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Sport Quiz #21

Sports & Leisure Quiz for 12 June 2009

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Q1. Which of the following sports has the highest horizontal bar on the goal?

A
American football
B
Hockey
C
Soccer
D
Rugby Union
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Q2. Which of these is not a term from NFL (American football)?

A
Fourth down
B
Silly mid on
C
Two minute warning
D
Zone blitz
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Q3. The Scripps National Spelling Bee is held annually in the USA in the ballroom of which hotel?

A
Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia
B
The Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C.
C
Park Hyatt Hotel, Century City, L.A., California
D
Hyatt Regency, California
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Q4. After Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won the 100 metre dash at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, why was his gold medal taken away and awarded to runner-up Carl Lewis?

A
He abused the officials at the finish line
B
He performed the Black Power salute on the victory stand
C
He failed a drug test
D
He tried to make a speech from the victory stand
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Q5. The first of what event, organised by journalist Henri Desgrange in 1903, was won by Maurice Garin?

A
Gordon Bennett race
B
Tour de France
C
Peking to Paris car rally
D
Swimming race across the English Channel
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Q6. The aim of which game, normally played on hard dirt or gravel, and also on grass, while standing with the feet together in a small circle, is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a small ball called a cochonnet?

Note: This question was updated in February 2014
A
Bocce
B
Petanque
C
Bowls
D
Skittles
Select from the options above.

Q7. The symbol of the Olympic Games is made up of 5 interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and what other colour?

A
Red
B
Orange
C
Indigo
D
Violet
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