Sport Quiz #288
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 25 July 2014
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1
Q1.
Who won the Women's Cricket World Cup played at Sydney, Australia, in 2009?
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2
Q2.
In the 1950s, what was Jersey Joe Walcott known for?
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3
Q3.
What was the name of the regular feature of the European motorsport calendar from 1927 to 1957 that was held 24 times in Italy?
D
Mediterranean Grand Prix
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4
Q4.
What game, whose players use a squidger, aim to squop their opponents, occasionally to boondock them, and in a variant play a jeu de puces, was held in a Royal Match in 2008 to commemorate a 50th anniversary?
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5
Q5.
A popular myth which has been debunked by sports historians is that Abner Doubleday, a Union officer in the American Civil War, invented which sport?
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6
Q6.
Where would you meet the terms straight rail, cushion, balkline, artistic and cowboy?
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7
Q7.
Which of these venues is only open to women competitors in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, held in Hawai?
A
Banzai Pipeline (Billabong Pipeline Masters)
B
Haleiwa Ali'i Beach Park (Reef Hawaiian Pro)
C
Sunset Beach (O'Neill World Cup of Surfing & Roxy Pro)
D
Honolua Bay, Maui (Billabong Pro Maui)
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