City A.M.’s Devilishly Difficult 2017 Sports Quiz Part 2: The odd and business stories from the sporting year
It has been another vintage year of sporting drama, from the triumphs of Anthony Joshua and Lewis Hamilton to the disappointments of England’s failed Ashes defence and Usain Bolt’s anticlimactic farewell.
But as the dust settles on 2017, how much have you remembered about those defining moments, or the storylines playing out off the field, such as Neymar’s world record transfer?
Handily, you can answer that question – and separate the Pep Guardiolas of sporting trivia from the Frank de Boers – by taking our fiendishly difficult quiz.
Part one focuses on the year’s winners and losers.
Part two below is about some of the more offbeat stories and the world of sport business.
Jonny Bairstow and Ben Duckett landed in hot water for alcohol-related misadventures on England’s Ashes tour to Australia. Both incidents took place in the same bar – in which city?
Perth
Adelaide
Brisbane
Sydney
What item did Wladimir Klitschko have sewn into the dressing gown he wore before losing his blockbuster fight to Britain’s Anthony Joshua?
USB stick
GoPro camera
Heart monitor
Odour Eater
The arrival of what on the Oval outfield caused the abandonment of Surrey’s match with Middlesex?
A squirrel
A streaker
An arrow
A sandwich
What was Ronnie O’Sullivan granted special permission to wear at the English Open?
Glasses
A white suit
Trainers
A baseball cap
How did Eddie Jones explain the black eye and head wound he sported at the Six Nations launch?
He slipped in the bathroom
He confronted an intruder
He suffered it in a training accident
He did it to himself while testing his own pain threshold
In which sport did Sir Bradley Wiggins attempt to launch a second career?
Motorcycling
Rowing
Distance running
Judo
What illness did Botswana’s Isaac Makwala overcome to reach the final of the men’s 200m at the World Athletics Championships?
Flu
Appendicitis
Malaria
Norovirus
What liquid was thrown in the tunnel fracas between Manchester United and Manchester City staff and players?
Coffee
Beer
Herbal tea
Milk
Which notable racehorse owner accused handicappers of anti-Irish bias ahead of the Grand National?
JP McManus
Nigel Twiston-Davies
John Magnier
Michael O’Leary
What was unusual about the fastest British male finisher in the London Marathon?
He was a club runner
He was over 35
He had a prosthetic arm
He was partially sighted
Manchester United topped Deloitte’s ranking of the world’s richest football clubs. How many English teams featured in the top 20?
6
7
8
9
Floyd Mayweather’s fight with Conor McGregor was billed as the biggest ever pay-per-view event but sold less than which previous bout?
Mayweather v Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez
Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko
Mayweather v Oscar de la Hoya
Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao
Which tech giant made a major play in sports broadcasting by buying rights for 37 tournaments on the men’s ATP tennis tour?
Amazon
Netflix
What sum in Euros did Paris Saint-Germain pay to sign Neymar in a new world record football transfer?
€199m
€212m
€222m
€245m
Which major sponsor severed its ties with the International Olympic Committee after 41 years?
Visa
McDonald’s
Coca-Cola
Omega
What did Sutton goalkeeper Wayne Shaw do on the touchline that earned him a £375 fine for infringing betting rules?
Smoke a cigarette
Trip up an assistant referee
Drink a pint of beer
Eat a pie
What were NBA teams allowed to do for the first time this year?
Sell broadcast rights to their matches on an individual basis
Display sponsor logos on their uniforms
Offer naming rights to their stadia
Bring on an extra player for one minute
To which divisive political figure did Damon Hill compare Formula One’s new owners, Liberty Media?
Jeremy Corbyn
Margaret Thatcher
Benito Mussolini
Donald Trump
Which former European champions upset supporters by replacing their historic club badge with a new logo comprised of one letter?
Bayern Munich
AC Milan
Juventus
Ajax
Which cities were awarded the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games?
Paris and Los Angeles
Rome and Los Angeles
Paris and Budapest
Hamburg and Rome
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