Written by Neil Diamond, which song was UB40s first No 1 hit?
Red Red Wine
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Which legendary lead vocalist was born Farrokh Bulsara?
Freddie Mercury
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Which Music Festival Was Attended By Over 400,000 People In 1969?
Woodstock
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Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
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In a game of darts, what is the lowest number that cannot be achieved with a single dart?
23
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Lionel Messi has announced the world cup in Qatar will be his last. Including Qatar, how many World Cup competitions will he have taken part in?
5
2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
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American boxer James J. Braddock was given which nickname inspired by a popular fairytale story?
Cinderella Man
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Who is the only Great Britain athlete to have won an Olympic medal in any of the three long-distance races for women: 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and marathon?
Liz McColgan, silver in the 10,000 metres in 1988
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Who won the Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in 1912, only to be stripped of the medals for playing a season of semi-pro baseball?
Jim Thorpe (the IOC restored his medals in 1983, thirty years after his death)
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In 1980 sixty-two countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics in protest at what action by the Soviet government?
Invasion of Afghanistan
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Johnny Weissmuller, who would later play Tarzan in Hollywood movies, won six Olympic medals: five swimming golds and a bronze in which other discipline?
Water Polo
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in 1976, which Great Britain swimmer broke an American monopoly in the men's swimming events?
David Wilkie in the 200 metres breaststroke
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What is Paul McCartney's middle name?
Paul
his full name is James Paul McCartney
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Which singer's real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
Lady Gaga
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Which British 1980's pop group took their name from a mad scientist in the movie Barbarella?
Duran Duran
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What new feature of the Games in Mexico City in 1968 resulted in the withdrawal of many high-profile athletes?
Systematic drug testing
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Which was the first Olympic Games attended by the Soviet Union as a communist power?
1952, Helsinki
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Prior to Usain Bolt, who was the last man to win the sprint double of 100 metres and 200 metres?
Carl Lewis
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Which was the first racecourse equipped with a photo-finish camera?
Epsom
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Who rode Henbit, Nashwan and Erhaab to Derby victories?
Willie Carson
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In which city is Churchill Downs racecourse and what famous race is held there each year?
Louisville, home of the Kentucky Derby
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Which durable horse entered six Grand Nationals, finishing five, including a win in 1986, a second place in 1989 and two fourths?
West Tip
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Which 2012 Gold Cup winner was killed at the Grand National the following month, renewing calls for increased safety or the abandonment of the race?
Synchronised
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What first was achieved by the jockey of the third-placed horse, Seabass, at the 2012 Grand National?
She was Katie Walsh, the first female jockey to ride a placed horse in the race
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Which Paddy Mullins trained horse, the best mare in jump-racing history, won the Champion Hurdle in 1984 and the Gold Cup in 1986, a unique double?
Dawn Run
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The 1,000 Guineas and the Oaks are open exclusively to which kind of horse?
Three-year-old horses
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Who was the first amateur rider for thirty years to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup when he rode Long Run to victory in 2011?
Sam Waley-Cohen
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Which jockey earned his first Derby win aged thirty-six aboard Authorized in 2007?
Frankie Dettori
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Which is the oldest golf club in England?
Royal Blackheath, Kent
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