THE BIG FESTIVE QUIZ: Try your hand at our sporty Christmas crackers...

ROVERS

1 How many goals did top-scorer Jordan Rhodes finish with last season?

2 How much did Rovers pay for Rudy Gestede in January?

3 Who became the third youngest player to play for Rovers when coming off the bench in January’s FA Cup clash at Manchester City?

4 Name the French midfielder who signed for Rovers on loan in January but never played for the club?

5 Whose match-winning strike against Middlesbrough won Rovers’ goal of the season award?

CLARETS

6 Which ex-Claret scored twice against Burnley on the first day of 2014?

7 How many goals did Danny Ings and Sam Vokes score between them last season?

8 Which three players started every Championship game last season?

9 Who ended Burnley’s 655 minute goal drought at Leicester City in October?

10 How many Burnley players have scored Premier League goals so far this season?

STANLEY

11 In what year was John Coleman first appointed Accrington Stanley boss?

12 In what year did he leave for Rochdale?

13 In what year did he become Southport boss?

14 Which Lithuanian side did he beat in the Europa League with Sligo?

15 Which Norwegian side did he beat in the first leg in the next round, only to go out in the second leg?

GRASSROOTS

16 Which Blackburn Sunday League side won the LFA Sunday Trophy this year?

17 Who won the Lancashire Telegraph Grassroots Heroes Senior Sports Personality Award in January?

18 Who completed a clean sweep of titles in the Blackburn and Darwen Snooker League?

19 Burnley College student Aneila Afsar won a gold medal in which major martial arts event in November?

20 Accrington’s Becky Daly represents England in which event?

LOCAL STARS

21 How many times has Laura Massaro been named world squash player of the year?

22 Darwen’s Anthony Pilkington plays for which Championship side?

23 Who did young swimmer Niamh Robinson represent at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

24 Tom Hamer is a British record holder in which sport?

25 Name the world modern pentathlon champion from Clitheroe?

WINTER OLYMPICS

26 What position did Blackburn’s Paula Walker finish in the two man bobsleigh in Sochi?

27 Name the Pendle Ski Club member who has appeared in the last two Winter Olympics?

28 How many consecutive British pairs ice skating titles did Chorley’s Winter Olympian Stacey Kemp win with her partner David King?

29 Four-time Winter Olympian Kristan Bromley holds what record in the skeleton bob?

30 How many medals did GB win in the Winter Olympics in Sochi?

RUGBY UNION

31 Name the four players with East Lancashire connections who helped England win the Rugby World Cup in 2003.

32 Who has scored more international tries, Brian O'driscoll or Shane Williams?

33 Name the former Stonyhurst College student who became the first black player to represent Scotland?

34 Which former Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School pupil is currently playing for Leicester Tigers in the Premiership?

35 When was the last time England won the Grand Slam?

WORLD CUP

36 Who scored the first left-footed hat-trick in World Cup history this summer?

37 Which duo did Ghana kick out of their squad before their match with Portugal?

38 Who missed the decisive penalty in Brazil’s shoot-out victory over Chile?

39 Who did Colombia beat in the last 16?

40 Who scored Germany’s seventh goal against Brazil?

FORMULA 1

41 After Nico Rosberg crashed into Lewis Hamilton at Spa, what position did Rosberg finish?

42 The Marussia team started racing in Formula 1 under which name?

43 Who was Fernando Alonso’s first team in Formula 1?

44 Which British driver overturned his car in spectacular fashion at the Australian Grand Prix in 1996?

45 Who is the only driver to posthumously win the championship?

ANSWERS

1 25; 2 £200,000; 3 Connor Mahoney; 4 Bryan Dabo; 5 Jason Lowe; 6 Martin Paterson; 7 41; 8 Heaton, Shackell, Jones; 9 Michael Kightly; 10 Six; 11 1999; 12 2012; 13 2013; 14 FK Banga; 15 Rosenborg; 16 Ossie St Marys; 17 Martyn Skipper; 18 Tommy Hannan; 19 Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships; 20 Tenpin Bowling; 21 Twice (2011, 2013); 22 Cardiff City; 23 Isle of Man; 24 Swimming; 25 Samantha Murray; 26 12th with Bex Wilson; 27 Dave Ryding; 28 10 (including two at junior level); 29 He was the first man ever to win the World Cup, World and European Championships in the same year (2008);30: Four; 31 Will Greenwood, Iain Balshaw, Kyran Bracken, Paul Grayson; 32 Shane Williams, 60 to O’Driscoll’s 47; 33 Joe Ansbro; 34 Tommy Bell; 35 2003, the year they won the World Cup; 36 Xherdan Shaqiri; 37 Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng; 38 Gonzalo Jara; 39 Uruguay; 40 Andre Schurrle; 41 Second; 42 Virgin Racing; 43 Minardi; 44 Martin Brundle; 45 Jochen Rindt