Sport Quiz #784
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 26 January 2024
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Q1.
What is the name for a piece of exercise equipment consisting of a metal bar, one or more sets of weight plates, and a set of collars?
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2
Q2.
What is used on a greyhound racetrack to induce the dogs to race?
A
A very loud starting gun
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3
Q3.
What is the "Uroclub", invented by Floyd E Seskin of Florida, which looks like a big-handled golf club?
A
Putter designed and made in Europe
C
An iron with changeable heads
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4
Q4.
Following several halting years after 1957 when it was formed, from 1971 the FIPJP organises annual World Championships in what sport?
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5
Q5.
The round of the 2014 World Taekwondo Federation competitions to be held in Kharkiv in early October was cancelled; what was the reason?
A
More than half the competitors had severe headaches
B
Ongoing armed unrest in Ukraine
C
They decided to hold a picnic instead
D
Itching powder had been sprinkled over all the mats at the venue as well as the spares
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6
Q6.
The 2009 season of the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket competition initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, was held where?
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7
Q7.
What was the emblem for the Rome 1960 Summer Olympics?
A
Britannica on a chariot
B
A wolf suckling two children
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