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Sports Trivia Questions with the Answers.

What distance is the Breeder's Cup Turf?
A: One and a half miles.

Who was the first motor racing driver in the 90s to win opening "Formula One race and not end the season as champion?
A: David Coulthard (1997).

Where was the 1985US PGA Championship held?
A: Cherry Hills, Colorado.

In what years did John Henry win the Arlington Million?
A: 1981 & 1984.

Who lost in the first Super Bowl of the 1990s?
A: Denver Broncos.

Who was the first president of the National Football League?
A: Jim Thorpe.

Who rode Affirmed for each race when he won the Triple Crown?
A: Steve Cauthen.

Who equaled Michael Johnson's winning individual gold's in the women's events in "Atlanta in 1996?
A: Marie Jose Perce.

Which team lost the most Super Bowls in the 1970s?
A: Minnesota Vikings.

Who won the first all American French Open Men's Singles final for almost 40 years in the 90s?
A: Jim Courier.

Where did Texan "Bill Rogers win his British Open title in 1981?
A: Royal St George's Sandwich.

How many times did Sugar Ray Robinson win a world championship?
A: Six, five middleweight, one welterweight.

What was the first British-trained horse to run in the Kentucky Derby?
A: Bold Arrangement.

In which sport did Eric Navet of France become a 1990 world champion?
A: Show Jumping.

Which boxer famously said," If I can't beat this bum take my name off the record books?"
A: Rocky Marciano.

Where did Jonathan Edwards set his 1995 triple jump world record?
A: Sweden.

In which city was the last Super Bowl of the 60s held?
A: Orange Bowl, Miami.

To within 20, how many rides did South African-born Michael Roberts take in 1992 English horse racing?
A: 1,068.

Who won baseball's first World Series of the 70s?
A: Baltimore Orioles.

What was the original name of the Kansas City Chiefs?
A: Dallas Texans.

Who was Super Bowl MVP the year after Joe Namath won it?
A: Len Dawson.

In 1952 who was the then oldest boxer to become world champoion?
A: Jersey Joe Walcott.

Who missed a putt in the final singles game of the 1991 Ryder Cup to give the US victory?
A: Bernhard Langer.

In 1988 who won the tennis Grand Slam and Olympic gold?
A: Steffi Graf.

How was Walker Smith Robinson better known?
A: Sugar Ray Robinson.

Who coached the Boston Celtics basketball team from 1950 to 1966?
A: Red Auerbach.

Where did Joe Montana play NCAA Division I football?
A: Notre Dame University.

What is the nickname of record-breaking sprinter Maurice Greene?
A: Kansas Cannonball.

Who was the first boxer to twice regain the world heavyweight title?
A: Muhammad Ali.

The Melbourne Cup horse race is run at which course?
A: Flemington Park.

Peter Nichol became the first Brit in 25 years to win the British open in which sport?
A: Squash.

In what decade did Bill Shoemaker ride his first winner?
A: 1940s.

Who told a Wimbledon umpire, "You are the pits of the world?"
A: John McEnroe.

Which Robin was the first yachtsman to sail non-stop around the world?
A: Knox-Johnson.

Who led the US team to Davis Cup championships in 1968,1969,and 1970?
A: Arthur Ash.

Warren Beatty was offered full college scholarships in which sport?
A: Football.

Billy Crystal had a full college scholarship in which sport?
A: Baseball.

Who beat Jim Brown's rushing yards total of 12,312 yards in the 1980s?
A: Walter Payton.

Who fought George Foreman in the Rumble In The Jungle?
A: Muhammad Ali.

What was Hank Aaron's first Major League team?
A: Milwaukee Braves.

Who had English Derby victories riding Tory, Henbit, Nashwan and Erhaab?
A: Willie Carson.

Which country does marathon man Abel Anton come form?
A: Spain.

Which was Hideo Nomo's first US baseball team?
A: Los Angeles Dodgers.

With which track and field even was Geoff Capes particularly associated?
A: Shot.

Which country does tennis player Marcelo Rios come from?
A: Chile.

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