Sport Quiz #681
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 4 February 2022
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1
Q1.
Which countries shared the two top spots for gold medals and total medals in the 2020 Summer Olympics?
B
Great Britain and Japan
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2
Q2.
What is known most usually in the UK as "The Sport of Kings"?
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3
Q3.
What is the game that developed the variant known as Blackjack called in France?
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4
Q4.
Why was the annual steeplechase known as the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the most valuable non-handicap chase in Britain, not run in 2001?
A
Some horses were found to have the highly infectious and potentially deadly Potomac Horse Fever
C
A major outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in British farms
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5
Q5.
Which city-building video game was developed by Will Wright, was released for a number of platforms from 1989 to 1991, and eventually generated a game which has become one of the best-selling franchises in the video game industry?
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6
Q6.
In which country was mountaineer and explorer Edmund Hillary born?
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7
Q7.
Which country held the most gold medals in the Men's European Volleyball Championship from 1948 to 1999?
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