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Sport Quiz #65

Sports & Leisure Quiz for 16 April 2010

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Q1. In baseball, which base is most frequently stolen by the runners?

Note: This question was updated in June 2016
A
First
B
Second
C
Third
D
Fourth
Select from the options above.
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Q2. With which sport is Florence Griffith-Joyner, also known as Flo-Jo, associated?

A
Netball
B
American football
C
Wife carrying
D
Sprinting
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Q3. In 2001, Count Jacques Rogge replaced Juan Antonio Samaranch as head of what body?

A
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
B
European Union (EU)
C
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
D
President of the USA
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Q4. Jeff Gillooly, the ex-husband of figure skater Tonya Harding, arranged an attack on her rival, Nancy Kerrigan, a month before the start of the 1994 Olympics. Which of these was not the outcome when both competed?

A
Harding performed relatively poorly
B
Kerrigan won the silver medal
C
Harding won the silver medal
D
Harding was banned for life from competing in USFSA events
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Q5. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, why did the Russian Federation file an (unsuccessful) protest over the women's 100m hurdles, delaying the medal ceremony by a day?

A
The hurdles were not to the correct height
B
American Joanna Hayes had made rude comments to Russian Irina Shevchenko at the start
C
Canadian Perdita Felicien fell on the first hurdle and took Russian Irina Shevchenko with her
D
During the race, some of the hurdles fell over in the strong wind
Select from the options above.
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Q6. Before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, teams from which country caused a scandal by posing for a pre-Olympic newspaper advertisement pulling back the skin on either side of their eyes, to mimic the typical Asian?

Note: This question was updated in June 2017
A
Australia
B
Spain
C
Belarus
D
Argentina
Select from the options above.
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Q7. Where is the classic English horse race, the One Thousand Guineas for 3 year old fillies, run?

A
Goodwood
B
Aintree
C
Ascot
D
Newmarket
Select from the options above.
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