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| 1. | 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 | |
| 2. | In which sport is the Ballon d'Or awarded annually? |
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Association Football / Soccer (French: "Golden Ball") | |
| 3. | What top flight Australian Rugby League team play at the Suncorp Stadium, formerly known as Lang Park? |
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Brisbane Broncos | |
| 4. | The day before the Munich Air Disaster in February 1958, what team did Manchester United play in their quarter-final second leg of the European Cup? |
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Red Star Belgrade (FK Crvena Zvezda) | |
| 5. | In the late 19th century, John L. Sullivan and James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett were among the first world champions in which sport? |
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Boxing (first heavyweight champions) | |
| 6. | Who won his first major championship, the U.S. Open, at Pebble Beach, California on Sunday? |
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Gary Woodland | |
| 7. | Who beat who in the FIFA Confederations Cup final on Sunday night? |
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Germany beat Chile (1-0) | |
| 8. | In snooker, how many points are scored on the black ball in a 147 break? |
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112 (16 x 7) | |
| 9. | 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) | |
| 10. | How many players are there in a netball team? |
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7 | |
| 11. | 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) | |
| 12. | Which piece of sporting equipment is 1 inch thick, 3 inches in diameter, and weighs between 5½ and 6 ounces? |
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Ice hockey puck | |
| 13. | How many times has a FIFA World Cup final hosted in South America been won by a country from outside South America? |
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Once (Germany, Brazil 2014) | |
| 14. | Which South American country is home to association football club Boca Juniors? |
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Argentina (the La Boca neighbourhood of Buenos Aires) | |
| 15. | In May 2012, which Australian broke the record for the fastest recorded tennis serve? |
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Samuel Groth (163.4 mph / 263 km/h) | |
| 16. | Nicknamed "The Ryan Express", Nolan Ryan was a famous player in what American sport? |
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Baseball | |
| 17. | In a basketball career spanning 19 seasons from 1985 to 2004, who was nicknamed "The Mailman"? |
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Karl Malone | |
| 18. | In which American city is the Pimlico horse racing track? |
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Baltimore (Maryland) | |
| 19. | The Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in what Canadian city? |
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Vancouver | |
| 20. | In women's tennis, at the 2021 US Open, who became the first singles qualifier in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title, beating Leylah Fernandez in the final without dropping a set in the tournament? |
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Emma Raducanu | |
| 21. | What Australian city is home to the Brumbies rugby union football team? |
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Canberra | |
| 22. | What have Ballabriggs, Neptune Collonges, Auroras Encore and Pineau De Re all achieved? |
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Grand National winners (2011,2012,2013,2014) | |
| 23. | What 'P' describes a common form of French boules, translating literally as "feet planted (on the ground)"? |
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Pétanque | |
| 24. | What is the nearest city to Athens to have also hosted a modern Summer Olympic Games? |
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Rome (1960) | |
| 25. | In tennis, who won the men's and women's singles at the Australian Open last weekend? |
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Novak Djokovic & Aryna Sabalenka | |
| 26. | The 1972 Winter Olympic Games were the first to be held in Asia. What Japanese city was the host? |
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Sapporo (Hokkaidō, Japan) | |
| 27. | Who is the only Canadian to have ever been Formula One World Drivers' Champion? |
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Jacques Villeneuve (1997) | |
| 28. | Which Formula 1 driver won the first of his four World Championships in 1985? |
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Alain Prost | |
| 29. | 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 | |
| 30. | New Zealand and South Africa play in the Rugby World Cup final on Sunday. Who compete in the Bronze final on Saturday? |
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Argentina & England | |
| 31. | What sport would you expect to see in a Velodrome? |
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Cycling (track cycling) | |
| 32. | What is the first event in both the men's and women's decathlon? |
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100 metres | |
| 33. | What 'S' describes the ball used in the Gaelic games of hurling, camogie, and rounders? |
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Sliotar / Sliothar | |
| 34. | Part of Rugby Union's Six Nations Championship, what two countries compete annually for the Calcutta Cup? |
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England and Scotland | |
| 35. | What English professional snooker player is nicknamed The Jester from Leicester? |
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Mark Selby | |
| 36. | What nationality are heavyweight boxing champions Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko? |
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Ukrainian | |
| 37. | In 1979, Dave Parker became the first professional sports person in the world to earn an average of one million dollars per year. In what sport did he compete? |
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Baseball (Major League Baseball) | |
| 38. | In centimetres, how wide is the balance beam in Olympic gymnastics? |
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10 (3.9") | |
| 39. | In what sport are the Thomas & Uber Cups competed for? |
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Badminton (team championships for men and women respectively) | |
| 40. | In women's gymnastics, a regulation balance beam is 5 metres long and how many centimetres wide? |
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10 | |
| 41. | With 14 gold, 14 silver, and 11 bronze, what country topped the medal-table at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea? |
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Norway | |
| 42. | What is made of granite and required to weigh between 38 and 44 pounds, have a maximum circumference of 36 inches, and a minimum height of 4½ inches? |
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Curling stone / rock | |
| 43. | Placed second and third at the Brazilian Grand Prix, which two drivers were awarded their first Formula One podiums on Sunday? |
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Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz Jr. (Toro Rosso and McLaren) | |
| 44. | The Wanamaker Trophy is awarded to the winner of what annual golf tournament? |
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PGA Championship / U.S. PGA | |
| 45. | What Premier League football team gets its name from Sir Henry Percy, son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland and killed at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403? |
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Tottenham Hotspur (Sir Henry was also known as Harry Hotspur) | |
| 46. | In a standard game of Scrabble, how many letter tiles does each player start with? |
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7 | |
| 47. | Before retiring in 1977, who amassed more Grand Slam singles titles than any other tennis player, male or female, in history? |
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Margaret Court (24) | |
| 48. | Brazil were eliminated from the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the quarter-finals, by what team? |
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Belgium (2-1) | |
| 49. | What city is home to Benfica football club? |
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Lisbon (Portugal) | |
| 50. | What Olympic sport prohibits the wearing of a beard? |
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Boxing | |
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