Sports Flashcards
Who won 2023’s Sports Personality of the Year?
Mary Earps
What are the five colours of the Olympic rings?
Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, and Red
At which venue is the British Grand Prix held?
Silverstone
In horse racing
the annual Cheltenham Gold Cup takes place in which month?
Who is the only American football player to have won five Super Bowl MVP awards?
Tom Brady
What score did cricketing legend Don Bradman average as a batsman across his career?
99.94
How many goals did the England men’s team score (excluding penalty shoot-outs) at Euro 2024?
Eight
How many different teams have won the Premier League since the start of the inaugural season in 1992/93?
Seven (Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Leicester, Blackburn, Liverpool)
Where is the US Masters golf tournament held?
Augusta National Golf Club
Which European city hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics?
Berlin
Name the three players who share a record for most Premier League red cards (8).
Richard Dunne, Patrick Vieira, Duncan Ferguson
Which English Football League team holds the nickname The Cobblers?
Northampton Town
Who scored the fastest goal in Premier League history after just 7.69 seconds?
Shane Long (for Southampton against Watford in 2018/19)
What is the official name of the original FIFA World Cup trophy used between 1930 and 1970?
Jules Rimet
Which team became the first to pick up 100 cards in a Premier League season in 2021-22?
Leeds United
Who is the only batsman to record 400 runs in an international Test match?
Brian Lara (v England in 2004)
Which non-UK city was Ben Stokes born in?
Christchurch, New Zealand
What is Joe Root’s ODI shirt number?
66
Which England bowler earned the nickname ’The Burnley Express’?
James ‘Jimmy’ Anderson
Was Alastair Cook’s England Test batting average above or below 45?
Above (45.35)
How many Grand Slam singles titles did Serena Williams win across her career?
23
Who won the Australian Open Women’s Singles title in 2022?
Ashleigh Barty
How many Grand Slam titles has Andy Murray won?
Three (Wimbledon x2, US Open)
Rafael Nadal has won all four majors at least once in his career – true or false?
True
Who was the last American player to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games Men’s Singles tournament?
Andre Agassi (1996)
Who won The Match: Tiger Woods v Phil Mickelson in 2018?
Phil Mickelson
Which European golfer sunk the iconic winning putt in the 2019 Solheim Cup?
Suzann Pettersen
In which US state is the famous Whistling Straits course?
Wisconsin
What is Tiger Woods’ real first name?
Eldrick
How many majors has Rory McIlroy won in his career so far?
Four (PGA Championship x2, US Open, The Open)
American boxer James J. Braddock was given which nickname inspired by a popular fairytale story?
Cinderella Man
Carl Froch defeated which opponent at Wembley in 2014?
George Groves
Who beat Anthony Joshua in 2021 to become heavyweight champion?
Oleksandr Usyk
Muhammed Ali was born in which US state?
Kentucky
Who is the Number 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world according to The Ring’s top 10 rankings?
Canelo Alvarez
