Pub quiz

Pub Quiz

Round 1: sport

1. Name a Brazilian footballer.

2. Name an Argentina footballer.

3. Getting more specific, name a French footballer who scored lots of goals for Arsenal.

4. Now name an England footballer who played in goal, had a ponytail, and was also at Arsenal.

5. Name an England cricketer.

6. Name an Australian cricketer.

7. More specific, name the England cricketer, nickname 'Beefy', who performed miracles against the Aussies.

8. Name the England rugby stand-off who kicked the dying seconds drop goal that won the world cup.

9. Any country, any era, name a pole vaulter.

10. Any country, any era, name a fencing man or woman.

11. Any country, any era, name a synchronised swimmer.

12. Any country, era, name a hammer thrower.

Answers:

1. Pele.

2. Maradonnna.

3. Thierry Henry.

4. David Seaman. There was a winning Telegraph dream team entry one season and the manager called his team Do Ladies Prefer Flowers or Seaman? (Tim Flowers played in goal for Blackburn).

5. Freddie Flintoff.

6. Shane Warne.

7. Ian Botham.

8. Jonny Wilkinson.

9. Er. Dunno.

10. Nope. Me neither.

11. Can I Google that? Phone a friend?

12. Oh...er...no. No idea.

Just making sure all the over-excited Olympic-crazies are on message. Some of us do this sport thing every day without fail. You are making a lot of noise and muscling in on our turf. Tomorrow you'll be back where you were before, and the school fields will still be sold off bit by bit, and small local clubs will be paying inflated prices for grass roots facilities. After your two weeks, don't let the door slam.

[Bit grumpy. Cricket called off today.]