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1
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Who invented basketball

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James Naismith, 1891

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Basketball players per team

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5

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Michael Jordan played for

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Chicago Bulls

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Magic Johnson team

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Lakers

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Larry Bird team

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Critics. Rivals with Magic Johnson

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6
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Basketball team with own cartoon series

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Harlem Globetrotters

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Kobe Bryant team

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Lakers. Youngest player ever

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Shaquille O’Neal team

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Lakers

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9
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Lisa Leslie team

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LA Sparks (WNBA)

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Yao Ming sport and team

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Basketball, Houston Rockets

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Luol Deng sport and team

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Basketball, Chicago Bulls. British

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12
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LeBron James team

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Cleveland Cavaliers

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Dwight Howard sport and team

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Basketball, Orlando Magic

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14
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How long basketball player has to take a shot

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24 seconds, ‘shot clock’

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15
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What is par terre

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Position used to restart floor action in greco-roman wrestling

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16
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What is leg clinch

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Position to restart floor action in Freestyle wrestling

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17
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Alexander Karelin sport

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Wrestling. Trademark move Karelin lift

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18
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Buvaisar Saitiev sport

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Wrestling

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19
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Saori Yoshida sport

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Wrestling

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20
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FILA is body for which sport

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Wrestling

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21
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What is IndyCar

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Racing cars with open cockpits

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22
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Indy 500 race is…

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Most famous Indycar race, held on Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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NASCAR

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National association of stock car auto racing

Stock car means using versions of cars available for public sale

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24
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Sprint Cup

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NASCAR competition

Includes Daytona 500 in Florida

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25
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Richard Petty sport

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NASCAR

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26
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Le Mans race rules

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24 hour endurance race

3 relaying drivers in 1 car

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Tom Kristensen sport

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Motor racing, famous for Le Mans

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28
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World Rally Championship

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Each rally 3 days, 14-35 stages

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29
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Dakar Rally

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Originally Paris to Senegal, has been moved some years

Cars, motorbikes, quad bikes and trucks all race

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30
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Jutta Kleinschmidt sport

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Motor racing, Dakar rally

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31
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Level below Formula 1

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Grand Prix 2 (GP2)

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32
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Motorsports triple crown

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Monaco Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500, Le Mans 24 hours

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33
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Only person to win motorsports triple crown

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Graham Hill, British, 1960s-1970s

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34
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Sebastian Vettel sport

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F1

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35
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Michael Schumacher sport and number championships

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F1, 7 drivers championships

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36
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Winner of most F1 Constructers Championships

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Ferrari

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37
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Ricky Carmichael sport

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Motorcross

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38
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Valentino Rossi sport

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MotoGP

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39
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Jenson Button sport

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F1

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40
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Fernando Alonso sport

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F1

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41
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Kimi Raikkonen sport

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F1

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42
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Sebastien Loeb sport

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Rally

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43
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Jimmie Johnson sport

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NASCAR

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44
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Number of players in cricket team

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11

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45
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What is a crease

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White line in front of wicket that batsman runs between

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46
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What is an innings

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Period where on team bats and other fields. 1-2 innings per team in match

Finishes when 10 players are out, o4 number of overs allowed are bowled

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47
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What is an over

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A group of six deliveries (balls)

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48
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First international cricket match

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England Australia in 1877

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49
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Format of cricket World cup

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1 day matches. Played every 4 years

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50
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England cricket championship

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County Championship

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51
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Australia cricket championship

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Sheffield Shield

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52
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Cricket bat made from

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Willow

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53
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Cricket ball made from

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Cork and string layers, covered jn keather

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54
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Parts of a wicket

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3 stumps, 2 bails resting on top

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55
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Cricket, 4 and 6 are scored when…

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Ball crosses boundary of field (4) or crosses boundary before bouncing (6)

56
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What is a yorker

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Ball pitched at batsmans feet in cricket

57
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Donald Bradman sport

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Cricket, Australia, 1930s-40s

58
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Sachin Tendulkar sport

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Cricket, India, 90s-00s

59
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Garfield Sobers sport

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Cricket, West Indies, 50s-70s

60
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Imran Kahn sport

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Cricket, Pakistan 1970s-90s, now PM of Pakistan

61
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Ian Botham sport

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Cricket, England, 1970s-90s, rivalry and court case with Imran Khan

62
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Shane Warne sport

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Cricket, Australia, 1990s-00s

63
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Brett Lee sport

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Cricket, Australia, aka ‘Binga’

64
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Muttiah Muralitharan sport

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Cricket, Sri Lanka

65
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Lasith Malinga sport

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Cricket, Sri Lanka

66
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Chris Gayle sport

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Cricket, West Indies

67
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Brian Lara sport

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Cricket, West Indies. Aka the Prince of port of Spain

68
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Wasim Akram sport

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Cricket, Pakistan

69
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M S Dohni sport,

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Cricket, India

70
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Shoaib Akhtar sport

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Cricket, Pakistan. Record for fastest ball ever

71
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Shahid Afridi sport

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Cricket, Pakistan

72
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Pete Sampras sport

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Tennis, USA, 14 grand slams 90s

73
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W G Grace sport

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Cricket, England, 1800s. Instrumental in developing game.

74
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Ivan Ledl sport

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Tennis USA 80s

75
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Pete Sampras sport

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Tennis USA 90s

76
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Jimmy Connors sport

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Tennis USA 70s

77
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John McEnroe sport

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Tennis USA

78
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Mats Wilander sport

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Tennis Sweden

79
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Stefan Edberg sport

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Tennis Sweden

80
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Rod Laver sport

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Tennis Australia, won all 4 GS in one year twice in 60s

81
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Don Budge sport

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Tennis USA 1930s-40s, first career grand slam

82
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Chris Evert sport

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Tennis USA, 18 grand slams

83
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Margaret Court sport

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Tennis Australia, 60s-70s. Won first ever open era grand slam

84
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Monica Seles sport

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Tennis, Yugoslavia/USA

85
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Bjorn Borg era

86
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Boris Becker era

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Mid 80s - mid 90s

87
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Andre Agassi era and achievement

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90s. Won first male golden slam

88
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Serena Williams achievement

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23 GS, 4 consecutive in 2002 and 2014

89
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Steffi Graff era and achievement

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80s-90s. First person to win golden slam 1988

90
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Martina Navratilova era and achievement

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80s, won 18 GS and 4 consecutive 1983

91
Q

Men’s golf majors

A

Masters tournament
US Open tournament
Open tournament (UK)
US PGA championship

92
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Women’s golf majors

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ANA inspiration 
US women's open
Women's PGA championship
Evans championship (France)
Women's British Open
93
Q

Patty Berg sport and era

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Golf, USA, 30s-50s. Has won most women’s majors (15)

94
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Mickey Wright sport and era

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Golf USA 50s-60s

95
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Annika Sorenstam sport and era

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Golf Sweden 90s-00s

96
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Louise Suggs sport and era

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Golf, USA, 40s-50s

97
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Karrie Webb sport and era

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Golf, Australia, 90s

98
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Jack Nicklaus sport and era

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Golf, USA, 60s-70s

99
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Walter Hagen sport and era

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Golf USA 10s-20s

100
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Nick Faldo sport and era

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Golf UK 80s-90s

101
Q

Who started modern olympics

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Baron Pierre de Coubertin, 1896

102
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What event didn’t take place in 1912 and why?

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Boxing - illegal in sweden

103
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Nadir Comaneci sport and achievement

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First gymnast to score perfect 10 at Olympics. Romania

104
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How many gymnastics events at olympics

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6 for women, 8 for men

105
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Who was George Nissen

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Invented trampoline

106
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What is stadion event

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Sprint in ancient Olympics

107
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What sprint events at olympics?

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100m, 200m, 400m
4x100m and 4x400m
110m/100m hurdles (men/women) and 400m hurdles

108
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Olympic field events

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Discus, hammer, javelin, shot put
High jump
Long jump
Triple jump
Pole vault
109
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Olympic team event 1900-1920

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Tug of war

110
Q

Modern pentathlon events

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Fencing, swimming, show jumping

Combined running and shooting race

111
Q

Triathlon events and lengths

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1500m swim
40km cycle
10km run

112
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Decathlon events

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Men only in olympics

100m & 400m
110m hurdles
1500m
Long jump, high jump, pole vault
Shot put, discus, javelin
113
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Heptathlon events

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Women only in olympics

200m & 800m
100m hurdles
High jump & long jump
Shot put & javelin

114
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Football wasn’t played at which olympics?

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1932 Los Angeles - replaced with American football

115
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How many players in normal and Beach volleyball team

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6 normal, 2 beach

116
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Type of rugby played at olympics

117
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Where were equestrian events held at 1956 Australia olympics

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Sweden, because of quarantine rules

118
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Equestrian events in 1900 olympics

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Long jump and high jump for horses

119
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Which sport has only appeared in 1900, 1904 and since 2016

120
Q

Which ball sport is played by blindfolded paralympians

121
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Trischa Zorn sport

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Blind swimming

122
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Natalie du Toit achievement

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Swam in 2008 olympics and paralympics

123
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Events in ancient greek olympics

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Discus, boxing, javelin, discus, boxing, wrestling

124
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What was Eric Moussambani’s nickname and why?

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Eric the eel. From equatorial guinea, won 100m swim in 2000 after all other competitors disqualified for false starts

125
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Which olympics did American athletes make podium protest for racial equality?

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1968 Mexico

126
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Who was Tonya Haridngs victim?

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Nancy Kerrigan - won silver in 1994

127
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Who was Michael Edwards

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Eddie the eagle

128
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Motto of modern olympic games

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Citius, Altius, Fortius

Faster, higher, stronger

129
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Olympics with terrorist events

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1972 Munich - Palestinian terrorists tried to kidnap Israeli athletes, police raid went wrong and several killed

1996 Atlanta - bomb went off at concert to celebrate opening

130
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Olympic boycotts

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1976 Montreal - 22 African countries boycotted because of new Zealand participation, who had recently toured apartheid South Africa

1980 Moscow - US boycotted after soviet invasion of Afghanistan

1984 Los Angeles - USSR, communist couantries inc Cuba and Bulgaria boycotted in response to Moscow boycot

131
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Fiest winter olympics

A

1924 in Chamonix, France

132
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Mercury

133
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Venus

134
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Mars

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Half size of earth
Similar day to earth
2 moons - phobos and deimos (named for horses pulling Aries chariot)
Has largest volcano in solar system- Olympus Mons
Thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and argon

135
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Jupiter

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Twice as big as all other planets combined
Hydrogen and helium atmosphere with clouds of ammonia and water
10 hour day
More than 75 moons
Great red spot is storm twice the size of worth, over 100 years old

136
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Saturn

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Atmosphere hydrogen and helium
At least 53 moons including Enceladus (jets of water), Titan (methane lakes), Phoebe (cratered)
11 hour day
Average density less than water

137
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Uranus

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Discovered by William Herschem 1781, observations by Johann Elert Bode who named it.
Ice giant
13 rings, 27 moons names for Shakespeare and Alexander pope characters
Rotates on its side
Core is dense fluid of water, methane, ammonia
Atmosphere is hydrogen and helium with small amount methane (gives blue colour)

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