Sport Quiz #586
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 10 April 2020
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Q1.
Where would a sports competitor use a snaffle?
A
In a horse's mouth, attached to reins
B
To secure firearms not currently in use
C
Hidden in their team uniform, to identify the person to whom it belongs
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
When the Paralympic movement formed an international committee, ICC, in 1982 to co-ordinate their Games it was formed from the body originating in the original Stoke Mandeville Games and international bodies representing athletes with what handicap?
A
Deafness, cerebral palsy, impaired eyesight, amputation, using a wheelchair, intellectual disability
B
Deafness, cerebral palsy, impaired eyesight, amputation, using a wheelchair
C
Cerebral palsy, impaired eyesight, amputation, using a wheelchair
D
Cerebral palsy, impaired eyesight, amputation, using a wheelchair, intellectual disability
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
Skeleton tracks are used for which international (and national) championships or displays?
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
Which country is the only one to have won a gold medal in every Winter Olympics from 1924, the first, until 2018?
A
Russia (including the Soviet Union)
C
Germany (including West and East Germany)
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
Where would one expect to see sports competitions involving sprinters, jumpers and thrown hammers?
B
In a track and field event
C
In a paved civic square
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
Where and when did Martina Navratilova became the oldest winner of a tennis grand slam titled aged 46?
A
Australian Open, in 2003
Select from the options above.
7
Q7.
What does the "A" stand for in the acronym VAR for the system used in football games?
Select from the options above.
