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| 1. | What nationality is Formula One racing driver Pastor Maldonado? |
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Venezuelan | |
| 2. | In baseball, what is the distance between the front of the pitching mound and the back of the home plate? |
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60' 6" (18.39 m) | |
| 3. | Name any two of the three former England football players who have managed the Thai national football team. |
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Peter Withe, Peter Reid, Bryan Robson | |
| 4. | What Wales and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player holds the record as the most capped player for Wales and the fourth most-capped player in rugby union history? |
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Gethin Jenkins | |
| 5. | 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) | |
| 6. | In the opening game of the T20 World Cup in Australia yesterday, who caused a historic upset by defeating former champions Sri Lanka by 55 runs? |
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Namibia (163-108) | |
| 7. | What 'P' describes a common form of French boules, translating literally as "feet planted (on the ground)"? |
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Pétanque | |
| 8. | Previously the only team to have played in the top tier of German football in every season since the end of World War I, the 2018–19 Bundesliga season marked its first season without what team? |
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Hamburger SV / Hamburg / HSV | |
| 9. | In reference to an international sports organisation, what do the initials CGF stand for? |
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Commonwealth Games Federation | |
| 10. | What city hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games? |
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Gold Coast (Queensland) | |
| 11. | Young Boys is a football team from what Swiss city? |
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Bern (Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898) | |
| 12. | What sport was the subject of the 1993 best-selling book Rare Air? |
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Basketball (Michael Jordan - Rare Air: Michael on Michael) | |
| 13. | Who was the last host nation to win the FIFA World Cup? |
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France (1998) | |
| 14. | How many faults are given for a first refusal in show jumping? |
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4 | |
| 15. | On an American double-zero roulette table, what are the odds against winning a single number? |
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37 to 1 | |
| 16. | In the Tour de France, what English title is given to the cyclist awarded the maillot à pois rouges, a white jersey with red polka dots? |
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King of the Mountains | |
| 17. | Scoring 137, who was awarded player of the match in the 2023 Cricket World Cup final on Sunday? |
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Travis Head (Australia) | |
| 18. | In American checkers (English draughts,) on an 8×8 board, how many "men" does each player start with? |
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12 | |
| 19. | What British tennis player was married to Chris Evert between 1979 and 1987? |
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John Lloyd | |
| 20. | Who, in 2000, became the first, and thus far only, British boxer to be knighted? |
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Sir Henry Cooper | |
| 21. | In cricket, what three surnames describe the method used to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances? |
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Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (after Frank Duckworth, Tony Lewis, and Professor Steven Stern ) | |
| 22. | On Sunday, who broke Peyton Manning's NFL record for the most career touchdown passes, setting a new all-time record of 582? |
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Tom Brady | |
| 23. | What Swedish sportsman is nicknamed "the Mozart of table tennis"? |
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Jan-Ove Waldner | |
| 24. | As of 2017, how many NFL Super Bowls have there been? |
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51 | |
| 25. | To date, who is the all-time leading goal scorer in FIFA World Cup finals history? |
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Miroslav Klose (Germany - 16 - 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014) | |
| 26. | How many points are awarded to the winning driver in a Formula One Grand Prix race? |
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25 | |
| 27. | When he defeated Jack Sharkey by disqualification on 12th June 1930, who became the first and only German to win the world heavyweight boxing title? |
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Max Schmeling (Germany) | |
| 28. | What 1981 Epsom Derby winner was kidnapped in 1983 and never seen again? |
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Shergar | |
| 29. | What year marked the last time both the Winter and Summer Olympic games were held in the same year? |
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1992 (Albertville, France (W) and Barcelona, Spain (S)) | |
| 30. | In Poker, what hand is better than a straight but beaten by a full house? |
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Flush (Straight Flush and Royal Flush beat a full house) | |
| 31. | What former English world boxing champion was acquitted of the 1989 attempted murder of boxing promoter Frank Warren? |
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Terry Marsh | |
| 32. | What sport do the Oklahoma City Thunder play? |
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Basketball | |
| 33. | What colour is the cap worn by a water polo goalkeeper? |
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Red | |
| 34. | What is the name of the computerised officiating aid in use at Wimbledon since 2007? |
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Hawk-Eye | |
| 35. | In August 2016, what athlete was quoted as saying, "There you go, I'm the greatest"? |
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Usain Bolt | |
| 36. | Whose ears were bitten by Mike Tyson in the famous "Bite Fight" on 28th June 1997? |
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Evander Holyfield | |
| 37. | Who is the current president of FIFA? |
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Gianni Infantino | |
| 38. | In golf, who won his first major title at the 2016 U.S. Open on Sunday? |
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Dustin Johnson | |
| 39. | What was unusual about Lewis Hamilton's winning Formula 1 finish at Silverstone on Sunday? |
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He had a puncture (after a front left tyre failure in the final lap) | |
| 40. | In which year did the Munich massacre take place during the Summer Olympics? |
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1972 | |
| 41. | What English professional snooker player is nicknamed The Jester from Leicester? |
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Mark Selby | |
| 42. | Nicknamed the Magpies, the Australian rules football club Collingwood is based in what city? |
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Melbourne | |
| 43. | Founded in 1900 as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, by what name is it known today? |
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Davis Cup | |
| 44. | Name this sporting trophy and the sport for which it is awarded? |
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Stanley Cup, Ice Hockey (NHL) | |
| 45. | What is the nickname of the national basketball team of New Zealand? |
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Tall Blacks | |
| 46. | What sport has a Courtesy Line, a Hog Line, a Tee Line, a Back Line, a Foot Line and a House? |
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Curling | |
| 47. | In 1922, what Austrian-Hungarian-born American swimmer became the first man to swim 100m in less than 1 minute? |
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Johnny Weissmuller | |
| 48. | In cycling, who won the 2017 Vuelta a España on Sunday? |
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Chris Froome | |
| 49. | Unable to walk until she was 11, which American sprinter won 3 gold medals at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, earning her the nicknames "Tornado" and "the fastest woman on earth". |
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Wilma Rudolph | |
| 50. | Which Bundesliga team has this as their logo? |
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Borussia Dortmund (Ballspiel-Verein Borussia) | |
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