Sport Quiz #257
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 20 December 2013
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Q1.
Golfer Vijay Singh, who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005, was born where?
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B
A Japanese musical instrument
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Q3.
Ski orienteering was last considered for inclusion in the 2018 Olympic Games and has so far been turned down. Which of these has not been published as one of the reasons?
Note: This question was updated in January 2022
A
None of the IOC members has a connection with the sport
B
It is too difficult for spectators and broadcasting media to follow the competition
C
It is mostly practised only in Nordic countries
D
The new technology and results system were too costly
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Q4.
In 1997 at the World Snooker Championship, who made the fastest-recorded maximum break of 147?
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Q5.
David Palmer, Amr Shabana, Thierry Lincou and Ramy Ashour have been World Open Champions in which sport in this century?
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Q6.
Which squash player was unbeaten for over 150 consecutive matches between 1981 and 1986?
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Q7.
Which English football (soccer) player, whose career playing first class football ran from 1956 to 1973, was England's most capped player (106) when he retired from the England team in 1970?
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