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Have a go at our sports quiz

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Round 1

1: Who has scored the most goals in English Premier League history, with 260?

2: In what year did Down and Donegal last meet in an Ulster final? HINT: Down won by 1-15 to 0-11

3: Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh is a famous practitioner of which sport?

4: Stephen Kenny manages Shamrock Rovers now, but what SPL team did he manage in 2006/7?

5: What Cavan GAA club play at O'Hagan Park?

6: Who succeeded the late Eamon Coleman as Cavan senior football manager?

7: What famous heavyweight boxer was known as Smokin' Joe?

8: What year was Irish sports manufacturer O'Neills founded?

9: Which annual golf Major is played in Augusta?

10: What are the only five European countries to have won soccer's World Cup?

Round 2

1: Who did Spain defeat in the UEFA Euro 2008 football final?

2: What company's logo is called the "swoosh"?

3: Who won the All Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1998?

4: What is Tiger Woods' real first name?

5: What Irish female athlete won the London Marathon in 1998?

6: Wayne McCullough won a medal in the 1992 Olympics but was it gold, silver or bronze?

7: What horse trainer's stables are based in Ballydoyle, Co Tipperary?

8: What English football club are known as the Black Cats?

9: Cavan football legend Mick Higgins was born in which American city?

10: Henry Shefflin plays for which club in Kilkenny?

Round 3

1: How many Formula 1 driver's championships did Ayrton Senna win, 3, 4 or 5?

2: In what year did Ronnie Delaney win gold for Ireland at the Melbourne Olympics?

3: The golfer Louis Oosthuizen is a native of what country?

4: Stcking with golf, who won the recent US Masters in a play-off against Oosthuizen?

5: Who was the first player to win an All-Ireland senior hurling and football title in the same year?

6: Name the horse that won the Cheltenham Gold Cup three times between 2002 and 2004?

7: Who is the most-capped Welsh rugby player of all time? HINT: He has played in the modern era and is an out-half

8: What was the surname of the Leitrim Connacht-winning captain in 1994?

9: True or false, Phil The Power Taylor has won the PDC World Darts Championship 16 times.

10: In NHL ice hockey, who won this year's Stanley Cup?

Round 4

1: To the nearest half an inch, what is the diameter of a golf hole?

2: What horse won the Aintree Grand National this year?

3: Cavan won the 1997 Ulster SFC final by one point, but what was the final score?

4: Name both the hurling and football players of the year for 2011.

5: In what year did Donegal win their only All Ireland SFC title?

6: From which team did Alex Ferguson sign Eric Cantona?

7: What Cavan GAA club play at Max McGrath Park?

8: Which sport do Finn Harps play?

9: Mary Peters won the Olympic gold in which event in 1972?

10: Who captained the Cavan senior team in 2012?

Round 5

1: Who scored the winning goal in the 2011 Ulster U21 final?

2: What horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup and later had to be put down in the Grand National earlier this year?

3: Former snooker world champion Denis Taylor is from which town in Co Tyrone?

4: Which Irish player won his 100th cap during the Euros?

5: How many players in the Greek Euro 2012 squad had a surname that didn't end in S?

6: Which team has won the Heineken Cup the most times since it began?

7: And how mant times have they won it - four, five or six?

8: Prior to 2010, when was the last time Kingscourt Stars won the Cavan senior championship?

9: Who scored the winning penalty for Chelsea in this year's Champions League final?

10: The world's top three men's players Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal have won the last 10 Wimbledon championships between them. Who was the last player to win it before them?

Round 6

1: Kevin McLaughlin, who plays rugby for Leinster and Ireland, is related to which Cavan All Ireland winning hero?

2: Manchester United signed Shinji Kagawa this summer from which club?

3: Andrew Murray lost on points to which Welsh boxer in his European title fight in 2010 in Cardiff?

4: How many Railway Cup medals does Cavan's Ray Carolan have?

5: In which event did Jamie Costin represent Ireland in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics?

6: Name two English league football clubs with X in their name?

7: Despite getting to the quarter-finals, Ireland scored only two goals in five matches at the 1990 World Cup. Who got them?

8: What Cavan club won the Division 2 All County Football League in 2011?

9: In February 2004, who became the first Dutchman to score 100 Premiership goals?

10: Which NFL team has won the most SuperBowls?

Round 7

1: In 2000, Robbie Keane moved to Italian giants Inter Milan from which English club?

2: Was Ronan O'Gara born in 1976, 77 or 78?

3: What club does Cavan ladies captain of 2011 Aisling Doonan play for?

4: Who is the current All Ireland 60x30 handball senior singles champion?

5: What club do Sean Cavanagh and Philip Jordan of Tyrone play for?

6: How are the golfers Christy O'Connor Senior and Christy O'Connor Junior related?

7: Name the only Irish boxer to win medals in two different World Championships?

8: What Airtricity League club play at the Brandywell?

9: Name the Irish horse, ridden by Cian O'Connor, which tested positive for banned substances at the 2000 Olympic Games. Hint: It shared its name with a famous Munster company.

10: Who is the current chairman of the Cavan county GAA board? Tom Reilly

Round 8

1: FAI chief John Delaney was in the news for enjoying himself at the Euros. What county is he a native of?

2: What Irish soccer club recently pulled out of the league due to financial problems?

3: Niall Quinn played in a minor All Ireland final for Dublin in what year?

4: Ukrainian brothers Vitali and Vladimir currently share the world heavyweight titles. What is their surname?

5: Who managed Armagh to their only All Ireland senior football title in 2002?

6: Who is the only footballer to have scored in each of the Manchester, Merseyside and Glasgow derbies?

7: Who was the oldest man to win a world heavyweight boxing title? Hint: He's lean and mean and he likes to grill his food

8: Ruby Walsh is a native of what county?

9: Against which team did a young Brian O'Driscoll score three tries in 2000 in the Six Nations?

10: Which American track and field athlete won five gold medals at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 but was forced to give them up several years later after admitting having used performance-enhancing steroids at the time?

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