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Sport Quiz #793

Sports & Leisure Quiz for 29 March 2024

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Q1. What nationality was the first singles winner of the US Open (at that time, the United States National Championships) for tennis?

A
Australian
B
British
C
French
D
American
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Q2. What is another name for "fishing"?

A
Curving
B
Cornering
C
Bending
D
Angling
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Q3. Joe Calzaghe, known as "The Pride of Wales", was a boxing world champion in which category?

A
Welterweight
B
Lightweight
C
Heavyweight
D
Super middleweight
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Q4. What multi-user adventure game was developed from 1978 by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle from 1980, students at Essex University in the UK, that revolved around gaining points till one achieved the wizard rank, giving the player immortality and certain powers over mortals?

A
Zork
B
MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)
C
Adventure
D
The Temple of Doom
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Q5. The family of games in which a ball is propelled into a table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest, is called what?

A
Pinball
B
Arcade
C
Billiards
D
Bagatelle
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Q6. How was the Olympic cauldron ignited at the opening of the Summer Olympics in 1992?

A
Sugar was dropped on chemicals in the cauldron, the resulting flame igniting a gas jet
B
An athlete used the Olympic torch to light a gas jet from the cauldron
C
A trio of athletes from previous Olympics held the Olympic torch to the gas jet from the cauldron
D
A flaming arrow was shot over a gas jet from the cauldron
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Q7. After she beat Francesca Schiavone during the 2010 Sony Ericsson Tennis Championships in Doha, who was ranked World No. 1 on the WTA Tour?

A
Caroline Wozniacki
B
Samantha Stosur
C
Elena Dementieva
D
Vera Zvonareva
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