Sport Quiz #126
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 17 June 2011
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Q1.
From 1999 to 2009 inclusive, 4 people who were not from North America won the US Masters. Which of these was from North America?
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2
Q2.
Who was President of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972, who had opposed professionalism in the Olympics and the politicisation of sport, and had proposed eliminating team sports from the Summer Olympics?
C
Henri de Baillet-Latour
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3
Q3.
In 2010, Neil Robertson became the second Australian to win the World Snooker Championship title. Who was the first, who won the 1952 championship?
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4
Q4.
From 1946 to 1970, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the winner of what competition?
A
World Polo Championship
B
The FIFA World Cup (Soccer)
D
FINA (Swimming) World Cup
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5
Q5.
Who won his third rowing Olympic gold medal with Steve Redgrave in 2000?
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Q6.
As at 2010, which team had played the most seasons of professional baseball games without winning the World Series, with their last win in 1908?
Note: This question was updated in June 2018
A
The St. Louis Cardinals
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Q7.
Serena Williams, who had not advanced past the quarterfinals at the French Open between 2003 and 2009, lost to whom in the quarterfinals 6-3, 6-7(2), 8-6, in 2010?
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