Sports & Leisure Quiz for 16 April 2010
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1
What game is played by 10 players per side, with five bases laid out out in a pentagon?
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2
With which sport is Florence Griffith-Joyner, also known as Flo-Jo, associated?
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3
In 2001, Count Jacques Rogge replaced Juan Antonio Samaranch as head of what body?
A
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
C
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
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4
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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5
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
Canadian Perdita Felicien fell on the first hurdle and took Russian Irina Shevchenko with her
B
American Joanna Hayes had made rude comments to Russian Irina Shevchenko at the start
C
The hurdles were not to the correct height
D
During the race, some of the hurdles fell over in the strong wind
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6
Before the 2008 Olympics, 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?
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7
Where is the classic English horse race, the One Thousand Guineas for 3 year old fillies, run?
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