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| 1. | What country hosted the first FIFA World Cup to be broadcast in colour? |
| 2. | An Australian Test cricketer and a RAAF pilot during World War II, who said in an interview with Michael Parkinson, "Pressure, I'll tell you what pressure is. Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your backside. Playing cricket is not"? |
| 3. | What European national football team is nicknamed The Red Devils? |
| 4. | The Grand Circuit, also known as the "Big Wheel", is a group of races around the United States, in what discipline? |
| 5. | Who beat who in Super Bowl LII on Sunday night? |
| 6. | In what month is Australia's major thoroughbred horse race, the Melbourne Cup, held? |
| 7. | In what city did athletes bombard race organisers with complaints after running almost 17 miles rather than the usual 13 in a half-marathon on Saturday? |
| 8. | The international governing body IRB was renamed in 2014, to what? |
| 9. | Which NFL team are known as the Falcons? |
| 10. | What single game competition is played between the winner of the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Champions League? |
| 11. | Who was awarded the 2022 FIFA World Cup golden glove this week? |
| 12. | Name the rookie who secured the winning point for the U.S. at Hazeltine in the 2016 Ryder Cup? |
| 13. | How many balls are on the table at the start of a game of eight-ball pool? |
| 14. | What is the only football club to have won the European Cup/UEFA Champions League more times than they have won their domestic top-flight league championship? |
| 15. | Which domestic football club did Jackie Charlton play for between 1950 and 1973? |
| 16. | What retired professional wrestler goes by the name of "Stone Cold .."? |
| 17. | On which Paris racecourse is the annual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe run? |
| 18. | What city is host to the Australian soccer club nicknamed The Roar? |
| 19. | Which Irishman beat Mike Tyson by technical knockout in June 2005 in what was to be Tyson's last professional fight? |
| 20. | Which association footballer remains the most expensive player in history since being transferred for around €94 million in 2009? |
| 21. | V. V. S. Laxman played cricket for which Test nation? |
| 22. | In British 'bingo lingo' what number is called as "Dancing Queen"? |
| 23. | What was unusual about Alan Shepard’s two, 6 iron golf strokes in February 1971? |
| 24. | In 1908, in what city did the first modern Olympic marathon take place, establishing the standard distance of 42.195km? |
| 25. | Who holds the Women's 100 and 200 metres world records, unbroken since 1988? |
| 26. | Nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", who was the first African-American to hold the world heavyweight boxing championship? |
| 27. | What distance, in metres, is covered in one circuit of a modern outdoor running track? |
| 28. | The T20 World Cup is an international competition in what sport? |
| 29. | Which top flight Australian Rugby League team are called The Roosters? |
| 30. | Norwich City and Watford have already been relegated from the Premier League this season. Which three teams are, mathematically, still in danger of the third relegation position? |
| 31. | In what U.S. city would you find the Lions, the Pistons, the Tigers and the Red Wings? |
| 32. | What four-letter acronym describes the international governing body for basketball? |
| 33. | Björn Borg and Roger Federer share the record for the most consecutive professional men's singles titles at Wimbledon. How many did they each win? |
| 34. | What country is hosting the Ryder Cup for the first time this year? |
| 35. | Colloquially referred to as the "National Provincial Championship", what is the current official name of New Zealand's top-level domestic professional rugby union competition? |
| 36. | In netball, the abbreviation 'WA' refers to which position? |
| 37. | With 51 professional wins to date, who is widely regarded as the best left-handed golfer of all time? |
| 38. | Who is the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion in history? |
| 39. | Who won the NBA finals on Thursday? |
| 40. | What country is set to host the first two races of the 2020 Formula 1 season in July? |
| 41. | In 1972, Bobby Fischer became the first American to be undisputed world champion at what? |
| 42. | Who is the only heavyweight boxing champion to have finished his career undefeated (49-0)? |
| 43. | What city hosted the Summer Olympics in the same year Martin Luther King was assassinated? |
| 44. | What skiing term is derived from the Norwegian for "sloping track"? |
| 45. | Nicknamed "The Birdman", Tony Hawk is a famous name in which sport? |
| 46. | With 96 caps to date, who holds the record for playing more games for the Wales men's national football team than anyone else? |
| 47. | In sport, what measures 8 feet by 8 yards? |
| 48. | What is the nickname of the national basketball team of New Zealand? |
| 49. | Who was the first player to win five straight Wimbledon tennis titles? |
| 50. | Which ball-hitting piece of sports equipment must be no more than 38 inches in length and 4¼ inches wide? |
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