Sport in Question

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Sport in Question
Presented by Andrew Harwood
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network ABC TV
Release30 June (1986-06-30) 
23 July 1986 (1986-07-23)

Sport in Question is a 1986 Australian television quiz show broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It asked sports questions partly built around archived sports footage. [1] It debuted on 30 June 1986. [2] Running for 15 episodes it was hosted by Andrew Harwood and featured 16 competitors drawn from 700 applications. [3] They were competing for the main prize of a trip to any sporting event. [4]

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References

  1. Moore, Daniel (28 April 1986), "New sports quiz", The Sydney Morning Herald
  2. Anderson, Doug (30 June 1986), "At last the perfect challenge for armchair Norms", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. Hooks, Barbara (19 June 1986), "Brain-teasers offer a sporting chance", The Age
  4. Smith, Michael (1 July 1986), "The sports quiz with the class of an eye-gouging tackle", The Age