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Sport Quiz #684

Sports & Leisure Quiz for 25 February 2022

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Q1. In the 10 years before the US Open Tennis Championship was held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York City, where was it held?

A
Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia
B
Philadelphia Cricket Club, Grove Avenue, Philadelphia
C
Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island
D
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York
Select from the options above.

Q2. Which Soviet gymnast won the most Olympic medals in her career, and the most gold of any female?

A
Larisa Latynina
B
Olga Korbut
C
Nelli Kim
D
Heidi Klum
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Q3. Which was a "first" that marked the opening ceremony of the 1976 Summer Olympics?

A
The first female to light the Olympic flame
B
The Olympic flame was lighted by two people
C
Two black American athletes raised their black-gloved fists in their medal award ceremony
D
Use of a synthetic all-weather surface for track and field events
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Q4. In international sport, what is the IPL?

A
Indian Premier League
B
Italian Petanquer Laws
C
Indonesian Polo League
D
Internationale de Peru da Lambada
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Q5. The highly popular sport of skydiving started with what?

A
Mary Poppins
B
Successful parachute jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797
C
Drops of Allied troops into enemy territory in WW II
D
Methods of descent from helicopters
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Q6. When did Hall Thompson, who had established the Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama as an invitation-only private golf club, and noting the inclusion of Jews and women as members, cause controversy by saying "we don't discriminate in every other area except blacks"?

A
Just before the PGA Championship, 1990
B
At the time of the arrest of Rosa Parks, 1955
C
On the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, 1968
D
Inauguration of John F Kennedy as US president, 1961
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Q7. How long is each round in a boxing match at the Olympic Games?

A
3 minutes
B
1 minute
C
5 minutes
D
10 minutes
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