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Which race over 200 laps is started with the words,"Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines"? |
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The Indianapolis 500 |
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Who bought the Benetton Formula 1 racing team in 2001? |
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Renault |
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What is the most common distance of a drag race? |
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A quarter of a mile (or 1320ft or 402m) |
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Which international sports competition started on June 17th, 1994, at Soldier Field in Chicago? |
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Football World Cup |
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What swimming stroke is the first leg of the medley relay? |
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Backstroke |
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In which sport would you go to a Basho? |
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Sumo wrestling |
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Where do Portuguese Formula 1 Grand Prix races take place (at least since 1984 and when they happen)? |
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Autodromo de Estoril |
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Vijay Singh, US Masters champion, comes from where? |
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Fiji |
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How many hurdles are there in the men's 110m race? |
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10 |
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Who was the first unseeded player to win the men's singles at Wimbledon? |
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Boris Becker in 1985 |
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Which two boxers fought the 'Rumble in the Jungle'? |
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George Foreman and Muhammad Ali |
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What did football referees get in 1970 that they hadn't had before? |
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Red and yellow cards |
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What colour jersey does the leader of the Giro d'Italia wear? |
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Pink |
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One Soviet Bloc country participated in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Which one? |
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Romania |
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Which is always the first event of the Men's Decathlon? |
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100 metres |
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How many rounds are there in an Olympic boxing match? |
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Four |
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Which cyclists have won the Tour de France five times? |
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Jacques Anquetil, Lance Armstrong, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain, Eddie Merckx |
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What is South America's equivalent of the Champions League called? |
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Copa Libertadores |
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Who became the youngest female champion of Wimbledon in the 20th century when she beat Jana Novotná in 1997? |
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Martina Hingis (Lottie Dod was a year younger when she won the Women's Singles in 1887. She remains the youngest player to win the women's singles tournament, though Martina Hingis was three days younger when she won the women's doubles title in 1996.) |
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Who was the last European golfer to win the US Open? |
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Tony Jacklin in 1970 |
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Which is always the third grand slam event in the tennis calendar? |
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Wimbledon |
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Which two English golfers won the 2004 Golf World Cup in Seville? |
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Paul Casey and Luke Donald |
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Which swimmer won six gold medals at the Athens Olympics in 2004? |
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Michael Phelps |
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Who is the youngest winner of a Formula 1 Grand Prix? |
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Fernando Alonso |
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Brazil have been world football champions more times than any other nation. Whom did they beat to become World Champions the first time? |
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Sweden, in Sweden, 1958. |
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How many pockets does a snooker table have? |
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Six |
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In American Football, where would you find the Orange Bowl? |
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Miami |
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In which sport do neither the participants nor the spectators know the score until the end? |
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Boxing |
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In which sport would you see a "Tsukahara"? |
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Gymnastics; it's a type of vault |
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What are the only two colours allowed for the ball in Table Tennis competitions? |
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White and Yellow |
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What is James Naismith best known for? |
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Inventing basketball |
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What is the difference between a men's and a women's lacrosse team? |
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A men's team has ten players, a women's has twelve. |
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What is the main distinguishing feature of Speedway motorbikes? |
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No brakes and only one gear |
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Which team defeated the world champions Argentina in the opening game of 1990 World Championship? |
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Cameroon |
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Which weapons are used in Women's fencing? |
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Foil, epee and sabre, although until 1989 only the foil was used in world championships |
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Who was Formula One World Champion first: Graham Hill or Jim Clark? |
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Graham Hill in 1962 and 1968. Jim Clark in 1963 and 1965. |
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Who was the first American to win the Formula 1 World Championship? |
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Phil Hill in 1961 |
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Who was the first gymnast to score a maximum 10 points (seven 10s) in the Olympics? |
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Nadia Comaneci in 1976 |
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Who was the first non-european to win the Tour de France?. |
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Greg Lemond of USA in 1986 |
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Who was the first person to swim the English Channel? |
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Captain Matthew Webb in 1875 |
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With which game would you associate the names of Mikhail Botvinnik, Alexander Alekhine, and José Capablanca? |
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Chess |
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In which alpine resort were the first ever Winter Olympics held in 1924? |
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Chamonix |
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The duration of a game of Polo is measured in what? |
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Chukkas (or Chukkers) |
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Only one modern olympic games was not named after the host city - the "Interim Olympic Games" of 1906. In which city were they held? |
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Athens 1906 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the modern games. (Not recognised by the IOC.) |
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