1) Football: Who won the Golden Boot award for being the top goalscorer at the World Cup in Brazil?

2) Winter Sports: Which sea is located next to Sochi, the host city of the Winter Olympics?

3) Formula One: With three race wins, who was the only other driver to top a F1 podium this year apart from Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg?

4) Cycling: In which British county did the Tour de France start?

5) Cricket: Who beat India in the World Twenty20 Cup Final?

6) Rugby: Who scored the decisive try in extra time to win the Aviva Premiership title for Northampton?

7) Equestrian: How many world records have dressage stars Charlotte Dujardin and her horse Valegro set this year?

8) Athletics: Team GB topped the European Championships medal table in Zurich. How were second?

9) Rowing: Who returned to the sport this year to partner Penzance’s Helen Glover again?

10) Tennis: Which two male players claimed their first Grand Slam title wins this year at the Australian and US Opens?

11) Boxing: In what round did Carl Froch deliver the knock-out blow to George Groves at Wembley?

12) Darts: Which player switched to the PDC circuit after winning the BDO World Darts Championship in January?

13) Football: Who scored the winning goal for Arsenal in the FA Cup Final against Hull City?

14) Snooker: Who beat Ronnie O’Sullivan in the World Championship Final, reversing the outcome from their meeting in the Masters four months earlier?

15) Swimming: Which English female won two gold medals in the pool at the Commonwealth Games?

16) Cricket: With 575 runs, which Glamorgan batsman was the leading scoring in the inaugural Royal London One-Day Cup?

17) Rugby League: Who was sent off inside the opening minutes of the Grand Final played between St Helens and Wigan Warriors?

18) Curling: Which country won both the men’s and women’s gold medals at the Winter Olympics, defeating Britain’s male team in one of the finals?

19) Tennis: Who knocked defending champion Andy Murray out at the quarter final stage of Wimbledon?

20) Motorbike Racing: Who retained the Moto GP title this year, winning a staggering 13 out of 18 races?

21) Rugby: Brian O’Driscoll retired from rugby earlier this year. How many international caps did he get in his career?

22) Golf: What was the final score in the Ryder Cup, won by Europe at Gleneagles?

23) Athletics: Where did Mo Farah finish at the London Marathon?

24) Horse Racing: Which horse came first in the Derby?

25) Basketball: Which team claimed their fifth NBA Championship crown after beating the Miami Heat?

26) Darts: Who knocked out three-time world champion John Part in the first round of the PDC World Darts Championship?

27) Football: Which non-league club did legendary Dutch player Edgar Davids resign as manager from on January 18?

28) Formula One: Which team went into administration, leading to them missing the last three races of the season?

29) Snowboarding: Who won Britain’s first ever medal in a snow-based event at the Winter Olympics with a bronze in the Slopestyle competition?

30) Cricket: Who bowled the bouncer which tragically struck Phillip Hughes on the neck, leaving him with injuries he later died from?

31) Golf: Who won US Open title at Pinehurst?

32) Rugby League: Which side was Sam Burgess playing for before switching codes to join Bath?

33) Football: Who finished bottom of the Premier League?

34) American Football: Who was the starting quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks when they won the Super Bowl?

35) Athletics: Who won the men’s 400m gold at the Commonwealth Games, adding it to his successes at the 2012 Olympics and 2011 World Championships?

36) Tennis: Who the number one British female tennis player?

37) Boxing: Who got revenge over US fighter Timothy Bradley in April by defeating him, two years after losing to him?

38) Cycling: Which rider won the 2014 Tour of Britain?

39) Snooker: Who became the first player ever to score 100 century breaks in a single season when he got completed the feat in April?

40) Skiing: The blue riband event at the Winter Olympics, the men’s downhill, was won by which competitor?

ANSWERS 1) James Rodriguez 2) The Black Sea 3) Daniel Ricciardo 4) Yorkshire 5) Sri Lanka 6) Alex Waller 7) Three 8) France 9) Heather Stanning 10) Stanislas Wawrinka and Marin Cilic 11) Round Eight 12) Stephen Bunting 13) Aaron Ramsey 14) Mark Selby 15) Fran Halsall 16) Jacques Rudolph 17) Ben Flower 18) Canada 19) Grigor Dimitrov 20) Marc Marquez 21) 141 (133 for Ireland and eight for the British & Irish Lions) 22) 16.5 – 11.5 23) Eighth 24) Australia 25) San Antonio Spurs 26) Keegan Brown 27) Barnet 28) Marussia 29) Jenny Jones 30) Sean Abbott 31) Martin Kaymer 32) South Sydney Rabbitohs 33) Cardiff City 34) Russell Wilson 35) Kirani James 36) Heather Watson 37) Manny Pacquiao 38) Dylan van Baarle 39) Neil Robertson 40) Matthias Mayer