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Quiz: About Sports
1. Where was the first car race held?
2. “Tables” and “tric-trac” were common names for which popular game?
3. What does the term “dead mans hand” mean and how did it originate?
4. In which game is the cue used?
5. Which weight category in boxing is named after a variety of domestic fowl?
6. In cricket, how did the term hat-trick originate?
7. The Romans called it Harpastum. The Greeks Episkards and the Chinese Tsuchu. What do we call it now in English?
8. How did rugby get its name?
9. Who was the first person to time less than ten seconds in the 100-metre flat race?
10. In which sport would one use a foil, epee and sabre?
ANSWERS:
1. France, Paris to Rouen in 1894
2. Backgammon
3. It is a pair of Aces and a pair of Eights together. This was the hand that Wild Bill Hickock was holding when he was shot dead from behind in Deadwood, Dakota, in 1876
4. Billiards
5. Bantam-weight
6. In days when cricketers wore top hats, anyone who took three wickets in three consecutive deliveries was presented with a top hat
7. Football
8. It was a name derived from football and played at Rugby School, England in 1823
9. Jim Hines of America (9.95 seconds)
10. Fencing
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