{"id":261265,"date":"2026-01-01T07:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T07:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/261265\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T07:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T07:32:18","slug":"test-yourself-with-our-year-ending-sports-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/261265\/","title":{"rendered":"Test yourself with our year-ending sports quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n As the year comes to an end, challenge yourself with our sports quiz. We have a copy of A Season of Sundays 2025 to give away to one lucky reader – send entries to denis.hurley@theecho.ie before Saturday, January 3, after which one will be drawn from those with the most correct answers.\n <\/p>\n

1. In 1997, Cork played one game each in both the Munster senior hurling and football championships. Which players who shared a name were full-back for the hurlers and full-forward for the footballers?<\/p>\n

2. Who captained Ireland at the 2019 Rugby World Cup?<\/p>\n

3. In 2026, Scotland will participate in the Fifa World Cup for the first time since when?<\/p>\n

4. Who won the 2018 World Snooker Championship, bridging a 15-year gap to his last title?<\/p>\n

5. Name any of the four Cork players who were picked on the Camogie Team of The Century in 2004.<\/p>\n

6. Who drove for Red Bull in the first two races of the 2025 Formula 1 season before being re-allocated to the Racing Bulls team in a swap with Yuki Tsunoda?<\/p>\n

7. In 2002, which Irish jockey became the first man in 26 years to ride the winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Aintree Grand National in the same year?<\/p>\n

8. Which Englishman was head coach of the Ireland senior men\u2019s rugby team in 1997 and the early part of 1998 before an abrupt resignation led to Warren Gatland being appointed?<\/p>\n

9. Since 1992, when NBA players were allowed to participate for the first time, which is the only country apart from the USA to win the men\u2019s basketball gold medal at the Olympic Games?<\/p>\n

10. Which of golf\u2019s four majors has Rory McIlroy won twice?<\/p>\n

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\n Q11: The Tour de France passes The Western Star en route to the finish line at the Carrigrohane Straight – in which year?\u00a0<\/p>\n

11. In which year did the first three stages of the Tour de France take place in Ireland?<\/p>\n

12. Who was Cork\u2019s first hurling All-Star?<\/p>\n

13. And name either of the two Corkmen to feature on the 2012 All-Star football side \u2013 the county\u2019s most recent selections.<\/p>\n

14. Robbie Keane is the all-time top scorer for the Republic of Ireland men\u2019s senior national team with 68 goals \u2013 who is second with 21?<\/p>\n

15. Kate O\u2019Connor was Ireland\u2019s only medallist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with her silver medal coming in which discipline?<\/p>\n

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\n Q16: Virgin Media Park – which clubs play here? Picture:\u00a0Diarmuid Greene\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

16. Name either of the Cork rugby clubs that play their home matches at Virgin Media (Musgrave) Park.<\/p>\n

17. For which NFL team does Patrick Mahomes currently play?<\/p>\n

18. Which Cork club is set to be part of the third-tier FAI National League which it begins in 2026?<\/p>\n

19. In which year did Ireland last win the Women\u2019s Six Nations Championship?<\/p>\n

20. Who was the manager for Cork\u2019s last All-Ireland Ladies\u2019 SFC title win in 2016?<\/p>\n

21. Ireland first competed at the Cricket World Cup in which year?<\/p>\n

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\n Q22: Munster’s Eddie Halvey on a break against Northampton in the the Heineken Cup final – but where? Picture: Kieran Clancy<\/p>\n

22. Three of Munster\u2019s four Heineken Cup final appearances have been at Cardiff\u2019s Millennium Stadium \u2013 where was the other one?<\/p>\n

23. In 2019, Cork played two consecutive senior hurling championship games at venues that shared a name. Who were the opponents?<\/p>\n

24. Who resigned as Cork City manager in July 2000 after just one game in charge?<\/p>\n

25. Who was the only winner of the five women\u2019s golf majors in 2025 that was not a first-time winner?<\/p>\n

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\n Q26: Chris Hughton managed which country? Picture: Nick Potts\/PA Wire<\/p>\n

26. Former Republic of Ireland international Chris Hughton managed which country from 2023-24?<\/p>\n

27. Which jockey has won the Irish Grand National more than anybody else, recording six victories?<\/p>\n

28. In which year was a men\u2019s senior All-Ireland hurling or football final first played on a Saturday?<\/p>\n

29. Who is the only tennis player to have won a women\u2019s singles grand slam title in each of the last four years?<\/p>\n

30. Cork City\u2019s first major trophy was the Opel League Cup in 1987 \u2013 what colour shirts did they wear as they beat Shamrock Rovers in the final at Turner\u2019s Cross?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the year comes to an end, challenge yourself with our sports quiz. We have a copy of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[1263,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-261265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cork-sport","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}