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| How many
Olympic gold medals did Britain win in Athens? |
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Question 2
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| My initials are J.E.
I was at the 1998 European Championships when I jumped 17.99
meters. I am an Olympic champion too. |
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Question 3
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Torvill & Dean are a famous
British sporting team. Give their first names and their
Olympic sport. (Help: they were present at the 1984 Sarajevo
Olympic Games)
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Question 4
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| True or False? Great Britain is
the only nation to have attended every Olympic celebration
of the modern era, beginning with the first Games in 1896
in Athens. |
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Question 5
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| London
hosted the Olympics in… a) 1948 b) 1968 c) 1998. |
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Question 6
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| Which one of the following sports
and pastimes attracts the largest number of participants in
Britain: football, swimming, cricket, walking or ice-hockey? |
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Question 7
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| Which is
the largest spectator sport in Britain? |
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Question 8
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| What are the Royal Ascot, the Derby
and the Grand National steeplechase? |
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Question 9
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| According to tradition, where and
when was the first rugby game played? |
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Question 10
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True or False? Lindford
Christie is a British swimmer.
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Question 11
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| When did Nigel Mansell make his
Grand Prix debut? |
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Question
12
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| Henry Cooper is a British “institution”
in a) boxing b) cricket c) golf |
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Question
13
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Who is Manchester United FC’s
captain?
a) Michael Owen b) Eric Cantona c) Roy Keane
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Question
14
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| How old was Stephen Hendry
when he won the World Snooker Championship? (Be precise: …..
years old and ….. months) |
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Question
15
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| When and where was the first football
match played between England and Scotland? |
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Question
16
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Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, George
Best and Paul Gascoigne were …
a) tennis players b) rugby players c) football players |
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Question
17
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What World Cup did England win
in 1966?
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Question
18
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| Name the world famous
British athlete whose initials are L.C. |
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Question
19
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| It is a very famous football
club. It was founded in 1892 and it has a ground at Anfield
Road. |
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Question
20
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| In which year did Laura
Davies, the famous British golfer, win the Belgian Open? |
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