Origins of Modern Sport quiz
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Where did the first Olympic marathon winner come from?
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Where was basketball's inventor born?
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Why: The game was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, but its inventor James Naismith came from Almonte, Ontario.
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Where was the first organized indoor ice hockey game played?
Answer: Montreal
Why: It counts as the first organized game because it had set rules, a referee, a fixed length and a recorded score.
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Which tactic's ban caused Blackheath to quit the Football Association?
Answer: Hacking
Why: Blackheath's representative argued that banning shin kicks would ruin the game by eliminating courage.
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Where was the word 'soccer' coined?
Answer: England
Why: Oxford students clipped 'association football' to 'assoc' and added their slang ending '-er', giving 'soccer'.
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Why was the Tour de France created?
Answer: To sell newspapers
Why: The leader's yellow jersey, added in 1919, matched the yellow paper the newspaper L'Auto was printed on.
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Who played Canada in the first international cricket match in 1844?
Answer: United States
Why: Over 10,000 spectators attended the 1844 Manhattan match, 33 years before the first England-Australia Test.
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