Sport Quiz #263
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 31 January 2014
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Q1.
If someone "rides the tube" what are they likely to be doing?
A
Walking through the Hadron Collider
B
Travelling on the Shinkansen, a high speed train
D
Carrying out a scientific experiment
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2
Q2.
In chess, what piece is allowed to jump over other pieces?
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3
Q3.
What marked the 1895 game in Canada between the Halifax Stanleys and Dartmouth Jubilees hockey teams?
A
First national championship
B
First recorded game involving two all-black hockey teams
C
The game lasted three days, and was the last to be played with no time limit
D
It was the first hockey game to be played on ice
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4
Q4.
In Britain, when was the Football Association formed to draw up the rules of Association Football (soccer)?
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5
Q5.
Where was Geoff Ogilvie, the 2006 US Open golf tournament winner, born?
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6
Q6.
Curling stones are traditionally made of what?
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7
Q7.
Kelly Slater is an American professional sportsman in what field?
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