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| 1. | Extending 1000 km, the world's longest horse race, what equestrian endurance race has been held annually in East Asia since 2009? |
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Mongol Derby | |
| 2. | What country has won the most Cricket World Cup finals? |
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Australia (4) | |
| 3. | What nationality is Formula One racing driver Pastor Maldonado? |
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Venezuelan | |
| 4. | Name any two of the three England players who missed penalties at the Euro 2020 Final in July 2021. |
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Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka | |
| 5. | American Bob Beamon has held the Olympic record since 1968 in what discipline? |
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Long jump (8.90 m - surpassed as a world record in 1991 by Mike Powell) | |
| 6. | Who currently holds the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO heavyweight boxing titles? |
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Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine) | |
| 7. | What city is home to the Nuggets NBA team? |
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Denver | |
| 8. | Name the New Zealander who served as caddy for Tiger Woods between 1999 and 2011. |
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Steve Williams | |
| 9. | When Spanish athletes stand for their national anthem, La Marcha Real ("The Royal March",) why are they never punished for not singing? |
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It has no lyrics (also those of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and San Marino) | |
| 10. | Tennis player Pete Sampras' precise serve earned him what nickname? |
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Pistol Pete | |
| 11. | In boxing and Muay Thai, with a weight limit of 168 pounds, what comes between Middleweight and Light Heavyweight? |
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Super Middleweight | |
| 12. | How many league matches are played, in total, in an English Premier League season? |
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380 | |
| 13. | What is the common name for a 1-Wood golf club? |
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Driver | |
| 14. | Of what competition was Giuseppe Farina the first champion in 1950? |
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Formula One | |
| 15. | Wrexham AFC are one win away from securing the National League title and a return to the English Football League. What two North American actors bought the club in November 2020? |
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Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney | |
| 16. | 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) | |
| 17. | What city hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 2000? |
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Sydney (Australia) | |
| 18. | Published annually in the UK since 1864, the "Bible of Cricket" is the ____ Cricketers' Almanack. Fill in the blank. |
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Wisden | |
| 19. | What distance, in metres, is covered in one circuit of a modern outdoor running track? |
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400 m | |
| 20. | What sport was revolutionised by Dick Fosbury in 1968? |
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High jump (Fosbury Flop) | |
| 21. | Which NFL team are known as the Falcons? |
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Atlanta | |
| 22. | In Rugby Union, between 1982 and 1996, who was capped by the Wallabies 101 times and holds the record for the most test match tries (64) for Australia? |
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David Campese | |
| 23. | What was unique about the Formula One World Drivers' Championship awarded to Austrian Jochen Rindt in 1970? |
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It was awarded posthumously (He died in practice for the Italian Grand Prix but already had enough points to win the season) | |
| 24. | By what name have British racing drivers Perry McCarthy and Ben Collins both been known? |
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The Stig (Top Gear) | |
| 25. | The only New Zealander ever to do so, who won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1967? |
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Denny Hulme | |
| 26. | 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) | |
| 27. | In what year was the baseball World Series cancelled because of a players' strike? |
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1994 | |
| 28. | What is the name of the American flat thoroughbred horse race held on the third Saturday in May at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland? |
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Preakness Stakes | |
| 29. | How often are the IAAF World Championships in Athletics held? |
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Biennial / every 2 years | |
| 30. | What traditional Japanese martial art uses bamboo swords (shinai) and protective armour (bōgu)? |
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Kendo (剣道 kendō, lit. "sword way") | |
| 31. | What was the only Central American country to reach the finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup? |
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Honduras | |
| 32. | 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) | |
| 33. | The first American women to achieve a clean sweep in any Olympic event, at the 2016 Olympics, in what event did Team USA win gold, silver and bronze? |
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100m hurdles (Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin) | |
| 34. | Björn Borg and Roger Federer share the record for the most consecutive professional men's singles titles at Wimbledon. How many did they each win? |
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5 (1976-1980 / 2003-2007) | |
| 35. | What moved from Forest Hills to Flushing Meadow in 1978? |
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U.S. Open (The United States Open Tennis Championships) | |
| 36. | A venture formed by sports executive Mike McCarley and professional golfers Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, in partnership with the PGA Tour, what three letters describe the new golf league set to launch in January 2024? |
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TGL (TMRW Golf League) | |
| 37. | Who once held the world heavyweight boxing championship for a record 11 years, 8 months and 12 days? |
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Joe Louis | |
| 38. | When referencing American football positions, what do the letters ROLB stand for? |
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Right Outside Linebacker | |
| 39. | What 'N' describes the various types of skiing that allow the heel to rise off the ski? |
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Nordic | |
| 40. | 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 | |
| 41. | Sammy Sosa was a star of what American sport? |
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Baseball | |
| 42. | Which two NFL teams share the MetLife Stadium? |
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New York Giants & New York Jets | |
| 43. | Domestic teams from what three countries compete in the SupeRugby competition? |
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Australia, New Zealand, South Africa | |
| 44. | What city is home to the Eagles Australian rules football team? |
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Perth (West Coast Eagles) | |
| 45. | Which two American sports were dropped from the 2012 London Olympics? |
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Baseball & Softball | |
| 46. | Before being cancelled due to World War I, what country was set to host the 1916 Olympic Games? |
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Germany (Berlin, German Empire) | |
| 47. | At the 1960 Summer Olympics, what was unusual about marathon winner Abebe Bikila's running style? |
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Barefoot | |
| 48. | Tennis' third "Battle of the Sexes" took place in 1992 over the best of three sets. Dubbed "The Battle of Champions", which two players competed? |
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Martina Navratilova and Jimmy Connors (Jimmy Connors won 2-0) | |
| 49. | How many minutes make up a quarter in an NBA basketball game? |
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12 | |
| 50. | In Major League Soccer, what two teams compete in derby fixtures dubbed El Tráfico? |
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LA Galaxy & Los Angeles FC | |
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