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Sport Quiz #516

Sports & Leisure Quiz for 7 December 2018

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Q1. What is another name for "fishing"?

A
Curving
B
Cornering
C
Bending
D
Angling
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Q2. What organisation, established in 1981 similar to one established in the USA (but limited to the USA) in 1979, is housed at Wingate Institute in Israel?

A
Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research
B
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
C
NOOA National Severe Storms Laboratory
D
International Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering
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Q3. In the Olympic shot put competition, what is the weight of the women's shot?

A
24 kilograms (52.92 pounds)
B
7.26 kilograms (16 lb)
C
14.52 kilograms (32 pounds)
D
4 kilograms (8.82 lb)
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Q4. At the 2000 Olympics at Sydney, which Cuban was the second person in Olympic history to win three gold medals in Heavyweight boxing?

A
Daniel Bekker
B
Teófilo Stevenson
C
Félix Savón
D
Henry Tillman
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Q5. In which of these sports does game-play centre around innings where teams alternate at batting and fielding (with a maximum of nine players fielding at one time) with points scored by the batting team completing a circuit around the field through four bases or posts without being put 'out'?

A
Rounders
B
Cricket
C
Bowls
D
Luge
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Q6. Which of these is not an alternative name for a game of dice for one or more players, mostly played in a group of two to four where traditionally a counting box is used with tiles numbered 1 to 9, known as Klackers, Zoltan box, Batten down the Hatches or High Rollers?

A
Shut the Box
B
Ludo
C
Tric-Trac
D
Canoga
Select from the options above.

Q7. In which tennis event finals did Serena Williams notably lose to Naomi Osaka in 2018?

A
Australian Open
B
French Open
C
US Open
D
Wimbledon
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