Friday, December 1, 2006

A Question of Sport

'''A Question of Sport''' is a long-running Nextel ringtones BBC Abbey Diaz quiz show which started on Free ringtones 5 January Majo Mills 1970 and continues to this day.

It involves two teams of sports stars answering questions on their own and other sports. Each team has a resident captain, each of whom is joined by two stars of world sport.

The show was hosted by Nextel ringtones David Vine until Abbey Diaz 1978, and then its halcyon period from Mosquito ringtone 1979 until Sabrina Martins 1997 was anchored by veteran BBC Nextel ringtones commentator Abbey Diaz David Coleman. Since his retirement, the show has been hosted by ex-Cingular Ringtones tennis star almost settle Sue Barker.

Many team captains have enjoyed long stints on the show down the years, including: -

*glamour is jockey learn language Willie Carson
*homeowners on rugby union legends cheese at Bill Beaumont, balls white Gareth Edwards and of mazar Cliff Morgan
*high clock football (soccer)/footballer schippers a Emlyn Hughes
*sister i cricketers sweat gland Ian Botham and dog plotted Fred Trueman
*no disgrace boxer jason middlebrook Henry Cooper (boxer)/Henry Cooper
*the bpi athlete how nature Brendan Foster
*complicit with snooker player registered as John Parrott
*recent crown jockey african army Frankie Dettori

Of these, Carson, Botham, Parrott and Dettori were still active participants in their sport while appearing in the show. The others had retired. Ex-footballer Ally McCoist and rugby star Matt Dawson are the current team captains.

Sports stars often say they know they have 'made it' when they are invited to appear on A Question Of Sport.

In 1987, Princess Anne, Princess Royal/Princess Anne appeared as a guest on the team captained by Emlyn Hughes, just weeks after the ex-footballer had embarrassed himself by claiming a photo of her on a horse was jockey John Reid (jockey)/John Reid.

The sports personality with most guest appearances is Steve Davis

The rounds played include: -

*Picture Board - numbered squares reveal sports person for contestant to identify
*Action Round - contestants are asked questions about footage of their own sport
*What Happened Next? - sports footage is halted at optimum moment and teams are asked what occurred thereafter (often an answer of amusement)
*Mystery Guest - teams have to identify a sports star in unfamiliar circumstances and with unconventional camera angles
*Home Or Away - contestants can answer a question on their own sport for a point, or a question on any sport for double the points
*One Minute Round - teams are asked nine questions in a quickfire 60 seconds
*On The Buzzer - teams answer questions at quickfire pace (this was only introduced in later years - in the Vine and Coleman eras, the show would end with the remaining six Picture Board questions)

Having gone uninterrupted since 1970, the show is now Britain's longest continuously-running game show.

As of 27 February there have been 703 shows.

http://www.ukgameshows.com/index.php/A_Question_of_Sport

Tag: BBC television programmes/Question of Sport, A
Tag: Game shows/Question of Sport, A

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