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| 1. | What country is identified by the International Olympic Committee country code PRK? |
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North Korea (People's Republic of Korea) | |
| 2. | What is the first event in both the men's and women's decathlon? |
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100 metres | |
| 3. | Who holds the record for winning the most men's major golf championships? |
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Jack Nicklaus (18 wins between 1962 and 1986) | |
| 4. | In association football, who were the first British team to win the European Cup? |
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Celtic (1967. Manchester United won it in 1968.) | |
| 5. | Who was the last German to be ranked World Number 1 by the Women's Tennis Association? |
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Steffi Graf (1997) | |
| 6. | In South American association football, who beat who in the finals of the Copa Libertadores on Sunday? |
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River Plate beat Boca Juniors | |
| 7. | What four letter acronym describes the life saving head restraint used today in many high speed motor sports? |
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HANS (Head And Neck Support device) | |
| 8. | What winged Greek goddess of victory has featured on the obverse of Summer Olympic medals since 2004? |
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Nike | |
| 9. | What's the most travelled sports team in the world? |
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Harlem Globetrotters | |
| 10. | To the nearest inch, what is the diameter of a regulation dart board? |
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18 (17¾ inches / 451 mm) | |
| 11. | According to U.S. Golf Association rules, what is the maximum number of clubs with which a player can start a round? |
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14 | |
| 12. | What U.S. city is home to the Nuggets NBA basketball team? |
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Denver (Colorado) | |
| 13. | In boxing, what weight class comes immediately below heavyweight? |
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Cruiserweight / Junior heavyweight (WBO) (175 lb / 79.4 kg) | |
| 14. | What city hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 2000? |
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Sydney (Australia) | |
| 15. | In women's gymnastics, a regulation balance beam is 5 metres long and how many centimetres wide? |
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10 | |
| 16. | The main colour of Australia's rugby union team jersey is gold. What is the primary colour of the Australian rugby league team jersey? |
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Green | |
| 17. | The Grey Cup is the championship trophy in the top league of what sport? |
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Canadian Football (French: Coupe Grey) | |
| 18. | Who became the youngest male tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17 years and 4 months? |
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Michael Chang | |
| 19. | In which sport do players take long and short corners? |
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Field Hockey | |
| 20. | In cricket, who beat who in the final of the 2018 Asia Cup on Friday? |
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India beat Bangladesh (by 3 wickets) | |
| 21. | On 3rd April 2016, to what was the South Stand at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium renamed? |
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Sir Bobby Charlton Stand (The North Stand was renamed the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand on 23rd November 2012.) | |
| 22. | Who is the only non-American to have won a Career Grand Slam (all four majors) in golf? |
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Gary Player (South Africa) | |
| 23. | What is the only Canadian-based team in the NBA? |
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Toronto Raptors | |
| 24. | Which Manchester United player has a nickname meaning 'Little Pea'? |
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Javier Hernández / Chicharito (Javier Hernández Balcázar) | |
| 25. | 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) | |
| 26. | For what domestic club did Pelé play between 1956 and 1974? |
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Santos (Brazil) | |
| 27. | How many players are there in a volleyball team? |
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Six | |
| 28. | The highest level of competition in American club football, what team won the Copa Libertadores on Sunday? |
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Palmeiras (beating Santos 1-0) | |
| 29. | Brazil were eliminated from the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the quarter-finals, by what team? |
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Belgium (2-1) | |
| 30. | Who is the only Frenchman to have been Formula One World Drivers' Champion? |
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Alain Prost (1985,1986,1989,1993) | |
| 31. | A team competition launched in November 2014, what do the initials IPTL stand for? |
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International Premier Tennis League | |
| 32. | In golf, what is the women's equivalent of the biennial Ryder Cup? |
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Solheim Cup (Europe vs USA) | |
| 33. | In 1972, who became Sports Illustrated's first Sportswoman of the Year? |
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Billie Jean King | |
| 34. | NBA free agent LeBron James announced on Sunday that he is to sign a four-year, US$154 million contract with what basketball team? |
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Los Angeles Lakers | |
| 35. | How tall, in inches, is a regulation ten-pin bowling pin? |
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15 | |
| 36. | What top-flight New Zealand Rugby Union team are called the Lions? |
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Wellington (ITM Cup) | |
| 37. | The distance between the wickets, what is the length, in yards, of a cricket pitch? |
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22 | |
| 38. | The 'six-tackle rule' plays an important role in which sport? |
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Rugby league | |
| 39. | 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) | |
| 40. | What 'S' describes the ball used in the Gaelic games of hurling, camogie, and rounders? |
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Sliotar / Sliothar | |
| 41. | Who is Sebastian Vettel's partner in Red Bull Racing's 2014 Formula 1 team? |
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Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) | |
| 42. | Before retiring in 1989, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 seasons in what sport? |
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Basketball (NBA - Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers) | |
| 43. | How many members does a rowing eights crew have? |
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9 (8 rowers & 1 cox) | |
| 44. | Only 3 players have ever been awarded European Footballer of the Year three times. Name any two of them. |
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Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini, Marco van Basten | |
| 45. | Set in July 1998, 3 minutes 26 seconds is the current world record for what track distance? |
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1500 metres (held by Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj) | |
| 46. | Delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, what country is set to host the 2021 Rugby League World Cup later this year? |
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England | |
| 47. | How many players make up a basketball team? |
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5 | |
| 48. | What black American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin? |
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Jesse Owens | |
| 49. | In ten pin bowling if you start your game with a spare followed by a strike in the second frame and another strike in the third frame, what would your score for the 1st frame be? |
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20 | |
| 50. | After commemorative matches in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, what three countries are set to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup? |
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Morocco, Portugal, Spain | |
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