Find out how you fared in John Randall's annual Christmas quiz

We gave you the chance to win £350 worth of free bets with Paddy Power by completing John Randall's festive quiz, with free bets of £100 and £50 also going to the runner-up and the third. Find out how you fared and if you finished in the money below . . .

ANSWERS

1 Which jockeys' championship runner-up died in the influenza pandemic in 1919?

C Stanley Avila

2 Which stud owner and 1919 pandemic victim co-authored a notorious Middle East treaty?

B Sir Mark Sykes (the Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916)

3 How many races did Sir Anthony McCoy win in his most productive calendar year?

D 307 (in 2002 – 306 jumps, 1 Flat)

Sir Anthony McCoy: Mr ProductiveCredit: Edward Whitaker

4 Mary is one of the Christian names of which champion owner?

D Michael O'Leary

5 Who trains at stables with a name mentioned in Supper's Ready by Genesis?

A David O'Meara (Willow Farm)

6 What was unusual about the four-year-old filly who won the Great St Wilfrid Handicap in 1910?

C She had no name (she was later named Mynora)

7 Who holds the world record for the most wins in a career by a trainer?

C Juan Suarez Villarroel (Chile/Peru)

8 Who holds the world record for the most wins in a career by a jockey?

A Jorge Ricardo (Brazil/Argentina)

9 In which Dick Francis novel is the hero/narrator an Old Etonian crossword-solver?

B Bonecrack (1971)

10 Which biscuit has won the Dante Stakes?

A Hobnob (1975)

11 Which Gimcrack Stakes winner was named after a Dutch artist?

D Caspar Netscher (2011)

12 In which film are messages about bets on the Preakness Stakes code for a military coup?

C Seven Days in May (1964)

13 Name this champion, who is probably the world's highest-earning jockey.

B Christophe Lemaire

Christophe Lemaire: money to burn?Credit: Masakazu Takahashi

14 Name the last horse before Addeybb to win the Lincoln and the Champion Stakes.

B Le Nicham (1893-94)

15 Which great jockey was born on Easter Sunday?

A Jonjo O'Neill (April 13, 1952)

16 Which Classic-winning jockey became a brother-in-law of Lady Lloyd-Webber?

D Sandy Barclay

17 Which 20-1 shot won the Ascot Gold Cup on what is now celebrated as Bloomsday?

B Throwaway (June 16, 1904, mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses)

18 Which rival beat the gelding Julio McCaw in a match in Havana in 1936?

D Jesse Owens

19 Which musical includes a song about racehorses Paul Revere, Valentine and Epitaph?

C Guys and Dolls (Fugue for Tinhorns)

20 Claret, pale blue sleeves, white cap were the colours carried by which great champion?

A Persian War

21 Which champion was owned by Edith Bancroft?

A Damascus

22 Name the only horse since Frankel to be the overall world champion twice on official ratings.

A Arrogate (2016, 2017)

23 Which filly has won the 1,000 Guineas and Oaks by the biggest aggregate margin?

B Saucy Sue (14 lengths, 1925)

24 Which jockey rode Desert Orchid in his only Flat race?

C Brian Rouse (unplaced, 1985 Sagaro Stakes)

25 (picture question) Who is this Champion Hurdle winner coming up the hill?

D Rock On Ruby (2012)

Rock On Ruby: 2012 Champion Hurdle aceCredit: Caroline Norris

26 In which film is big-race favourite Red Lightning shot?

D The Killing (1956)

27 Apart from Tiger Roll, which Grand National hero had won at the Cheltenham Festival as a four-year-old?

B E.S.B. (1950 NH Juvenile Chase)

28 Which horse won the last Grand National to be run in March?

C Rough Quest (1996)

29 Which horse won the last Derby to be run on a Wednesday?

C Erhaab (1994)

30 Which horse won the first Derby in which starting stalls were used?

B Royal Palace (1967)

31 Who would be Britain's reigning champion jump jockey if the title were decided on prize-money?

A Sam Twiston-Davies

32 Based on the number of wins, who is the leading woman trainer on the Flat in Britain in 2020?

A Eve Johnson Houghton

33 Louise Bryant, the left-wing journalist played by Diane Keaton in the film Reds, was the mother of which racehorse owner?

B Anne Bullitt Biddle

34 Which big-race winner in 2020 was named after a British Prime Minister?

D Lord North (Prince of Wales's Stakes)

35 In which country did Danny Tudhope ride the first winner of his career?

D Italy (Pisa, 2003)

36 Which filly won the Pretty Polly Stakes at both Newmarket and the Curragh?

D Borana (1969)

37 (picture question) Name this recent Group 1-winning owner who named his filly after an Eric Clapton song.

A Chris Wright (Wonderful Tonight)

Wonderful Tonight: Group 1-winning fillyCredit: Mark Cranham (racingpost.com/photos)

38 Wikipedia wrongly names Lewes as John Gosden's birthplace, but where was he really born?

C Hove

39 Wikipedia wrongly names Nicky Henderson as the trainer of Empire Blue when he won three Great Metropolitan Handicaps, but who really trained him at the time?

B Paul Cole (1988-90)

40 Which of these men has come third in the Champion Hurdle as both a jockey and a trainer?

C John Quinn (Past Glories 1990, Countrywide Flame 2013)

41 Which Mercury Prize-winning album had the same name as Gregory Peck's placed horse in the Grand National?

A Different Class (Pulp, 1996)

42 Which of these was the name of a Derby runner-up?

B The Great Gatsby (2003)

43 Name Jim Bolger's most recent National Hunt winner.

C Annie Power (two bumpers in 2012)

44 Which Bletchley Park codebreaker was born in Newmarket?

C Bill Tutte

45 The word Redrum appears in which Stephen King novel and film adaptation?

D The Shining (murder spelt backwards)

46 Who was the first woman to ride a winner over jumps under rules in Britain?

C Diana Thorne (Ben Ruler, Stratford 1976)

47 Who holds the career record for the most wins by a female amateur rider under rules in Britain?

A Serena Brotherton (127 wins)

48 What is Barney Curley's real first name?

A Bernard

49 Which film star was a member of comedy troupe The Jockeys of Norfolk?

D Hugh Grant

50 In which Shakespeare play are these words spoken? "I had rather have my horse to my mistress"

B Henry V (Act 3, scene 7)

WINNERS

Congratulations to our winner Duncan Godfrey, who collects £350 in free bets courtesy of Paddy Power. Charlotte Barr, who gets £100 of free bets, came second, while Trisha Coveney wins £50 in free bets for finishing third.

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