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| 1. | At 46.78 seconds, Kevin Young of the United States holds the world record in what athletic event? |
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400 metres hurdles (1992 Summer Olympics) | |
| 2. | Post World War II, what is the only year in which neither England, Scotland, Northern Ireland nor Wales qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals? |
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1994 (United States) | |
| 3. | Under IHF rules, how many players make up a handball team? |
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7 | |
| 4. | What are the 5 colours of the Olympic Rings? |
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Blue, Yellow, Black, Green and Red | |
| 5. | In what year did Michael Phelps win his first Olympic gold medal? |
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2004 (Athens) | |
| 6. | What male tennis player lost a record four U.S. Open singles finals in 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1981? |
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Björn Borg | |
| 7. | What country is set to host the 2016 UEFA European Championship? |
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France | |
| 8. | Who scored the extra-time winning goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup final? |
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Mario Götze (Germany) | |
| 9. | Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago), Thomas Röhler (Germany), and Neeraj Chopra (India) are men's gold medallists in what Summer Olympics event? |
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Javelin throw | |
| 10. | Set in October 1985, East Germany's Marita Koch still holds the world record in which athletics event? |
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400 metres | |
| 11. | In golf, what word is used to describe a score of four under par? |
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Condor | |
| 12. | Who famously lost a six shot lead to finish second to Nick Faldo in the 1996 Masters Tournament at Augusta, Georgia? |
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Greg Norman | |
| 13. | 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 | |
| 14. | Which Formula 1 driver won the first of his four World Championships in 1985? |
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Alain Prost | |
| 15. | 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 | |
| 16. | Playing for the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday, who became the first female athlete to play in a Power Five college football game? |
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Sarah Fuller | |
| 17. | Who is the only heavyweight boxing champion to have finished his career undefeated (49-0)? |
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Rocky Marciano | |
| 18. | Norwich City and Watford have already been relegated from the Premier League this season. Which three teams are, mathematically, still in danger of the third relegation position? |
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Burnley, Everton, and Leeds | |
| 19. | In December 1981, Muhammad Ali's last professional fight was against who? |
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Trevor Berbick | |
| 20. | What was Billie Jean King's maiden name? |
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Moffitt | |
| 21. | What does the 'S' in NASCAR stand for? |
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Stock (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) | |
| 22. | What NFL team play its home games at FedExField? |
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Washington Redskins | |
| 23. | At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk broke the world record in what track event? |
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400 m | |
| 24. | What nationality is FC Barcelona forward Neymar? |
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Brazilian | |
| 25. | Who did Cassius Clay beat to win his first world heavyweight boxing title on 25th February 1964? |
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Sonny Liston | |
| 26. | Nico Rosberg competed under the German flag in Formula 1, but what country did he also represent in his younger years? |
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Finland | |
| 27. | In most modern Judo standards worldwide, what colour belt follows after blue? |
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Brown | |
| 28. | Which two players share the record of seven Wimbledon Men's Singles titles? |
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Pete Sampras and Roger Federer | |
| 29. | Eliteserien is the premier association football league in what European country? |
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Norway | |
| 30. | At just 30 days, who holds the record for the shortest ever tenure for an English Premier League manager? |
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Sam Allardyce (Leeds United 3rd May to 2nd June 2023) | |
| 31. | In which month is the MLB World Series normally played? |
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October | |
| 32. | 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 | |
| 33. | 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.) | |
| 34. | How many Olympic gold medals did Michael Phelps achieve between 2004 and 2016? |
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23 (plus 3 silver and 2 bronze = 28 total) | |
| 35. | Who once held the world heavyweight boxing championship for a record 11 years, 8 months and 12 days? |
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Joe Louis | |
| 36. | In North America, in what sport is the Maurice Podoloff Trophy presented annually to the Most Valuable Player? |
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Basketball (NBA) | |
| 37. | The name of what fast-moving sport is the Spanish word for ball? |
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Pelota (Basque: pilota, Spanish: pelota vasca, French: pelote basque) | |
| 38. | In sport, what measures 8 feet by 8 yards? |
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Football (soccer) goal | |
| 39. | 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) | |
| 40. | The first race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, who won the Daytona 500 on Sunday? |
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Denny Hamlin | |
| 41. | With what swimming stroke did Team GB's Adam Peaty break the men's 100m Olympic and World record in Rio de Janeiro in 2016? |
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Breaststroke | |
| 42. | In what sport do contestants compete for the Swaythling Cup and Corbillon Cup? |
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Table Tennis (Men's and Women's World Team Table Tennis Championships) | |
| 43. | What make of car won the 100th anniversary 24 Hours of Le Mans on Sunday? |
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Ferrari (AF Corse Ferrari team - Ferrari 499P) | |
| 44. | In which sport are the biennial Eisenhower Trophy and Espirito Santo Trophy contested? |
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Golf (World amateur team golf championships for men and women) | |
| 45. | What 'C describes the metal spikes fastened to footwear for use in ice climbing? |
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Crampons | |
| 46. | In Rugby League, each side provides how many players for a scrum? |
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6 | |
| 47. | In English Football Association terms, what do the initials WSL stand for? |
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Women's Super League | |
| 48. | In 2014, who set the world record for the fastest serve by a female tennis player? |
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Sabine Lisicki (131.0 mph - 210.8 km/h) | |
| 49. | Competing at the Ladies European Thailand Championship in Pattaya on Sunday; name the 14-year-old Thai who became the world's youngest ever known winner of a professional golf tournament. |
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"Jeen" Atthaya Thitikul ("น้องจีน" อาฒยา ฐิติกุล) | |
| 50. | The Vicente Calderón Stadium is home to what association football club? |
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Atlético Madrid | |
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