The FIFA Women’s World Cup commenced in
Answer: A
The FIFA Women's World Cup began in 1991, in China. The United States won the first tournament.
Twelve teams took part; the competition has since grown to 32, and the 2023 final drew an audience of over a billion.
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The FIFA Men’s World Cup commenced in
Answer: D
The FIFA Men's World Cup began in 1930, in Uruguay, which won it by beating Argentina 4–2 in the final at Montevideo.
Thirteen teams took part by invitation, only four of them from Europe, because the sea voyage took two weeks.
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Which Indian Cricketer was given the title 'Tiger'?
Answer: D
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was called Tiger, a nickname given him as a child long before he played for India.
He captained India in 40 Tests from the age of 21 - then the youngest Test captain ever - and led the side to its first overseas series win, in New Zealand in 1968, playing throughout with the sight of one eye lost in a car accident.
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FIFA was founded in
Answer: B
FIFA was founded in Paris on 21 May 1904, by the football associations of France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
The English Football Association, older than any of them, joined the following year.
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Due to World wars the Olympic Games were cancelled in
Answer: D
The Olympic Games of 1916, 1940 and 1944 were cancelled by the World Wars - 1916 by the First and the other two by the Second.
The Olympiads were still counted, which is why the numbering skips those years; London's 1948 Games were the fourteenth.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is headquartered at ______
Answer: D
The Court of Arbitration for Sport is based at Lausanne, Switzerland, established in 1984.
It hears disputes over doping, eligibility and contracts, and its awards are binding; appeals lie only to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
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The first Summer Olympics organized by the IOC were held in 1896 in
Answer: B
The first modern Summer Olympics were held in Greece, at Athens in 1896.
241 athletes from 14 nations competed in 43 events at the Panathenaic Stadium, rebuilt in marble on the site of the ancient one.
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On winning his 13th individual Olympic gold at Rio in 2016, Michael Phelps broke a record of 12 individual titles held since antiquity by
Answer: D
Michael Phelps's 13th individual Olympic gold at Rio in 2016 broke a record set by Leonidas of Rhodes, who had won 12 individual titles at the ancient Games between 164 and 152 BC.
The record had stood for 2,168 years. Leonidas won three running events at each of four consecutive Olympiads.
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Who was the winner of Golden Ball Award in the FIFA World Cup 2014?
Answer: B
Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball as the best player of the 2014 World Cup, having led Argentina to the final.
The award was widely questioned, since Messi had faded after the group stage; Germany's Thomas Müller took the Silver Boot.
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First Indian women Olympic Medal winner is -
Answer: D
Karnam Malleswari became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal, taking bronze in weightlifting in the 69 kg class at Sydney in 2000.
She lifted 240 kg in total. P.T. Usha came fourth in the 400 m hurdles at Los Angeles in 1984, missing a medal by 1/100th of a second.
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