Sport Quiz #375
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 25 March 2016
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1
Q1.
What is the name given to the official residence provided for the Olympic athletes?
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2
Q2.
In 1874 the Teddington Cricket Club began to draw up rules that were formally published by the Wimbledon club in 1883, for which game?
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3
Q3.
When were the first Asian Games held?
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4
Q4.
The International Olympic Committee removed which two events from the programme for the 2012 Olympic Games in London?
A
Women's weightlifting: Clean and Jerk and Snatch
B
Chess and women's triple jump
C
Solo synchronised swimming and doubles table tennis
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5
Q5.
Which country traditionally leads the opening parade of the Olympic Games?
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6
Q6.
In 2015 a particular concern over, and unique to, the Summer Olympics 2016 was...?
C
Accommodation for athletes
D
Water quality in the rowing and sailing venues
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7
Q7.
What prompted British statisticians Duckworth and Lewis to devise the system now used to reset the target score for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances?
B
An International Cricket Council competition
C
A relentlessly rainy season
D
The semi-final in the 1992 Cricket World Cup
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