Sports & Leisure Quiz for 19 February 2010
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1
Except for a brief competition at Helsinki in 1952, the People's Republic of China (PRC) did not attend Olympic Games for some time because of the status of The Republic of China (ROC) within the IOC. When did they next compete in an Olympics?
A
1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles, USA
B
1980 Winter Olympics, Lake Placid, USA
C
1984 Winter Olympics, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
D
1976 Winter Olympics, Innsbruck, Austria
Select from the options above.
2
A number of sports have been demonstrated at Winter Olympic Games and never included on the official programme. Which of these has become an Olympic sport without demonstration?
Select from the options above.
3
Which group was the subject of the Microsoft Xbox 360 games Rock Band that premièred in June 2009 which is intended to be "a revolutionary tour" of their music and career?
Select from the options above.
4
Which team won the Hockey World Cup the most times in the first 30 years of competition, which has been held every 2 to 3 years since 1971?
Select from the options above.
5
Who is credited with the invention of boxing gloves?
A
Jake Kilrain (1859 - 1937)
B
Jack Johnson (1769 - 1789)
C
Billy Edwards (1844 - 1907)
D
Jack Broughton (1705 - 1789)
Select from the options above.
6
Who is the wife of golfer Greg Norman?
A
Tennis star Chris Evert
B
Squash star Susan Devoy
D
Princess Caroline of Monaco
Select from the options above.
7
The idea of an Olympic Flame burning throughout the Games was reintroduced during which Games, when an employee of the local Electric Utility lit the flame in the Marathon Tower of the Olympic Stadium?
Select from the options above.
