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This quiz has been taken 44 times
The average score is 54 of 123

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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1903	This cycling events takes place for the first time, covering a total distance of 2482 kilometers	Tour de France	83%
1900	This german football club, one of the biggest in the world, is founded on	Bayern München	80%
1904	This governing body of international football is founded in Paris	FIFA	77%
1914	This baseball legend makes his debut for the Boston Red Sox	Babe Ruth	74%
2010	For the first time, the FIFA world cup is held on this continent	Africa	71%
1906	The "Reds" from this english city win their second title	Liverpool	71%
1909	The record in this long distance running discipline was broken twice in three months	Marathon	69%
1922	A british expedition attempts the first ascent of this mountain. 7 people die	Mount Everest	69%
2019	At age 43 this golf icon wins his first major title in 11 years	Tiger Woods	69%
1930	What nation won the first FIFA World Cup?	Uruguay	69%
1973	This martial arts icon dies in Hongkong	Bruce Lee	66%
1910	This country wins the first Five Nations tournament in rugby history	England	66%
1996	This boxer bites off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear	Mike Tyson	66%
2021	The Olympic Summer Games "2020" take place in this city	Tokyo	66%
2014	At the world cup in their own country, Brazil loses 7:1 to this nation	Germany	63%
2005	This American cyclist wins his 7th Tour de France in a row	Lance Armstrong	63%
2022	This player finally adds a World Cup trophy to his 7 Ballon d'Ors	Lionel Messi	63%
2008	This US athlete becomes the most decorated olympian of all time	Michael Phelps	63%
1913	Pierre de Coubertin designs this famous Flag	Olympic flag	63%
2015	In women's tennis, ______ ______ wins all grand slam titles except the the US Open	Serena Williams	63%
1980	The U.S. defeats this superpower in a politically charged hockey game	Soviet Union	63%
2009	This man sets a new world record at the 100m dash at 9.58 seconds	Usain Bolt	63%
2003	Roger Federer wins his first Grand Slam title at this legendary tournament	Wimbledon	63%
1917	How many teams played at the beginning of the first NHL season?	4	60%
1934	The Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, are officially founded, as first professional japanese club in this sport	Baseball	60%
2012	This Country beats the World Record for men's 4x100m	Jamaica	60%
2020	This global sports icon dies in a helicopter crash	Kobe Bryant	60%
1925	This New York team joins the NFL. They won 4 Super Bowls between 1986 and 2011	New York Giants	60%
1970	This brazilian football sensation, nicknamed "o rei"/"the king" wins his third world cup	Pelé	60%
1969	Bill Russell wins his __th and last NBA Championship. A record that was never broken.	11	57%
1908	This Illinois baseball team wins the World Series. It will be their last for 108 years	Chicago Cubs	57%
1911	The inaugural race of this prestigious american motorsports event takes place	Indy 500	57%
1936	This man wins 4 gold medals at the Berlin Olympics	Jesse Owens	57%
2018	The first team to win 100 points in a Premier League season	Manchester City	57%
1995	After almost two years playing baseball, this sports icon returns to the NBA	Michael Jordan	57%
1956	This Spanish football club becomes the first European Cup champion	Real Madrid	57%
1946	The newly founded 49ers and the relocated Rams become the first professional sports teams in this U.S. State	California	54%
2013	This irish fighter nicknamed "The notorious" makes his UFC debut	Conor McGregor	54%
1986	"The hand of god" goalscorer	Diego Maradona	54%
1991	Magic Johnson is diagnosed with this	HIV	54%
1975	Muhammad Ali faces Joe Frazier in the "Thrilla in _____"	Manila	54%
1949	The inaugural season of this professional stock car racing	NASCAR Strictly Stock	54%
1979	This athlete, known as "The Great One" scores his first NHL goal	Wayne Gretzky	54%
1997	Craig MacTavish is the last NHL player not to wear this	Helmet	51%
2016	With the odds of 5000–1, this team wins the Premier League	Leicester City	51%
1976	Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci is recognized to be the first to score this	Perfect 10	51%
1966	England win their only World Cup whilst scoring a controversial goal in this stadium	Wembley	51%
1983	The Narendra Modi Stadium, the highest capacity stadium in the world, is built for this sport	Cricket	49%
1974	Who lost to Muhammad Ali in the boxing match known as the "Rumble in the jungle"?	George Foreman	49%
1960	This NBA team moved from Minnesota to California	Lakers	49%
1972	11 Israeli athletes are killed during the Olympics in this city	Munich	49%
1954	_____ beats Cambridge in the 100th Boat Race	Oxford	49%
1918	After World War I, this pandemic prevents the sports world from returning to its old glory	Spanish flu	49%
1905	After fatal injuries in college football, this US President calls upon the game's authorities to reform it	Theodore Roosevelt	49%
2000	With the 199. Pick in the 2000 NFL draft, the New England Patriots select ___ ____	Tom Brady	49%
1992	Football: The European Cup changed its name to this	UEFA Champions League	49%
1978	The Amateur Boxing Championships are held in Belgrade, capital city of this former country	Yugoslavia	49%
1933	This club wins its 5th Serie A title	Juventus	46%
1923	Opening of this legendary stadium nicknamed "The Cathedral of Baseball"	Yankee Stadium	46%
1944	In the most lopsided game in NHL history, the Detroit Red Wings beat the Rangers __-0	15	43%
1943	The New York Yankees win the World Series against this St. Louis team	Cardinals	43%
1984	This NFL team relocates from Baltimore to Indianapolis	Colts	43%
1967	This team wins the first ever Super Bowl	Green Bay Packers	43%
1939	This baltic state wins the EuroBasket 1939	Lithuania	43%
1993	This Canadian hockey team wins its 24th Stanley Cup (most of all NHL teams)	Montreal Canadiens	43%
2017	The Atlanta Falcons blow the biggest lead in Super Bowl history against this team	New England Patriots	43%
1987	Coventry City beat this team north London team in the FA Cup Final	Tottenham Hotspur	43%
1962	The only person to ever record a 100 point game in NBA history	Wilt Chamberlain	43%
1907	The longest automobile race in history started in this east asian city. The finish line awaited the pilots in Paris, 14,994 kilometers from the start	Beijing	40%
2011	The first european player to win NBA MVP	Dirk Nowitzki	40%
1989	This NBA great, known for his unstoppable Skyhook, retires	Kareem Abdul-Jabar	40%
2004	This Formula 1 driver wins his 7th (5th in a row) title	Michael Schumacher	40%
1999	This skater sticks worlds first "900" at the X Games in San Francisco	Tony Hawk	40%
1938	André Lagache, winner of the first edition of this french endurance sports car race, dies	24 Hours of Le Mans	37%
1985	This german athlete becomes youngest ever winner of a gentlemen's singles Wimbledon Championships title	Boris Becker	37%
1953	_____ _____ and Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the peak of Mount Everest	Edmund Hillary	37%
1968	The Fosbury Flop revolutionizes this sport	High Jumping	37%
1964	The Olympic Games in Tokyo see the first competition in this japanese sport	Judo	37%
1931	Golfer Billy Burke wins this major championship	U.S. Open	37%
1951	This NBA exhibition game is first played.	All-Star Game	34%
2002	Pat Tilman turns down a $3 million contract to join the ____	Army	34%
1988	This man becomes the first British ski jumper at the Olympics	Eddie the Eagle	34%
1945	Just 9 days after the end of WW2, this german football player nicknamed "Der Kaiser" is born	Franz Beckenbauer	34%
1971	6 Rangers fans die and over 200 are injured at Ibrox Stadium in this city	Glasgow	34%
1935	This award, given to the best college football player is created	Heisman Trophy	34%
1955	A "Silver Arrow" of this manufacturer explodes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, killing 84 people	Mercedes	34%
1916	This south american football confederation was founded	CONMEBOL	31%
1902	John Arthur Jarvis wins the meeting in Vienna as the first swimmer to use this technique	crawl	31%
2023	Michael Smith beats Michael van Gerwen to win his first World Championship in this sport	Darts	31%
1981	In the 70th edition of this Tennis tournament the USA beats Argentina	Davis Cup	31%
1963	This Russian chess grandmaster is born	Garri Kasparov	31%
1952	Fausto Coppi wins the Tour the France and this other competition	Giro d'italia	31%
1932	The Olympic Winter Games were held in this town in upstate New York	Lake Placid	31%
1957	This legendary football stadium opens as "City Stadium" in Green Bay, Wisconsin	Lambeau Field	31%
2001	This Ravens LB wins Super Bowl MVP	Ray Lewis	31%
1982	Steve Davis achieved the first recognised maximum break in professional competition, which was also the first in a televised match. What sport is described here?	Snooker	31%
1928	This stadium, home to the French Open, is built in Paris	Stade Roland Garros	31%
1912	Electronic _____ and the photo finish are first used at the Stockholm Olympics.	timing	31%
1958	This chess player wins the US Championships at the age of 14	Bobby Fisher	29%
1901	Royal Albert Hall in London hosts the first of these muscle-centered events	Bodybuilding	29%
1940	In the biggest win and highest score in NFL history the _____ ____ defeat Washington 73-0 in the championship game	Chicago Bears	29%
1919	This teamsport, mainly popular in Europe, is invented by a german teacher	Handball	29%
1926	India, ___ ______ and West Indies are elected as Full Members of the Imperial Cricket Conference.	New Zealand	29%
1941	The german football league is won by this non german team for the only time in history	SK Rapid Wien	29%
1977	This NFL team wins for the first time after loosing 26 straigh	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	29%
1924	The first Winter Olympics are held in this french town	Chamonix	26%
1937	American Football: The first _____ Bowl Classic is played in Dallas.	Cotton	26%
1942	Portuguese footballer Eusébio is born in this modern day country	Mozambique	26%
1961	The Civic Arena in Pittsburgh becomes the first stadium with this feature	Retractable roof	26%
1994	Ayrton Senna dies in a tragic accident in this italian city	Imola	23%
1915	Because of the war, the olympic comittee leaves Paris to settle in this city	Lausanne	20%
1948	This Swiss town hosts the Winter Games	St. Moritz	20%
2006	This golfer known as "The Great Fijian" is elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame	Vijay Singh	20%
1947	The Philadelphia _______ become the first NBA champions (even though the NBA was only founded in 1949)	Warriors	20%
1927	The first ____ Olympiad takes place in London. International competition between "White and Black"	Chess	17%
1998	This nation beats Canada to become the first Olympic champion in curling	Switzerland	17%
1929	This italian swimmer and actor is born as Carlo Pedersoli	Bud Spencer	14%
1950	This Italian man becomes the first Formula 1 champion	Giuseppe Farina	14%
1920	The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is awarded for the first time in this sport	Horse racing	14%
2007	This Washington Redskins safety is killed at his house in Miami	Sean Taylor	14%
1921	This boxer meets Georges Carpentier in the "Battle of the Century"	Jack Dempsey	11%
1965	This paddle sport is invented in Bainbridge Island, Washington	Pickleball	6%
1990	Titouan Lamazou becomes the first ever champion of this single-handed (solo) non-stop round the world yacht race.	Vendée Globe	6%