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| 1. | Who were awarded best female player and best women's coach at the Best FIFA Football Awards 2019 last night? |
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Megan Rapinoe & Jill Ellis | |
| 2. | What U.S. city is home to the "Reds" Major League Baseball team? |
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Cincinnati (Ohio) | |
| 3. | Name the host country, and the year, of the FIFA World Cup finals represented by this mascot. |
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Mexico - 1986 (Pique) | |
| 4. | What Spanish city hosted the 1992 Summer Olympic Games? |
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Barcelona | |
| 5. | 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) | |
| 6. | What Premier League football team gets its name from Sir Henry Percy, son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland and killed at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403? |
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Tottenham Hotspur (Sir Henry was also known as Harry Hotspur) | |
| 7. | What country hosted the 2018 Ryder Cup? |
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France (Guyancourt, Île-de-France) | |
| 8. | The Twilight actor Taylor Lautner is a former junior world champion in what sport? |
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Karate | |
| 9. | What year marked the last time both the Winter and Summer Olympic games were held in the same year? |
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1992 (Albertville, France (W) and Barcelona, Spain (S)) | |
| 10. | In American football, who defeated the Clemson Tigers to win the College Football Playoff National Championship yesterday? |
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Alabama Crimson Tide | |
| 11. | Who is currently ranked number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings? |
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Luke Donald (England) | |
| 12. | Who is Sebastian Vettel's partner in Red Bull Racing's 2014 Formula 1 team? |
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Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) | |
| 13. | What team reached the Super Bowl in four consecutive years (1991-94 ) and lost them all? |
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Buffalo Bills | |
| 14. | In thoroughbred horse racing, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club, on what course in Australia is the Melbourne Cup run? |
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Flemington Racecourse | |
| 15. | Who beat the United States on penalties to win the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final? |
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Japan | |
| 16. | How many players are there in a Canadian Football team? |
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12 | |
| 17. | In March 1987, what Indian cricketer became the first in history to score 10,000 Test runs? |
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Sunil Gavaskar | |
| 18. | Which footballer (soccer player) was nicknamed 'The Non-Flying Dutchman'? |
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Dennis Bergkamp (due to his fear of flying) | |
| 19. | What country is set to host the 2018 Winter Olympics? |
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South Korea (Pyeongchang) | |
| 20. | Which Kenyan broke the men's 800m world record at the 2012 Summer Olympics? |
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David Rudisha (1:40.91) | |
| 21. | What nationality is professional golfer Jason Day? |
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Australian | |
| 22. | In Rugby Union, how many points are awarded for a drop goal? |
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3 | |
| 23. | Born in 1914, which boxer was nicknamed 'The Brown Bomber'? |
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Joe Louis | |
| 24. | In darts, what 'S' describes hitting a single, a double and a triple of the same number in a single visit to the board? |
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Shanghai | |
| 25. | 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) | |
| 26. | Which martial art takes its name from the Japanese for "Way of The Sword"? |
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Kendo | |
| 27. | Which American golfer is often referred to as Supermex? |
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Lee Trevino | |
| 28. | Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d'Or on Monday. Who came second and third? |
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Lionel Messi & Manuel Neuer | |
| 29. | In tennis, who won the women's singles final at the US Open on Saturday? |
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Sloane Stephens (United States) | |
| 30. | In table tennis, during normal play, after how many points does service alternate between opponents? |
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2 | |
| 31. | In tennis, what stadium hosts the annual French Open? |
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Roland-Garros (Stade Roland Garros) | |
| 32. | What U.S. city is host to the Raiders NFL team? |
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Oakland (California) | |
| 33. | In which year did England manager Gareth Southgate hit the headlines for missing an important penalty against Germany? |
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1996 (semi-final of UEFA Euro 1996) | |
| 34. | In the world of tennis, how did Günter Parche gain notoriety in April 1993? |
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He stabbed Monica Seles | |
| 35. | Brazil were eliminated from the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the quarter-finals, by what team? |
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Belgium (2-1) | |
| 36. | What name links a 1958 film and Minnesota's American football team? |
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The Vikings | |
| 37. | In what year did this satirical obituary appear in the weekly British newspaper The Sporting Times? |
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1882 | |
| 38. | Who beat who in the final of the 2018 men's Rugby World Cup Sevens on Sunday? |
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New Zealand beat England (33-12) | |
| 39. | More than any other team in the competition's history, how many times have Arsenal won the FA Cup? |
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14 | |
| 40. | FIDE is the international governing body of what? |
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Chess (Fédération Internationale des Échecs / World Chess Federation) | |
| 41. | What city is set to host the 2020 Summer Olympics? |
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Tokyo | |
| 42. | Who did Chelsea sign on Tuesday for a British football transfer fee record £106.8m? |
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Enzo Fernández (from Benfica) | |
| 43. | In professional boxing, what weight division is contested above 154 lb (70 kg) and up to 160 lb (73 kg)? |
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Middleweight | |
| 44. | What jockey famously rode all seven winners on British Champions' Day at Ascot in 1996? |
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Frankie Dettori | |
| 45. | How many vacant intersections ("points") are there on a standard Go board? |
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361 (19×19) | |
| 46. | In English-language editions of Scrabble, what two letters are worth 10 points each? |
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Q and Z | |
| 47. | 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 | |
| 48. | The Wanamaker Trophy is awarded to the winner of what annual golf tournament? |
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PGA Championship / U.S. PGA | |
| 49. | 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) | |
| 50. | In association football, who were the first British team to win the European Cup? |
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Celtic (1967. Manchester United won it in 1968.) | |
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