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15 surprising sports facts

Sports quiz with a bit of a spin.
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Last updated: November 23, 2021
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1. Which team won the Ice Hockey Tournament in the Olympics in 1980?
Soviet Union ✓
USA ✓
Canada ✓
Finland ✓
2. Which team won the Premier League in 2015/16?
Preston North End ✓
Aston Villa ✓
FC United of Manchester ✓
Leicester City ✓
3. Which team finished second in that season?
Tottenham Hotspur ✓
Leicester City ✓
West Ham United ✓
Bristol City ✓
4. Which team won the Basketball Tournament in the Olympics in 1972?
USA ✓
Lithuania ✓
Canada ✓
Soviet Union ✓
5. Back to Miracle on Ice. The eventual winning team won in a very dramatic fashion in their last game against which team?
Czechoslovakia ✓
Canada ✓
Romania ✓
Finland ✓
6. Which country has won the most medals in the Winter Olympics?
Switzerland ✓
Austria ✓
Finland ✓
Norway ✓
7. Steven Bradbury won a very surprising gold medal in Short Track Speed Skating. In 2002. Which country did he represent when he won that gold medal?
Nauru ✓
Australia ✓
Tuvalu ✓
Palau ✓
8. At the time, "Kings of football", England, finally joined the World Cup in 1950. They lost their second game game in that tournament. Arguably the biggest upset in Football/Soccer ever. Who beat them?
USA ✓
Sweden ✓
Japan ✓
Hungary ✓
9. One of the greatest, and most bizarre, happenings in the the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in 2018 was Ester Ledecká`s two gold medals in two very different events. Which two events?
Ice Hockey and Figure Skating ✓
Super Giant Slalom and Parallel Giant Snowboard ✓
Ski jumping and Curling ✓
Nordic combination and Sailing ✓
10. Which of these rather small countries did USA loose against in the Olympic Basketball Tournament in 2004?
Lithuania ✓
Slovenia ✓
Haiti ✓
Uruguay ✓
11. Which of these countries have won the World Cup twice?
Russia ✓
Uruguay ✓
Netherlands ✓
Bulgaria ✓
12. One of these countries have won the Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament. Which country?
Norway ✓
Great Britain ✓
Belgium ✓
South Korea ✓
13. Only two countries competed in this team event in the summer olympics in Stockholm in 1912. In which event?
Team scubadiving ✓
Waiting ✓
Ball Juggling ✓
Tug of War ✓
14. Which of these very small countries have hosted the World Athletics Championship, UCI World Cycling Championship and World Handball Championship recently?
Qatar ✓
Monaco ✓
East Timor ✓
Djibouti ✓
15. Tadej Pogačar has won Tour de France two years in a row. Which country does he represent?
Slovakia ✓
Slovenia ✓
Croatia ✓
Czechia ✓
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Level 62
Jun 28, 2023
Great idea. I wouldn't say skiing and snowboarding are *very* different, mind you; also, ice hockey is massive in Finland so I didn't choose them because I don't think that one is a surprise.
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