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Sport Quiz #684

Sports & Leisure Quiz for 25 February 2022

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Q1. In the 10 years before the US Open Tennis Championship was held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City, where was it held?

A
Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia
B
Philadelphia Cricket Club, Grove Avenue, Philadelphia
C
Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island
D
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York
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Q2. Which Soviet gymnast won the most Olympic medals in her career, and the most gold of any female?

A
Larisa Latynina
B
Olga Korbut
C
Nelli Kim
D
Heidi Klum
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Q3. Which was a "first" that marked the opening ceremony of the 1976 Sumer Olympics?

A
The first female to light the Olympic flame
B
The Olympic flame was lighted by two people
C
Two black American athletes raised their black-gloved fists in their medal award ceremony
D
Use of a synthetic all-weather surface for track and field events
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Q4. In international sport, what is the IPL?

A
Indian Premier League
B
Italian Petanquer Laws
C
Indonesian Polo League
D
Internationale de Peru da Lambada
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Q5. The highly popular sport of skydiving started with what?

A
Mary Poppins
B
Successful parachute jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797
C
Drops of Allied troops into enemy territory in WW II
D
Methods of descent from helicopters
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Q6. When did Hall Thompson, who had established the Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama as an invitation-only private golf club, and noting the inclusion of Jews and women as members, cause controversy by saying "we don't discriminate in every other area except blacks"?

A
Just before the PGA Championship, 1990
B
At the time of the arrest of Rosa Parks, 1955
C
On the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, 1968
D
Inauguration of John F Kennedy as US president, 1961
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Q7. How long is each round in a boxing match at the Olympic Games?

A
3 minutes
B
1 minute
C
5 minutes
D
10 minutes
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