Sport Quiz #704
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 15 July 2022
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1
Q1.
FIDE organised an international championship first held in 2019, followed by an Intercontinental Online Chess Championship in 2021 and onwards, for whom?
D
Sufferers of motor neurone disease
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2
Q2.
Golfer Vijay Singh, who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005, was born where?
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3
Q3.
Lydia Ko who took the 2012 Canadian Women's Open as a 15 year old amateur, became the youngest person to win an LPGA Tour event. What is her nationality?
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4
Q4.
The elfstedentocht, or 11 cities tour on ice, is held in Friesland in the north of the Netherlands at irregular gaps, though never more than once a year, and is anticipated by amateur and professional skaters alike. What determines when it is held?
A
Weather in the North Sea
B
The ice must be at least 20 cm thick for at least 150 km of the course
C
The dates of other international skating events
D
The ice must be, and remain, at least 15 cm thick along the entire almost 200 km course
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5
Q5.
Which of these is a disc used for a throwing and catching game?
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6
Q6.
What is the name of the golf trophy for competition between teams of professional golfers from Europe and the USA that was first contested between Great Britain and the USA in 1927?
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7
Q7.
Which was the case for the major boxing matches at New York's Madison Square Garden on 30 April 2022 and at Glasgow's Hydro on 13 May 2022?
A
First at major venues to be open to unmasked, unvaccinated audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic
B
First female bouts to headline an event at the venue
C
First matches to be held after lockdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic
D
Neither boxer will earn a purse from the fight
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