THE SPORTS QUIZ OF THE YEAR 2006 GLOBAL SPORTS
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:38 pm1 Who was named as the highest-earning sportswoman in the world?SHARAPOVA
2 How did Hollywood come to Merseyside?ROBERT EARL PLANET HOLLYWOOD OWNER
3 What did the Russians Nikolai Valuev, Vladimir Klitschko, Sergei Liakhovich and Oleg Maskaev have in common with each other?THEY WERE ALL WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPIONS
4 Which Frenchwoman won her first major title at the 32nd attempt?MAURESMO
5 Which American confessed in his autobiography to an addiction to gambling that had cost him more than £30m over the last 12 years?JOHN DALY
6 Who followed her conquest of Europe by finishing on top of the world, an achievement matched previously only by Mary Gordon-Watson and Virginia Leng?ZARA PHILLIPS
7 Who beat Lleyton Hewitt in Miami, having lost in all eight of their previous meetings?TIM HENMAN
8 Which trainer triumphed in Paris for the seventh time?ANDRE FABRE
9 Who shocked Spain by scoring the first home hat-trick since George Best in 1971?DAVID HEALY
10 Which Serb was alleged to have threatened to kidnap his daughter, kill an Australian and "drop a nuclear bomb on Sydney" as revenge for her decision to play as an Australian again?DAMIR DOKIC
2 How did Hollywood come to Merseyside?ROBERT EARL PLANET HOLLYWOOD OWNER
3 What did the Russians Nikolai Valuev, Vladimir Klitschko, Sergei Liakhovich and Oleg Maskaev have in common with each other?THEY WERE ALL WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPIONS
4 Which Frenchwoman won her first major title at the 32nd attempt?MAURESMO
5 Which American confessed in his autobiography to an addiction to gambling that had cost him more than £30m over the last 12 years?JOHN DALY
6 Who followed her conquest of Europe by finishing on top of the world, an achievement matched previously only by Mary Gordon-Watson and Virginia Leng?ZARA PHILLIPS
7 Who beat Lleyton Hewitt in Miami, having lost in all eight of their previous meetings?TIM HENMAN
8 Which trainer triumphed in Paris for the seventh time?ANDRE FABRE
9 Who shocked Spain by scoring the first home hat-trick since George Best in 1971?DAVID HEALY
10 Which Serb was alleged to have threatened to kidnap his daughter, kill an Australian and "drop a nuclear bomb on Sydney" as revenge for her decision to play as an Australian again?DAMIR DOKIC