1. In which city was world number one tennis star Monica Seles stabbed by a fan during a match?

 
 
 
 
 

2. Which cricket bowler once took a wicket with a ball that bounced twice?

 
 
 
 
 

3. Italy won the last pre-war FIFA Men’s World Cup in 1938, hosted in France.  But which team was runners-up?

 
 
 
 
 

4. In what year did cancer survivor Bob Champion win the Grand National at Aintree on Aldaniti?

 
 
 
 
 

5. Apart from Wayne Rooney, which other England men’s football player has been sent off twice when playing for England?

 
 
 
 
 

6. What obscure sport involves two teams trying to get a greased coconut into the opponent’s goal, often played in mud?

 
 
 
 
 

7. In what year was the record time for The Grand National horse race of 8mins 47.8secs set by jockey Carl Llewellyn on Mr Fisk, and now unlikely to be broken again due to course changes and safer fences?

 
 
 
 
 

8. In which sport is the term “spare” used?

 
 
 
 
 

9. Which country once won an Olympic medal in live pigeon shooting at the 1900 Games?

 
 
 
 
 

10. When was the first “America’s Cup” contested?

 
 
 
 
 

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