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| 1. | What team event have you won if you are awarded the Vince Lombardi Trophy? |
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Super Bowl (NFL - American Football) | |
| 2. | What is the only team to have won at least one gold medal at every Summer Olympic Games since 1896? |
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Great Britain | |
| 3. | What two teams will face off on 3rd February in Super Bowl LIV? |
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San Francisco 49ers v Kansas City Chiefs | |
| 4. | What is the name of this trophy, presented by the National Hockey League to the team that finishes with the most points during the NHL regular season? |
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Presidents' Trophy | |
| 5. | Name the rookie who secured the winning point for the U.S. at Hazeltine in the 2016 Ryder Cup? |
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Ryan Moore | |
| 6. | What name is given to the winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping? |
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Nordic combined (Norwegian: Kombinert) | |
| 7. | By what name have British racing drivers Perry McCarthy and Ben Collins both been known? |
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The Stig (Top Gear) | |
| 8. | The Bathurst 1000 is a 1,000-kilometre touring car race held annually in what country? |
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Australia (Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales) | |
| 9. | Who retained his title by winning the 2016 World Chess Championship last Wednesday? |
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Magnus Carlsen (Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen) | |
| 10. | In what year did a host of countries boycott the Summer Olympics over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan? |
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1980 (Moscow) | |
| 11. | How many players are there in a handball team? |
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7 | |
| 12. | Founded in 1900 as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, by what name is it known today? |
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Davis Cup | |
| 13. | In 1997, who became the only Canadian to have won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship? |
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Jacques Villeneuve | |
| 14. | Driving for Williams in 1980, who was the last Australian to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship? |
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Alan Jones | |
| 15. | Following a car accident in February 2021 that left Tiger Woods hospitalised, many professional golfers and groundstaff wore what colour shirt to show support for him? |
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Red | |
| 16. | In what country is the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit? |
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Australia (Victoria) | |
| 17. | After Maximum Security, which crossed the line first, was disqualified for interference; what horse was declared winner of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday? |
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Country House | |
| 18. | What is the oldest association football competition in the world? |
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FA Cup (1871/2-present) | |
| 19. | Since the beginning of the English Premier League in 1992, what player has scored the most league goals? |
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Alan Shearer (260 - 422 in all competitions) | |
| 20. | Designated by the 1994 National Sports of Canada Act, what is Canada's National Summer Sport? |
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Lacrosse | |
| 21. | Who, in 1976, became the first Olympic gymnast to be awarded a perfect 10.0? |
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Nadia Comăneci | |
| 22. | Name any one of the three teams managed by Nobby Stiles between 1977 and 1986. |
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Preston North End / Vancouver Whitecaps / West Bromwich Albion | |
| 23. | 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? |
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47 minutes (12 rounds x 3 minutes plus 11 intervals x 1 minute) | |
| 24. | Before moving to Los Angeles in 1958, the Dodgers were based in what city? |
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New York (Brooklyn Dodgers) | |
| 25. | Who did Manny Pacquiao defeat in Las Vegas on Saturday to regain the WBO welterweight title? |
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Jessie Vargas | |
| 26. | What NFL team play its home games at FedExField? |
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Washington Redskins | |
| 27. | In New Zealand rugby union, to what was the ITM Cup renamed in 2016? |
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Mitre 10 Cup | |
| 28. | Two Summer and one Winter Olympic Games have been hosted by countries that no longer exist. Name the three countries. |
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West Germany, USSR, Yugoslavia (Munich 1972 (S), Moscow 1980 (S), Sarajevo 1984 (W)) | |
| 29. | In 1988, who became the only tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year? |
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Steffi Graf | |
| 30. | How many points are awarded to the winning driver in a Formula One Grand Prix race? |
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25 | |
| 31. | In the classic version of Trivial Pursuit, what colour is the Sports & Leisure category? |
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Orange | |
| 32. | In which North American league is the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy awarded annually to its champion team? |
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Major League Soccer (MLS Cup) | |
| 33. | In ice hockey, how many players are on the ice for each team? |
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6 (five skaters and a goaltender) | |
| 34. | In April 2013, New Zealander Joe Schmidt was appointed head coach of what national rugby union team? |
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Ireland | |
| 35. | Derived from 'hat trick'; in baseball, what derogatory term is used to describe a player's inglorious feat of striking out four times in a single game? |
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Golden sombrero | |
| 36. | What American boxing trainer, who died in 2012, trained a record 41 world champion fighters at the world famous Kronk Gym in Detroit? |
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Emanuel "Manny" Steward | |
| 37. | Part of the current Formula One calendar, in what country is the Yas Marina Circuit? |
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United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) | |
| 38. | Who, in 1986, became the first non-European professional cyclist to win the Tour de France? |
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Greg LeMond (U.S.A.) | |
| 39. | What sport is played by the Chicago Blackhawks? |
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Ice Hockey | |
| 40. | What promising 19-year-old lit the Olympic Flame at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and, between 1965 and 1968, broke eight different world records? |
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Ron Clarke (5000 m, 10000 m, 20000 m, 1 hour, 2 miles, 3 miles, 6 miles, 10 miles) | |
| 41. | With 102 full appearances between 1971 and 1986, who is the most capped player for the Scotland national football team? |
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Sir Kenny Dalglish | |
| 42. | At 148, who is the most-capped player in rugby union history? |
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Richie McCaw (New Zealand) | |
| 43. | What jockey famously rode all seven winners on British Champions' Day at Ascot in 1996? |
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Frankie Dettori | |
| 44. | What former tennis player is dubbed "The Red-Headed Rocket from Rockhampton"? |
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Rod Laver | |
| 45. | The strategy board game Reversi, played on a 8x8 board, is marketed under the name of what Shakespearean character? |
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Othello | |
| 46. | Host to Rugby Union, Cricket, Rugby League and A-League Football matches, what is the name of New Zealand's largest stadium? |
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Eden Park (Auckland) | |
| 47. | Who was awarded the 2022 FIFA World Cup golden glove this week? |
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Emiliano Martinez (Argentina) | |
| 48. | What sport is played by the Tennessee Titans? |
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American Football | |
| 49. | Which city will host the 2016 Summer Olympics? |
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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | |
| 50. | What two countries were confirmed by UEFA this week as hosts of Euro 2028? |
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UK & Ireland | |
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