This week’s quiz

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Here is the latest quiz for you all:

SPORT & LEISURE QUIZ

1 To the nearest foot, how high is the net in men’s volleyball?
2 Also an Olympic sport, what is the national sport of Bhutan ?
3 How long does an ice hockey match last?
4 The grouse shooting season starts on 12 August, it finishes on
mainland Britain on the 10 of which month?
5 Muhammad Ali’s last fight v Trevor Berbick in 1981 took place in what capital city?
6 In Rugby League, how many players from each team take part in a scrum ?
7 In 1955 Brian Robinson from Huddersfield became the first Briton to complete what sporting event?
8 Bert Trautmann, who died in 2013, was manager of which Asian football national team, helping them qualify for the 1972 Olympics ?
9 In which south coast town are the headquarters of the Ordnance Survey ?
10 Who was team captain during England’s rebel cricket tour to South Africa in 1982?
11 Swimmer David Wilkie won gold and silver medals at which Olympics?
12 Where are the headquarters of the National Rifle Association ?
13 What was the first Italian team to win the European cup in 1963 ?
14. Which London 2012 Team G.B. gold medalist’s autobiography is called ‘Unbelievable’?
15 The Lake District is England’s largest National Park, which is the second largest at 1769 sq. kilometres?
16 Where are the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee ?
17 The Belfry golf course is in which English county ?
18 In Formula One motor racing, what does a yellow flag signify ?
19 Which England cricketer in his 100th test in 2000, scored 105 v West Indies on the 100th birthday of the Queen Mother?
20 In what establishment would you be if you were told ‘Faites Vos Jeux’ ?
21 Which former English footballer voiced the character ‘Freddie the dog’ in 2012’s
‘Madagascar 3-Europe’s Most Wanted’ ?
22 The sport Buzkashi played mainly in central Asia closely resembles
which other, mainly western sport?
23 Which sport features in the 2012 film ‘Trouble with the curve’ with Clint Eastwood &
Justin Timberlake?
24 On a dartboard, what number is between 2 & 10
25 Boxer Carl Froch fights at what weight?
26 Which South African golfer won the U.S. Masters in 2008 ?
27 Sarah Hardcastle won swimming bronze & silver medals at which Olympics ?
28 What sport do the Houston Rockets play?
29 In what year did Roger Federer first win the men’s title at Wimbledon ?
30 Who in 1968 sailed single handedly around the world in a yacht called ‘Lively Lady’?

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1 8 FEET
2 ARCHERY
3 SIXTY MINUTES
4 DECEMBER
5 NASSAU (BAHAMAS)
6 SIX
7 TOUR DE FRANCE
8 BURMA
9 SOUTHAMPTON
10 GRAHAM GOOCH
11 MONTREAL 1976
12 BISLEY
13 A.C. MILAN
14 JESSICA ENNIS(HILL)
15 THE YORKSHIRE DALES
16 LAUSANNE
17 WARWICKSHIRE
18 NO OVERTAKING
19 ALEC STEWART
20 CASINO (OR BETTING OFFICE)..IT MEANS ‘PLACE YOUR BETS.
21 VINNIE JONES
22 POLO
23 BASEBALL
24 FIFTEEN (15)
25 SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT
26 TREVOR IMMELMAN
27 LOS ANGELES 1984
28 BASKETBALL
29 2003
30 ALEC ROSE, who then became SIR ALEC ROSE

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