Sport Quiz #387
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 17 June 2016
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1
Q1.
Which country ended the USA's 132 year hold on the America's Cup?
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2
Q2.
What nationality was J Landy, who broke Roger Bannister's record for the mile of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds by recording 3 minutes 58 seconds on 21 June 1954?
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3
Q3.
On 22 January 1955 sportsman Joe Davis scored the first officially recognised what?
A
Maximum break in a snooker game
B
Hat trick in underwater hockey
C
Record speed in the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
D
The first skateboard Caballerial in competition
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4
Q4.
What shape is a battledore?
B
Deep-draught ocean-going ship
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5
Q5.
In 2015 there was an upsurge of inaugural national championships in what sport?
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6
Q6.
What official world speed record for a shuttlecock in badminton, was set on 3 June 2005 by Fu Haifeng?
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7
Q7.
Why was Muhammad Ali stripped of his 1964 world heavyweight boxing title?
A
In 1967 he refused to be conscripted into the US army
B
The World Boxing Federation thought he was preparing to emigrate to Cuba
C
He publicly criticised the USA involvement in the Vietnam War
D
He supported a friend accused of homosexual activity
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