The Romans played a game that somewhat resembled modern soccer. The early Olympic games in Rome featured twenty-seven men on a side who completed so vigorously that two-thirds of them had to be hospitalized after a
1. 5-minute game.
2. 30-minute game.
3. 7-minute game.
4. 10-minute game.
The spread of football outside of England, mainly due to the British influence abroad, started slow, but it soon gathered momentum and spread rapidly to all parts of the world. The next countries to form football associations after the Netherlands and Denmark in 1889
1. New Zealand
2. Argentina
3. Switzerland, Belgium
4. Germany, Uruguay
FIFA World Ranking 1 in Dec '07
1. Italy
2. Italy
3. Germany
4. Argentina
FIFA World Ranking 10 in Dec '07
1. Greece
2. England
3. Croatia
4. Romania
FIFA World Ranking 5 in Dec '07
1. France
2. Portugal
3. Spain
4. Germany
FIFA World Ranking 19 in Dec '07
1. USA
2. Nigeria
3. Bulgaria
4. Colombia
FIFA World Ranking 15 in Dec '07
1. Scotland
2. England
3. Mexico
4. Turkey
The bi-annual Ashes cricket series, played between competing teams from England and
1. Pakistan
2. India
3. Australia
4. Scotland
First implemented in ****, the Laws of Cricket have always endeavoured to maintain the spirit of the game.
1. 1746
2. 1744
3. 1745
4. 1778
In **** Australia's first touring cricket team departed on its inaugural tour of England
1. 1867
2. 1868
3. 1866
4. 1869
Bodyline Series In the summer of ****** who would have thought an Ashes series could echo throughout the halls of both the British and Australian Parliaments.
1. 1934-5
2. 1933-4
3. 1932-3
4. 1931-2
Warwick Armstrong was a colossus of a man - at one stage weighing 140 kilograms bound in a six-foot frame - and his footprint on Australian cricket was correspondingly large. During a first class career that spanned almost 25 years he accumulated more than ***** runs
1. 18000
2. 13000
3. 16000
4. 15000
Warwick Armstrong was a colossus of a man - at one stage weighing 140 kilograms bound in a six-foot frame - and his footprint on Australian cricket was correspondingly large. During a first class career that spanned almost 25 years he accumulated more than ***** wickets
1. 800
2. 1000
3. 600
4. 700
Don Bradman is acknowledged as the greatest cricketer of all time, with test batting average of 99.94
1. 99.94
2. 99.84
3. 99.96
4. 99.91
Viv Richards was also known as the 'Master Blaster'. He has the record for the fastest test century, coming from just how many balls. Till 2006
1. 57
2. 58
3. 56
4. 46
Sanath Jayasuriya is one of the best all rounders in the history of the game. He is the only man to score more than ***** runs
1. 14,000
2. 12,000
3. 10,000
4. 11,000
Sanath Jayasuriya is one of the best all rounders in the history of the game. He is the only man to score more than Previous answer runs and capture more than *** wickets at the same time
1. 200
2. 300
3. 400
4. 259
Sanath Jayasuriya His aggressive style of batting in the first 15 overs of ODIs has completely changed the game He also has the second highest total in one day cricket and the fastest 50 in ODIs off just *** balls.
1. 20
2. 15
3. 17
4. 18
Sachin Tendulkar also known as the little master is the leading test and ODI century scorer. He is also one of 3 batsmen to surpass (for next q) runs along with being the highest career ODI runs at more than 15,000, averaging over 45 per innings (as of 29.6.2007).
1. 16,000
2. 15,000
3. 14,000
4. 13,000
Sachin Tendulkar also known as the little master is the leading test and ODI century scorer. He is also one of 3 batsmen to surpass ****** runs along with being the highest career ODI runs at more than 15,000, averaging over 45 per innings (as of 29.6.2007).
1. 12,000
2. 11,000
3. 10,000
4. 13,000
Garfield Sobers was an exceptional all rounder. He has the record for the highest maiden test score at a staggering **** runs, aged just17
1. 367
2. 364
3. 354
4. 386
In AFL what was Dick Reynolds nickname
1. King Reynolds
2. King Richard
3. King Mark
4. Dr Richard
Dick Reynolds won the Best and Fairest: how many times
1. 5
2. 7
3. 8
4. 6
Dick Reynolds won the Best and Fairest: in what years
1. 33,34,35,38,39,42,43
2. 32,33,36,37,38,41.44
3. 34,36,37,38,39,42,43
4. 34.35,38,39,41,43,44
Dick Reynolds Captain ESSENDON from
1. 1938-50
2. 1939-51
3. 1938-51
4. 1939-50