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The Boat Race Quiz I
- The Boat Race finishes in which suburban district of London?
- To the nearest mile, how long is the boat race course?
- In the 2012 race, why did Australian Trenton Oldfield make the headlines?
- What is the Cambridge reserve men's crew called?
- Which football stadium does the race pass?
- Which bridge is the starting point?
- Rowing for Cambridge in the 2019 boat race, who became the oldest ever competitor and oldest winner?
- Is the Boat Race rowed upstream or downstream?
- Who coxed the winning Cambridge boat in the 1950 Boat Race?
- Will 2029 mark the 200th, 150th, or 125th anniversary of the first ever boat race?
- Which famous rower won in 1990 and 1991 and was the losing President in 1993?
- What happened in the 1978 boat race?
Answers:
- Mortlake
- 4 miles (4.2 miles)
- He was a protestor that swam between the boats, stopping the race for 30 minutes
- Goldie
- Craven Cottage (home to Fullham FC)
- Putney Bridge
- James Cracknell
- Upstream
- Lord Snowdon
- The 200th anniversary
- Matthew Pinsent
- The Cambridge boat sunk in rough waters
The Boat Race Quiz II
- Which university won the 2019 race?
- Which TV presenter rowed three times in the Boat Race, including losing the controversial 2001 Boat Race when President?
- What is the name of the Oxford men's reserve crew?
- If Surrey denotes one of the Thames' banks along the race's stretch, which historic county marks the other bank?
- Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss rowed for Oxford in 2010; in which film were they both played by actor Armie Hammer in 2010?
- The race finishes just before which bridge?
- Which actor rowed for Cambridge in the 1980 race?
- The phrase 'Boat Race' has entered Cockney rhyming slang meaning what?
- The race first began as a challenge between two former school friends - one had a famous uncle, can you name this uncle?
- Which bridge do the boats go under just before the halfway point of the race?
- Approximately, it takes how many strokes to complete the course: (a)600, (b)1200, or (c)1800?
- How many people take part in the race?
Answers:
- Cambridge
- Dan Snow
- Isis
- Middlesex
- The Social Network (they are famous for sueing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for stealing their ConnectU idea to create Facebook back in 2004)
- Chiswick Bridge
- Hugh Laurie
- Face
- William Wordsworth
- Hammersmith Bridge
- 600 strokes
- 18 (two crews of eight with one cox in each boat)