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European Sports Mix Trivia Quiz

Facts, performances, sports rules, even sports techniques, a quiz with everything! Mainly concentrating on international and traditional European sports and games.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
38,571

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1642

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Question 1 of 10

1. What boxers' category comes in between 'Super Bantamweight' and 'Junior Lightweight'? Hint

Straw

Feather

Fly

Welter

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which German athlete won the high jump at the Olympic Games in 1972 and 1984? Hint

Ulrike Meinhof

Ulrike Meyfahrt

Andrea Baader von Meinhofen

Heike Drechsler

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these towns boasts the first ever annual marathon? Hint

New York

Paris

Boston

London

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Question 4 of 10

4. In which sport did Eric Bristow win 4 successive World Cup Titles? Hint

Fencing

Horsejumping

Darts

Chequers

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Question 5 of 10

5. What chess move is referred to with the annotation o-o-o? Hint

Checkmate

Kingside castling

Queenside castling

Check

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who won the men's long jump in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics? Hint

Javier Sotomayor

Linford Christie

Carl Lewis

Bob Beamon

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which women's sport was dominated first by Jeanine Longo of France and then by Leontien van Moorsel of Holland during the last few decades of the 20th Century? Hint

horsejumping

badminton

cycle-racing

indoor soccer

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these names does not fit in this list of French sports venues? Hint

Le Mans

Longchamp

Auteuil

Vincennes

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who circumnavigated the Globe single-handedly in a yacht called the 'Gypsy Moth IV', in 1966? Hint

Sir Francis Chichester

Dennis Conner

Edward Heath

Bill Koch

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Question 10 of 10

10. In what sport was the 'Fosbury Flop' a popular innovation? Hint

long jump

handball

fives ball

high jump

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What boxers' category comes in between 'Super Bantamweight' and 'Junior Lightweight'?

Answer: Feather

2. Which German athlete won the high jump at the Olympic Games in 1972 and 1984?

Answer: Ulrike Meyfahrt

3. Which of these towns boasts the first ever annual marathon?

Answer: Boston

Since 1897.

4. In which sport did Eric Bristow win 4 successive World Cup Titles?

Answer: Darts

The World Cup of darts is organised every two years. He won all those events from 1983 till 1989. He also was world champion in {80-81;} 84-86.

5. What chess move is referred to with the annotation o-o-o?

Answer: Queenside castling

6. Who won the men's long jump in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics?

Answer: Carl Lewis

Sotomayor won the HIGH jump in 1992. Linford Christie won the 100 metres sprint. Bob Beamon made a legendary long jump in 1968.

7. Which women's sport was dominated first by Jeanine Longo of France and then by Leontien van Moorsel of Holland during the last few decades of the 20th Century?

Answer: cycle-racing

Longo won all world championships from 85 till 89. Van Moorsel started a series of successes in 1991.

8. Which of these names does not fit in this list of French sports venues?

Answer: Le Mans

The three others all are famous for horseraces. Le Mans is the site of an annual 24 hours car-race.

9. Who circumnavigated the Globe single-handedly in a yacht called the 'Gypsy Moth IV', in 1966?

Answer: Sir Francis Chichester

Dennis Conner and Bill Koch were winners of the America Cup.- Ted Heath, the ex-PM of Britain scored some good results as a sailor, but he probably could not be away from Westminster for long enough to try a global tour of the seas.

10. In what sport was the 'Fosbury Flop' a popular innovation?

Answer: high jump

Fosbury was another sensation during the 1968 Mexico Olympics: with his new style he not only won the Gold Medal but also scored a new world record. Fives is a ballgame for which you need special gloves and practically the whole village square.

Source: Author flem-ish

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