Sport Quiz #767
Sports & Leisure Quiz for 29 September 2023
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Q1.
Why was the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion, not awarded in the 2004-05 season?
A
It was replaced by another trophy
B
It had been stolen and could not be replaced in time
D
NHL cancelled the season
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2
Q2.
What are raced in the Melbourne Cup?
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3
Q3.
What modern sport can trace its origin back to a Scramble that took place at Camberley, Surrey England in 1924?
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4
Q4.
What striking and fielding team game, originating in England and known in Ireland as cluiche corr, is played between two teams alternating between batting and fielding and involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a round bat and then running around four bases in order to score?
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5
Q5.
What was involved in what the media called "the battle of the Carmens" in 1988?
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6
Q6.
Who is the only cricketer, as at 2023, to have scored 400 runs in a single innings in a test match?
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7
Q7.
What was the height achieved at the 2012 Olympic Games, an Olympic record, by Reynaud Lavillennie to win the men's pole vault?
A
5.05 m (16 ft 6 3⁄4 in)
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