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- What ball sport are you playing if you shoot
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- an albatross?Golf
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- What British sport could see six chinamen in
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- a maiden and a nightwatchman out with a duck?Cricket
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- What do wet Formula One tires have that dry
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- ones don't?Tread
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- What competitions did the Roman emperor
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- Theodosius I ban?The Olympic Games
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- What kind of court boasts a cut line,
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- service box and telltale?A squash court
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- What ingredient is essential if you want to
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- caramelize custard?Sugar
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- Which was Hank Aaron - a righthander or
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- lefthander?A righthander
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- What team's players have won the most NBA
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- Most Valuable Player awards?The Boston Celtics'
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- What team did Army play in the first
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- televised college football game?Navy
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- What are the handles on a gymnast's pommel
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- horse called?Pommels
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- How many major league baseball teams did Ken
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- Brett tie a record by playing for?Ten
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- How many pieces does a player have at the
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- start of a game of "Othello"?Thirty-two
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- What sporting missile boasts a flight,
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- barrel and point?A dart
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- What 1974 fad did it require nothing to take
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- part in?Streaking
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- What northern U.S. state hosts the Marlboro
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- 500 auto race?Michigan
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- Where has a golfer hit the ball if it goes
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- beyond the course boundaries?Out of bounds
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- What's the most popular Basque game in the
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- U.S.?Jai-alai
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- What team's captain in the 1986 World Cup
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- soccer tournament was Socrates Oliveira?Brazil's
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- How many members does a synchronized
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- swimming team have in major competitions?Eight
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- What kind of animal is Judge, the mascot of
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- Baylor's football team?A bear
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- What Florida racetrack is famed for its pink
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- flamingos?Hialeah
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- What racy U.S. city hosted the 1987
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- Pan-American Games?Indianapolis
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- What color are the decimal figures on a
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- figure skating judge's score card?Red
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- What delicacy appears on the menus of French
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- restaurants as "'cuisses de grenouilles'"?Frog legs
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- What fireballing strikeout artist was the
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- idol of high school hurler Roger Clemens?Nolan Ryan
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- What fraction of a MONOPOLY property's
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- cost is its mortgage value?One-half
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- What side of a horse does a rider normally
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- mount and dismount on?The left
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- What card combines with a face card to make
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- a "natural" in Blackjack?An ace
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- Which came first - handball, paddleball or
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- racquetball?Handball
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- What sport considers it a foul to hold an
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- opponent's head underwater?Water polo
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- What basketballer did TWA pay to look
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- comfortable in one of their airplane seats?Wilt Chamberlain
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- What country does Stilton cheese originally
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- come from?Britain
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- What does a sign reading "GUR" stand for
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- on a golf course?Ground under repair
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- What airborne toy is sometimes called a
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- "flying crate"?A box kite
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- What Heisman Trophy winner from Ohio State
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- had six brothers who played college football?Archie Griffin
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- How many meters above the water is the high
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- board that Olympic divers leap from?Ten
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- What does "'biere legere'" mean on
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- Canadian beer labels?Light beer
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- What sport are you swept away in when
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- hanging on to a wishbone boom?Windsurfing
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- What speedy ball sport's court is sometimes
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- called a "cancha"?Jai-alai's
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- What kind of soft drink is a central
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- ingredient in a gin buck?Ginger ale
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- What color is wine made from Chardonnay
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- grapes?White
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- What stadium was the venue for the track
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- events at the 1984 Olympics?The Los Angeles Coliseum
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- What footballer-turned-broadcaster has sung
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- the praises of "Dry Sack" sherry?Frank Gifford
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- What popular sport's international governing
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- body is known as FIFA?Soccer's
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- What kind of wine is the French city of
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- Reims famed for?Champagne
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- What fast-food chain has claimed its meat is
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- "hot and juicy"?Wendy's
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- What was Steven Newman the first person to
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- walk around alone?The world
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- What do scuba divers ditch first if they
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- have to ascend in a hurry?Weight belts
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- What country does a soccer team called the
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- Socceroos represent?Australia
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- What college football conference used to be
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- called the Eastern League?The Ivy League
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- Did Carl Lewis run the 100 meters in less
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- than 10 seconds at the 1984 Olympics?Yes
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- What NBA basketball coach did fans dub
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- "Nellie"?Don Nelson
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- What pro sport could see Purvis Short traded
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- for John Long and Jim Les for Johnny Moore?Basketball
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- What sport keeps track of "sand saves"?Golf
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- What city hosted the first Olympic Games to
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- hold a women's marathon event?Los Angeles
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- How many blacks held down jobs on NBA
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- rosters in the 1949-50 season?Zero
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- What does a red flag tell an Olympic walker?He's been disqualified
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- What swimming stroke should a lifesaver use
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- during a hair or chin carry?The sidestroke
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- What's one "M&M's" candy officially called?An M
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- What golf club's green coats are made by
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- Hamilton Tailoring in Cincinnati?Augusta National's
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- What are the two highest pieces of apparatus
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- that male Olympic gymnasts perform on?The high bar and the rings
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- What kind of liquor puts the punch in a Cuba
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- Libre?Rum
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- What brainteaser was 1981's bestselling toy?RUBIC'S CUBE
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- What brand of watch does mountain-climbing
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- master Reinhold Messner advertise?ROLEX
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- What baseball star's 1987 license plate read
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- "DOC"?Dwight Gooden's
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- What's the golfing term for a shot that
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- fades too much?Slice
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- What female drag racer was dubbed
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- "Cha-Cha"?Shirley Muldowney
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- Did Canada boycott the Moscow Olympics?Yes
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- What two single-event Olympic athletics
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- competitions measure vertical distance?The high jump and pole vault
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- How many points does a squash player
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- normally have to get to win a game?Nine
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- How many balls are normally racked in the
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- triangle in pocket billiards?Fifteen
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- What's the Spanish term for a female matador?"Matadora"
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- What coffee has claimed to be "deep, dark,
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- delicious"?"Yuban"
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- What North American pro sports league's
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- minimum salary in 1986 was $25,000?The National Hockey League's
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- What Olympic contests used to be called the
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- heel-and-toe events?The walks
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- What kind of restaurant is most likely to
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- bring diners face to face with mung beans?A Chinese restaurant
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- What's normally the longest club a golfer
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- carries?The driver, or 1-wood
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- What playing card is sometimes called a
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- knave?A jack
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- What former Miami Dolphins running back was
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- elected to football's Hall of Fame in 1987?Larry Csonka
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- What three athletics events see a competitor
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- throwing from a small circle?Hammer, discus, shot put
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- What's the highest dan a judo expert can
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- aspire to?Twelfth
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- Who became the first woman to reach the
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- finals in all four Olympic gymnastics events?Mary Lou Retton
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- What game is played in the Bermuda Bowl?Contract bridge
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- What sport sometimes allows you to "lift,
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- clean and place"?Golf
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- What major league baseball team's fans down
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- the most crabcakes at games?The Baltimore Orioles'
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- What Olympic contest apart from the
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- equestrian events involves horse-riding?The modern pentathlon
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- What kind of table boasts levelers, rails
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- and sights?A pool table
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- Which is larger - a field hockey ball or a
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- baseball?A field hockey ball
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- What college footballer scored 25 touchdowns
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- in 1912 for Carlisle Indian School?Jim Thorpe
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- What's the main ingredient in a Mexican
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- "'ceviche'"?Fish
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- What Boston Celtics star shares his hoop
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- knowledge in the video "Winning Basketball"?Larry Bird
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- What bicycle race was first held in 1903
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- under the supervision of Henri Desgrange?The Tour de France
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- What fruit did the typical American eat 54
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- pounds of in 1910?Apples
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- What pro golfer's favorite caddy is his
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- brother, Vicente?Severiano Ballesteros's
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- What's the only country to have qualified
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- for all of soccer's championship tournaments?Brazil
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- What sport are you playing if you're faced
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- with a "fried egg lie"?Golf
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- What does a player have to do after rolling
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- doubles three times in a row in MONOPOLY?Go to jail
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- What sport's Catenaccio defense accents the
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- flexibility of the sweeper?Soccer's
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- What North American city's sports stadium is
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- the costliest in history?Montreal's
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- What South American country does tennis star
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- Gabriela Sabatini hail from?Argentina
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- Whose son appeared with him in the Kansas
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- City Royals' lineup in 1986?Hal MacRae's
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- What chess piece can move only diagonally?The bishop
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- What high-risk sportsmen have been called
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- "conquistadors of the useless"?Mountain climbers
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- What country's tennis players have won the
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- most Wimbledon men's singles titles?Britain's
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- What sport might see you pointing an over
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- and under at a target?Shooting
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- What aquatic sport is being played if you're
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- watching holemen trying to score?Water polo
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- What stationary aid to sprinters was
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- invented in 1927?The starting block
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- What steady golfer most often won the PGA's
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- most accurate driving title in the 1980s?Calvin Peete
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- What sex are athletes who compete in the
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- heptathlon?Female
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- What racehorse's only loss was to the
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- appropriately-named Upset in 1919?Man o'War's
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- What was the first U.S. state to see seniors
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- shuffling along a shuffleboard?Florida
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- What New York newspaper sponsors boxing's
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- annual Golden Gloves championship?"The New York Daily News"
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- What western city is lucky enough to host
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- the National Finals Rodeo?Las Vegas
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- What two kinds of ski races make up a
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- "Kandahar" combined event?Downhill and slalom
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- What former Cincinnati Reds baseballer was
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- nicknamed "The Blazer"?Don Blasingame
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- What tennis player did John McEnroe mean in
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- asking: "Do you like a robot being No. 1"?Ivan Lendl
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- What sport was played at Wimbledon before a
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- lawn was first set aside for tennis, in 1875?Croquet
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- What age must a Thoroughbred horse be before
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- it's officially eligible to start racing?Two
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- What North American city is CORONA EXTRA
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- brewed in?Mexico City
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- What nuts are a vital ingredient of Waldorf
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- salad?Walnuts
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- What horse won the first two legs of
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- racing's Triple Crown in 1987?Alysheba
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