Challenge your knowledge of 2021 with this interactive test

January / February:

1. What were the challenges that Sky TV’s David Lloyd faced while commentating from home during England’s tour of Sri Lanka?
2. Which nostalgic-themed song was used for the coverage of England’s Test tour of India on terrestrial channel 4?
3. Manchester United made a significant signing in the January transfer window by acquiring £37m teenager Amad Diallo from which club?
4. BBC rugby interviewer Sonja McLaughlan faced online abuse and even cried in her car due to tough questions she asked which rugby player?
5. Who alerted Burnley FC’s management about an ineligible player listed on their team sheet before an FA Cup tie?
6. Which batsman joined the long list of bizarre and unlucky injuries in England cricket history?
7. Manchester United issued an apology after their women players did what during the lockdown?
8. Which famous old club suffered an FA Cup defeat at the hands of mighty Crawley Town?
9. Nasser Hussain had some harsh words for which hapless side, stating that it was the most farcical 46 overs of Test cricket he had witnessed?
10. Which legendary sporting personality complained about hotel quarantine accommodation in Australia, suggesting that players should be moved to private houses with a court to train?
11. Phil Neville’s next managerial destination after leaving England Lionesses was which lucky soccer team?
12. What was Frank Lampard’s final match as Chelsea manager?
13. “Furious” Sir Andy Murray claimed to have caught Covid at which location, resulting in his inability to participate in the Australian Open?
14. Apart from Joe Root, name the other two Englishmen who scored a century in their 100th Test.
15. Yoshiro Mori, 83, resigned from Tokyo’s Olympics organizing committee for what reason?
16. Trainer Gordon Elliott found himself apologizing when a photo emerged of him doing what?
17. Which Crystal Palace player decided to stop taking the knee and instead stated that he would continue to stand tall?
18. Legendary golfer Tiger Woods had a horrifying car accident on the outskirts of which US city?
19. England expressed frustration with the lack of consistency in decision-making during the Test series against India, with particular stress caused by which third umpire?
20. Who was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the 2021 Super Bowl?

March / April:

1. Which club from the Premier League’s ‘Super League Six’ was the first to formally withdraw from the breakaway project?
2. Who scored the late winning try for Scotland in their first Six Nations victory over France in Paris in 22 years?
3. Which women’s world No. 1 tennis player achieved the singles and doubles titles at the Stuttgart Open?
4. Who was the top points scorer in the women’s Six Nations Championship for the second consecutive year and was also awarded the MBE this year?
5. Whose Carabao Cup final was the second game in charge of a Premier League club?
6. What occurred at lunch on day three of Yorkshire’s first match of the 2021 County Championship against Glamorgan?
7. In which location did Ireland defeat England 23-4 in March?
8. Which Formula One team returned to the grid for the first time in 61 years at the Bahrain Grand Prix?
9. Who came out of retirement at the World Snooker Championship to win their first match in nine years, defeating the same opponent they had beaten in the final four times?
10. Who surpassed Peter Crouch’s record with his 159th appearance as a Premier League substitute when coming off the bench against Newcastle United in April?
11. How many goals did Chelsea forwards Fran Kirby and Sam Kerr score in total for the 2020-21 champions in the Women’s Super League?
12. Tadej Pogacar won his first monument in April at Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Which country does he represent?
13. Which 5 Live pundit wrote an autobiography titled ‘The Accidental Footballer’?
14. Who became the first male England cricketer to reach 100 Twenty20 matches during the four-match series against India in Ahmedabad?
15. Which two Premiership clubs were England’s last representatives at the quarter-final stage of the European Rugby Champions Cup?
16. Which British player won his sixth ATP Tour men’s doubles title, the third in partnership with his brother, at the Mexican Open?
17. Who made the following statement on April 10 and why: “I don’t feel male or female right now. I don’t even feel human. This is just unbelievable”?
18. With how many games remaining in the season, did Rangers win the Scottish Premiership title?
19. Who, at the age of 47, won £1.2m as the runner-up at the Players’ Championship at Sawgrass?
20. Due to the pandemic, two shades of blue were forced to race against each other for the first time in 77 years. Where did this race take place?

May / June:

1. In which continental capital city did Adam Peaty secure his fourth European 100m breaststroke gold?
2. Youri Tielemans scored a sensational winner for Leicester City in the FA Cup final, but which Chelsea player thought they had equalized, only for it to be disallowed for offside?
3. Which Spanish golfer claimed his first major championship with a strong finish to win the US Open at Torrey Pines?
4. Apart from Covid protocols, what was unusual about this year’s French Open at Roland Garros, where Novak Djokovic and Barbora Krejcikova emerged as singles champions?
5. Who started their Monaco Grand Prix post-mortem with the words: “Valtteri, that was a disaster day for him, and it wasn’t any better for us either”?
6. Who failed to convert the decisive penalty in Manchester United’s shootout defeat against Unai Emery’s Villarreal in the Europa League final?
7. Which two French clubs faced each other in the Champions Cup final of rugby union at Twickenham?
8. Which horse, owned by Godolphin, did jockey Adam Kirby ride to victory in the Epsom Derby?
9. Which three teams were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2020-21 season?
10. How old was Phil Mickelson when he became the oldest major champion in golf history with an unexpected triumph at the USPGA Championship?
11. Which women’s team thrashed Chelsea 4-0 in the Champions League final in Gothenburg?
12. In the men’s Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester City, Kevin De Bruyne sustained an injury to which body part?
13. Who became only the second Colombian cyclist to win the Giro d’Italia?
14. Which golfer ended a 19-month drought without a tournament victory by winning the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow?
15. Who scored the goal of the tournament from the halfway line in Scotland’s opening game of the European Championship against the Czech Republic?
16. At Royal Ascot, which horse denied Stradivarius and Frankie Dettori a fourth consecutive Gold Cup victory?
17. Which male British tennis player reached the final of the Queen’s Club Championships in June?
18. Who was named Man of the Match in England’s opening Euro 2020 victory over Croatia?
19. The daughter of which former tennis professional won the PGA Championship in women’s golf?
20. Harlequins and Exeter Chiefs battled it out in what is often regarded as the greatest ever Premiership final. What was the final scoreline?

Answers:
January / February:
1. David Lloyd faced commentary problems due to working from home during England’s tour of Sri Lanka.
2. The coverage’s nostalgia-tastic theme song for England’s Test tour of India on terrestrial Channel 4 was not specified.
3. Manchester United signed £37m teenager Amad Diallo from a club that was not mentioned.
4. Sonja McLaughlan received online abuse after asking tough questions to an unspecified rugby player.
5. An unidentified individual pointed out Burnley FC’s inclusion of an ineligible player in their team sheet for an FA Cup tie.
6. The batsman who suffered a bizarre and unlucky injury was not named.
7. Manchester United’s women players engaged in unspecified actions for which the club later apologized.
8. The famous old club that was eliminated from the FA Cup by Crawley Town was not mentioned.
9. Nasser Hussain commented on the hapless side, describing it as the most farcical 46 overs of Test cricket he had ever seen.
10. The legendary sporting Covidiot who expressed anger about hotel quarantine accommodation in Australia was not identified.
11. Phil Neville’s next managerial destination after leaving England Lionesses was not disclosed.
12. Frank Lampard’s final match as Chelsea manager was not stated.
13. “Furious” Sir Andy Murray claimed to have caught Covid, resulting in his withdrawal from the Australian Open, but the location was not provided.
14. In addition to Joe Root, the other two Englishmen who scored centuries in their 100th Test were not mentioned.
15. Yoshiro Mori, 83, resigned from Tokyo’s Olympics organizing committee for undisclosed reasons.
16. Trainer Gordon Elliott offered an apology after a photograph emerged, but the nature of the photograph was not specified.
17. The Crystal Palace player who decided to stop taking the knee was not named.
18. The US city where Tiger Woods had a car accident was not mentioned.
19. The third umpire whose decision-making caused stress to England during the Test series against India was not identified.
20. The promising youngster named as MVP in the 2021 Super Bowl was not specified.

March / April:
1. The first club from the Premier League’s “Super League Six” to withdraw from the breakaway project was not mentioned.
2. The player who scored the late winning try for Scotland in their victory over France in Paris was not disclosed.
3. The women’s world No. 1 tennis player who won singles and doubles titles at the Stuttgart Open was not named.
4. The top points scorer in the women’s Six Nations Championship, who was also awarded the MBE, was not specified.
5. The Premier League club’s player who thought they had equalized in the Carabao Cup final, only for it to be disallowed for offside, was not mentioned.
6. The specific event that took place at lunch during Yorkshire’s first match of the 2021 County Championship against Glamorgan was not specified.
7. The

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