Sports & Leisure Quiz for 19 March 2010
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1
Where was the World Netball Series held in October 2009?
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2
What trophy, designed by the Italian designer Silvio Gazzaniga, is 36 cm (14.2 in) high, made of solid 18 carat (75%) gold and weighs 6.175 kg (13.6 lb), with a base containing two layers of semi-precious malachite?
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3
What gambling game involves dealing 2 cards each to the player and the dealer, with the object of getting 9 or more points, counting their face value (except 10s and court cards, which count nothing)?
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4
The Leominster Rams have won 16 US National titles, including four of the last five, in which sport?
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5
Peter Snell, who set five individual world running records and was part of a team that set a new four by one mile relay record and won 2 Olympic gold medals for the 800 metres (1960, Rome & 1964, Tokyo) and a gold for the 1500 metres (1964 Tokyo), represented which country?
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6
The Royal Yacht Squadron of Cowes, based on the Isle of Wight, started a competition in 1851 now known by what name?
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7
What game is played on a table 9 feet (2.64 m) by 5 feet (1.525 m), 2 foot 6 inches (76 cm) above the floor, divided by a net 6 3/4 inches (15.25 cm) high?
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