Sport Quiz #285
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 4 July 2014
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1
Q1.
In October 2003, which cricketer, playing in a Test series against Zimbabwe, scored a record 380 not out?
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2
Q2.
Where would you most likely see a Zamboni?
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3
Q3.
The Henley-on-Todd Regatta has been held annually since 1962 near which city?
C
Alice Springs, Australia
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4
Q4.
Born in Australia in 1898, Walter Lindrum was one of the greatest practitioners of what sport?
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5
Q5.
Who, in 1901, won the Triple Crown in Major League baseball?
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6
Q6.
Who is credited with the invention of boxing gloves?
Note: This question was updated in June 2022
A
Jack Broughton (1704 - 1789)
B
Jack Johnson (1769 - 1789)
C
Billy Edwards (1844 - 1907)
D
Jake Kilrain (1859 - 1937)
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Q7.
What was stolen from Stanley Gibbons' stamp company's exhibition in the Westminster Central Hall on Sunday 20 March 1966, and found by David Corbett's dog Pickles on March 27 under the hedge of Corbett's house?
A
Shakespeare's First Folio, published in 1623
B
Jules Rimet Trophy (FIFA World Cup)
D
"Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" by Pablo Picasso
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