A quick quiz for no particular reason, apart from possibly that we don't talk about Women's sport enough on here (anyone thinking 'hey!' to that might want to do a count on the proportion of posts about each gender...)
Some questions are easy, some hopefully a bit harder. All are easy to look up, if you feel the need to cheat. It is very British-centric, so apologies to our American, Irish and other posters on that (I'll be stunned if any of you get the Squash one!). If someone wants to come up with a more international version, then be my guest.
I will post up the answers this evening, if there are any still to be identified.
Questions
1. Which British golfer has the most Women’s major championships to her name?
Laura Davies (4 titles, US Open in ’87, US PGA in ’94 & ’96 and du Maurier Classic in ‘96) – multipleman78, tee rex
2. Only one athlete has ever won two Olympic gold medals at Skeleton Bobsleigh. Who is she?
Lizzie Yarnold (’14 and ’18) – multipleman78, ursus arctos
3. 6 of the 18 members of Ireland’s silver medal winning team in the recent Hockey World Cup were Ulsterwomen. But which of them captained the side?
Katie Mullan
4. When Heather Watson won the 2012 Japan Open she became the first British Tennis player to win a WTA Tour level event in over 20 years. Who was her predecessor?
Sara Gomer (she won the 1988 Northern California Open) – Seven Saxon Kings
5. Where is double Olympic Taekwondo champion Jade Jones’ home town?
Flint – multipleman78
6. Which cyclist won four medals at the 2013 Track World Championship, the best haul by a Briton (male or female) at any one World Championships?
Becky James (gold in Sprint and Keirin, bronze in 500m TT and Team Sprint) – ursus arctos
7. Short-track speedskater Elise Christie was the overall World Champion in 2017. In which two specific distances did she also take gold?
1000m and 1500m – ursus arctos
8. Who scored the last-second gold medal winning goal for England in the 2018 Commonwealth Games Netball competition?
Helen Housby
9. Adam Peaty is closing on Mark Foster to become the most successful British swimmer of all time as measured by medal count (Peaty has 33 so far at Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth level to Foster’s 51). But who, with 17 such medals to her name, 7 of them gold, is the most decorated female?
Rebecca Adlington. She may have won more if she hadn’t retired at 23! – tee rex plus a bit of hedge
10. The Mundalito acted as an unofficial Women’s Football World Cup prior to FIFA getting their arses in gear in 1991. Which Scot captained and scored for champions Italy in the Final of the 1984 edition of the competition?
Rose Reilly. Reilly was playing for Italy as she and two others had been banned for life by the SFA for protesting that the coach of the Scottish Women’s team was an amateur.
11. Tanni Grey-Thompson won 16 Paralympic medals, 11 of them gold, over distances ranging from 100 to 800m. But how many times did she win the London Marathon?
6 (1992, ’94, ’96, ’98, 2001, ’02)
12. Britain won a silver medal in the Olympic Badminton Mixed Doubles in 2004. Who was the female half of this partnership?
Gail Emms – Etienne
13. Nicola Adams fights at which weight?
Flyweight (51kg) - Various Artist
14. Who was the first Woman to be named one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year?
Claire Taylor (2009) – ursus arctos
15. Who was the skip of the 2002 Olympic Curling gold medal winning British team?
Rhona Martin – multipleman78, Seven Saxon Kings
16. Which Englishwoman was the tournament’s top scorer at the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup?
Emily Scarratt (70 points)
17. Who became the first Welsh player, male or female, to win the British National Squash title earlier this year?
Tesni Evans
18. Triathlete Chrissie Wellington was undefeated in her career over the Ironman distance, winning all 13 races she started. How many times was she the Ironman World Champion?
4 (2007-'09 and '11)
19. Who became the first British Olympic medalist in any skiing discipline when she won silver in the 2018 Slopestyle competition?
Izzy Atkin – multipleman78
20. The London Olympic Games of 2012 opened on 27th July, with the gold medal events commencing on the following day. Britain would eventually finish third in the medal table with 29 golds, but it took until August 1sts (day 5) for the first to arrive. It came in Rowing, but who started the gold rush?
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning (Coxless Pair) – multipleman78
Some questions are easy, some hopefully a bit harder. All are easy to look up, if you feel the need to cheat. It is very British-centric, so apologies to our American, Irish and other posters on that (I'll be stunned if any of you get the Squash one!). If someone wants to come up with a more international version, then be my guest.
I will post up the answers this evening, if there are any still to be identified.
Questions
1. Which British golfer has the most Women’s major championships to her name?
Laura Davies (4 titles, US Open in ’87, US PGA in ’94 & ’96 and du Maurier Classic in ‘96) – multipleman78, tee rex
2. Only one athlete has ever won two Olympic gold medals at Skeleton Bobsleigh. Who is she?
Lizzie Yarnold (’14 and ’18) – multipleman78, ursus arctos
3. 6 of the 18 members of Ireland’s silver medal winning team in the recent Hockey World Cup were Ulsterwomen. But which of them captained the side?
Katie Mullan
4. When Heather Watson won the 2012 Japan Open she became the first British Tennis player to win a WTA Tour level event in over 20 years. Who was her predecessor?
Sara Gomer (she won the 1988 Northern California Open) – Seven Saxon Kings
5. Where is double Olympic Taekwondo champion Jade Jones’ home town?
Flint – multipleman78
6. Which cyclist won four medals at the 2013 Track World Championship, the best haul by a Briton (male or female) at any one World Championships?
Becky James (gold in Sprint and Keirin, bronze in 500m TT and Team Sprint) – ursus arctos
7. Short-track speedskater Elise Christie was the overall World Champion in 2017. In which two specific distances did she also take gold?
1000m and 1500m – ursus arctos
8. Who scored the last-second gold medal winning goal for England in the 2018 Commonwealth Games Netball competition?
Helen Housby
9. Adam Peaty is closing on Mark Foster to become the most successful British swimmer of all time as measured by medal count (Peaty has 33 so far at Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth level to Foster’s 51). But who, with 17 such medals to her name, 7 of them gold, is the most decorated female?
Rebecca Adlington. She may have won more if she hadn’t retired at 23! – tee rex plus a bit of hedge
10. The Mundalito acted as an unofficial Women’s Football World Cup prior to FIFA getting their arses in gear in 1991. Which Scot captained and scored for champions Italy in the Final of the 1984 edition of the competition?
Rose Reilly. Reilly was playing for Italy as she and two others had been banned for life by the SFA for protesting that the coach of the Scottish Women’s team was an amateur.
11. Tanni Grey-Thompson won 16 Paralympic medals, 11 of them gold, over distances ranging from 100 to 800m. But how many times did she win the London Marathon?
6 (1992, ’94, ’96, ’98, 2001, ’02)
12. Britain won a silver medal in the Olympic Badminton Mixed Doubles in 2004. Who was the female half of this partnership?
Gail Emms – Etienne
13. Nicola Adams fights at which weight?
Flyweight (51kg) - Various Artist
14. Who was the first Woman to be named one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year?
Claire Taylor (2009) – ursus arctos
15. Who was the skip of the 2002 Olympic Curling gold medal winning British team?
Rhona Martin – multipleman78, Seven Saxon Kings
16. Which Englishwoman was the tournament’s top scorer at the 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup?
Emily Scarratt (70 points)
17. Who became the first Welsh player, male or female, to win the British National Squash title earlier this year?
Tesni Evans
18. Triathlete Chrissie Wellington was undefeated in her career over the Ironman distance, winning all 13 races she started. How many times was she the Ironman World Champion?
4 (2007-'09 and '11)
19. Who became the first British Olympic medalist in any skiing discipline when she won silver in the 2018 Slopestyle competition?
Izzy Atkin – multipleman78
20. The London Olympic Games of 2012 opened on 27th July, with the gold medal events commencing on the following day. Britain would eventually finish third in the medal table with 29 golds, but it took until August 1sts (day 5) for the first to arrive. It came in Rowing, but who started the gold rush?
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning (Coxless Pair) – multipleman78
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