Sports GK MCQs

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Pankration was a sporting event introduced into the Greek Olympic Games in 648 BC and was an empty-hand submission sport with scarcely any rules. The athletes used boxing and wrestling techniques, but also others, such as kicking and holds, locks and chokes on the ground.

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Kurash (also kuresh, koresh, kulesh) refers to a number of folk wrestling styles practised in Central Asia. The English name comes from the term for “wrestling” in some Turkic language. Kurash wrestlers use towels to hold their opponents, and their goal is to throw their opponents off the feet. The wrestling is the main competition at the folk festival Sabantuy.

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Hungary houses the headquarters of the International Weightlifting Federation. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Budapest, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting.

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Chang Hye-jin won the gold medal in women’s individual archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro. She became the first South Korean woman to win an individual Olympic archery title since 2000. South Korea has a dominant history in archery, winning numerous medals across multiple Olympic Games.

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The correct answer is Park Sung-hyun. She set the world record for the women’s 72-arrow round in 2004 with a score of 669 points, a record that stood until 2015. Park is a prominent South Korean archer, known for her exceptional skills and multiple international titles, including Olympic medals. Her record-breaking performance contributed to South Korea’s dominance in archery during that period.

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Starting from 1972, Archery has been a permanent feature of the Olympic Games following a 52-year absence. For the first time, it was included in the Paris 1900 games, then subsequently in 1904, 1908, and 1920. Presently, the competition format includes individual, mixed team, and team events. A mixed team event comprises two archers, a man and a woman, who shoot in the same category. Similarly, in the team event, it involves three archers from the same gender competing in the same category.

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Underhand is a serve in which the player strikes the ball below the waist instead of tossing it up and striking it with an overhand throwing motion. Underhand serves are considered very easy to receive and are rarely employed in high-level competitions.

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The Campeonato Nacional de Andebol Masculino, also known simply as Andebol 1, is the premier handball league in Portugal and is overseen by the Portuguese Handball Federation.

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Denmark holds the record of most numbers of gold medals won in women’s handball at the Summer Olympics with a record of 3 gold medals.

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The team which did not touch the ball last is awarded a throw-in when the ball fully crosses the sideline or touches the ceiling. If the ball crosses the outer goal line, a throw-in is awarded only if the defending field players touched the ball last.