Sport Quiz #123
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 27 May 2011
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Q1.
Where in London is Olympic Park of 500 acres (2 km²), containing the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Centre, the London Velopark, the Olympic Hockey Centre, a Basketball Arena, Handball Arena, the Olympic Village, the Olympic Press and Broadcast Centres and a tennis training centre?
Note: This question was updated in April 2018
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Q2.
The World Surfing Champion title is awarded annually to the best competition surfer for the year, based on points earned for placings at which events?
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One event at each of Oahu and Palm Beach
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Q3.
Which team has played in 40 of the 105 Baseball World Series and won 27 World Series championships (between 1923 and 2009), the most of any Major League franchise?
C
The St. Louis Cardinals
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Q4.
Who played eventual winners Atlético Madrid in the final of the 2010 UEFA Europa League soccer competition?
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Q5.
The Cyclops computer system, conceived by British inventor Bill Carlton, was first used in international competition in 1980 for which sport?
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Q6.
Who is the next in this series: Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling, Jack Sharkey, Primo Carnera, ...?
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Q7.
Formula One world champions James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are all from where?
Note: This question was updated in January 2023
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