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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2
Q2.
Which Soviet gymnast won the most Olympic medals in her career, and the most gold of any female?
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3
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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4
Q4.
In international sport, what is the IPL?
D
Internationale de Peru da Lambada
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5
Q5.
The highly popular sport of skydiving started with what?
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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6
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?
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