Sport Quiz #193
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 28 September 2012
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Q1.
Who said "Pressure, I'll tell you what pressure is. Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your backside. Playing cricket is not"?
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Q2.
The team from which country won the tennis tournament for the Davis Cup in 2010?
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Q3.
At the start of a game of chess, there are 16 of which pieces on the board?
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Q4.
Erik Akkersdijk set a world record of 7.08 seconds at the Czech Open in 2008 ... for what?
Note: This question was updated in May 2021
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Checkmate in a chess game
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Q5.
What spoken word competition, which has been organised for many years by Gary Hallock, has been held every May since 1978 in Austin, Texas?
A
The Lear Limerick Contest
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Q6.
The "Duckworth-Lewis method" (or D/L method) is used in which sport?
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Q7.
What multi-user adventure game was developed from 1978 by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle from 1980, students at Essex University in the UK, that revolved around gaining points till one achieved the wizard rank, giving the player immortality and certain powers over mortals?
Note: This question was updated in March 2024
B
MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)
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