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| 1. | Whose previous 200m world record was beaten by Usain Bolt in August 2008? |
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Michael Johnson | |
| 2. | What name is given to the handles on a pommel horse? |
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Pommels | |
| 3. | What sport is played by the Melbourne Storm? |
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Rugby League | |
| 4. | Which country holds the dubious record for the fewest runs scored in a completed innings during a test match? |
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New Zealand (26 - v England, March 1955) | |
| 5. | In rugby union, what three countries are currently competing in the 2020 Tri Nations Series? |
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Argentina, Australia & New Zealand | |
| 6. | In horse racing, where is the Happy Valley Racecourse? |
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Hong Kong | |
| 7. | The Bell Centre is home to what National Hockey League team? |
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Montreal Canadiens (Quebec, Canada) | |
| 8. | In which sport might you perform a Rudolph and a Randolph? |
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Trampolining (Single front somersault with one and a half twists / Single front somersault with two and a half twists) | |
| 9. | What is the name of the belt awarded to British boxing champions? |
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Lonsdale Belt (Lord Lonsdale Challenge Belt) | |
| 10. | Between 1993 and 2004, Mark Foster was six times World Champion in what sport? |
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Swimming (50m butterfly and 50m freestyle) | |
| 11. | In the video game world, what titular character battles with the evil mad scientist, Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik? |
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Sonic the Hedgehog | |
| 12. | 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 | |
| 13. | How many players are on the field at one time in an American Football team? |
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Eleven | |
| 14. | Which is the only baseball team outside the U.S. to have ever won the World Series? |
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Toronto Blue Jays (1992 & 1993) | |
| 15. | What's the most travelled sports team in the world? |
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Harlem Globetrotters | |
| 16. | What two Italian tennis players were named Women's Doubles World Champions for three consecutive years from 2012 to 2014? |
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Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci | |
| 17. | 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) | |
| 18. | Which professional football club has this as its logo? |
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FC Barcelona (Spain) | |
| 19. | FINA is is the international governing body of what sport? |
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Swimming (Fédération Internationale de Natation / International Swimming Federation) | |
| 20. | The Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) is the international governing body of what sport? |
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Fencing | |
| 21. | 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 | |
| 22. | Since 1975, Australia have won seven out of eight Rugby League World Cup competitions. Who won the other? |
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New Zealand (2008) | |
| 23. | Name the four teams competing in the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup this week? |
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England and United States, Netherlands and Sweden | |
| 24. | 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 | |
| 25. | The Vicente Calderón Stadium is home to what association football club? |
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Atlético Madrid | |
| 26. | 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) | |
| 27. | Where do Warwickshire County Cricket Club play their home games? |
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Edgbaston Stadium | |
| 28. | Driving for Ferrari, who won his only Formula One World Driver's Championship in 2007? |
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Kimi Räikkönen | |
| 29. | How many segments are there on a dartboard? |
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82 | |
| 30. | 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) | |
| 31. | The Spanish term El Clásico is used to describe any match between which two football clubs? |
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Real Madrid and Barcelona | |
| 32. | Playing between 1959 and 1973, what American basketball player was nicknamed "The Big Dipper"? |
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Wilt Chamberlain | |
| 33. | In what year were the Winter Olympics played just two years after the previous games, marking the start of the Summer and Winter games being separated into alternating even-numbered years? |
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1994 | |
| 34. | What Major League Soccer team are nicknamed the "Quakes"? |
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San Jose Earthquakes (California) | |
| 35. | In 1948, which country hosted the first Summer Olympic Games after World War II? |
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England (London) | |
| 36. | In golf, what word is used to describe a score of three under par? |
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Albatross | |
| 37. | Which is the first of the four major golf championships contested in any given calendar year? |
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U.S. Masters (April) | |
| 38. | In a feat labelled "The Love Double", who was Jimmy Connors' fiancée when they both won Wimbledon in 1974? |
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Chris Evert | |
| 39. | Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg or RBK, is a professional football club based in what Norwegian city? |
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Trondheim | |
| 40. | What is the current maximum engine size in the MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing? |
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1,000 cc | |
| 41. | Who was the last German to be ranked World Number 1 by the Women's Tennis Association? |
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Steffi Graf (1997) | |
| 42. | What Formula One racing driver worked for McLaren, Renault, Ferrari and Williams between 1980 and 1993, winning the Drivers' Championship four times? |
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Alain Prost (3 x McLaren, 1 x Williams) | |
| 43. | Between shot put and triple jump, which world record is the most in metres? |
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Shot put (23.12 m / 18.29 m) | |
| 44. | Name the two players awarded the Golden Ball (best player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper) at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Finals. |
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Aitana Bonmatí & Mary Earps (Spain & England) | |
| 45. | Name the American track and field athlete who won 122 consecutive races and set four world records in the same event between 1977 and 1987. |
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Edwin Moses (400 metre hurdles) | |
| 46. | Of what country is this the administrator of association football? |
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South Africa | |
| 47. | Which Formula 1 driver won the first of his four World Championships in 1985? |
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Alain Prost | |
| 48. | What 18-a-side ball game is played on an oval pitch? |
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Australian Rules Football | |
| 49. | In Scrabble, without using any double or triple squares, how many points would you get from the word QUIZ? |
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22 (10+1+1+10) | |
| 50. | In a baseball career spanning 21 seasons from 1967 to 1987, who was nicknamed "Mr. October"? |
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Reggie Jackson (Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson) | |
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