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Development of Modern Sport Week 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was the FA formed?

a)

1853

b)

1860

c)

1863

d)

1873

2.

When were the first modern Olympic Games?

a)

1890

b)

1896

c)

1900

d)

1905

3.

When was the first football World Cup?

a)

1920

b)

1930

c)

1940

d)

1946

4.

Which country hosted and won the first World Cup?

a)

England

b)

Brazil

c)

Uruguay

d)

Chile

5.

How many countries participated in the first world cup?

a)

10

b)

13

c)

15

d)

16

6.

Women were banned from playing football in league grounds in what year?

a)

1921

b)

1930

c)

1931

d)

1935

7.

The women's FA was established in what year?

a)

1951

b)

1961

c)

1971

d)

1981

8.

The world's oldest professional football club is?

a)

Notts County

b)

Sheffield FC

c)

Bolton Wanderers

d)

Preston North End

9.

Live football was first shown on national tv (BBC) in which year?

a)

1928

b)

1938

c)

1948

d)

1958

10.

Cricket removed the amateur/professional split in which year?

a)

1953

b)

1963

c)

1973

d)

1983

11.

Tennis followed suit and allowed professional players to enter the top amateur tournaments in which year?

a)

1958

b)

1968

c)

1978

d)

1988

12.

It took until what year for three substitutes to be brought in to football?

a)

1974

b)

1984

c)

1994

d)

2004

13.

The cricket world cup began in which year?

a)

1960

b)

1965

c)

1970

d)

1975

14.

The Heysel stadium disaster happened prior to Hillsborough, when was it?

a)

1980

b)

1982

c)

1985

d)

1989

15.

The Hillsborough disaster triggered a series of changes in football, one was the start of the Premier League, which year was this?

a)

1991

b)

1992

c)

1993

d)

1994