Sports GK MCQs
Sports GK (General Knowledge) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on different sports and games for competitive examinations. These questions are part of GKToday’s 35000+ MCQs Bank Course in GKToday Android App
31. Who became the most-valued player of the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup?
[A] Liz Cambage
[B] Diana Taurasi
[C] Sue Bird
[D] Breanna Stewart
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Correct Answer: D [Breanna Stewart]
Notes:
Breanna Stewart became the most-valued player of the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup. The 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA’s premier international tournament for women’s national basketball teams, was held in Canary Islands, Spain from 22 to 30 September 2018. This was the first edition to use the name of FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.
32. Which sport’s tournament is known as the European Club Cup of Champions?
[A] Tennis
[B] Table Tennis
[C] Badminton
[D] Squash
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Correct Answer: B [Table Tennis]
Notes:
The European Club Cup of Champions, often known as the European Cup or ECCC, was a table tennis competition for European club teams. It was organized by the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) annually for men’s and women’s teams.
33. Which sport’s informal version is “Pingpongo”?
[A] Tennis
[B] Badminton
[C] Table Tennis
[D] Squash
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Correct Answer: C [Table Tennis]
Notes:
“Pingpongo” is an informal version of table tennis. Ping pong with obstacles, or Pingpongo, is a sport that consists of a variation of ping pong or traditional table tennis, by adding material and/or mental obstacles. It was created in Argentina in 2010 but is also officially played since 2013 in Norway and Uruguay.
34. What is Juli Inkster famous for?
[A] As an American tennis player
[B] As an American golf player
[C] As an American table tennis player
[D] As an American baseball player
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Correct Answer: B [As an American golf player]
Notes:
Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 29 years to date, Inkster’s 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour. She also has more wins in Solheim Cup matches than any other American and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Inkster is the only golfer in LPGA Tour history to win two majors in a decade for three consecutive decades by winning three in the 1980s, two in the 1990s, and two in the 2000s.
35. Which sport’s competition is known as the “Masters Tournament”?
[A] Golf
[B] Basketball
[C] Tennis
[D] Polo
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Correct Answer: A [Golf]
Notes:
The Masters’ Tournament is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, the Masters is the first major of the year, and unlike the others, it is always held at the same location, Augusta National Golf Club, in the city of Augusta, Georgia.
36.
Which sport’s competition is known as the “Curtis Cup”?
[A] Golf
[B] Squash
[C] Cricket
[D] Polo
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Correct Answer: A [Golf]
Notes:
The Curtis Cup is the best-known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and The R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and “Great Britain and Ireland”.
37. What is “Lorena Ochoa” famous for?
[A] As a tennis player
[B] As a golf player
[C] As a table tennis player
[D] As a polo player
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Correct Answer: B [As a golf player]
Notes:
Lorena Ochoa is a former Mexican professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010. She was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for 158 consecutive and total weeks (both are LPGA Tour records). As the first Mexican golfer of either gender to be ranked number one in the world, she is considered the best Mexican golfer and the best Latin American female golfer of all time. Ochoa was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2017.
38. Who won the gold medal in golf men’s individual at the 2018 Asian Games?
[A] Keita Nakajima
[B] Oh Seung-taek
[C] Jin Cheng
[D] Takumi Kanaya
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Correct Answer: A [Keita Nakajima]
Notes:
Keita Nakajima won the gold medal in golf men’s individual at the 2018 Asian Games. Golf at the 2018 Asian Games was held at Pondok Indah Golf Course, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 23 to 26 August 2018 and featured four events: the men’s individual and team events and women’s individual and team events.
39. Which sport’s code of rules is known as the “Marquess of Queensberry Rules”?
[A] Boxing
[B] Wrestling
[C] Fencing
[D] Basketball
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Correct Answer: A [Boxing]
Notes:
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.
40. Which boxing style is in which a boxer is able to fight at close range with a combination of technique and power, often with the ability to knock opponents out with a combination and in some instances a single shot?
[A] Boxer/out fighter
[B] Boxer-puncher
[C] Counter puncher
[D] Brawler/slugger
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Correct Answer: B [Boxer-puncher]
Notes:
A boxer-puncher is a well-rounded boxer who is able to fight at close range with a combination of technique and power, often with the ability to knock opponents out with a combination and in some instances a single shot.