Sport Quiz #225
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 10 May 2013
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1
Q1.
In 2005, Dan Wheldon became the first British competitor to win what event in over 30 years?
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2
Q2.
What is the name of the Jamaican netball team?
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3
Q3.
What was a major change in cricket in the 1760s, some 2 to 300 or more years after it was first played in the UK?
A
Cricketing whites became required wear
B
Balls were bowled instead of rolled along the ground
C
Women were admitted as players
D
International championships were established
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4
Q4.
In backgammon how does a player lose a gammon?
A
The player has dropped the doubling stakes based on the doubling cube
B
The player cannot move either die in a turn
C
When one of the player's blots is hit
D
The player has not managed to bear off any of their pieces before the game ends
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5
Q5.
In falconry what is a tiercel?
C
A tie for the bird's foot
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6
Q6.
Chainmail was a precursor to what popular board game first published in 1974?
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7
Q7.
Pétanque, boules, bocce, bolas criollas are all related games involving what?
A
A whip and linked balls
B
Balls and a marked target point
C
Balls, and a target jack or piglet
D
A ball, and moving puppets with open mouths
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