Sport Quiz #797
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1
Q1.
Where is the boxing venue known as Madison Square Garden?
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2
Q2.
What did Scottish ultra marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski do during the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester-to-Liverpool race which led to a one-year ban?
A
Wore non-regulation running gear
C
Posted comments on social media seen as unacceptable
D
Took a 2.5 mile lift in a car
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3
Q3.
When were the UCI (at the time, the ICA) Track Cycling World Championships first held?
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4
Q4.
Racing on ordinary roads from town to town was banned in France from 1903 when a number of people, spectators and drivers (including Marcel Renault) were killed during a race between which two cities?
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5
Q5.
Jock Paget, a New Zealand equestrian international competitor, was not able to compete from October 2013 to August 2014; what was the reason?
A
He had to train a new horse after his current mount died
B
He was seriously injured in a fall
C
He was accused and subsequently cleared of using a horse with a banned substance in its system
D
He took time out to star in a TV series
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6
Q6.
In 1896 the first modern what, were held in Athens, Greece?
C
International singing competitions
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7
Q7.
Over-arm throwing, long-distance throwing, freestyle and discus are the four disciplines competed for at the world championships in what?
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