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Pub quiz question 3456 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which inappropriately named John was the first man to run 100 sub-four-minute miles?
Answer: A: John Walker
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Pub quiz question 3455 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the more common name for an all-terrain bicycle?
Answer: A: Mountain Bike
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Pub quiz question 3454 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which sport is most likely to cause pudental nerve entrapment?
Answer: A: Cycling
Notes: *: aka Alcock canal syndrome or colloqually as 'cyclist syndrome' - trapped nerves in the pelvis usu. between the legs
Categories: Sports (9) Leisure (9) Biology (9)

Pub quiz question 3453 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the most common form of chain and multiple sprocket gear system used on bicycles?
Answer: A: Derailleur
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Pub quiz question 3452 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sport has it's name abbreviated to BMX?
Answer: A: Bicycle Moto-cross
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Pub quiz question 3451 by pjh2

Question: Q: What would a British cyclist call what his American counterpart would know as fenders?
Answer: A: Mudguards (or at a push 'wing' or 'bumper')
Categories: Language (1) Sports (1) Leisure (1)

Pub quiz question 3450 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who ran the world's second sub-four-minute mile before becoming Governor of Victoria, Australia?
Answer: A: John Landy
Categories: Sports (7) Athletics (7) Geography (8) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 3449 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nationality was Peter Snell, the first man to hold two sub-four-minute mile world records?
Answer: A: New Zealander
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Pub quiz question 3448 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which British sub-four-minute miler was also the first man to run 1,500m in under 3m30s?
Answer: A: Steve Cram
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Pub quiz question 3447 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which future Tory MP broke the world mile record in 1979?
Answer: A: Sebastian Coe
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Pub quiz question 3446 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which university city witnessed Roger Bannister's first sub-four-minute-mine?
Answer: A: Oxford
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Pub quiz question 3445 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose 1988 women's 100m world record still stood in 2006?
Answer: A: Florence Griffith Joyner's
Categories: Sports (9) 1980s (9) 2000s (9) Athletics (9)

Pub quiz question 3444 by pjh2

Question: Q: What first made Olympic history in the 1968 Mexico City 100m final, in addition to Jim Hine's sub-ten-second record?
Answer: A: First all-black final
Categories: Sports (7) Athletics (7) Olympics (7) 1960s (7)

Pub quiz question 3443 by pjh2

Question: Q: What nationality is Asafa Powell who broke the world 100m record three times in 2005 and 2006?
Answer: A: Jamaican
Categories: Geography (6) Sports (6) Athletics (6) 2000s (6)

Pub quiz question 3442 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Olympic distance is usually run on the home straight of a 400-metre track with an extension to allow a straight-line race?
Answer: A: 100m
Categories: Sports (1) Athletics (1)

Pub quiz question 3441 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the better known name of the old 91 metres sprint race?
Answer: A: 100yards
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Pub quiz question 3440 by pjh2

Question: Q: What distance is covered by the Olympic sprinter dubbed 'the fastest man in the world?'
Answer: A: 100m
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Pub quiz question 3439 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sport features in the 1985 film Vision Quest?
Answer: A: Wrestling
Categories: Sports (9) Film/Movies (9) Entertainment (9)

Pub quiz question 3438 by pjh2

Question: Q: What sport features in the 1983 film Phar Lap?
Answer: A: Horse Racing
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Pub quiz question 3437 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the sport in Field of Dreams?
Answer: A: Baseball
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Pub quiz question 3436 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the sport in The Hustler?
Answer: A: Pool
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Pub quiz question 3435 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the sport of Hilary Swank's character in Million Dollar Baby?
Answer: A: Boxing
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Pub quiz question 3434 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which sport features in the film Raging Bull?
Answer: A: Boxing
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Pub quiz question 3433 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which race, held on Ladies' Day at Ascot, is considered the best quality long distance flat race in the Northern Hemisphere?
Answer: A: Ascot Gold Cup
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Pub quiz question 3432 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Queen founded Ascot Racecourse in 1711?
Answer: A: Queen Anne
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