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Sport Quiz #245

Sports & Leisure Quiz for 27 September 2013

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Q1. In 2006, which country announced that it was withdrawing from test match cricket for 12 months?

Note: This question was updated in March 2022
A
Australia
B
Pakistan
C
UK
D
Zimbabwe
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Q2. How many players are there in a men's lacrosse team?

A
15
B
10
C
8
D
12
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Q3. Edison Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, retired in 1977 from what sport?

A
Synchronised swimming
B
Football
C
Pelotte
D
Chess
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Q4. What does a tennis player score when he has no points?

A
Love
B
Friendship
C
A kiss
D
A hug
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Q5. Why were the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles boycotted by the Soviet Union and most of the communist world (though China, Romania, and Yugoslavia participated)?

A
As a lever in political negotiations with the US
B
A global economic recession that affected much of the developed world
C
Because of suspected US involvement in the assassination of Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat in 1981
D
In retaliation for the US-led boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow
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Q6. The fighting style known as mixed martial arts (MMA) is an extreme sport, initially banned in 36 of the 50 states of the USA for its no-holds-barred violence. In the rules later developed which of these is not considered a foul?

A
Throat strikes of any kind and heels to the kidney
B
Groin attacks and eye gouging
C
Placing a finger into any orifice, or into any cut or laceration of your opponent
D
Timidity
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Q7. In 1972, who became the youngest Formula One Champion Racing Driver at the age of 25?

Note: This question was updated in July 2022
A
Ayrton Senna
B
Niki Lauda
C
Jim Clark
D
Emerson Fittipaldi
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