Sport Quiz #487
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 18 May 2018
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1
Q1.
Four new categories were introduced for the 2018 Winter Olympics, being: mixed doubles curling, mass start speedskating, team alpine skiing, and which other?
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2
Q2.
Tennis player Monica Seles turned pro in 1989 and was the year-end world no. 1 in 1991 and 1992. How old was she when she turned pro?
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3
Q3.
At which Winter Olympics did a drug scandal lead to Russia being excluded as a competing country from some of the next Summer Olympics and all of the next Winter Olympics?
B
2018 at PyeongChang, South Korea
C
1984 at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
D
2002 at Salt Lake City, USA
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4
Q4.
In 2008 there were 193 members of the United Nations. How many "nations" were represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics?
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5
Q5.
In 1960, who co-founded Motor Racing Developments Ltd., a British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team, with designer Ron Tauranac?
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6
Q6.
The first Olympic flag, presented to the IOC at the 1920 Olympics by the city of Antwerp, Belgium, was lost until 1977. Where had it been?
A
In a basement of the Antwerp Olympic stadium
B
In the bottom of a competitor's suitcase
C
In the attic of the IOC HQ at Lausanne, Switzerland
D
Hanging in the foyer of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
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Q7.
Most of which of these games is spent handling "tiles"?
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