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| 1. | Achieved between 2003 and 2015, what New Zealand rugby union player is the highest ever test match point scorer? |
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Dan Carter (1598) | |
| 2. | What country is set to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup? |
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China | |
| 3. | The world's very first international rugby union match was played in 1871 between England and what country? |
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Scotland | |
| 4. | In what sport do the Minnesota Twins compete? |
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Baseball (MLB) | |
| 5. | How many events are there in the women's heptathlon? |
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7 (100m hurdles, High jump, Shot put, 200m, Long jump, Javelin, 800m ) | |
| 6. | 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) | |
| 7. | In which year did England's Paul Gascoigne famously cry during a FIFA World Cup semi-final game? |
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1990 (Italy) | |
| 8. | Which martial art takes its name from the Japanese for "Way of The Sword"? |
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Kendo | |
| 9. | Who did Mike Tyson beat in November 1986 to win his first world heavyweight title? |
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Trevor Burbick | |
| 10. | Which tennis player was married to Brooke Shields from 1997 to 1999? |
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Andre Agassi | |
| 11. | In golf, what word is used to describe a score of three under par? |
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Albatross | |
| 12. | Who broke Muhammed Ali's jaw in the last round of a fight on 31st March 1973? |
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Ken Norton | |
| 13. | What boxer won a 1952 Olympic gold in the middleweight division, then twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion between 1956 and 1962? |
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Floyd Patterson | |
| 14. | How many players are there in a baseball team? |
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9 | |
| 15. | In March 1987, what Indian cricketer became the first in history to score 10,000 Test runs? |
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Sunil Gavaskar | |
| 16. | What U.S. state is home to the Diamondbacks Major League Baseball team? |
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Arizona (Chase Field, Phoenix) | |
| 17. | Which country hosted the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924? |
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France (Chamonix) | |
| 18. | How tall, in inches, is a regulation ten-pin bowling pin? |
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15 | |
| 19. | What sport is played by the Tennessee Titans? |
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American Football | |
| 20. | Who is playing who in the NBA Finals over the forthcoming weeks? |
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Golden State Warriors v Toronto Raptors | |
| 21. | At the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, who became the youngest driver to win a Formula One race, aged 18 years and 228 days? |
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Max Verstappen | |
| 22. | What is the name of the trophy awarded to the winner of the men's Rugby World Cup Sevens? |
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Melrose Cup | |
| 23. | In Japan, the standard version of this sport is called kyūdō (弓道), and the mounted version is called yabusame (流鏑馬). What is the sport? |
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Archery | |
| 24. | Who won the NBA finals on Thursday? |
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Toronto Raptors | |
| 25. | Who won the World Chess Championship 2023 on Sunday? |
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Ding Liren (China) | |
| 26. | Under international rules, what sport has a playing surface measuring 28 metres by 15 metres? |
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Basketball (FIBA rules - slightly larger under NBA rules at 94' x 50') | |
| 27. | What racehorse won both the 2020 Kentucky Derby in September and 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday? |
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Authentic | |
| 28. | At 99.94, what Australian set the record in 1948 for the highest career batting average in Test cricket? |
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Don Bradman (1928–1948 - 80 innings) | |
| 29. | What former Olympic sport required competitors to move backwards to win? |
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Tug of war (part of the Olympic Games from 1900 until 1920, but has not been included since) | |
| 30. | Between 1993 and 2004, Mark Foster was six times World Champion in what sport? |
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Swimming (50m butterfly and 50m freestyle) | |
| 31. | What sport is divided into periods of play called chukkas or chukkers? |
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Polo | |
| 32. | In tennis, the French Open is played on what type of surface? |
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Clay | |
| 33. | How many members does a rowing eights crew have? |
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9 (8 rowers & 1 cox) | |
| 34. | 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) | |
| 35. | Since founded as the top tier of German football at the start of the 1963–64 season, what team has won more Bundesliga titles than any other? |
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Bayern Munich / Bayern München (28 up to 2018/2019) | |
| 36. | Sometimes referred to as Nipplegate, in which year was Janet Jackson's famous Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction? |
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2004 (1st February - Super Bowl XXXVIII) | |
| 37. | Formally adopted in 1891 by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, what is the regulation diameter, in inches, of a golf hole? |
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4¼ | |
| 38. | In a standard arrangement, how many outfielders are there on a baseball field? |
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Three (left fielder, center fielder, and right fielder) | |
| 39. | What name is given to the area behind the line that crosses the width of a snooker or pool table? |
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Baulk / Balk | |
| 40. | The Wanamaker Trophy is awarded to the winner of what annual golf tournament? |
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PGA Championship / U.S. PGA | |
| 41. | In addition to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, what two other countries have one team each competing in the 2019 Super Rugby season? |
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Argentina and Japan (Jaguares, Buenos Aires and Sunwolves, Tokyo) | |
| 42. | What country won UEFA Euro 2016? |
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Portugal | |
| 43. | With what sport is retired American athlete Tonya Harding (now Tonya Price) most associated? |
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Figure skating | |
| 44. | In poker, what ranks between a two pair and a straight? |
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Three of a kind | |
| 45. | For which Major League Soccer team does Thierry Henry currently play for? |
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New York Red Bulls | |
| 46. | The Vicente Calderón Stadium is home to what association football club? |
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Atlético Madrid | |
| 47. | Retired in 2008, what record breaking American sprinter was nicknamed "The Kansas Cannonball"? |
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Maurice Greene | |
| 48. | In Formula 1, what vehicle manufacturer became Red Bull Racing's title sponsor in 2018? |
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Aston Martin | |
| 49. | Whose right breast was exposed to 140 million viewers at the 2004 Super Bowl, and who tore open her costume? |
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Janet Jackson & Justin Timberlake | |
| 50. | Who beat who to capture the WBA World Welterweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday night? |
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Manny Pacquiao beat Keith Thurman (the cue ball is struck so that it hits the red and other cue ball, in any order, on the same shot) | |
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