Sports & Leisure Quiz for 5 March 2010
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1
Which of these has had a distinct National Olympic Committee since 1950 and competed at the Olympic Games from 1952, although it has been only a colony and a "region", but never a nation?
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2
On the table for which gambling game would you see the words Passe, Pair, Manque, Impair and pictures of black and red diamonds?
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3
The Proteas are a national cricket team representing which country?
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4
Which English steeplechase is held annually at Aintree near Liverpool?
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5
The FINA Swimming World Cup, which started in 1989, is an international series run over what length of course?
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6
With a time of 3:49.4, breaking the existing world record by over 1.5 seconds, who was the first to run the mile in under 3:50 minutes ?
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7
On 12 September 1995, the Belarusian air force shot down a gas balloon, killing two Americans, during a race for which trophy?
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