Sport Quiz #733
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 3 February 2023
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1
Q1.
Which high profile tennis star was controversially linked by the host country for the 2022 Winter Olympics to the last months of its build up to the Games?
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2
Q2.
If someone "rides the tube" what are they likely to be doing?
A
Walking through the Hadron Collider
B
Travelling on the Shinkansen, a high speed train
D
Carrying out a scientific experiment
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
Why did the para-athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli arrive late to the Paralympics in Tokyo in 2021?
A
Their flights had been repeatedly delayed
B
They were in extended quarantine for COVID-19
C
They were caught in the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
D
They had not been told they were competing
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4
Q4.
The only middle weight boxer to win the World Heavyweight Championship was who?
A
Daniel Mendoza (1764-1836), England
B
Gentleman Jackson (1769-1845), England
C
Jack "Nonpareil" Dempsey (1862-1895), Ireland
D
Floyd Patterson (1935-2006), USA
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5
Q5.
Ding Junhui is a star in which sport?
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6
Q6.
Formula One world champions James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are all from where?
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7
Q7.
In what Olympic Games did the Jamaica national bobsleigh team make its debut?
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