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1 Which is the oldest of the English Classic horse races?
A St. Leger Stakes, first run in 1776.
2 Which city hosted the 2016 Olympic Games?
A Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 5th August – 21st August
3 Which is the oldest of London’s present Football League and Premiership clubs?
A Fulham FC, founded in 1879. They are known as “The Cottagers” and play at Craven Cottage, one of the oldest football stadiums in London.
4 In which country did Chris Haney and Scott Abbott devise the board game “Trivial Pursuit”?
A Canada. They created the game in 1979.
5 How many players does each team have on the field at any given time In Australian Rules football?
A Eighteen. Additionally, there are four interchange players who can substitute on and off the field throughout the game.
6 What is the value of the pink ball in the game of snooker?
A Six points – the colours are worth the following points: Yellow (2), Green (3), Brown (4), Blue (5), Pink (6), and Black (7). Red balls are each worth 1 point. The white ball (cue ball) has no point value.
7 Which country’s team were the first winners of the FIFA Women’s World Cup?
A United States – The United States have won four times. The other winners are Germany, with two titles, and Japan, Norway, and Spain with one title each.
8 How many fences do horses need to jump in the Aintree Grand National?
A 30 fences. There are 16 different jumps, known as fences, on the National Course. All 16 are jumped during the first lap but on the second lap of the circuit the horses only jump 14 of them
9 On a UK Monopoly board, Marylebone, King’s Cross and Liverpool Street are three of the stations, name the fourth.
A Fenchurch Street. The stations were the four London termini of the London and North Eastern Railway, principally King’s Cross, which served Waddingtons’ home town of Leeds.
10 What are the Olympic gymnastic events that men compete in but women don’t?
A Pommel horse, still rings, horizontal bars, and parallel bars