Sport Quiz #216
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 8 March 2013
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Q1.
Known as "snap apple", "bobbing for apples" and "dooking" what does this game ask its participants to do?
A
Curtsey to one another while covering as many apples as possible
B
Pluck apples or almonds out of burning brandy and eat them
C
Swing apples on a string against one another
D
Capture apples either floating in water or hanging from a string
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Q2.
A "throw in" or "bowl" is the way that the ball is put into play in which of these?
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Q3.
A game originating in Mexico, much loved by Henri III of France and highly popular in many countries currently, particularly with children, is called (in English)...?
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Q4.
Which of these sports has an event called the "omnium"?
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Q5.
Who died suddenly on 14 October 1977 from a heart attack soon after a round of 18 holes of golf near Madrid (apparently his last words were "That was a great game of golf, fellas" followed a few moments later by "Let's go have a Coca-Cola")?
Note: This question was updated in November 2020
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Q6.
Lacrosse, thought to have been played by at least 1100 CE and originally a ceremonial ritual with up to 1,000 people, currently (except in Box lacrosse) involves how many players in a game?
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Q7.
The 2006 Open Golf Championship was played on which English course after a gap of almost 40 years?
D
Royal North Devon Golf Club
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