Sport Quiz #547
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 12 July 2019
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Q1.
Who, in 1977, was the last British woman to win the singles event at Wimbledon?
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2
Q2.
In 2007, who set a record by being the only soccer player to play on three World Cup-winning teams?
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3
Q3.
Until Lewis Hamilton's win at Spain in 2007, who held the record for being the youngest driver to lead the Formula One Championship?
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4
Q4.
What nationality is Jason Wynyard, who gained his fourteenth world championship title in woodchopping and sawing at the world Timbersports championships in Norway in 2017?
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Q5.
The music from which artist or artists closed the fiesta of British music at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK?
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Q6.
Why were the 1940 and 1944 Olympic Games not held?
A
World War II was being fought
B
Money was in short supply
C
No countries applied to hold them
D
Russia demanded that the Games be abolished
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Q7.
In 1990, mountain climbers Rob Hall and Gary Ball were the first to do what in 7 months?
A
Climb Mt Everest 7 times
B
Climb the "Seven Summits"
C
Climb the 7 highest peaks in the Himalayas
D
Traverse New Zealand's Southern Alps from North to South
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