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| 1. | What city is home to the Nuggets NBA team? |
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Denver | |
| 2. | FIDE is the international governing body of what? |
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Chess (Fédération Internationale des Échecs / World Chess Federation) | |
| 3. | In yards, what length is the field of play (excluding the end zones) in Canadian football? |
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110 | |
| 4. | What country hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1970 and 1986? |
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Mexico | |
| 5. | George Herman was the real first and middle name of what world famous sportsman? |
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"Babe" Ruth | |
| 6. | In the 21st century to date, only two footballers have been awarded BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Name them. |
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David Beckham & Ryan Giggs (2001 & 2009) | |
| 7. | By what name is the Formula One Brazilian (São Paulo) Grand Prix circuit most commonly called? |
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Interlagos (Autódromo José Carlos Pace) | |
| 8. | What Canadian city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics? |
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Vancouver (British Columbia) | |
| 9. | In 2001, what Croatian tennis player became the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard? |
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Goran Ivanišević | |
| 10. | At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in August, what U.S. athlete won gold in the men's 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay? |
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Noah Lyle | |
| 11. | What country hosted the 2018 Ryder Cup? |
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France (Guyancourt, Île-de-France) | |
| 12. | 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 | |
| 13. | The internal dimensions of a FIFA regulation football goal are 8 feet high and how many feet wide? |
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24 (8 yards) | |
| 14. | In what year did this satirical obituary appear in the weekly British newspaper The Sporting Times? |
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1882 | |
| 15. | Who were awarded best male player and best men's coach at the Best FIFA Football Awards 2019 last night? |
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Lionel Messi & Jurgen Klopp | |
| 16. | Name the host country, and the year, of the FIFA World Cup finals represented by this mascot. |
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Mexico - 1986 (Pique) | |
| 17. | Born in 1961, what former Australian rules footballer, who represented Hawthorn and Geelong, is nicknamed "God"? |
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Gary Ablett Sr. | |
| 18. | The FEI is the international governing body of what sports? |
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Equestrian (International Federation for Equestrian Sports - French: Fédération Equestre Internationale?) | |
| 19. | Of what sport did Buddy Rogers become the inaugural world champion in April 1963? |
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Wrestling (WWWF World Heavyweight Champion, today known as WWE) | |
| 20. | What two teams are set to play in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on 1st March 2020? |
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Aston Villa vs Manchester City | |
| 21. | Which former World No. 1 tennis player is nicknamed "Rusty"? |
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Lleyton Hewitt | |
| 22. | Born in 1967, Félix Savón of Cuba won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in which event? |
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Heavyweight boxing (Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000) | |
| 23. | For what Formula One team did Lewis Hamilton compete from 2007 to 2012? |
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McLaren | |
| 24. | Which country was originally scheduled to host the 1940 Summer Olympics, before its cancellation due to the outbreak of World War II? |
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Japan (Tokyo) | |
| 25. | In American checkers (English draughts,) on an 8×8 board, how many "men" does each player start with? |
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12 | |
| 26. | Achieved between 1969 and 1989, who is the NBA's all-time leader in points scored (38,387), field goals made (15,837), and career wins (1,074)? |
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | |
| 27. | In boxing, what term lies between flyweight and featherweight? |
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Bantamweight | |
| 28. | What number shirt has David Beckham worn for both Real Madrid and LA Galaxy? |
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23 (Chosen in admiration of basketball player Michael Jordan) | |
| 29. | Jalkapallo in Finnish; ποδόσφαιρο? (podosfairo) in Greek; labdarúgás in Hungarian; piłka nożna in Polish. What is it in English? |
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Football / Soccer | |
| 30. | Name the only two Americans to have won the Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship. |
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Phil Hill, Mario Andretti (1961 & 1978 respectively) | |
| 31. | The Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for what? |
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Faster, Higher, Stronger | |
| 32. | How many gold medals did Jesse Owen win at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany? |
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4 | |
| 33. | What is the nickname of the Australia national rugby union team? |
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Wallabies | |
| 34. | 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 | |
| 35. | What snooker player is nicknamed the "Wizard of Wishaw"? |
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John Higgins | |
| 36. | Shakhtar Donetsk are an association football club from what country? |
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Ukraine | |
| 37. | What Australian Football League club are nicknamed the "Bombers"? |
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Essendon (Melbourne, Victoria) | |
| 38. | Who were awarded best female player and best women's coach at the Best FIFA Football Awards 2019 last night? |
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Megan Rapinoe & Jill Ellis | |
| 39. | What name is shared by major racecourses in Berkshire, England and Perth, Australia? |
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Ascot | |
| 40. | In Boston, in April 1966, who became the first woman to run the entire distance of a marathon? |
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Bobbi Gibb | |
| 41. | Nicknamed 'The Cake Tin' or 'The Ring of Fire', Westpac Stadium is a major sporting venue in what capital city? |
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Wellington (New Zealand) | |
| 42. | How many times did Björn Borg win the men's singles title at Wimbledon? |
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5 (consecutively from 1976-1980) | |
| 43. | In what year did a host of countries boycott the Summer Olympics over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan? |
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1980 (Moscow) | |
| 44. | What professional heavyweight boxer is nicknamed "The Bronze Bomber"? |
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Deontay Wilder | |
| 45. | How many Formula One World Drivers' Championships has Michael Schumacher won? |
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Seven | |
| 46. | Young Boys is a football team from what Swiss city? |
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Bern (Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898) | |
| 47. | What four-letter acronym describes the international governing body for basketball? |
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FIBA (Fédération Internationale de Basket-ball) | |
| 48. | Who holds the Women's 100 and 200 metres world records, unbroken since 1988? |
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Florence Griffith-Joyner (Flo-Jo) | |
| 49. | In what New Zealand city is the Highlanders Super Rugby team based? |
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Dunedin | |
| 50. | In which year did England's Paul Gascoigne famously cry during a FIFA World Cup semi-final game? |
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1990 (Italy) | |
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