Sports GK MCQs

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“Fan Zhendong” is a Chinese table tennis player. Fan Zhendong is a Chinese professional table tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 for men’s singles by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). After joining the Chinese National Table Tennis Team in 2012 as the youngest member of the team, he went on to become the youngest ITTF World Tour Champion and the youngest World Table Tennis Champion.

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China ranks first in the medal table of the World Table Tennis Championships.

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The “China Vs World Challenge” is a table tennis competition. The China vs. World Challenge was an international table tennis competition organised by the Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA), the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and Volkswagen. Each “China vs. World Challenge” consist of a two-day team competition in Shanghai between a China and a World all-star teams.

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China topped the medal table in the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships. The 2019 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 21 to 28 April 2019. It was the 55th edition of the championships and the fourth time that they were held in Budapest.

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Jan-Ove Waldner is the first male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career Grand Slam. Jan-Ove Waldner is a Swedish former table tennis player. He is often referred to as “the Mozart of table tennis,” and is widely regarded as one of the greatest table tennis players of all time. He is also one of only five male players in the history of table tennis to achieve a career grand slam (World Champion and World Cup winner in singles, Olympic gold medal in singles) (in 1992). The others are Liu Guoliang, China (in 1999), Kong Linghui, China (in 2000), Zhang Jike, China (in 2012), and Ma Long, China (in 2016).

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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is the oldest golf club in the world. It is based in Scotland, United Kingdom and is regarded as the worldwide “Home of Golf”. Formerly, it was also one of the governing authorities of the game, but this role was handed over to The R&A.

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The R&A and United States Golf Association jointly administer the “rules of golf”. The rules of golf consist of a standard set of regulations and procedures by which the sport of golf should be played. They are jointly written and administered by The R&A and the United States Golf Association (USGA). The R&A is the governing body of golf worldwide except in the United States and Mexico, which are the responsibility of the USGA.

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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.

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The Rumble in the Jungle was a historic boxing event in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), on October 30, 1974. It pitted the undefeated world heavyweight champion George Foreman against challenger Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion. Ali won by knockout, putting Foreman down just before the end of the eighth round. It has been called “arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century”. It was a major upset victory, with Ali coming in as a 4–1 underdog against the unbeaten, heavy-hitting Foreman. The fight is famous for Ali’s introduction of the rope-a-dope tactic.

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Philly Shell or Shoulder Roll is actually a variation of the cross-arm defense. The lead arm (left for an orthodox fighter and right for a southpaw) is placed across the torso usually somewhere in between the belly button and chest and the lead hand rests on the opposite side of the fighter’s torso. The backhand is placed on the side of the face (right side for orthodox fighters and left side for southpaws). The lead shoulder is brought in tight against the side of the face (left side for orthodox fighters and right side for southpaws).