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| 1. | In March 1987, what Indian cricketer became the first in history to score 10,000 Test runs? |
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Sunil Gavaskar | |
| 2. | Name the three types of sword used in fencing. |
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Foil, Épée, Sabre | |
| 3. | Founded in 1967, the Baja 1000 is an off-road motorsport race held annually in what country? |
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Mexico | |
| 4. | What two teams will face off on 3rd February in Super Bowl LIV? |
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San Francisco 49ers v Kansas City Chiefs | |
| 5. | What U.S. city is home to the Pelicans (NBA) and Saints (NFL)? |
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New Orleans | |
| 6. | What city is home to the Nuggets NBA team? |
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Denver | |
| 7. | Which football club did Alex Ferguson leave in November 1986 to go to Manchester United? |
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Aberdeen | |
| 8. | What sporting first did Englishwoman Sue Brown achieve on 4th April 1981? |
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First woman to compete in The Boat Race (Oxford VIII) | |
| 9. | What sport do the Oklahoma City Thunder play? |
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Basketball | |
| 10. | How many Gold Medals did Jesse Owens win in the 1936 Berlin Olympics? |
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4 (100 m, 200 m, 4×100 m relay, Long jump) | |
| 11. | The strategy board game Reversi, played on a 8x8 board, is marketed under the name of what Shakespearean character? |
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Othello | |
| 12. | In badminton, what is the minimum number of points required to win a single game? |
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21 | |
| 13. | The Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for what? |
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Faster, Higher, Stronger | |
| 14. | What Major League Baseball team are nicknamed the "Guardians"? |
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Cleveland (Ohio) | |
| 15. | Which small Norwegian town hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics? |
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Lillehammer | |
| 16. | Katarina Witt is one of the most successful figure skaters of all time. Between 1977 and 1988, what country did she represent? |
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East Germany | |
| 17. | Currently world no. 1 on the WTA Tour, what nationality is tennis player Caroline Wozniacki? |
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Danish | |
| 18. | On 9th June 1993, who became the first black player to captain the England national football team? |
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Paul Ince (USA 2-0 England) | |
| 19. | What is the name of this trophy, presented by the National Hockey League to the team that finishes with the most points during the NHL regular season? |
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Presidents' Trophy | |
| 20. | Who won the the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup final on Saturday? |
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Real Madrid | |
| 21. | "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 | |
| 22. | What major sporting event is traditionally held in the United States over Memorial Day weekend? |
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Indianapolis 500 | |
| 23. | In women's tennis in the 1980s, what doubles team won an all time record 79 titles? |
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Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver | |
| 24. | What U.S. state will host the 2016 Ryder Cup? |
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Minnesota (Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minneapolis) | |
| 25. | What country won UEFA Euro 2016? |
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Portugal | |
| 26. | What was the name of the black and white collie dog who found the stolen Jules Rimet Trophy in March 1966, four months before the 1966 FIFA World Cup was scheduled to kick-off in England? |
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Pickles | |
| 27. | What ''A" is the national martial art of the Philippines? |
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Arnis | |
| 28. | 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 | |
| 29. | Keke Rosberg, Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese all raced at one time or another for which Formula 1 team during the 1980s? |
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Williams | |
| 30. | What U.S. city hosts professional sports teams named Lions and Tigers? |
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Detroit (Michigan - NFL and MLB teams) | |
| 31. | Michael Jordan played the majority of his professional career for the Chicago Bulls, but with what team did he make a comeback from 2001 to 2003? |
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Washington Wizards | |
| 32. | In golf, what name is given to the trophy presented to the winner of The Open Championship (British Open)? |
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Claret Jug | |
| 33. | Determining the continental champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean; what is the name of CONCACAF's main national association football competition? |
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Gold Cup | |
| 34. | Name this sporting trophy and the sport for which it is awarded? |
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Stanley Cup, Ice Hockey (NHL) | |
| 35. | In what sport are competitors forbidden to play left handed? |
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Polo | |
| 36. | In 2000, who marked his first U.S. Open win with a record breaking 15 stroke margin? |
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Tiger Woods | |
| 37. | On Saturday 18th September 2010, at the age of 42, Frenchman Philippe Croizon swam across the English Channel in less than 14 hours. The record at the time was less than 7 hours, so why was his crossing so amazing? |
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He is a quadruple amputee | |
| 38. | Which ball sport has a playing area 60 feet long and 41½ inches wide? |
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Ten-pin bowling | |
| 39. | In American and Canadian football, what is it called when you score a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar and between the uprights to score 3 points? |
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Field Goal | |
| 40. | Which Formula 1 driver won the first of his four World Championships in 1985? |
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Alain Prost | |
| 41. | In what event has Eliud Kipchoge held the world record since September 2018? |
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Marathon (Men's - 2:01:39) | |
| 42. | What city hosts the Formula One Italian Grand Prix? |
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Monza (Autodromo Nazionale Monza) | |
| 43. | What two countries have qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals in 2018 for the first time in their history? |
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Iceland and Panama | |
| 44. | In what sport is the Bledisloe Cup contested? |
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Rugby Union (Australia and New Zealand national rugby union teams) | |
| 45. | In horse racing, what racecourse in France hosts the annual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe? |
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Longchamp (Paris) | |
| 46. | What fruit stands atop the Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles trophy? |
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Pineapple | |
| 47. | Who won the NBA finals on Thursday? |
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Toronto Raptors | |
| 48. | Also home to Reading Football Club, what Rugby Union team plays its home games at the Madejski Stadium in Reading, England? |
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London Irish | |
| 49. | What is the face value of a letter K in English-language editions of Scrabble? |
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5 | |
| 50. | Who was named Super Bowl LI MVP after the New England Patriots pulled off the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history on Sunday night? |
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Tom Brady | |
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