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Quiz 18 -
Sporting Cities
So you think that you may
know a thing or
two about sporting geography - test your knowledge with this Quiz.
Some of the questions are easy, some difficult but overall I would give it
a pass mark of 5 out of 10.
So will you end up as a smart arse or
duffer?
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Grace
Road, Welford Road and Filbert Street are important addresses in the
sporting heritage of which British city?
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Which city hosted the
Commonwealth games in both 1970 and 1986?
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Pictured are three famous sporting venues in an English city - which one is
at the top of the picture?
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Which is the
only city in the world to host both the Olympics and Commonwealth/Empire
Games, host a cricket World Cup final and one of the four Tennis 'Grand
Slam' tournaments and stage a F1 street-circuit Grand Prix?
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In the 1969/70 season which Football League
club had to change its name from 'Town' to 'City' when its home town was
elevated to city status?
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Which British city made unsuccessful
bids to host the 1996 and 2000 Olympics?
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An aerial photo of the two closest
major football stadiums in Britain - where?
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With
which American city do you associate the Bruins (ice hockey), Patriots
(American football) and the Red Sox (baseball)? |
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Gordon Banks, Jessica Ennis, Naseem
Hamed, Uriah Rennie and Neil Warnock would seem a fairly random group of
sportspeople but they have one thing in common - they were all born in the
same city. Which city?
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Which is the most
northerly city to have staged a football World Cup final?
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