Sport Quiz #643
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 14 May 2021
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Q1.
Known as "snap apple", "bobbing for apples" and "dooking" what does this game ask its participants to do?
A
Curtsey to one another while covering as many apples as possible
B
Pluck apples or almonds out of burning brandy and eat them
C
Swing apples on a string against one another
D
Capture apples either floating in water or hanging from a string
Select from the options above.
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Q2.
At which Olympic Games were some events held close to a major monument to a country-defining civil war and a site remembered for a racial oppression movement?
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3
Q3.
"Silks" is the name used to describe the uniform of a competitor in which sport?
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4
Q4.
Mickey Mantle was a star of which sport?
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Q5.
Why were the 1904 Olympic Games, originally awarded to Chicago, Illinois, USA, eventually held in St Louis, Missouri?
A
A referendum in Chicago in 1900 voted against the Games
B
A fire destroyed one-third of Chicago
C
Strikes and bomb-throwing in Chicago alarmed the Games' backers
D
Missouri was already holding an international event in 1904, in St Louis
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Q6.
What route was the torch relay for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico designed to do?
A
Go through each one of the host cities for the previous Olympic Games
B
Recreate the route taken by Christopher Columbus to the New World
C
Let as many athletes as possible from participating countries carry it to the cauldron in 5 days
D
Visit every point on Mexico's coast
Select from the options above.
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Q7.
In 2012 the X Games were held in the USA , together with Games at Tignes in France and Shanghai in China. Which of the following had not yet hosted an X Games?
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