Sports & Leisure Quiz for 6 November 2009
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1
In the Scripps National Spelling Bee, each competitor in rounds one and two receives points to eliminate all but the top-scoring spellers. How many go into round three?
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2
How many players from each team usually make up a rugby league scrum?
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3
Who broke the world record for the pole vault at the Beijing Olympics?
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4
The Borg-Warner Trophy is symbolic of victory for what sporting event?
A
Wimbledon Men's Singles
B
The Indianapolis 500 automobile race
C
PGA Golf Tournament, St Andrew's, Scotland
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5
The course for which of these sports might contain a "hairpin bend"?
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6
During the cycling road race at the Rome Games of 1960, Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen fell from his bicycle. Which of these was not a result of that?
C
He was found to be under the influence of amphetamines
D
The first Olympic death linked to doping
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7
Which trophy, damaged by Benjamin Peri Nathan with a sledgehammer in March 1997, was restored to its original condition, free of charge, by London silversmiths Garrard & Co., who had made it in 1848?
C
The William Webb Ellis Trophy
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