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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 What Sport Is It?
| You do my sport in the water. You use a boat and a double sided paddle. What sport am I? | What sport am I?
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Kayaking. Research has shown that the kayak has been around for at least 4,000 years.
| Normally girls play my sport, but boys can play too! You throw a ball to your teammates and score by throwing the ball into the net. The court is divided into thirds. What sport am I? | What sport am I?
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Netball. In 1963 in Eastbourne, England the first world championship netball tournament was played.
| For my sport you have to bounce a ball. To score you need to throw it through the hoop. I am a team sport. What sport am I? | What sport am I?
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Basketball. Did you know? Basketball became an Olympic event at the games in Berlin in 1936.
| My sport can be played as full contact or tag, and uses an oval-shaped ball. You can watch me on TV. What sport am I? | What sport am I?
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Rugby. There are many different types of rugby. Rugby Union, Rugby League and Seven-a Side are some of these.
| You ride an animal in my sport. In competitions you can do things like dressage or show jumping. What sport am I? | What sport am I?
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Horse Riding. A horse becomes an adult at the age of four. An adult female horse is called a mare and an adult male horse is called a stallion.
| My sport can be a team or solo sport. It is done in water. What sport am I? | What sport am I?
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Swimming. At the Olympics and Commonwealth games, both solo and team swimming competitions are held. You do relays in teams and single strokes or medleys (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly) in solos.
| In my sport you use a shuttlecock and net. You can play doubles or singles. What sport am I? | What sport am I?
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Badminton. The size of the court in badminton varies depending on whether you play doubles or singles.
| You play me in a room like a box and you hit the ball with a racquet against the sides of the room. What sport am I? | What sport am I?
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Squash. Squash can be played as either singles (one player against another) or doubles (two against two).
| Every player in my game holds a stick to hit the puck. What sport am I? | What sport am I?
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Ice Hockey. The Montreal Canadiens have won many Stanley Cups in ice hockey. Field hockey is another version of hockey, where the sticks are used to hit a ball instead of a puck.
| I am a non contact sport. I can be played by two or four people at a time. I am played by hitting a bouncy ball at a wall with a racquet. What sport am I? | Jeff's What Sport Am I 1
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Squash. Squash is a high speed sport. It is played in a four walled room/court. It is not an Olympic sport but may be in future years.
| I am a game played by throwing arrows at a board. The numbers one to twenty are on the board and you can get doubles and triples of the score. What sport am I? | Jeff's What Sport Am I 1
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Darts. Darts is played by throwing 3 darts at a dartboard on a wall. Darts is well known as a pub game mostly played in the UK.
| I am not an Olympic sport. I am played on a table with six pockets. A red ball is worth one point and a black ball is worth 7 points. What sport am I? | Jeff's What Sport Am I 1
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Snooker. There are 15 red balls each scoring 1 point, yellow are 2 points each, green are worth 3, brown are worth 4, blue are worth 5, pink are worth 6 and black are worth 7 points. The aim is to score more points than your opponent and win a certain amount of frames.
| I need a set of clubs and a ball with lots of tiny dimples. I need to hit balls into holes. Players try to get under par. What sport am I? | Jeff's What Sport Am I 1
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Golf. Golf was first played in the 15th century in Scotland. Full golf courses usually consist of 9 to 18 holes.
| I am a team sport. I am also a contact sport. I was first played in the 19th century. I can be played on ice and also on rollerskates. What sport am I? | Jeff's What Sport Am I 1
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Hockey. Field hockey was first played in the 19th century. The International Hockey Federation organizes events including the Women's Hockey World Cup and the Hockey World Cup.
| I am a non contact sport. I can be played in singles or doubles. Each player needs a racquet and a hollow, yellow ball is used. What sport am I? | Jeff's What Sport Am I 1
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Tennis. Tennis has been a Olympic sport from 1896-1924 and 1988-present. Tennis was first played in the 19th century in the UK.
| I am a team sport which needs a bat and a ball. I also need some stumps to be played. There are 11 fielders and 2 batters on the pitch at once. What sport am I? | Jeff's What Sport Am I 1
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Cricket. Cricket was first played in the 16th century. It became known as the national sport of England in the 18th century.
Rugby. Rugby was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1928. Rugby originated in England in the early 19th century.
| I am a full contact sport. I can have 11 players on the pitch from one team. I am not an Olympic sport. What sport am I? | Jeff's What Sport Am I 1
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American Football. The American Football league is called the NFL which stands for the National Football League. The first recorded game was played on November 6th 1869 which was the Rutgers vs Princeton.
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