Sport Quiz #687
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 18 March 2022
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1
Q1.
What was the nickname of tennis star John McEnroe?
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2
Q2.
Which team won the inaugural Fast5 World Netball Series, first contested in October 2009, which had modified rules (and was compared to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens)?
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3
Q3.
What nationality is Marat Safin, who won his first Grand Slam tennis tournament at the US Open in 2000?
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4
Q4.
Khalid Al Qassimi, Daniel Sorda, Sebastien Ogier, François Duval & Jar-Matti Latvala regularly competed in 2010 in which championship?
A
World Open Squash Championship
B
World Rally Championship
C
European BMX Championships
D
Road Racing World Championship
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5
Q5.
Colin Meads, nicknamed 'Pinetree', a former rugby union footballer who played 55 test matches for his national team from 1957 until 1971 and was named his country's Player of the Century, represented which country?
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6
Q6.
Ski orienteering was last considered for inclusion in the 2018 Olympic Games and has so far been turned down. Which of these has not been published as one of the reasons?
A
None of the IOC members has a connection with the sport
B
It is too difficult for spectators and broadcasting media to follow the competition
C
It is mostly practised only in Nordic countries
D
The new technology and results system were too costly
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7
Q7.
Mahé Drysdale, Rebecca Scown, Juliette Haigh, Hamish Bond, Eric Murray, Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Ondrej Synek and Alan Campbell have been international competitors in which sport?
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