Sport Quiz #64
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 9 April 2010
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Q1.
Where was the opening ceremony for the 1948 Summer Olympics held on 29 July?
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2
Q2.
With which sport is Michael Jordan, who represented the USA at the Olympic Games in 1984 & 1992, associated?
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3
Q3.
Which race when first run on 30 September 1906 from Paris, France, was won by Frank Purdy Lahm of the USA who, with co-pilot Henry Hersey, reached the northeast coast of England?
B
The Tourist Trophy Race
D
The Gordon Bennett Cup race
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4
Q4.
Which cup, an ornate silver-plated Britannia metal bottomless ewer, designed and crafted in 1848 by Garrard & Co., was donated by Sir Henry Paget, Marquess of Anglesey, for the Royal Yacht Squadron's 1851 Annual Regatta?
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5
Q5.
Which of these sports is thought to be second only to archery as the oldest British outdoor game?
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6
Q6.
Where was the only national team boycott at a Winter Olympic Games, which was when the Taiwanese athletes arrived at the Olympic village with their Republic of China identification cards, were not admitted, and left in protest?
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7
Q7.
Which of these cities has hosted the Winter Olympics twice?
Note: This question was updated in December 2016
C
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
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