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Trivia Questions
- Who set three world records and tied another in less than an hour in which has been called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport"?
- As of November 2021, who has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award most times?
- Michael Jordan won six championships with which American professional basketball team?
- Which British Olympian has won the most Olympic medals of any British sportsperson?
- Aged just 22, Muhammed Ali won the world heavyweight championship from which boxer in a major upset in 1964?
- Cristiano Ronaldo was born and raised on which island?
- What name was given to the controversial set of tactics devised by the England cricket team to curb Don Bradman's scoring on their 1932–33 Ashes tour?
- How many gold Olympic medals has swimmer Michael Phelps won: (a)11, (b)18, or (c)23?
- Stoke-on-Trent opened a sporting Hall of Fame in 2011 to honour sporting legends from the city, can you name either of its first two inductees?
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee is a retired sportswoman ranked among the all-time greatest in which two sports?
- Whose 200 metres sprint world record did Usain Bolt break in 2008? And in which city did he break this record?
- As of May 2021 Roger Federer has won 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles, an all-time record he shares with which other tennis player?
- Who turned professional following the 1984 World Championships but regained amateur status briefly in 1994?
- Who's missing form this 5th of January 1970 list: Cliff Morgan, George Best, Lillian Board, Tom Finney, and Ray Illingworth?
- Baseball legend Babe Ruth made his final appearance for the New York Yankees in which decade?
- Tony Hawk, nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional in which action sport?
- Which former professional ice hockey player is nicknamed "the Great One" and has been called the greatest hockey player ever?
- Throughout his entire career Pele played for just two football clubs, can you name both?
- As an amateur, which boxer won a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics?
- Who had a legendary rivalry with West German Jurgen Hingsen?
Answers:
- Jesse Owens (at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- Andy Murray (3 times)
- Chicago Bulls
- Sir Bradley Wiggins (with eight and often referred to as the "most decorated British Olympian")
- Sonny Liston
- Madeira
- Bodyline
- (c)23 gold medals
- Stanley Matthews or Phil Taylor
- Heptathlon and long jump
- Michael Johnson's. Beijing (2008 Olympics)
- Rafael Nadal (next on the list is Novak Djokovic with 18, then Pete Sampras 14 - correct as of May, 2021)
- Torvill and Dean
- Henry Cooper (the first edition of A Question of Sport, which was broadcast on 5 January 1970)
- 1930s (Ruth's career: Boston Red Sox (1914–1919), New York Yankees (1920–1934), and Boston Braves (1935))
- Skate Boarding
- Wayne Gretzky
- Santos and New York Cosmos
- Floyd Mayweather Jr.
- Daley Thompson