Sports & Leisure Quiz for 20 March 2009
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1
Which US horse race for three year-old thoroughbred horses is held on the first Saturday in May, over one and a quarter miles (2 km) at Churchill Downs?
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2
Which light-heavyweight boxer won a gold medal when he competed at an Olympic Games for the first time in 1960 at Rome?
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3
Which horse race meeting, for "The Gold Cup", was first run in 1711 and is held on 7 June each year?
D
Scottish Grand National
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4
Where was the men's world best time for the Team Sprint, of 42.950 seconds, set by the British cycling team of Jamie Staff, Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy?
A
UCI World Cup, Beijing, 2009
B
Olympic Games Beijing 2008
C
UCI Track Cycling World Champs, Manchester, UK, 2008
D
UCI Track Cycling World Champs, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2007
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5
Which of these horse races does not form part of The Triple Crown in the USA?
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6
What 3-D puzzle was invented in 1974 by a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture?
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7
In 2004 it was announced that what new fixture was planned for Wimbledon’s Centre Court, to be completed in 2009?
A
A luxury strawberry bar
C
A new grandstand at the South end
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