Sports - General Knowledge Questions

A)
Sam Ramsamy
B)
Mark Adams
C)
Larry Probst
D)
Lydia Nsekera

Correct Answer :   Lydia Nsekera

Lydia Nsekera is a member of the International Olympic Committee since 2009. She is the Chairperson of the IOC Women in Sport Commission.

A)
1977
B)
1987
C)
1997
D)
1999

Correct Answer :   1977

The BWF World Championships formerly started in 1977 and was held every three years till 1983. It was in 1985 it took a biennial format till 2005.

A)
Chelsea
B)
Arsenal
C)
Man U
D)
Liverpool

Correct Answer :   Arsenal

Arsenal being part of the Big Four went to win the EPL without losing a single game in 2003-04, the only time it ever happened in the EPL.

A)
1905
B)
1901
C)
1893e
D)
1892

Correct Answer :   1893e

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships were first held in 1893, in Chicago under the IC

A)
Sydney
B)
Johannesburg
C)
London
D)
New South Wales

Correct Answer :   London

The 1934 British Empire Games were held in London, Englan

A)
Rafael Nadal
B)
Serena Williams
C)
Roger Federer
D)
Steffi Graf

Correct Answer :   Steffi Graf

Steffi Graf is the only tennis player who has completed a “Golden Slam”. A player who wins an Olympic gold medal and all four Grand Slam events in the same year is said to have won a Golden Slam.

A)
A Finnish tennis player
B)
A Serbian tennis player
C)
A Russian tennis player
D)
A Polish tennis player

Correct Answer :   A Finnish tennis player

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian tennis player. Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Djokovic has won 17 Grand Slam singles titles, the third-most in history for a male player, five ATP Finals titles, a record 36 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 14 ATP Tour 500 titles, and has held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 291 weeks (second of all time). In majors, he has won a record eight Australian Open titles, five Wimbledon titles, three US Open titles, and one French Open title. By winning the 2016 French Open, he became the eighth player in history to achieve the Career Grand Slam and the third man to hold all four major titles at once, the first since Rod Laver in 1969 and the first ever to do so on three different surfaces.

A)
A Chinese basketball player
B)
A Chinese badminton player
C)
A Chinese polo player
D)
A Chinese golf player

Correct Answer :   A Chinese badminton player

Chen Yufei is a Chinese badminton player. She won the girls’ singles junior titles at 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first senior title at the 2016 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold. She reaches a career-high as world number 1 in BWF World ranking on 17 December 2019.

A)
K.D. Jadhav
B)
Vijender Singh
C)
Dara Singh
D)
Sushil Kumar

Correct Answer :   K.D. Jadhav

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav was an Indian athlete. He is best known as a wrestler who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He was the first athlete from independent India to win an individual medal in the Olympics.

A)
Tennis
B)
Volley Ball
C)
Badminton
D)
Lawn Tennis

Correct Answer :   Badminton

Susi Susanti, held the Grand Slam title in badminton.