Test your sporting knowledge
Test your sporting knowledge
The Nenagh Guardian are inviting readers to get their thinking caps on by entering this sports quiz with all questions being Tipperary related. We have a number of attractive prizes including:
1st prize – Tipperary jersey signed by the 2020 senior hurling panel
2nd prize – Framed Tipperary hurling jersey from 2016 signed by Noel McGrath
3rd prize - Fourball for Nenagh Golf Club
To enter, answer the 40 questions and send your answers to the contact details below. Best of luck.
1 – In what year were Nenagh Ormond RFC promoted to senior rugby for the first time?
2 – Who was Tipperary's first hurling All Star?
3 – Which club did Tommy Gaynor win an English League Cup with in 1989?
4 – In which Olympic Games did Gary Ryan represent Ireland in the 200m?
5 – How many times was Charlie Swan the champion jockey in Ireland?
6 – Who captained Tipperary to the All Ireland Under 21 Hurling title in 1989?
7 – Which Aussie Rules club does Colin O'Riordan play for?
8 – How many Tipperary clubs have won the All Ireland Senior Club Hurling title?
9 – In which North Tipperary parish was two-time Aintree Grand National winner Tiger Roll bred?
10 – Which Scottish club does Nenagh's Barry Coffey play for?
11 – In what city did Munster win both of their Heineken Cups?
12 – Who was Tipperary's first footballing All Star?
13 – In what year did Tipperary win their first All Ireland Senior Camogie title?
14 – Which club won the North Tipperary Senior Hurling title in the GAA's centenary year?
15 – In what year did Thomas MacDonaghs win the County Senior Football Championship?
16 – Name one of the two Tipperary Ladies Footballers who played AFLW this year?
17 – Which French rugby team does Donnacha Ryan play for?
18 – How many race-courses are there in Tipperary?
19 – The Ormond Point to Point in held in which North Tipperary village annually?
20 – The amalgamation of Borrisokane and Knockshegowna who won a North Minor Hurling title in 1990 was known as what?
21 – Who captained Tipperary to the first All Ireland Under 21 Hurling title in 1964?
22 – Which school did Ben Healy win a Munster Senior Cup title with in 2018?
23 – Which Tipperary player won a Football All Star in 2016?
24 – How many All Ireland Senior Camogie Championships have Tipperary won?
25 – Which Tipperary hurler won 2 All Stars without winning a championship game?
26 – In what year did Kilruane MacDonaghs win the All Ireland Senior Club Hurling title?
27 – In what Tipperary village is Aidan O'Brien's Ballydoyle training base located?
28 – What is the claim to fame of former Nenagh Olympic athlete Terry McHugh?
29 – Which club won the North Tipperary Soccer Cup in 2020?
30 – What Tipperary town is Irish cycling legend Sean Kelly from?
31 – How many All Ireland Senior Hurling titles have Tipperary won?
32 – Which Tipperary man refereed the 2017 All Ireland Hurling Final?
33 – What Moneygall man was GAA President from 1967 to 1970?
34 – What Premier League club does Shane Long play for?
35 – Who skippered Tipperary to the 2019 All Ireland Under 20 Hurling title?
36 – Who did Tipperary beat in the 2011 All Ireland Minor Football final?
37 – Who rode Tiger Roll to the Aintree Grand National successes in 2018 & 2019?
38 – How many GAA clubs are there in the North Tipperary division?
39 – Which Tipperary man scored the only try for Munster in their 2008 Heineken Cup final win over Toulouse?
40 – What is the name of the two GAA grounds in Nenagh and Cloughjordan that share the same name?
Entries to: Nenagh Guardian Sports Quiz, Summerhill, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary or email your answers to: sport@nenaghguardian.ie. Closing date is Friday, 17th April.