Sport Quiz #40
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 23 October 2009
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1
What is the name given to the official residence provided for the Olympic athletes?
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2
What chess piece is also called a "castle"?
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3
Bing Crosby died shortly after playing which sport?
Note: This question was updated in October 2020
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4
The first modern Olympic games as we currently know them were held in which century?
Note: This question was updated in August 2014
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5
What is a form of cricket, originally introduced in the United Kingdom for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2003, that involves two teams, each of which has one innings?
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6
In chess, castling involves the rook and which other piece?
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7
Whose lifetime total of 714 home runs was a record in Major League Baseball for 39 years, until 1974?
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