Sport 115655

Sport 115655 is a selection of 10 questions. Sport 115655 is the filename to differentiate it from other Sport and Leisure quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.

1   What is the height of a badminton net?
A   5 feet or 1½ metres

2   How many Wimbledon titles did Billie Jean King win between 1961 and 1979? 11, 17, 20 or 23
A   Twenty – She is the first unseeded woman to ever win Wimbledon!

3   What sport do you associate with the Harlem Globetrotters?
A   Basketball – In January 1927 the team debuted in Hinckley, Illinois, under the name New York Globetrotters. The name was changed in 1930 to Harlem Globetrotters

4   Old Trafford is the headquarters for which cricket team?
A   Lancashire

5   Who was America’s ‘Golden Girl’ who fell in the 3,000 metres at the Los Angeles Olympics?
A   Mary Decker, after a collision with Zola Budd

6   In which sport would you find a ‘Brakeman / Brakewoman’?
A   Bobsleigh

7   Clive Lloyd captained which national cricket team?
A   West Indies – Lloyd is widely regarded as one of the greatest captains of all time

8   What kind of wrestling match is fought by more than two wrestlers?
A   A Tag Team match, a match between four wrestlers divided into teams of two. One wrestler of each team stands just outside the ring ropes until he is tagged

9   In horse racing at which course is the Eclipse Stakes run?
A   Sandown (Park)

10   With which sport do you associate John and Michael Whitaker?
A   Show Jumping – John and Michael Whitaker are two of the most successful riders of all time