Sport Quiz #493
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 29 June 2018
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Q1.
Where in London is Olympic Park of 500 acres (2 km²), containing the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Centre, the London Velopark, the Olympic Hockey Centre, a Basketball Arena, Handball Arena, the Olympic Village, the Olympic Press and Broadcast Centres and a tennis training centre?
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Q2.
When did the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, UK, host its first Snooker World Championship?
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3
Q3.
What is used to play the game Crazy Eights?
C
A round ball and unstrung racquets
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4
Q4.
Where and when were the first Games held that were eventually to be known as the Commonwealth Games?
A
Glasgow, Scotland, 1898
D
Sydney, Australia, 1938
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Q5.
With a time of 3:49.4, breaking the existing world record by over 1.5 seconds, who was the first to run the mile in under 3:50 minutes ?
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Q6.
Which team has played in 40 of the 105 Baseball World Series and won 27 World Series championships (between 1923 and 2009), the most of any Major League franchise?
C
The St. Louis Cardinals
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Q7.
Which of these games did Nintendo publish in 2017, at about the same time as the new Nintendo Switch was released?
B
What Remains of Edith Finch
D
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
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