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| 1. | Who was stabbed during a Citizen Cup singles quarter final match with Magdalena Maleeva in 1993? |
| 2. | A competition record 4 red and 16 yellow cards were handed out at a 2006 FIFA World Cup match, later dubbed the "Battle of Nuremberg". Which two teams were involved? |
| 3. | Who declared the 1936 Olympics officially open? |
| 4. | What two Bundesliga teams play in Der Klassiker? |
| 5. | Who holds the all-time record for having won the most Wimbledon ladies' singles titles? |
| 6. | Who beat who in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup final on Saturday? |
| 7. | How many Formula One World Drivers' Championships has Michael Schumacher won? |
| 8. | A mirror-image of the more common orthodox stance, what name is given to the stance where a (usually left-handed) boxer has their right hand and right foot forward? |
| 9. | Name the two British boxers facing criminal charges after a brawl during a news conference in Munich last weekend. |
| 10. | If an athlete wears the initials 'KSA', what country are they representing? |
| 11. | Winning the WBA (Super) and IBA Light Heavyweight titles in 2014, aged 49, who is the oldest man in history to win a world boxing title? |
| 12. | What New Zealand SupeRugby team play at the AMI Stadium? |
| 13. | What sport is played by the Tennessee Titans? |
| 14. | Name the theatre in Sheffield, England where the World Snooker Championship tournament has been played annually since 1977. |
| 15. | What nationality is Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc? |
| 16. | Nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", who was the first African-American to hold the world heavyweight boxing championship? |
| 17. | How many league matches are played, in total, in an English Premier League season? |
| 18. | With no knockouts or disqualifications, from the first to last bell, what is the minimum time it would take to complete a 12 round boxing match? |
| 19. | Which well known singer played in goal for Real Madrid's youth team until a car accident ended his football career in 1963? |
| 20. | Who broke her own world record in the Women's 400m Freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Sunday? |
| 21. | The Bill Shankly Kop is a stand at the ground of which English football club? |
| 22. | Over what distance are commercial drag races most commonly competed? |
| 23. | Who did Alex Ferguson succeed as Manchester United manager in 1986? |
| 24. | What two heavyweight boxers fought the "Rumble in the Jungle" on 30th October 1974? |
| 25. | In a feat labelled "The Love Double", who was Jimmy Connors' fiancée when they both won Wimbledon in 1974? |
| 26. | In what month is Australia's major thoroughbred horse race, the Melbourne Cup, held? |
| 27. | Standardised since 1921, to the nearest kilometre, what is the official distance of a marathon? |
| 28. | What nationality is professional golfer Minjee Lee? |
| 29. | How many players are on the field at one time in an American Football team? |
| 30. | What is the national sport of Japan? |
| 31. | In cricket, what three surnames describe the method used to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances? |
| 32. | What year marked the last time both the Winter and Summer Olympic games were held in the same year? |
| 33. | What 1920s French tennis player was nicknamed "The Crocodile"? |
| 34. | What is "Tiger" Woods given first name? |
| 35. | Achieved between 1993 and 2011, what driver has started more Formula 1 races than any other? |
| 36. | Competing at the Ladies European Thailand Championship in Pattaya on Sunday; name the 14-year-old Thai who became the world's youngest ever known winner of a professional golf tournament. |
| 37. | In 1922, what Austrian-Hungarian-born American swimmer became the first man to swim 100m in less than 1 minute? |
| 38. | In the Japanese sport of Kendo (剣道), what is the 'shinai' or 'sword' traditionally made from? |
| 39. | Dump, floater and wipe are terms used in what team sport? |
| 40. | What city is host to the Australian soccer club nicknamed The Roar? |
| 41. | In baseball, what is the angle between the two foul lines extending out from the home plate? |
| 42. | What country hosted the 2018 Ryder Cup? |
| 43. | What American professional golfer is nicknamed The Walrus? |
| 44. | What successful NBA coach published his 8th book, Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success in 2013, a reference to the 11 championship wins he led between 1990 and 2001? |
| 45. | What sport is played by the Minnesota Twins? |
| 46. | What Rugby Union team plays its home games at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England? |
| 47. | At the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, who became the youngest driver to win a Formula One race, aged 18 years and 228 days? |
| 48. | Including the doubling cube, how many dice are there in a backgammon set? |
| 49. | Brothers Ian, Greg and Trevor all played cricket for their country. What is their surname and which country did they represent? |
| 50. | What 'S' is a term used in cricket to describe the practice whereby some players seek to gain an advantage by insulting or verbally intimidating the opposing player? |
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