Sport Quiz #481
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 6 April 2018
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Q1.
In 1927 one of the players involved in a USA scandal 8 years earlier alleged that 1917 games were “thrown by Detroit in exchange for money, and that Chicago had thrown three games in 1919 as a kind of belated thank you”". What was the sport?
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Q2.
What are raced in the Iditarod, held annually since 1973 in Alaska from Anchorage to Nome?
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Q3.
What is the name for the grades in judo from learner to proficient?
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Q4.
Of the 12 Winter Olympics between 1924 and 1976 inclusive, how many were held outside of Europe?
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Q5.
Why is the Calcutta Cup, a rugby union trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Six Nations Championship match between England and Scotland, so called?
A
It was donated by a Rajah
B
Calcutta is the HQ for the Board of Control for Cricket in India
C
The inside has a black finish
D
It is made of rupees from the Calcutta Rugby Club
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Q6.
Who played eventual winners Atlético Madrid in the final of the 2010 UEFA Europa League soccer competition?
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Q7.
What was significant about the double-header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves on 11 August 11 1951?
A
The Boston Braves beat the Brooklyn Dodgers
B
It was the first baseball game to be televised in colour
C
All the pitches were strikes
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