Sports GK MCQs

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Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu won the gold medal in table tennis women’s doubles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Oxenford Studios on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15.

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Gao Ning and Yu Mengyu won the gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Oxenford Studios on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15.

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India won the gold medal in table tennis men’s team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held at the Oxenford Studios on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 5 to 15.

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The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years by leading amateur golfers in two teams: the United States, and Great Britain and Ireland. The official name is the Walker Cup Match. It is organised by The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA).

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The Alps Tour is a developmental professional golf tour for men which is sanctioned by the national golf associations of France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Morocco. Established in 2001, it is a third level tour, the highest level of men’s golf in Europe being the European Tour, and the second level being the Challenge Tour.

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The Japan Challenge Tour is a series of developmental golf tournaments run by the Japan Golf Tour Organization. It has been in operation since 1985. The 2018 schedule featured 12 tournaments, with prize funds of mostly 15 million yen.

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The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, also known as Queensbury Rules, are a code of generally accepted rules in the sport of boxing. Drafted in London in 1865 and published in 1867, they were named so as the 9th Marquess of Queensberry publicly endorsed the code, although they were written by a Welsh sportsman named John Graham Chambers. The code of rules on which modern boxing is based, the Queensberry rules were the first to mandate the use of gloves in boxing.

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John L. Sullivan was defeated by James J. Corbett in 1892 to clinch the title of “first world boxing heavyweight champion under the Queensberry Rules”. The first world heavyweight champion under the Queensberry Rules was “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, who defeated John L. Sullivan in 1892 at the Pelican Athletic Club in New Orleans.

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Counter punchers are slippery, defensive style fighters who often rely on their opponent’s mistakes in order to gain the advantage, whether it be on the scorecards or more preferably a knockout.

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George Edward Foreman is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1997. Nicknamed “Big George”, he is a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist.