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Irish Road Bowling
Followed by a international sports quiz 100 questions
& some random sports facts in between,
Irish Road Bowling Info
outdoor sport
Participants, usually four person teams, throw a 28 ounce (800 g) bowl or bullet along a country road course, up to 4 km long, and the fewest throws to traverse the distance wins.
Rules and playing style
A 28 ounce iron and steel cannonball ( the bullet) the size of a tennis ball bowl is hurled down a country lane. The player or team with fewest shots to the finish line wins. It is rare that the road is closed so effort must be made for safety.
In Ireland numerous bowling courses exist in counties Armagh and Cork and also in Mayo (Castlebar), Limerick, Waterford and Louth, roads have been developed in Tyrone and Wexford and also in London.
A road shower stands ahead of the thrower, feet apart, to show the best line or path on a road. The thrower runs to the throwing mark and, in Northern or County Armagh style, extends an arm and bowl behind him as he runs. At the throwing mark the arm is snapped forward by arching the back and shoulders, releasing the bowl underhand before stepping over the mark.
In the Southern or County Cork style, as the thrower runs to the mark an arm and bowl are lifted up and back, then whirled downward in an underhand throw, releasing the bowl before stepping over the mark. Wherever the bowl stops, a chalk mark is made at the nearest point on the road and the next throw is taken from behind. Over tight curves, or corners where two roads meet, the bowl may be thrown through the air. The loft must strike the road or pass over it. If the loft fails to reach the road, it counts as a shot, and the next throw must be taken rom the same mark.
If two players or teams approach the finish line with equal shots, a winner is decided by which throw goes farthest past the finish line.
Terminology
A Score : a match. (In the past, players were given 20 shots each, the winner determined by who went the greatest distance.)
A Shot : a throw.
Bowl of Odds : when a bowler is one full shot fewer than his opponent, when a bowler is equal to or farther in distance than opponent, but has thrown one less shot.
Bowl or Bullet : the 28-ounce ( 800 g) small cannonball, with circumference of 18 cm, used in Irish Road Bowling.
Bullets or Long Bullets : the County Armagh term for road bowling.
Butt - throwing mark on the road. To step over the mark before releasing the bowl is to break butt.
Clear the Road : to get spectators out of the road in front of thrower.
Corner :sharp curve in road or a corner where two roads meet.
centered in Ireland : primarily in County Armagh and County Cork. However, it also has players in Boston, MA, Cambridge, NY, New Zealand and is growing in fairs and festivals of State of West Virginia.
There are a European Bowling championships, and a World Road Bowling Championship
Road bowling in Ireland is governed by the voluntary Irish Road Bowling Association
http://www.irishroadbowling.ie/ Irish Road Bowling Association
Subjects
Quiz on Sport Generally
1 What were the top 4 placings in the first Rugby Union World Cup in 1987,
2 What about the 1991 Rugby World Cup,
3 As of March 2021, which 2 teams had won the most American Football, Superbowls,
4 How many had the Dallas Cowboys won,
5 How many years was it since the last British man, won Wimbledon, when Scotsman Andy Murray won in 2013.
6 Who have won the most Netball World Cups,
7 As of 2 March 2021, Who have won the most NBA Championships, 2 teams again,
8 Who have won the most World Series of baseball, as of March 2021
9 Who have won the most NHL Stanley Cups, as of March 2021,
10 Which 2 players have won the most Golf Majors,
11 Which golfer has been runner up in Golf majors more times than anybody else up to March 2021, without winning one,
12 Up to March 2021, who had won the most Snooker World Championships, since 1969.
13 Which 3 teams have won the most WNBA titles, as of mid March 2021,
14 Which 2 nations, top the All Times, Combined, Winter and Summer Olympics, total Gold, Bronze and Silver medal table, even in March 2021,
15 Who have won the most Rugby League world cups,
16 As of March 2021, who have won the most Cricket County championships
17 What year was Muhammad Ali, the World Heavy Weight boxing champion, born,
18 As of March 2021, who have won the most Constructors championships in Formula One,
19 in terms of the Tour De France, what do these names have in common in March 2021, Jacques Anquetil (FRA) Eddy Merckx (BEL) Bernard Hinault (FRA) Miguel Indurain (ESP)
20 How many times have Wales reached the Rugby World cup Semi final, up to March 2021.
21 Hoe many times have Scotland been ranked 4th in the Rugby World Cup at the finish, their highest position up to March 2021.
22 Who won the gold for Tennis, at the women's event for tennis in 1the Summer Olympics 1988 in Seoul.
23 How many times did Carl Lewis win gold at the 100 metres in the Olympics, individual event.
24 How many gold medals did Jessica Ennis win in the Heptathlon at the Olympics,
25 How many Paralympics did Tami Grey Thompson compete in,
26 What country did Chess World Champion Gary Kasparov play for at the 1992 European Championships.
27 What event have Sandi Morris, Sergei Bubka, and Armand Duplantis take part on. ,
28 What event have, Heike Henkel, Isobel Pooley, Matt Hemingway, and Dick Fosbury taken part in
29 What species was Red Rum
30 Who has on March 2021 topped the table of the most gold medals in Olympic swimming.
31 Who was the first Welsh winner of the Tour De France
32 Who won Gold at the 1980 100 metres Men's individual event
33 Who won Gold at the 2012 Women's Indoor Volleyball at the Olympics
34 Who won Bronze at the 2012 Women's Basketball
35 Did Seb Coe ever win gold at the Olympics
36 What position was Sylvester Stallone in Escape to Victory in the football match.
37 How many Olympic golds has Chris Hoy won
38 Has a Scotsman ever won Formula One, World Championships,
39 Has a Finnish man ever won Formula One World Championships,
40 Is it true that both a Englishman, a Scotsman, and a Frenchman, have won World Rally Championship.
41 Has a Welshman ever won the Wales Rally GB, the most prestigious rally in the UK, as of 2021 anyhow, it operating since 1932.
42 Which of these movies was not about Baseball, A league of their own, Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, A shot at glory.,
43 Where was the 1986 world cup of football held.
44 Where was the 1992 Summer Olympics held
45 Who was the Switz Miss, in Tennis, in the 1990s.
46 Which teams were bottom of the Highland League in a year in the 1980s, but won the Scottish League cup in the 2010s.
47 What year did Beach Volleyball join the Summer Olympics.
48 Who won the 1979 Cricket World Cup
49 Who were the first African team to win the Football gold at the Summer Olympics.
50 What was the first Fifa world cup to be hosted in more than one country
51 When was the Americas Cup founded
52 What is Usain Bolt's 2009 record in the 100 metres. His world Record time.
53 Who were the first Argentinian Football champions,
54 Which motor racing driver who won the Formula 1 world title in the 1990s, had a Surname, whose first part is the start of the name of a Iron Age structure, popularly seen as a defensive bastion, the second part of that name of that kind of defensive bastion, defines it as a kind of bastion,
55 Which Formula 1 world champion of the 2010s, has the same surname, as the name of a town in Lanarkshire, Scotland,
56 Name Scotland's most successful Formula one star of the 1990s,
57 Which British tennis player won the ladies title at Wimbledon in 1977
58 What decade was Arantxa Sánchez Vicario runner up at Wimbledon,
59 What county did Billie Jean King the tennis player come from,
60 What sport does or did Dominika Cibulkova play,
61 Danica Patrick was a breakthrough racing driver in which brand of motor sport.
62 What sport do Karsta Lowe, Kim Hill, Haleigh Washington and Jordan Larsson, perform for the USA in, or did,
63 What major movie part was Johnny Weissmuller Olympics swimmer most famous for
64 When did Maria Sharapova first win Wimbledon Ladies Championship
65 Castro, is a surname that has featured in the 2008 Women's Indoor Volleyball, for Brazil, also the Atlanta Braves and Colorado Rockies. in MLB baseball, a Brazilian competitor in Men's swimming at the 1988 Olympics, and the Honduran international soccer team. but which 2 land's in Europe have it as their equivalents of hillforts.
66 Where is Sumo Wrestling a national sport
67 Which Ukrainian football team have won the European Cup Winners cup
68 What year did Europe first win the Ryder Cup
69 What year did Europe win the Ryder Cup in Gleneagles before 2021
70 What nationality was golfer Ian Woosnam
71 What nationality was golfer Sam Torrance
72 What year did Beijing host the Summer Olympics
73 Who were Runners up in the 1988 European Championships of football
74 Who won the 1984 Football European Championships
75 Where did Paul Lawrie win a golfing major,
76 Who won the 1988 European Football Championships
77 Where was the 1995 FIFA World Cup held,
78 What nationality is Robert Lewandoski
79 What year were the Polish and Ukrainian football European championships held
80 How tall was Pele, as a footballer
81 What was the name of the winner of the Long Jump in 1968 at the Olympics,
82 What year was Mike Tyson born
83 Where do Honved football club come from as in the country
84 What year was the first modern Olympics held,
85 Where were the 1996 Olympics held
84 What city was the 1983 European Cup Winners Cup final held
85 Who have won the most Winter Olympics Gold Medals
86 Was Eddie the Eagle last in the 70 and 90 metre Ski Jumps in 1988 at Calgary
87 Where were the 1984 Summer Olympics held
88 Where were the 2004 Summer Olympics held
89 Where were the 2016 Summer Olympics held
90 Where were the 1960 Summer Olympics held
91 What stadium was the place where the 1896 Olympics were held
92 What year did China win their first medal in Athletics at the Summer Olympics
93 Which of these lands has not finished top of the Gold Medal table at a individual Summer Olympics, Great Britain, The USA, The USSR, China, France,
94 How many times have Germany including the West won the World cup of Football up to 2021
95 Who have won the most European Championships of football
96 What year did Lionel Messi win Olympic gold with Argentina,
97 Have Sri Lanka ever won the Cricket world cup
98 Where was the 2006 Men's world Ice Hockey championships held
99 Where were the 2014 Commonwealth Games held
100 Where was the 2019 Netball world cup held
And below the extra quiz,
1a Opposite name quiz, golf player,
Lion Forrest
1b Volleyball, Clement weather with no need for a helmet, from the weather's affects, eeee, DC,
1c Tennis, Chaotica Wontians,
1d Golfer Wrench Niclaus
1e Gavin Battle of, Rugby Player
1f Rory overmetal Rugby player
1h I River by Paris, slow start, runner,
1i Derby Cowgot, Horse racing,
1j Ian Neitheram, Cricketer,
1k, If you join separate one of the letters, of this country USA, you get a name, which sports do these American play for of the name created from that scissors style cutting of the name, who are American, - - - Leslie, born 1972, ---- Raymond born 1972
1l Which club was Doug Ellis owner of, in the late 20th Century,
1m, What sport is played at Carnosutie, The Celtic Manor, Augusta, and Muirfields,
1n What sport occurs at Monaco, Silvertsone, Brands Hatch, and has been won by Damon Hill, and seen David Coulthard race in,
1o What sport is the winner of, the Stanley Cup performing in,
1p Is it true that every world cup winner in Europe, neighbours France,
1q Is it true that every world cup winner up to 2023, football of course, like the last question, is part of a land mass that neighbours other countries that won the world cup including France, including the Channel Tunnel as a land mass uniter.
1x which of those lands do not neighbour France,
1ywho won the 1987 FA Cup
1 Z Who scored for Sunderland in their 1970s FA Cup win, in the final,
Answers at bottom of page, but here are some facts in between, On Ac AC Milan honours, The Isle of Man football festival, and Real Madrid honours,
Isle of Man football festival list of winners,
The trophy ran from 1983 to 2005.
The Isle of Man Football Festival. Winners.
1983 Sunderland 1 St Mirren 0.
1984 Sunderland Beat Blackburn Rovers.
1985 Blackburn Rovers 1 Stoke City 0.
1986 Wigan Athletic 1 Portsmouth 0.
1987 Stoke City 1 Dundee 0.
1988 No Winner.
1989 Motherwell 2 St Mirren 1,
1990 Motherwell 3 Oxford United 1.
1991 Stoke City 2 Sunderland 0.
1992 Stoke City 5 Wrexham 0.
1993 Wrexham.
1994 Tranmere Rovers.
1995 Wrexham 0 Stockport County 0 - Wrexham won on penalties.
1996 West Bromwich Albion.
1997 Wrexham.
1998 Stockport County 1 Wrexham 1 - Stockport won on penalties.
1999 Oldham Athletic 1 Stockport County 1 - Oldham win on penalties.
2000 Oldham Athletic 0 Bury 0 - Oldham win on penalties.
2001 Wrexham 1 Burnley 0.
2002 Wrexham 1 Darlington 0.
2003 Rushden & Diamonds 1 Wrexham 0.
2004 Rushden & Diamonds beat Bristol Rovers.
2005 Carlisle United 1 Oldham Athletic 0.
In terms of the Isle of Man Football Festival cup
Wrexham won it the most times with 4 trophy wins.
Motherwell were the only Scottish team to win the trophy.
I put this list as I was given it as my contributor said he could find no list of these elsewhere,
AC Milan Trophy Wins By Decade.
Correct on October 2021.
This is a list of how many trophy wins and trophy runners-up spots that AC Milan had in the major trophies of Italian and World football. These are the Italian League, the Italian Cup, the Italian Super Cup, the European Cup, Champions League, the European Cup Winners Cup, the UEFA Cup, the Europa League, the European Super Cup, and the Mitropa Cup.
Decades. Wins. Runners-Up.
1890s. 0. 0.
1900s. 3. 1.
1910s. 0. 0.
1920s. 0. 0.
1930s. 0. 0.
1940s. 0. 2.
1950s. 6. 4.
1960s. 7. 5.
1970s. 5. 7.
1980s. 6. 1.
1990s. 13. 11.
2000s. 9. 4.
2010s. 3. 4.
2020s. 0. 1.
So the most successful decade for AC Milam was by far the 1990s, when AC Milan won 13 trophies and were runners-up in 11 trophies.
The next most successful was the 2000s where they won 9 major trophies and were runners-up in 4 trophies.
Yet from the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s and 1940s AC Milan won no national or international official trophies. So AC Milan only started to win trophies every decade from the 1950s onwards.
Lit of official AC Milan trophies.
Italian Football Championship / Serie A Tier 1.
Winners - 18 times champions: 1901, 1906, 1907, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1967–68, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2010–11.
Runners-up 16 times: 1902, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1989–90, 1990–91, 2004–05, 2011–12, 2020–21.
Cups.
Coppa Italia.
Winners 5 times winners: 1966–67, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1976–77, 2002–03.
Runners-up 9 times: 1941–42, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1997–98, 2015–16, 2017–18.
Supercoppa Italiana.
Winners 7 times: 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2011, 2016.
Runners-up 4 times: 1996, 1999, 2003, 2018.
International.
European Cup/UEFA Champions League.
Winners 7 times: 1962–63, 1968–69, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 2002–03, 2006–07.
Runners-up 4 times: 1957–58, 1992–93, 1994–95, 2004–05.
European Cup Winners' Cup.
Winners 2 times: 1967–68, 1972–73.
Runners-up 1 time: 1973–74.
European Super Cup/UEFA Super Cup.
Winners 5 times: 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007.
Runners-up 2 times: 1973, 1993.
Intercontinental Cup.
Winners 3 times: 1969, 1989, 1990.
Runners-up 4 times: 1963, 1993, 1994, 2003.
FIFA Club World Cup.
Winners 1 time: 2007.
Latin Cup.
Winners 2 times: 1951, 1956.
Runners-up 1 time: 1953.
Mitropa Cup.
Winners 1 time: 1982.
Real Madrid Trophy Wins by decade
Correct up to October 2021
Real Madrid Trophy Wins Per Decade.
This is a table that shows the number of official trophy wins for Real Madrid in terms of the La Liga, the Spanish Cup, the Spanish Super Cup, the Copa Eva Duarte, the Spanish League Cup, the European Cup / Champions League, the European Cup Winners Cup, the UEFA Cup, the Europa League, the European Super Cup, the Latin Cup, the Intercontinental Cup, the Copa Iberoamericana and the Club World Cup.
Decades. Wins.
1900s. 4.
1910s. 1.
1920s. 0.
1930s. 4.
1940s. 3.
1950s. 10.
1960s. 11.
1970s. 8.
1980s. 13.
1990s. 10.
2000s. 11.
2010s. 17.
2020s. 2.
So the least successful decade for Real Madrid was the 1920s when they won no trophies. The most successful was the 2010s when they won 17 trophies.
Real Madrid Trophy Wins.
La Liga: 34 Times Champions.
1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2019–20.
Copa del Rey: 19 Times Winners.
1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1917, 1934, 1936, 1946, 1947, 1961–62, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1992–93, 2010–11, 2013–14.
Supercopa de España: 11 Times Winners.
1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2019–20.
Copa Eva Duarte: 1.
1947.
Copa de la Liga: 1.
1984–85.
Official titles
European Cup / UEFA Champions League: 13 Times Winners.
1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18.
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League: 2 Times Winners,
1984–85, 1985–86.
European / UEFA Super Cup: 4 Times Winners.
2002, 2014, 2016, 2017.
Latin Cup: 2 Times Winners.
1955, 1957.
Official titles.
Intercontinental Cup: 3 Times Winners.
1960, 1998, 2002.
Copa Iberoamericana: 1.
1994.
FIFA Club World Cup: 4 Times Winners.
2014, 2016, 2017, 2018.
NOW The ANSWERS to the quiz
1 New Zealand, France, Wales, Australia,
2 Australia, England, New Zealand, Scotland,
3 New England Patriots, and Pittsburgh Stealers,
4 5
5 77 years
6 Australia
7 The LA Lakers, and Boston Celtics,
8 New York Yankess
9 Montreal Canadiens
10 Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods
11 Colin Montgomery
12 Stephen Hendry
13 Houston Comets, Minnesota Lynx, and Seattle Storm,
14 The USA, and USSR.
15 Australia
16 Yorkshire
17 1942,
18 Ferrari,
19 They each top the list of finishing the tour with the Yellow Jersey, 5 times each.
20 3 times
21 once
22 Steffi Graff
23 Twice
24 One
25 Five
26 Russia
27 Pole Vault
28 High Jump
29 Horse
30 Michael Phelps
31 Geraint Thomas
32 Alan Wells
33 Brazil
34 Australia
35 Yes
36 Goalkeeper
37 Six
38 yes
39 yes
40 Yes,
41 Yes
42 A Shot at glory
43 Mexico
44 Barcelona
45 Martina Hingis
46 Ross County
47 1996
48 West Indies
49 Nigeria
50 South Korea and Japan 2002
51 1851
52 9.58 seconds
53 St Andrews and Old Caledonians
54 Damon Hill, as in Hillfort,
55 Lewis Hamilton
56 David Coulthard
57 Virginia Wade
58 the 1990s
59 The USA
60 Tennis
61 Nascar
62 Indoor Volleyball
63 Tarzan
64 2004
65 Spain and Portugal
66 Japan
57 Dynamo Kiev
68 1985
69 2014
70 Welsh
71 Scottish
72 2008
73 The USSR
74 France
75 Carnoustie
76 The Netherlands
77 The USA
78 Polish
79 2012
80 5 foot 8
81 Bob Beamon
82 1966
83 Honved
84 1896
85 Atlanta,
84 Gothenburg
85 Norway
86 Yes
87 LA
88 Athens
89 Rio De Janeiro
90 Rome
92 1988
93 They all have finished top
94 4 times,
95 Germany
96 2008
97 Yes
98 Latvia
99 Glasgow,
100 Liverpool
The extra quiz,
1a Tiger Woods
1b Haleigh Washington
1c Serna Williams
1d Jack Niclaus
1e Gavin Hastings
1f Rory Underwood
1h Usain Bolt
1i Leicester Piggott
1j Ian Neitheram, Cricketer,
1k, Lisa Leslie, and Lisa Raymond, tennis, basketball
1l Astn Villa
1m, Golf
1n F1 Motor Racing
1o Ice Hockey
1p yes
1q yes
1x Argentina
1y Coventry City
1z Ian Porterfield,
