Sport Quiz #270
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 21 March 2014
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Q1.
Which of the following sports has the highest horizontal bar on the goal?
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2
Q2.
Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa & Andrea Dovizioso have competed in what sport?
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3
Q3.
The first Paralympic Games to officially tie in with the Summer Olympics were held in 1960 in which city?
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4
Q4.
At which event, in 2010, was Francesca Schiavone the first Italian woman to win a tennis Grand Slam event in singles?
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5
Q5.
In Britain, when was the Football Association formed to draw up the rules of Association Football (soccer)?
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Q6.
In the 2012 Olympics, the gold medallist in the women's shotput was later deprived of her medal, making world champion Valerie Adams, New Zealand, the gold medallist instead. Why?
A
Her claim to represent the country under whose flag she competed was not legal
B
She was not yet officially a woman
C
Positive drug test both before and after the finals
D
A video replay was eventually found to show that her winning shot involved illegal foot placement
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Q7.
Which Formula One team, based in Woking, Surrey, UK, and founded in 1963 by a New Zealander, has won over 160 races, 12 Drivers' Championships and 8 Constructors' Championships?
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