- How many pegs are on the table in a game of bar billiards?
- Which country won the first ever football World Cup?
- In which athletics event is Jan Zelezny the world record holder, with a record of 98.48 metres.
- What sport has the largest playing field at 275m by 145m?
- Which US city has a football team called the Eagles and an ice hockey team called the Flyers?
- How many players are there on a netball team?
- Which American actor, famous for playing Tarzan in films in the 1930s and 40s, also won 5 Olympic gold medals in swimming?
- What is the most populous country in the world which has never won an Olympic gold medal?
- PAOK and Olympiakos have one of the fiercest rivalries in world football. Olympiakos is based in Athens, but which Greek city is PAOK based in?
- Which country is tennis player Novak Djokovic from?
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- How many pegs are on the table in a game of bar billiards?
A: 3 - Which country won the first ever football World Cup?
A: Uruguay - In which athletics event is Jan Zelezny the world record holder, with a record of 98.48 metres.
A: Javelin (he is unlikely ever to be beaten, as such long throws were putting track runners at the other end of stadia in danger, so were made less aerodynamic) - What sport has the largest playing field at 275m by 145m?
A: Polo - Which US city has a football team called the Eagles and an ice hockey team called the Flyers?
A: Philadelphia - How many players are there on a netball team?
A: 7 - Which American actor, famous for playing Tarzan in films in the 1930s and 40s, also won 5 Olympic gold medals in swimming?
A: Johnny Weissmuller - What is the most populous country in the world which has never won an Olympic gold medal? (as of the 2016 Rio Olympics)
A: Bangladesh - PAOK and Olympiakos have one of the fiercest rivalries in world football. Olympiakos is based in Athens, but which Greek city is PAOK based in?
A: Thessaloniki/Salonica - Which country is tennis player Novak Djokovic from?
A: Serbia
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