General Awareness
Sports Venues and Events
1,310 Questions
Attempt these general awareness questions focusing on international sports venues and historical events. The topics cover famous cricket stadiums, global multi sport events, and locations. This quiz is highly beneficial for SSC, banking, and railway exam preparation.
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Sports Venues and Events Questions
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Emirates durham International Ground
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Rosebowl
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Trentbridge
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Grace Road
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Durham Dynamos (now Durham cricket team) play at the Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground, commonly called Riverside. The other options are Hampshire (Rose Bowl), Nottinghamshire (Trent Bridge), and Leicestershire (Grace Road).
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Sophia Gardens (also known as the SSE SWALEC Stadium) in Cardiff is indeed the home ground of Glamorgan County Cricket Club, whose limited-overs team was called Glamorgan Dragons.
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The Oval
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Tauton
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Edgbaston
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Headingley
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Surrey Lions (now Surrey County Cricket Club) play their home matches at The Oval in Kennington, London. The Oval is one of England's most famous cricket grounds and regularly hosts Test matches. Surrey has been based there since 1845.
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Nevil Road (also known as the County Ground) in Bristol is indeed the home ground of Gloucestershire Gladiators. The ground has hosted Gloucestershire County Cricket Club matches since 1889.
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County Ground,Northampton
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Cricket Ground ,Northampton
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Hove,London
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Edgbaston
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The County Ground in Northampton is the home ground of Northamptonshire Steelbacks (note the spelling is Steelbacks, not Steel Backs). Edgbaston is Birmingham's ground, and Hove is in Sussex (not London).
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Headingley,Leeds
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Hove,London
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Edgbaston
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Tauton
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Headingley in Leeds is indeed the home ground of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Hove is Sussex's home ground, Edgbaston belongs to Warwickshire, and Taunton is Somerset's ground.
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Tauton
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Trentbridge
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County Ground,Somerset
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New road
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St.Lawrence road
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Nevil Road
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Edgbaston
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Lord's
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Edgbaston in Birmingham is the home ground of Warwickshire Bears (Warwickshire County Cricket Club). Lord's is Middlesex's home ground, St Lawrence Road is in Canterbury (Kent), and Nevil Road is Bristol (Gloucestershire).
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New Road in Worcester is indeed the home ground of Worcestershire Royals (Worcestershire County Cricket Club). This is a True/False question testing knowledge of county cricket venues.
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Cricket ground,Nottinghamshire
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County Ground,Nottinghamshire
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Trentbridge
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Rosebowl
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Trent Bridge in Nottingham is the home ground of Nottinghamshire Outlaws (Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club). The question spells it 'Trentbridge' but the intended answer is clear. Rose Bowl is Hampshire's ground.
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Durban
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Cape Town
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Rustenburg
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Johannesburg
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Johannesburg hosted two stadiums for the 2010 World Cup: Soccer City (the main venue for the final) and Ellis Park. No other city had two venues in this tournament.
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Pretoria
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Brits
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Polokwane
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Mokopane
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Libode
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Germiston
B,D,E,F
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FIFA 2010 was hosted in 9 South African cities: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Polokwane, Nelspruit, and Rustenburg. Brits, Mokopane, Libode, and Germiston were not host cities.
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DELHI
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MUMBAI
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CHIPLUN
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PUNE
B
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Sachin Tendulkar, the legendary Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in cricket history, was born in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1973. Mumbai has been home to many cricket legends and remains the center of Indian cricket.
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Lords
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MCG
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Eden garden
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SCG
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The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is widely regarded as the largest cricket ground in the world by seating capacity and overall dimensions. The claimed answer 'MCG' is correct.