Sport – Pub Quiz Questions

Published: 17. 4. 2026.

Who is the man responsible for Carl Lewis finishing with 9 Olympic gold medals and 1 silver instead of a neat total of 10 golds?

Joe DeLoach

Published: 17. 4. 2026.

Leaving aside Getafe, which is based in the Madrid suburb of the same name, the city of Madrid currently has three clubs in Spain’s top division. Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid are two of them. What is the third called?

Rayo Vallecano

Terms: |Football| |Premier League|

Published: 13. 4. 2026.

Which bird appears on the crest of the English football club Norwich F.C.?

Canary

Terms: |Football| |UEFA Champions League|

Published: 9. 4. 2026.

José Mourinho has coached a large number of clubs during his career, but he won the Champions League with only two of them. Which clubs were they?

Porto and Inter

Terms: |Boxing| |Rocky film series|

Published: 6. 4. 2026.

Which boxer served as the inspiration for the Rocky film series? He was nicknamed The Bayonne Bleeder because of his remarkable toughness and the punishment he could absorb, often leaving the ring with his face covered in blood.

Chuck Wepner

Terms: |Archery|

Published: 2. 4. 2026.

When speaking of target archery in formal competition, what is the colour of the centre of the target?

Yellow, traditionally also called gold

Published: 1. 4. 2026.

Murray is the name of the longest river in Australia, and Andy Murray is, by common agreement, one of the four leading tennis players of the twenty-first century. Over the course of a rich and decorated career, in which he claimed 45 titles, he also secured two Olympic gold medals in singles. Having beaten Roger Federer in the London final of 2012, whom did he overcome in the Rio final of 2016, knowing that this opponent did not come from Europe?

Juan Martín del Potro

Terms: |Basketball| |NBA|

Published: 1. 4. 2026.

The NBA’s annual championship trophy bears the name of a man who served as league commissioner from 1975 to 1984 and played a major role in strengthening the league’s commercial and international profile. Since 1984, the trophy awarded to the NBA champions has officially been named in his honour. What is the name of this trophy?

The Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy

Published: 1. 4. 2026.

One of the most famous matches in the history of English club football is the 2005 UEFA Champions League final, often remembered as the “Miracle of Istanbul.” On that night, Liverpool recovered from a three-goal deficit at half-time to draw level and eventually win on penalties. Which Italian club had established that 3–0 lead before Liverpool’s dramatic comeback?

AC Milan

Published: 1. 4. 2026.

When England won the 1966 FIFA World Cup on home soil, the trophy was lifted by a captain who would later come to be regarded as one of the finest defenders in the history of the game. He spent the great majority of his club career with West Ham United and remains one of the most iconic figures ever to wear the England shirt. Who was he?

Bobby Moore