Sport Quiz #727
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 23 December 2022
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1
Q1.
Who did Juan Antonio Samaranch succeed when he assumed the presidency of the International Olympic Committee in August 1980?
D
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin
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2
Q2.
How does one tell a potentially winning cob or conker?
A
Put them in water and choose from among those that sink
B
Put them in water and choose from among those that float
D
By the method and frequency with which their tree has been pruned or brutted
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3
Q3.
Lance Armstrong, famous as a cyclist was also closely involved in other areas. Which of these is not one?
A
Whitewater slalom canoeing
C
Supporting people affected by cancer and raising cancer awareness
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4
Q4.
In Raumschach 3-D chess which piece moves through the six faces of a cube in any rank, file, or column?
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5
Q5.
Why were the football matches - between AC Milan and Roma in May 2013, the FA Cup fourth qualifying round match between Haringey Borough and Yeovil Town in October 2019, and between MSV Duisburg and VfL Osnabrück December 2021 - suspended or called off?
A
Fans in the stands chanted racial abuse and/or spat at players
C
Not enough uninjured players were left to continue
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Q6.
Which sport that started in physical education classes for young children, where the main objective is to eliminate all members of the opposing team by hitting them with thrown balls, catching a ball thrown by one of them, or forcing them outside the court boundaries, has had an International Federation since 1994?
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7
Q7.
In chess, what piece can only move diagonally?
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