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Sport Quiz #643

Sports & Leisure Quiz for 14 May 2021

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Q1. Known as "snap apple", "bobbing for apples" and "dooking" what does this game ask its participants to do?

A
Curtsey to one another while covering as many apples as possible
B
Pluck apples or almonds out of burning brandy and eat them
C
Swing apples on a string against one another
D
Capture apples either floating in water or hanging from a string
Select from the options above.

Q2. At which Olympic Games were some events held close to a major monument to a country-defining civil war and a site remembered for a racial oppression movement?

A
1980
B
2004
C
2008
D
1996
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Q3. "Silks" is the name used to describe the uniform of a competitor in which sport?

A
Horse racing
B
Snooker
C
Polo
D
Synchronised swimming
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Q4. Mickey Mantle was a star of which sport?

A
Baseball
B
Basketball
C
American football
D
Ice hockey
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Q5. Why were the 1904 Olympic Games, originally awarded to Chicago, Illinois, USA, eventually held in St Louis, Missouri?

A
A referendum in Chicago in 1900 voted against the Games
B
A fire destroyed one-third of Chicago
C
Strikes and bomb-throwing in Chicago alarmed the Games' backers
D
Missouri was already holding an international event in 1904, in St Louis
Select from the options above.

Q6. What route was the torch relay for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico designed to do?

A
Go through each one of the host cities for the previous Olympic Games
B
Recreate the route taken by Christopher Columbus to the New World
C
Let as many athletes as possible from participating countries carry it to the cauldron in 5 days
D
Visit every point on Mexico's coast
Select from the options above.

Q7. In 2012 the X Games were held in the USA , together with Games at Tignes in France and Shanghai in China. Which of the following had not yet hosted an X Games?

A
Phuket, Thailand
B
Singapore
C
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
D
Seoul, Korea
Select from the options above.
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