animals in sports

Olympic Gold medal sprinter Shawn Crawford raced against two animals in the "Man vs. Beast" series. Which one did he beat over 100m and which animal did he lose to over the same distance?

• Beat a giraffe but lost to a tortoise

• Beat a giraffe but lost to a zebra

• beat a zebra but lost to giraffe

f you go to watch a Rodeo you are likely to see three of these animals involved in the "sports

• Horse

• polar bear

• cow

• goat

How many bulls are killed in bullfighting every year

• 250,000

• 100,000

• 500

• 200

Answer explanation

Around 1/4 million bulls are killed

One of the most shocking facts about bullfighting is that the sport is actually practiced in 14 different countries.

when was fox hunting banned

• 2001

• 2005

• 2010

• 2020

Answer explanation

Hunting with dogs was banned in 2005 in reaction to public. They were strongly against the cruelty of wild animals being chased, often to the point of exhaustion, before being purposely set upon by packs of dogs for so called 'sport'.

Prince Charles of England is a very keen exponent of which sport involving horses?

• National hunt racing

• Polo

• Dressage

• Swedish nut racing

What act banned wild animals from using animals in a performance at a circus in England

• Circus act 2019

• wild animal act 2019

Answer explanation

Before the act many circuses had lions, elephants and bears performing tricks. These animals were kept in small cages for 90% of their life.

Live pigeon shoot was part of the Olympic games when

• 1900

• 1980

• 1990

• 2000

Answer explanation

The object was to shoot and kill as many birds as possible. This was the first and only time in Olympic history when animals were killed on purpose.

Pickles the dog became famous in April 1966 when he achieved what sporting fame?

• Ran in grand national

• Found the stolen football World Cup in London.

• Ate jack nicklaus golf ball at the open

Answer explanation

The world cup trophy was stolen in 1966.

Pickles saw a package covered in newspaper lying in the street, and sniffed around it a bit. His owner looked at package and found the missing trophy

Although illegal how many reports of DOG FIGHTS are made to the RSPCA every year.

• 500

• 1000

• 1500

• 2000

How many horses died in this years Grand National

• 4

• 1

• 3

• 2

Answer explanation

Since the first Grand National in 1839, 86 horses have died during the race itself, with nearly half of these deaths taking place between 2000 and 2012