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  • There are 30 balls in the game of snooker. True or False?
    False There are 22 game balls used in snooker, including the cue ball. The game is a form of billiards.
  • Polo is not an Olympic sport. True or False?
    True Polo was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1936. It was removed from the official roster of Olympic events in 1940.
  • Mary Kom has won 5 boxing World Championships
    False. She has won 6.
  • Roger Federer won 12 Wimbledon cups.
    False. He won 8.
  • A dartboard is divided into 20 numbered sections. True or False?
    True A standard dartboard contains 20 numbered sections, as well as two rings for double and triple points and a bullseye, or red-colored center.
  • Pétanque is played with balls. True or False?
    True In pétanque, a player throws a small wooden ball called a jack toward the opposite end of a long narrow court.
  • In the Tour de France, the winner wears a yellow jersey. True or False?
    True In 1919 Tour de France founder Henri Desgrange gave a yellow jersey, or shirt, to the overall leader at the end of each day.
  • No Indian has won 2 Olympic Medals. If false, then who?
    False. Sushil Kumar has won 2 medals. Bronze at 2008 Beijing and Silver at 2012 London Olympics
  • An Olympic slalom course must have a vertical drop of less than 200 feet. True or False?
    False Olympic slalom events require a course to have a vertical drop of at least 650 feet from the beginning to the finish line.
  • France won the last Football World Cup
    True
  • PV Sindhu won a Silver medal in the Olympics
    True
  • Hurling uses a ball called a sliothar. True or False?
    True The Irish sport of hurling uses a club, called a Hurley, and a small ball called a sliothar, which is pronounced “slitter.” The game resembles lacrosse.
  • Mumbai Indians won the 2016 IPL
    False. It was Sunrises Hyderabad that year.
  • PV Sindhu's silver at Rio in 2016 is the first instance of an Indian badminton player to win an Olympic medal.
    False. Saina Nehwal won bronze in 2012.
  • Gujarat fortune giants won the 2017 pro Kabaddi league
    False - Patna pirates won the 2017 Kabaddi league