Ball bliss
1. Who won the man of the match award after Armagh’s win over Galway in the 2024 All-Ireland SFC final?
2. Before beating Galway in this year’s TG4 All-Ireland Ladies’ SFC final, when was Kerry’s last title – 1993, 2003 or 2013?
3. Following the approval of Gaelic football’s new rules, what is the maximum number of players a team can have in one half of the pitch?
4. In January 2024, Watty Graham’s GAC, Glen won the AIB All-Ireland Club SFC – from which county do they hail?
5. What was the last year before 2024 when Dublin did not reach the All-Ireland SFC semi-finals?
Mixed bag one
6. Which golfer won the PGA Championship and the Open Championship in 2024?
7. In 2024, Luca Brecel became the 19th man to fall victim to which sporting ‘curse’?
8. Which Irish cyclist finished seventh in the men’s elite World Championship Road Race in September 2024?
9. In which weight division did Katie Taylor retain her world boxing titles by beating Amanda Serrano in Texas in November – flyweight, cruiserweight or light-welterweight?
10. Which former Irish tennis player won the William Hill Sports Book of The Year Award for his autobiography The Racket?
Union ups and downs
11. Who beat Leinster in the 2024 Investec Champions Cup final?
12. Who captained Ireland for the men’s Six Nations Championship of 2024?
13. Which club won the Energia All-Ireland League title for 2023-24?
14. Who departed as Munster head coach at the end of October?
15. Name either one of the two countries that Ireland beat in the 2024 Women’s Six Nations Championship.
Citius, altius, fortius
16. In which sport did Jack Woolley represent Ireland at the 2024 Olympic Games?
17. Gymnast Rhys McClenaghan’s gold medal was achieved in which discipline?
18. Which country was third in the Olympic medal table, behind the USA and China?
19. Which Irish cyclist won a time-trial gold medal and a road-race silver medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games?
20. Swimmer Mona McSharry, who won bronze for Ireland in the women’s 100m breaststroke, is a native of which county?
The beautiful game
21. Which country did Iceland native Heimir Hallgrímsson manage immediately before being appointed to the Republic of Ireland men’s team in July of 2024?
22. Who did the Republic of Ireland women’s team lose to in December in a play-off for a place at Euro 2025?
23. Who managed Shelbourne to win the League of Ireland title for the first time since 2006?
24. Ireland international Evan Ferguson plays for which club?
25. Which League of Ireland club play their home games at Mounthawk Park?
Silver jubilee
26. What made the 1999 All-Ireland SHC final unique at the time it was played? This characteristic was later shared by the finals of 2004 and 2020.
27. At which Massachusetts course did the USA defeat Europe in a bad-tempered Ryder Cup in 1999?
28. Which horse won the second of three straight Cheltenham Champion Hurdles in 1999?
29. Ireland won one game in the 1999 Five Nations Championship (the last before the competition was expanded to include Italy). At which stadium was that match played?
30. With Roy Keane suspended, who captained Manchester United to victory over Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final?
Hurling heroes
31. How many players from All-Ireland champions Clare were chosen on the PwC GAA-GPA All-Star hurling team for the year 2024?
32. Which Galway club won the AIB All-Ireland Club SHC in January 2024?
33. Who managed the Cork team that retained the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in 2024?
34. In which year did Limerick last fail to win the Munster SHC?
35. Who were the opposition the last time Clare beat a non-Munster county in the All-Ireland hurling final?
Mixed bag two
36. The 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup, primarily hosted by the West Indies, was the first ICC tournament to feature matches played in which country?
37. Lewis Hamilton has left the Mercedes Formula 1 team to join which team for the 2025 World Championship?
38. Who was the only Irish female golfer on the Europe team that lost to the USA in the 2024 Solheim Cup?
39. Which NFL team won Super Bowl LVIII in February of 2024?
40. What nationality is tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, winner of the women’s singles titles at the 2024 Australian Open and US Open?
On the gallops
41. In 2024, Paul Townend became just the seventh jockey – and the first since Jimy Culloty in 2002 – to achieve which feat?
42. Who in 2018 was the last person other than Willie Mullins to be the leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival?
43. Which horse won the Irish Gold Cup for the second straight year in 2024?
44. In which county is Gowran Park racecourse?
45. Aidan O’Brien saddled his 16th Irish Derby winner in 2024 – what was the name of the winning horse, which shares its name with an American city?
Looking ahead
46. Ireland boss Andy Farrell will be head coach of the British and Irish Lions rugby team for the tour of Australia in 2025 – who will be in charge of Ireland for the Six Nations?
47. The 2025 World Athletics Championships will take place in the same Asian city which hosted the 1991 edition – name it.
48. In which US state is Bethpage Black, the course for the 2025 Ryder Cup?
49. Davy Fitzgerald will manage which county’s hurling team in the 2025 GAA season?
50. Which country will host the 2025 UEFA Women’s Championship?
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