Sports - MCQs with answers - Part IV

Sports - MCQs with answers - Part IV


1. Who became the oldest Wimbledon Mens Singles champion?

a) Arthur Gore
b) Ernest Renshaw
c) Laurence Doherty
d) Reginald Doherty

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ANSWER: a) Arthur Gore

At the age of 41 years, Arthur Gore of Great Britain became the oldest Wimbledon Mens Singles champion in 1909.



2. Who became the first player to win triple crown of Ladies Singles, Ladies Doubles and Mixed Doubles?

a) Helen Jacobs
b) Helen Wills
c) Louise Brough
d) Suzanne Lenglen

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ANSWER: d) Suzanne Lenglen

Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen was a French tennis player who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926.



3. When was the Tie-break introduced?

a) 1962
b) 1967
c) 1971
d) 1973

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ANSWER: c) 1971

It came into effect if the score in games achieved 8-8 in any set except the final set.



4. When did Bjorn Borg win his first singles title?

a) 1971
b) 1973
c) 1975
d) 1976

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ANSWER: d) 1976

Borg was the first player to earn more than one million dollars in prize money in a single season, in 1979.



5. When was Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum opened?

a) 1977
b) 1979
c) 1980
d) 1985

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ANSWER: a) 1977

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum is the largest tennis museum in the world.



6. Who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard?

a) Goran Ivansevic
b) Fabrice Santoro
c) Marin Cilic
d) Mark Philippoussis

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ANSWER: a) Goran Ivansevic

In 2001, Goran Ivansevic of Croatia won the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard.



7. When was International Olympic Committee founded?

a) 1854
b) 1874
c) 1894
d) 1898

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ANSWER: c) 1894

Demetrios Vikelas was its first president.



8. The Ancient Olympics took place in honour of which Greek God?

a) Apollo
b) Athena
c) Herculus
d) Zeus

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ANSWER: d) Zeus

The first Olympics is traditionally dated to 776 BC.



9. When were gold, silver, bronze medals at Olympics introduced?

a) 1896
b) 1900
c) 1904
d) 1916

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ANSWER: c) 1904

The custom of the sequence of gold, silver and bronze for the first three places dates from the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri in the United States.



10. Who won the inaugural women's 400 m hurdles event?

a) Hassiba Boulmerka
b) Nawal El Moutawakel
c) Nezha Bidouane
d) P. T. Usha

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ANSWER: b) Nawal El Moutawakel

Nawal El Moutawakel won the inaugural women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She became the first female Muslim born on the continent of Africa to become an Olympic champion.


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  • RE: Sports - MCQs with answers - Part IV -Abdurrehman (09/13/20)
  • It is an excellent effort for sports sciences students for there comptative exams like Ppsc, ss, sss, educators. May God bless with reward those whom done this effert.
  • RE: Sports - MCQs with answers - Part IV -Abdurrehman (09/13/20)
  • It is an excellent effort for sports sciences students for there comptative exams like Ppsc, ss, sss, educators. May God bless with reward those whom done this effert.

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