Know Your Sport
Irish sports quiz show
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Know Your Sport is an Irish sports quiz show produced by RTÉ between 8 October 1987 and 1 April 1998.[1] The show was presented by George Hamilton and featured Jimmy Magee and Mary Hogan as scorekeeper.
| Know Your Sport | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sport |
| Created by | Mary Hogan |
| Presented by | George Hamilton |
| Starring | Jimmy Magee Mary Hogan |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Studio 1, RTÉ Television Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ One, Network 2 |
| Release | 8 October 1987 – 1 April 1998 |
Rounds of questions included the "specialist subject", "great moment in sport", "mystery guest" and "buzzer" rounds.
In 2009, an appeal to re-introduce the show to RTÉ's schedule gathered support on networking website, Facebook.[citation needed]
It was on RTE Player September 2017 to tributes for the death of Jimmy Magee again from Christmas 2021 to celebrate 60 years of television.