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The May Quiz prize of £14.00 was won by someone on behalf of the ‘Church Garden Fund’, picked from the most correct entries received.

The answers to the May sports Quiz are as follows:

1. Seve Ballesteros was a famous name in which sport?                            Golf
2. Tailender and Gully are terms used in which sport?                                Cricket
3. How many players are there in a Polo team?                                            Four
4. At which racecourse is the Oaks Stakes flat race run?                            Epsom Downs
5. Which English football team’s nickname is The Red Devils?                   Manchester United
6. Which two rugby union side compete for the Calcutta Cup?                  England & Scotland
7. What major sporting event took place in Sapporo, Japan in 1972?        Winter Olympics
8. The Red Sox American baseball team come from which city?                 Boston
9. What is the lowest weight category in boxing?                                          Light Flyweight
10. What is the last event in the Decathlon?                                                     1500 metres
11. What in golf, is the name given for two under par for the hole?                An Eagle
12. From which country is the football club Benfica?                                       Portugal
13. Kenilworth Road is the home ground of which English football club?      Luton Town
14. What race did Eddie Merckx win four times in succession?                      Tour de France
15. Which new water sport was added to the Olympic repertoire in 1984?   Synchronised Swimming
16. What is the first bridge passed in the Oxford & Cambridge boat race?   Hammersmith Bridge
17. What is the correct name for the hop, skip & jump?                                   Triple jump
18. What has 16 feathers and weighs1/5 of an ounce?                                      A shuttlecock
19. With what sport do you associate the following phrases snatch, clean & jerk?   Weight Lifting
20. Which sport was revitalised by the coming of colour TV?                           Snooker