Sports quiz of the year 2022
As another year draws to a close, sports fans will be looking back on the last 12 months which saw plenty of highs and lows.
There were tears of joy at thrilling success – and also a few shed over the near miss of what might have been.
Here, the PA news agency tests your knowledge on some of the key sporting events of 2022 – but no peeking at the answers at the bottom!
Q1: Who beat Michael Smith to claim the PDC World Championship title for a second time in January?
Q2: With defending champion Novak Djokovic having seen his visa cancelled, who went on to win the Australian Open men’s singles title in Melbourne?
Q3: Following a dismal Ashes campaign, who left their role as England men’s cricket head coach during February?
Q4: Eve Muirhead guided Great Britain’s women’s curling team to gold at the Winter Olympics in Beijing with victory over which nation?
HISTORY MAKER!
Rachael Blackmore becomes the first woman to ride a winner in the Gold Cup! 👏 pic.twitter.com/9YreVzemCT
— Great British Racing (@GBRacing) March 18, 2022
Q5: In March, Rachael Blackmore rode which horse as she became the first female jockey to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup?
Q6: Which country won the Grand Slam in the 2022 men’s Guinness Six Nations?
Q7: Amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen won the Grand National on which 50-1 shot at Aintree?
Q8: Which South African won the first individual title of the controversial LIV Golf series held at the Centurion Club in Hemel Hempstead?
Q9: Who lost in the final of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield as Ronnie O’Sullivan claimed a record-equalling seventh title?
Q10: A consortium headed by which American agreed terms to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich in a £4.25billion deal?
Q11: Who scored the only goal as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in the men’s Champions League final in Paris?
Q12: Which English golfer who won the 2022 US Open at Brookline?
🏆 OUR ENGLAND. OUR CHAMPIONS. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/gf4BHUd5fW
— Lionesses (@Lionesses) July 31, 2022
Q13: Who came off the bench to score the winning goal in extra-time as England beat Germany in the Women’s Euro 2022 final at Wembley?
Q14: Who defeated Ons Jabeur in the women’s singles final at Wimbledon?
Q15: The 2022 Commonwealth Games were hosted by which city?
Q16: Who won Britain’s first all-around gymnastics gold at the European Championships in Munich?
Q17: Who celebrated his first Formula One victory by winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July?
Q18: Which team won the final of the men’s Hundred with victory over Manchester Originals at Lord’s?
Q19: Jake Wightman secured gold for Great Britain in which event at the IAAF World Championships in Eugene?
Q20: In October, how did England cricketer Jonny Bairstow suffer a broken leg and dislocated ankle which ruled him out of the T20 World Cup?
Q21: Great Britain beat which country 3-0 in a deciding group match in Glasgow to reach the Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals for the first time in 41 years?
Q22: England fell to a narrow defeat by New Zealand in the final of the Women’s Rugby World Cup in Auckland, ending a run of how many consecutive Test match victories for the Red Roses – 25, 30 or 35?
Q23: Which bowler took three wickets to help England win the men’s T20 World Cup with a thrilling victory over Pakistan in Melbourne?
Q24: England suffered a dramatic 27-26 golden-point loss to which country in the men’s Rugby League World Cup semi-final at the Emirates Stadium?
Q25: Who scored Wales’ only goal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar?
Answers
𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁!
So nice, he had to do it twice…
2020 ✅2022 ✅
Peter Wright is once again the Champion of the World!#WHDarts pic.twitter.com/glLjjapjeo
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 3, 2022
Q1: Peter Wright
Q2: Rafael Nadal
Q3: Chris Silverwood
Q4: Japan
Q5: A Plus Tard
Q6: France
Q7: Noble Yeats
Q8: Charl Schwartzel
Q9: Judd Trump
Q10: Todd Boehly
Q11: Vinicius Junior
Q12: Matt Fitzpatrick
Q13: Chloe Kelly
Q14: Elena Rybakina
Q15: Birmingham
Q16: Joe Fraser
Q17: Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
Q18: Trent Rockets
Q19: men’s 1500m
Q20: Bairstow slipped while approaching a tee box during a round of golf
Great Britain 🇬🇧 have reached the semi-finals for the first time since 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣1️⃣ 👏#BJKCupFinals | @the_LTA pic.twitter.com/FuHFeYmnMI
— Billie Jean King Cup (@BJKCup) November 10, 2022
Q21: Spain
Q22: 30
Q23: Sam Curran
Q24: Samoa
Q25: Gareth Bale