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Sample Sports questions

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1. 1 Easy

   Why do baseball players apply eye black under their eyes during games?

   Answer: To reduce glare from sunlight

   Why: The dark pigment absorbs light rays instead of letting cheekbones reflect sunlight or bright stadium floodlights into the athlete's eyes.

2. 2 Medium

   Why do Wimbledon tennis players wear strictly white clothing?

   Answer: To hide sweat stains

3. 3 Hard

   Which strength-based event was an official Olympic sport until 1920?

   Answer: tug of war

4. 4 Easy

   What safety innovation enabled high jumpers to adopt the backward Fosbury Flop technique?

   Answer: Deep foam landing mats

   Why: Before deep foam mats replaced sawdust pits in the 1960s, landing back-first from over six feet high caused severe spinal injuries.

5. 5 Medium

   Which horse race is nicknamed the Run for the Roses?

   Answer: Kentucky Derby

6. 6 Hard

   What was the original material used for a hockey puck?

   Answer: Frozen cow dung