Statistics for Marathon Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
City where that run ended	Athens	95%
Country where the legendary first marathon was run	Greece	94%
Distance of the modern marathon in kilometers (rounded)	42	81%
City of the six World Marathon Majors	Boston	81%
City where that run began	Marathon	81%
Distance of the modern marathon in miles (rounded)	26	80%
City of the six World Marathon Majors	London	80%
City of the six World Marathon Majors	New York	79%
City of the six World Marathon Majors	Berlin	72%
Country of the current marathon record holder	Kenya	71%
City of the six World Marathon Majors	Tokyo	69%
Any race longer than a marathon is called this.	ultramarathon	63%
Year of first marathon in the modern Olympics	1896	62%
City of the six World Marathon Majors	Chicago	60%
Time of his fastest official marathon run (HH:MM)	2:01	50%
Term for running the second half faster than the first	{negative} {split}	48%
Current marathon record holder	Eliud Kipchoge	40%
Distance of the modern marathon in kilometers (to 3 decimal places)	42.195	30%
Healthcare company that began sponsoring the WMM in 2015	Abbott	13%
Year of that run	490 BC	12%
Name of that legendary messenger runner	Philippides	10%
The WMM added this competition in 2016	wheelchair	10%