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Test Yourself
Quiz: How much do you know about these sports films?
Marty Supreme and Saipan are both in cinemas right now.
WHO DOESN’T LOVE a good sports film?
There are two in cinemas at the moment: Marty Supreme, starring Timothée Chalamet in the title role, and Saipan, with Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan depicting Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy’s famous bust up during the 2002 World Cup.
With this in mind, we thought we’d test your knowledge of some other sports movies, both fictional and biographical.
Give it your best shot – and why not tell us what your favourite sports film is in the comments?
To get us started, newly-released Marty Supreme is loosely based on American Marty Reisman - but what sport was he known for?
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Golf
Swimming
Hockey
Table tennis
Will Smith starred in the 2001 biopic Ali. Who is the last boxer that Muhammad Ali fights in the film?
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Sonny Liston
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Sugar Ray Leonard
The 2017 film The Battle of the Sexes depicts which female tennis player's victory over Bobby Riggs in their famous exhibition match?
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Billie Jean King
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Martina Navratilova
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Steffi Graf
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Chris Evert
The 1981 film Chariots of Fire tells the story of two athletes racing for a gold medal at which Olympic Games?
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1908 London
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris
1932 Los Angeles
In I, Tonya, what is the name of the ice skating jump that Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to land in competition?
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A double toe loop
Triple Lutz
Half Salchow
Triple Axel
Complete the lyrics of the chant of the bobsleigh team in Cool Runnings: 'The fastest of the fastest of Jamaican sprinters. Go to Olympics -'
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Fight for Jamaica
Compete for Jamaica
Win gold for Jamaica
C'mon Jamaica
Robert De Niro won an Oscar for playing which of these American boxers in the 1980 film Raging Bull?
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Jack Dempsey
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Jake LaMotta
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James Braddock
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Rocky Marciano
Which of these films about baseball does Kevin Costner NOT appear in?
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Field of Dreams
Bull Durham
For Love of the Game
A League of their Own
He's in all of them
Michael Sheen and Colm Meaney play football managers Brian Clough and Don Revie in The Damned United - but which club are 'United'?
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Manchester United
Newcastle United
West Ham United
Leeds United
Finally, it wouldn't be a sports quiz without a question on the Rocky franchise. Can you remember who Balboa fights in Rocky IV?
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Clubber Lang
Ivan Drago
Apollo Creed
Tommy Gunn
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Top Dog!
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Clever Cat!
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Fintastic!
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What are ewe doing?!
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Turtley Awful!
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