Sport Quiz #21
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 12 June 2009
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1
Q1.
Which of the following sports has the highest horizontal bar on the goal?
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2
Q2.
Which of these is not a term from NFL (American football)?
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3
Q3.
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is held annually in the USA in the ballroom of which hotel?
A
Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia
B
The Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
C
Park Hyatt Hotel, Century City, L.A., California
D
Hyatt Regency, California
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4
Q4.
After Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won the 100 metre dash at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, why was his gold medal taken away and awarded to runner-up Carl Lewis?
A
He abused the officials at the finish line
B
He performed the Black Power salute on the victory stand
D
He tried to make a speech from the victory stand
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5
Q5.
The first of what event, organised by journalist Henri Desgrange in 1903, was won by Maurice Garin?
C
Peking to Paris car rally
D
Swimming race across the English Channel
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6
Q6.
The aim of which game, normally played on hard dirt or gravel, and also on grass, while standing with the feet together in a small circle, is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a small ball called a cochonnet?
Note: This question was updated in February 2014
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7
Q7.
The symbol of the Olympic Games is made up of 5 interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and what other colour?
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