Quiz: Wimbledon's strict etiquette rules

The Wimbledon Tennis Championships etiquette quiz

Take this quiz on the rules and etiquette of Wimbledon tennis and find out who has been breaking them.

Lewis Hamilton was famously barred from Wimbledon’s Centre Court's Royal Box in 2015 when he was invited to watch Novak Djokovic take on the mighty Roger Federer, but for what reason was he banned from the Royal Box?

We was talking loudly in the Royal Box.
He turned up late to watch the match.
He wasn't wearing a jacket or tie.
He wore a distracting hat in the Royal Box.

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Lewis Hamilton is not the only famous figure to be banned from the Royal Box, Carole and Pippa Middleton were also barred from entering in 2017, but for what reason?

They turned up late.
They were wearing distracting headpieces.
They showed up at the wrong match.
They attempted to bring prohibited alcohol into the Royal Box

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Even though he is one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Roger Federer is not exempt from Wimbledon’s strict dress code, but what was he told to remove during the 2013 tournament?

His black headband.
His neon yellow sweat bands.
His grey socks.
His orange-soled shoes.

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Italy’s Fabio Fognini was fined a total of 27,500 US dollars by Wimbledon, but what did he do during his match against Alex Kuznetsov to warrant the fine?

Throw his racquet at Alex Kuznetsov.
Shout obscenities at the crowd, chair umpire and fellow competitor.
Get angry at the chair umpire and smash his racket.
Throw his racket, direct his anger at the chair umpire and get into an argument with another tournament official.

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A boys' doubles team comprising Hungary's Zsombor Piros and China's Yibing Wu were forced to leave the court as Wimbledon officials spotted a problem with their clothing, but what items were they asked to remove?

They were told to change out of their black underpants.
They were told to swap their shirts that featured colored logos.
They were told to remove their neon yellow headbands.
They were told to remove their national flag pins from their shirts.

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Six-time American champion Venus Williams was also forced to do a clothing swap mid-match after part of her outfit breached the tournament’s famous all-white dress code. But which item of clothing did she swap?

Her pink sneakers.
Her pink undershorts.
Her pink sports bra.
Her pink necklace.

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The UK’s number one tennis pro Andy Murray was left chuckling when a member from the All England Club came up and told off his hitting partner Aidan McHugh during a practice session, but what had he done which was against Wimbledon regulations?

He was hitting balls into other practice courts during a training intermission.
He was wearing a white shirt with green and blue around the shoulders.
He was making sexual references during the training session.
He was wearing sneakers with black soles.

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It’s not only the players that get in trouble with Wimbledon’s strict etiquette. During a woman’s doubles match, an audience member was shouting advice to Belgium player Kim Clijsters, a definitive breach of Wimbledon’s silence while the players are playing rule. Clijsters decided to take matters into her own hands and decided to teach the loud audience member a lesson. What did she make the audience member do?

Come onto the pitch and act as ball boy.
Leave the stadium and make an official apology in front of everyone.
Move him next to her head coach to gather more knowledge about tennis.
Come onto the pitch and make the return against her competitors.

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