Sport Quiz #287
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 18 July 2014
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Q1.
In the 1980s one of the matches between Australia and New Zealand in One Day International cricket was infamous for what?
A
The Australian captain, bowler and commentator were all brothers
B
The last New Zealand batsman in the final over threw his bat at the bowler
C
The Australian bowler sent the last ball of the final over underarm
D
The Australian team was booed off the field by the spectators
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2
Q2.
Which of these tennis players is Serbian?
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3
Q3.
Where would you find a person called a seamer?
Note: This question was updated in August 2023
C
In a factory for tin cans
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4
Q4.
IOC President Jaques Rogge led a spontaneous one minute silence on 23 July before the opening of the 2012 Olympics to mark what?
A
The 11 Israeli athletes killed in the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympics
C
The death of Don Juan Antonio Samaranch, the previous IOC President
D
A gun massacre the previous Friday at a cinema in Colorado, killing at least 12 and injuring 59 more
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5
Q5.
Joe Calzaghe, known as "The Pride of Wales", was a boxing world champion in which category?
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Q6.
When were the debts incurred by Montreal, Canada, in staging the 1976 Olympics finally met in full?
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Q7.
The World Cup for which sport is an annual international competition initiated in 1978 by Swiss journalist Max E. Amman, and originally sponsored by Volvo?
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