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| 1. | Which NFL team has won more Super Bowl titles than any other? |
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Pittsburgh Steelers (6) | |
| 2. | On a standard Scrabble board, what colour are the Double Word Score squares? |
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Pink | |
| 3. | In 1968, which professional male tennis player was denied a visa to South Africa on racial grounds, eventually causing South Africa to be ejected from the 1970 Davis Cup? |
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Arthur Ashe | |
| 4. | What professional darts player is nicknamed "Snakebite"? |
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Peter Wright (Scotland) | |
| 5. | What city has a Major League Soccer team called the Impact? |
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Montreal | |
| 6. | Who broke her own world record in the Women's 400m Freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Sunday? |
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Kathleen Ledecky (USA - 3:56.46) | |
| 7. | Born in 1961, what former Australian rules footballer, who represented Hawthorn and Geelong, is nicknamed "God"? |
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Gary Ablett Sr. | |
| 8. | The women's downhill ski world champion of 1966, why did Austrian skier Erika Schinegger surrender her gold medal to the second placed competitor 22 years later? |
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She is a man (born and raised a girl, his male genitalia had grown inwards, something not discovered until medical tests were carried out in 1968) | |
| 9. | Name the 22-year-old Formula Two driver killed in an accident at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday. |
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Anthoine Hubert | |
| 10. | With 51 professional wins to date, who is widely regarded as the best left-handed golfer of all time? |
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Phil Mickelson | |
| 11. | What 55 year old former world tennis champion did Billie Jean King beat in the 1973 Battle of the Sexes tennis match in Houston, Texas? |
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Bobby Riggs | |
| 12. | Three of the six arenas at Melbourne Park, Australia are named after famous Australians. Name them. |
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Rod Laver, John Cain, Margaret Court | |
| 13. | Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde are characters in what popular arcade video game? |
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Pac-Man (the four multi-colored ghosts) | |
| 14. | In a standard game of Scrabble, how many letter tiles does each player start with? |
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7 | |
| 15. | Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, and The Division are series of Ubisoft video games under what franchise? |
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Tom Clancy's | |
| 16. | In golf, who won the 2019 British Open Championship on Sunday? |
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Shane Lowry (Ireland) | |
| 17. | During an NHL game, what event traditionally prompts fans to throw their headgear onto the ice from the stands? |
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Hat-trick | |
| 18. | What sport do the Oklahoma City Thunder play? |
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Basketball | |
| 19. | In golf, what is the women's equivalent of the biennial Ryder Cup? |
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Solheim Cup (Europe vs USA) | |
| 20. | With what swimming stroke did Team GB's Adam Peaty break the men's 100m Olympic and World record in Rio de Janeiro in 2016? |
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Breaststroke | |
| 21. | Who is the only England football manager to have achieved a 100% win record? |
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Sam Allardyce (2016 - P1 W1) | |
| 22. | Since the first one in 1924, which country has hosted the most Winter Olympic Games? |
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United States (4 - 1932, 1960, 1980, 2002) | |
| 23. | In which country was former tennis player Greg Rusedski born? |
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Canada | |
| 24. | How old was Tiger Woods when he won his first major, the 1997 Masters Tournament? |
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21 (21 years, 3 months, 14 days) | |
| 25. | Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games (two in 1992 and two in 1996), making him Namibia's first and only ever Olympic medallist. Name him. |
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Frankie Fredericks | |
| 26. | What country came top of the medal table at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea? |
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Norway (14 gold, 14 silver, 11 bronze) | |
| 27. | In a baseball career spanning 21 seasons from 1967 to 1987, who was nicknamed "Mr. October"? |
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Reggie Jackson (Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson) | |
| 28. | Who is the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion in history? |
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Mike Tyson (WBC vs Trevor Berbick, 22nd November 1986, aged 20 years, 4 months and 22 days old) | |
| 29. | In which year did England manager Gareth Southgate hit the headlines for missing an important penalty against Germany? |
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1996 (semi-final of UEFA Euro 1996) | |
| 30. | Since 2008, in which professional sport has the annual Winter Classic been held? |
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Ice Hockey (NHL) | |
| 31. | What does the first 'F' in FIFA stand for? |
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Fédération (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) | |
| 32. | What number shirt has David Beckham worn for both Real Madrid and LA Galaxy? |
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23 (Chosen in admiration of basketball player Michael Jordan) | |
| 33. | Britain's Jonathan Edwards holds the current world record in what track and field event? |
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Triple jump (18.29 m - 60 ft 0 in) | |
| 34. | What U.S. state is home to the Buffalo Bills American football team? |
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New York | |
| 35. | Launched as the Federation Cup in 1963, and renamed the Fed Cup in 1995, to what was the premier international team competition in women's tennis renamed in 2020? |
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Billie Jean King Cup | |
| 36. | The Spanish term El Clásico is used to describe any match between which two football clubs? |
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Real Madrid and Barcelona | |
| 37. | What boxer won a 1952 Olympic gold in the middleweight division, then twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion between 1956 and 1962? |
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Floyd Patterson | |
| 38. | Which gymnastics event includes the terms Yamashita, Tsukahara, and Yurchenko? |
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Vault | |
| 39. | In terms of capacity, what is the second largest stadium in the United Kingdom after Wembley Stadium? |
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Twickenham (82,000) | |
| 40. | How many Gold Medals did Jesse Owens win in the 1936 Berlin Olympics? |
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4 (100 m, 200 m, 4×100 m relay, Long jump) | |
| 41. | What racehorse won both the 2020 Kentucky Derby in September and 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday? |
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Authentic | |
| 42. | In which sport might you perform a Rudolph and a Randolph? |
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Trampolining (Single front somersault with one and a half twists / Single front somersault with two and a half twists) | |
| 43. | In a set of 16 chess pieces, how many can capture a piece by moving forwards in a straight line? |
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4 (1 x King, 1 x Queen and 2 x Rooks) | |
| 44. | By what name is Serbian professional football club Crvena zvezda better known in English? |
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Red Star Belgrade | |
| 45. | Nicknamed "winter football", what 'B' describes a form of hockey played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal? |
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Bandy | |
| 46. | In 1999, the NHL retired jersey number 99 league-wide, making who the only player to have received this honour? |
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Wayne Gretzky | |
| 47. | Le Classique is the name given in French football to fixtures between which two teams? |
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Paris Saint-Germain & Marseille (Paris Saint-Germain & Olympique de Marseille) | |
| 48. | In what month is Australia's major thoroughbred horse race, the Melbourne Cup, held? |
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November (3pm (daylight saving time) on the first Tuesday in November) | |
| 49. | In English Premiership Rugby, what city is home to the Chiefs? |
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Exeter | |
| 50. | Who was the first person to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship representing Germany? |
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Michael Schumacher (German born Jochen Rindt raced under the Austrian flag) | |
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