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Results
#1. Who is this Yate & District AC Multi-Eventer?
It’s Stephanie Brooks, club record holder and Awards Night winner.
#2. In which athletics discipline did this man achieve a new World Record during the 2021 Tokyo Olympics?
Karsten Warholm; born 28 February 1996) is a Norwegian sprinter who competes in the 400 metres and 400 m hurdles. He’s the world record holder in the latter event.
In July 2021, he broke the 29-year-old world record in 400 metres hurdles. The following month at the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles with a time of 45.94 seconds, breaking his own world record by over three-quarters of a second.
#3. True or False, Turkey has NEVER hosted the Olympic Games
NO
However, Istanbul announced in 2021 it will bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, in an attempt to become the first Muslim-majority nation to hold the quadrennial event.
The attempt, the Turkish city’s sixth, comes after it lost to Tokyo in the competition to hold the 2020 Games.
In 2013, the International Olympic Committee chose the Japanese capital over Istanbul in a second ballot, after Madrid was eliminated in the first round.
#4. Which of these women DOES NOT have a Christmas themed forename?
a) HOLLY Bradshaw
b) HOLLY Mills
c) Amelia Strickler
#5. “5 GOLDEN RINGS” – Which colour is NOT an Olympic ring?
ORANGE
- Blue represents Europe
- Yellow represents Asia
- Black represents Africa
- Green represents Australasia
- Red represents the Americas
#6. What track & field discipline is associated with the athlete next to Sebastian Coe?
Wikipedia bio
“Neeraj Chopra is a track and field athlete from India. He is the reigning Olympic champion, Silver medalist in the World Championship, and the Diamond League champion in Javelin throw. He is the most decorated athlete of India and the first Asian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in Men’s Javelin throw”
#7. Six Christmas Jumpers, but only one of these British athletes is a Long Jumper. Which one?
A) Adam Gemili – 200m
B) Andrew Pozzi – 110m Hurdles
C) GREG RUTHERFORD – LONG JUMP
D) Harry Coppell – Pole Vault
E) Taylor Campbell – Hammer Throw
F) Zharnel Hughes – 100m & 200m
#8. Who, in 1958, wrote the Christmas song “Run Rudolph Run”?
Run Rudolph Run ” is a Christmas song written by Chuck Berry (but credited to Johnny Marks and M. Brodie due to Marks’ trademark on the character of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer).
#9. According to the Guinness Book of Records, how many participants took part in the “Largest Santa Claus Run”?
#10. What medal did this person win at the 2022 World Championships, held in the USA?
Laura Muir won a BRONZE MEDAL in the 1500m at this years World Championships
#11. We might have seen Three (speed) Kings in Yate…But what steps would you have to ascend to find the “Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne” in Bristol?
The Chapel of the Three Kings of Cologne is a church in Colston Street, near the top of Christmas Steps, Bristol, England. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.
The Three Kings of Cologne refers to the Biblical Magi. The dedication is a reference to the Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral, Germany. One of the windows shows the nativity of Jesus, which may have contributed to the naming of the Christmas Steps.
#12. Who said “Let’s run and we’ll have some fun, before I melt away” in a famous Christmas song?
Was a jolly, happy soul
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
And two eyes made out of coal
He was made of snow
But the children know
How he came to life one day
In that old silk hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
He began to dance around
Was alive as he could be
And the children say, “He could laugh and play”
Just the same as you and me
Knew the sun was hot that day
So he said, “Let’s run and we’ll have some fun
Now before I melt away”
With a broomstick in his hand
Running here and there, all around the square
Saying, “Catch me if you can”
Right to the traffic cop
And he only paused a moment when
He heard him holler, “Stop”
Had to hurry on his way
But he waved goodbye, saying
“Don’t you cry, I’ll be back again someday”
