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Multiple choice general knowledge sports

The hard court Australian Open and clay court French Open precede Wimbledon in the calendar year. The hard court US Open follows.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Grand Slam calendar order is Australian Open (hard, January), French Open (clay, May-June), Wimbledon (grass, June-July), and US Open (hard, August-September). Thus the first two precede Wimbledon and the US Open follows it, making the statement true.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

A sheet of paper can be pulled out from under a book without toppling it if the paper is jerked quickly. This is because

  1. gravity pulls very hard on the book

  2. the book has inertia

  3. there is an action-reaction pair operating

  4. the book has very little weight
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

When the paper is jerked quickly, the force is applied for too short a time to overcome the book's inertia, so the book tends to stay where it is. Inertia is the tendency of a massive object to resist changes to its state of motion. Gravity (A) and action-reaction (C) are real but do not explain the quick-pull effect.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who shares the record for playing in the most World Cups?

  1. Gerd Müller

  2. Antonio Carbajal

  3. Lothar Matthäus

  4. Just Fontaine
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B,C Correct answer
Explanation

Antonio Carbajal (Mexico) and Lothar Matthäus (West Germany/Germany) were the first two players to appear in five World Cups, a feat they jointly held as the record. Gerd Müller and Just Fontaine never appeared in five tournaments.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who are the only people to date to win the World Cup as both player and head coach?

  1. Cesare Maldini

  2. Mário Zagallo

  3. Vittorio Pozzo

  4. Franz Beckenbauer
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B,D Correct answer
Explanation

Mário Zagallo won the World Cup as a Brazil player (1958, 1962) and as head coach (1970). Franz Beckenbauer won it as a West Germany player (1974) and as head coach (1990). Cesare Maldini and Vittorio Pozzo do not fit both categories (Pozzo only won as coach, Maldini never won as a player). At the time the question was written, these two were the only ones to achieve this double.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who killed Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga on july2, 1994 for his own goal?

  1. Humberto Muñoz Castro

  2. Pablo Emilio

  3. Luis Carlos Galán

  4. Alan Hansen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Andrés Escobar was murdered by Humberto Muñoz Castro in Medellín in July 1994, shortly after Escobar scored an own goal in that year's World Cup. Muñoz Castro was convicted of the killing. The other options are unrelated public figures or pundits.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Wimbledon’s tennis tournament is played in a two week period in late June and early July, with the ladies final held on the second

  1. Sunday

  2. Monday

  3. Saturday

  4. Friday
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Wimbledon ladies' singles final is traditionally played on the final Saturday of the tournament, the second Saturday of the fortnight. The men's final follows on Sunday is wrong here; the women's final closes out the middle weekend. Sunday, Monday, and Friday are not when the ladies' final is scheduled.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Wimbledon Championships will take place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom from STARTING DATE through to Sunday 4 July 2010.

  1. Monday 21 June

  2. Sunday 20 June

  3. Thursday 24 June

  4. Saturday 19 June
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The 2010 Wimbledon Championships ran from Monday 21 June to Sunday 4 July 2010 on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Wimbledon traditionally begins on a Monday in late June.