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Sport Quiz #238

Sports & Leisure Quiz for 9 August 2013

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Q1. What was the nickname of tennis star John McEnroe?

A
Mellow Johnny
B
Scooter
C
Superbrat
D
Pingu
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Q2. What was Harry Buermeyer's club in 1878 when he became the first official amateur heavyweight boxing champion in America?

A
Union Athletic Club of Boston
B
New York Athletic Club
C
BBBoC
D
NSAC
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Q3. Which is another name for the game variously called taca taca, kicker, baby-foot, langirt and futillo?

A
Polo
B
Gridiron
C
Foosball
D
Tennis
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Q4. Up to the first half of 2013 who won the most men's major golf championships, also known as majors (Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open) and US PGA Championship)?

A
Tiger Woods
B
Jack Nicklaus
C
Walter Hagen
D
Gary Player
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Q5. Mahé Drysdale, Rebecca Scown, Juliette Haigh, Hamish Bond, Eric Murray, Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Ondrej Synek and Alan Campbell have been international competitors in which sport?

Note: This question was updated in January 2022
A
Rowing
B
Figure skating
C
Golf
D
Tennis
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Q6. A regulation basketball court in international games is 28 by 15 meters (approx. 92 by 49 ft). What size should it be for NBA games?

A
85 by 45 feet (26 by 14 metres)
B
92 by 49 ft (28 by 15 metres)
C
110 by 60 feet (34 by 18 metres)
D
94 by 50 feet (29 by 15 metres)
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Q7. Who, after splitting from a long term girlfriend in 2008, briefly dated actress Kate Hudson, and in 2012 was dating Serbian tennis star Ana Ivanovic?

A
Richard Branson
B
Roger Federer
C
Adam Scott
D
Silvio Berlusconi
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