- Dreadlock Holiday, by 10CC, is about a man threatened with a mugging who tries to get out of it by professing a love for which sport?
- I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles is associated with which English football team?
- Which American sport did Noel Coward compose a rag about in 1919 (though he had never visited the United States or seen the sport being played at that time)?
- Which sporting fan club boasts Billy Cooper as its chief trumpeter?
- In 1996, Belle and Sebastian released a song about what kind of sporting stars?
- The theme music for which film was memorably performed by an orchestra including Rowan Atkinson at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics?
- In the 1980s, which duo would “show you what they could do/ with a load of balls and a snooker cue”?
- Which two artists sang “Barcelona”, the theme tune to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics?
- There is a traditional English song celebrating how the King of France sent King Henry V a gift of some sporting equipment in place of the expected tribute of gold; as a result, Henry invaded and defeated the French at Agincourt. What was the piece of sporting equipment?
- Which Central European football team’s away kit was all Half Man Half Biscuit wanted for Christmas in the title of a 1987 song?
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- Dreadlock Holiday, by 10CC, is about a man threatened with a mugging who tries to get out of it by professing a love for which sport?
A: Cricket - I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles is associated with which English football team?
A: West Ham - Which American sport did Noel Coward compose a rag about in 1919 (though he had never visited the United States or seen the sport being played at that time)?
A: Baseball - Which sporting fan club boasts Billy Cooper as its chief trumpeter?
A: The Barmy Army - In 1996, Belle and Sebastian released a song about what kind of sporting stars?
A: Stars of Track and Field - The theme music for which film was memorably performed by an orchestra including Rowan Atkinson at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics?
A: Chariots of Fire - In the 1980s, which duo would “show you what they could do/ with a load of balls and a snooker cue”?
A: Chas and Dave (in “Snooker Loopy”) - Which two artists sang “Barcelona”, the theme tune to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics?
A: Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe - There is a traditional English song celebrating how the King of France sent King Henry V a gift of some sporting equipment in place of the expected tribute of gold; as a result, Henry invaded and defeated the French at Agincourt. What was the piece of sporting equipment?
A: Tennis balls - Which Central European football team’s away kit was all Half Man Half Biscuit wanted for Christmas in the title of a 1987 song?
A: Dukla Prague
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