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| 1. | What country's real-life Olympic bobsled team inspired the 1993 film Cool Runnings? |
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Jamaica | |
| 2. | In tennis, who won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles between 1993 and 2002? |
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Pete Sampras | |
| 3. | In March 1987, what Indian cricketer became the first in history to score 10,000 Test runs? |
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Sunil Gavaskar | |
| 4. | What name is shared by major racecourses in Berkshire, England and Perth, Australia? |
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Ascot | |
| 5. | What 'V' is the name of the plastic horns that gained worldwide notoriety at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa? |
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Vuvuzela | |
| 6. | What city hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1984? |
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Los Angeles | |
| 7. | What former professional boxer has served as the mayor of Kiev since June 2014? |
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Vitali Klitschko | |
| 8. | What famous sports team began in Chicago in 1927 as the Savoy Big Five? |
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Harlem Globetrotters | |
| 9. | Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg or RBK, is a professional football club based in what Norwegian city? |
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Trondheim | |
| 10. | Who took Muhammad Ali's world heavyweight title in February 1978, only for Ali to reclaim it seven months later? |
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Leon Spinks | |
| 11. | What country has won the most Cricket World Cup finals? |
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Australia (4) | |
| 12. | In which sport do players take long and short corners? |
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Field Hockey | |
| 13. | The Indians, Cavaliers and Browns are major league sports teams based in what U.S. city? |
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Cleveland, OH (MLB, NBA and NFL) | |
| 14. | What English-speaking Caribbean country qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany? |
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Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 15. | What Formula One racing driver worked for McLaren, Renault, Ferrari and Williams between 1980 and 1993, winning the Drivers' Championship four times? |
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Alain Prost (3 x McLaren, 1 x Williams) | |
| 16. | In what year did Roger Bannister become the first to break the 4-minute mile? |
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1954 (3 minutes and 59.4 seconds) | |
| 17. | In Rugby Union, how many points are awarded for a drop goal? |
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3 | |
| 18. | On 2nd February 2015, at just 17 years 9 months 8 days of age, who became the youngest player of either gender to be ranked No. 1 in professional golf? |
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Lydia Ko | |
| 19. | What country hosted the Winter Olympics in 1972 and 1998? |
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Japan (Sapporo & Nagano) | |
| 20. | What sport involves leaping off a building or cliff with a parachute? |
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BASE jumping (BASE is an acronym for: Building, Antenna, Span, Earth (cliff)) | |
| 21. | What American jockey was nicknamed "The Shoe"? |
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Bill Shoemaker | |
| 22. | In what New Zealand city is the Highlanders Super Rugby team based? |
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Dunedin | |
| 23. | Which Russian city is set to host the 2014 Winter Olympics? |
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Sochi | |
| 24. | With more votes from BBC viewers than the combined total of the five other contenders, in 1999, a one-off award voted for by the British public selected what American as Sports Personality of the Century? |
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Muhammad Ali | |
| 25. | In 1984, who became the first NFL quarterback to accomplish 5,000 passing yards in a season? |
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Dan Marino (5,084 yards - a record that still stands today) | |
| 26. | Since the revoking of Lance Armstrong's seven wins, what retired Spanish road racing cyclist regained the record, at five, for the most consecutive Tour de France wins? |
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Miguel Indurain (1991-1995) | |
| 27. | Australia's Neil Robertson is only the second ever non-British snooker player to be ranked Number 1 in the world. Who was the first and what country did he represent? |
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Cliff Thorburn, Canada (21st April 1981 to 16th May 1982) | |
| 28. | Quite different to skiing or snowboarding, what indoor sport is played on a piste? |
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Fencing | |
| 29. | What nationality is tennis player Novak Djokovic? |
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Serbian | |
| 30. | 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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Sledging | |
| 31. | Which professional snooker player is nicknamed 'The Rocket'? |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan | |
| 32. | 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? |
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Southpaw | |
| 33. | Who is the current WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO world heavyweight boxing champion? |
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Wladimir Klitschko | |
| 34. | What is the nickname of the national basketball team of New Zealand? |
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Tall Blacks | |
| 35. | What team event have you won if you are awarded the Vince Lombardi Trophy? |
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Super Bowl (NFL - American Football) | |
| 36. | In which sport is the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy awarded? |
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Basketball (NBA Finals) | |
| 37. | What landlocked European country, often excelling in fencing and water polo, has won more Olympic medals than any other nation that has never hosted the Games? |
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Hungary | |
| 38. | In what sport are competitors forbidden to play left handed? |
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Polo | |
| 39. | How many hurdles are there in the men's 110 metres hurdles event? |
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10 | |
| 40. | The Cresta Run is a natural ice racing track in eastern Switzerland and one of the few in the world dedicated entirely to what winter sliding sport? |
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Skeleton | |
| 41. | 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) | |
| 42. | For what Formula One team did Lewis Hamilton compete from 2007 to 2012? |
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McLaren | |
| 43. | In what sport do women compete for the Curtis Cup? |
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Golf | |
| 44. | How many players are there in a handball team? |
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7 | |
| 45. | Viswanathan Anand from India is the current World Champion of what? |
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Chess | |
| 46. | The oldest active trophy in international sport, in which sport is the America's Cup contested? |
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Yachting | |
| 47. | What traditional Japanese martial art uses bamboo swords (shinai) and protective armour (bōgu)? |
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Kendo (剣道 kendō, lit. "sword way") | |
| 48. | Drafted in London in 1865 and published in 1867, what name is given to the code of generally accepted rules in the sport of boxing? |
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Queensberry (Marquess of Queensberry Rules) | |
| 49. | From what team did the Yankees buy Babe Ruth in 1920, prompting the "Curse of the Bambino", a period in which they didn't win another World Series until 2004? |
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Boston Red Sox | |
| 50. | The Spanish term El Clásico is used to describe any match between which two football clubs? |
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Real Madrid and Barcelona | |
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