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Another 20 questions to test your sporting wits today.
Round 1. TV & MOVIES
What year did Gary Lineker take over as main presenter of Match of the Day?
What year did Gary Lineker take over as main presenter of Match of the Day?
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Who was 'The Memory Man' on the Irish TV game-show Know Your Sport?
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What was the name of the German football team Paul O'Connell once guessed with only two letters as clues on A Question of Sport?
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Name the actor that played Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore
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What was the name of the basketball team in the TV Series 'One Tree Hill'
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Round 2. GEOGRAPHY
What county is Semple Stadium in?
What county is Semple Stadium in?
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In what city did Barcelona win their first ever European Cup final?
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What South American country has, in Estadio Daniel Alcides Carrión, the football stadium at the highest altitude in the world?
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Aside from Ireland, what other European nation did Brian Kerr manage?
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Where did the 1984 Summer Olympics take place?
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Round 3. RECORDS
What country is top of the all-time Summer Olympics medal list?
What country is top of the all-time Summer Olympics medal list?
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Shane Long is credited with the fastest ever Premier League goal. How many seconds did it take him to find the net?
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How many league titles did Alex Ferguson win as Manchester United boss?
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In their 32-game history, how many times have Ireland beaten the All Blacks?
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Christy Ring won 8 All-Ireland Hurling Finals. How many times did he captain Cork to glory?
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Round 4: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Who is Arsenal's most expensive transfer?
Who is Arsenal's most expensive transfer?
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Tom Brady has recently left the New England Patriots for which NFL side?
FOXBORO, MA - JANUARY 22: New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady talks to the media during a press conference to address the under inflation of footballs used in the AFC championship game at Gillette Stadium on January 22, 2015 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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Mayo star Aidan O'Shea plays for what club side?
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What age was Stanley Matthews when he played his final game for England?
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The Grand National horse race has been run since the 1830s at what course?
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