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| 1. | In tennis, what stadium hosts the annual French Open? |
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Roland-Garros (Stade Roland Garros) | |
| 2. | In English Football Association terms, what do the initials WSL stand for? |
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Women's Super League | |
| 3. | Before moving to Melbourne in 1996, what city's street circuit hosted the Australian Grand Prix from 1985 to 1995? |
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Adelaide | |
| 4. | "The Money Fight" was a professional boxing match on 26th August 2017 between what two contestants? |
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor | |
| 5. | Who won the Rugby World Cup final in 2015? |
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New Zealand | |
| 6. | The Wanamaker Trophy is awarded to the winner of what annual golf tournament? |
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PGA Championship / U.S. PGA | |
| 7. | Michael "Madge" Maguire is Head Coach of what national rugby league team? |
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New Zealand (The Kiwis) | |
| 8. | What landlocked European country, often excelling in fencing and water polo, has won more Olympic medals than any other nation that has never hosted the Games? |
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Hungary | |
| 9. | Which country has won the FIFA World Cup final four times, in 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006? |
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Italy | |
| 10. | What four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion was nicknamed "The Professor"? |
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Alain Prost | |
| 11. | For what team did Michael Schumacher win his first Formula 1 title in 1994? |
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Benetton (1994 and 1995, his first two titles before moving to Ferrari) | |
| 12. | In tennis, who beat who in the 2023 WTA singles final on Monday? |
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Iga Świątek beat Jessica Pegula | |
| 13. | What animal stands on top of Rugby Union's Calcutta Cup? |
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Elephant | |
| 14. | What name is given to this structure of two concave ramps used in gravity extreme sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, skiing, freestyle BMX, and skating? |
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Half-pipe | |
| 15. | In tennis, who won the mixed doubles final at the US Open on Saturday? |
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Jamie Murray & Martina Hingis | |
| 16. | Who is the only person to have held both the Formula One and Indy Car driver's championships simultaneously? |
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Nigel Mansell (1992/93) | |
| 17. | Who is the current president of FIFA? |
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Gianni Infantino | |
| 18. | With a 12-round unanimous decision, who retained the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring lightweight titles yesterday? |
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Devin Haney | |
| 19. | In Australian rules football, how many players of one team are permitted to be on the field at any time? |
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18 | |
| 20. | What city is home to the Spurs National Basketball Association team? |
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San Antonio (Texas) | |
| 21. | In what sport is the Melbourne Cup competed annually on the first Tuesday of November? |
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Horse racing (Thoroughbred – Flat racing) | |
| 22. | What Bundesliga team are nicknamed "Die Schwarzgelben" (The Black and Yellows)? |
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Borussia Dortmund | |
| 23. | What is the name of the official mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics? |
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Vinicius | |
| 24. | Which Formula One team's world champions have included Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Mika Häkkinen? |
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McLaren (also Emerson Fittipaldi and Ayrton Senna) | |
| 25. | In 1979, Dave Parker became the first professional sports person in the world to earn an average of one million dollars per year. In what sport did he compete? |
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Baseball (Major League Baseball) | |
| 26. | How many hurdles are there in the men's 110 metres hurdles event? |
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10 | |
| 27. | In 2018, who became the second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a FIFA World Cup Final? |
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Kylian Mbappé (France - aged 19) | |
| 28. | With a time of 10.49 seconds, who has held the women's 100 metre world record since 1988? |
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Florence Griffith Joyner (United States) | |
| 29. | In 1956, what English footballer became the first to be awarded European Footballer of the Year? |
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Stanley Matthews | |
| 30. | In what year did Roger Bannister become the first to break the 4-minute mile? |
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1954 (3 minutes and 59.4 seconds) | |
| 31. | What English retired professional darts player is nicknamed The Power? |
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Phil Taylor | |
| 32. | What former heavyweight boxing champion was nicknamed 'The Brockton Blockbuster'? |
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Rocky Marciano | |
| 33. | The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually in what sport? |
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Ice hockey (playoff champion of the National Hockey League) | |
| 34. | Quite different to skiing or snowboarding, what indoor sport is played on a piste? |
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Fencing | |
| 35. | What name is given to the winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping? |
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Nordic combined (Norwegian: Kombinert) | |
| 36. | Of what country is this the administrator of association football? |
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South Africa | |
| 37. | "Money" and "Pretty Boy" are nicknames attributed to what former professional boxer? |
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. | |
| 38. | What sporting competition was dominated by Juan Manuel Fangio in the 1950s? |
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Formula One | |
| 39. | Who was the first player to win five straight Wimbledon tennis titles? |
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Björn Borg (1976-1980) | |
| 40. | A professional American football minor league, what major celebrity purchased the troubled XFL in August 2020? |
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (with Dany Garcia, and Gerry Cardinale) | |
| 41. | Colloquially referred to as the "National Provincial Championship", what is the current official name of New Zealand's top-level domestic professional rugby union competition? |
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ITM Cup (after the lead sponsor, Independent Timber Merchants Co-operative Ltd.) | |
| 42. | With what sport are Brendon McCullum and Michael Clarke associated? |
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Cricket (New Zealand and Australia) | |
| 43. | Max Schmeling, Ezzard Charles and Rocky Marciano were the only three to beat which heavyweight boxer? |
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Joe Louis | |
| 44. | What female American athlete won three gold and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was later stripped of them after admitting to steroid use? |
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Marion Jones (aka Marion Jones-Thompson) | |
| 45. | On Saturday, Lionel Messi equalled Pele's world record for the most goals scored for a single club. How many has he now scored for Barcelona? |
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643 | |
| 46. | In what sport did Russian Irina Rodnina win 24 World, Olympic and European gold medals between 1969 and 1980? |
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Figure skating | |
| 47. | The most decorated Olympian of all time, how many Olympic gold medals has Michael Phelps won? |
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18 (22 medals in total) | |
| 48. | Who was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2020 World Series last week? |
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Corey Seager | |
| 49. | What Olympic sport uses a planting box? |
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Pole vault | |
| 50. | Before moving to Los Angeles in 1958, the Dodgers were based in what city? |
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New York (Brooklyn Dodgers) | |
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