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Usain Bolt set the current world record for the 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009. What was his time?
9.55 seconds
9.58 seconds
9.69 seconds
9.72 seconds
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Bolt also set the current 200m record at those championships. What is it?
19.19 seconds
19.27 seconds
19.58 seconds
19.86 seconds
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What time was on the clock when Sergio Agüero scored against QPR in the last game of the 2011-12 season to ensure that Manchester City won the Premier League title?
89:55
91:54
93:20
94:59
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How long did take Roger Bannister to run a mile on 6 May 1954?
3:55.1
3:58.2
3:59.4
3:59.9
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John Isner beat Nicolas Mahut in the first round of Wimbledon in 2010 in a match that spread over three days. How long were they in action?
7 hours and 42 minutes
9 hours and 55 minutes
11 hours and five minutes
13 hours and one minute
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Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks were both undefeated heavyweight world champions when they met in June 1988. How long did the fight last?
19 seconds
91 seconds
135 seconds
276 seconds
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In which minute of the Rugby World Cup final in 2003 did Jonny Wilkinson score his famous drop goal?
The 80th minute
The 90th minute
The 100th minute
The 110th minute
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Nearly half of the British population stayed up to watch Dennis Taylor beat Steve Davis in the World Snooker Championship final in 1985. At what time did the match end?
11.55 pm
12.23 am
1.21 am
2.01 am
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Eliud Kipchoge set a new world record for the marathon in Berlin in 2018. What was it?
1 hour, 59 minutes and 57 seconds
2 hours, 1 minute and 39 seconds
2 hours, 2 minutes and 2 seconds
2 hours, 3 minutes and 30 seconds
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For how many days was Wladimir Klitschko a heavyweight world champion?
1,947
3,186
4,382
6,101
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Conor McGregor became the undisputed UFC featherweight champion in December 2015 when he beat José Aldo at the MGM Arena in Las Vegas. How long did the fight last?
5 seconds
9 seconds
13 seconds
19 seconds
Solutions
1:B - The previous record – also set by Bolt – was 9.69 seconds., 2:A - Michael Johnson held the 200m record from 1996 to 2008, when Bolt broke it at the Olympics in Beijing. He shaved it down to 19.19 at the World Championships in Berlin a year later., 3:C - City were losing the game at the end of the 90th minute. Edin Dzeko scored City’s equaliser at 91.36 and Agüero finished the job at 93:20., 4:C - Bannister ran a mile in three minutes and 59.4 seconds, making his speed 15 miles per hour. , 5:C - Isner won 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68., 6:B - Tyson became the undisputed heavyweight champion; Spinks never fought again., 7:C - There were just 26 seconds to play in extra time when Wilkinson scored the winning points., 8:B - More than 18.5 million people saw Taylor win the title by potting the final ball of the final frame. It is the biggest audience BBC2 has ever recorded and is still the record for any British TV channel after midnight., 9:B - Kipchoge broke the previous record – set by Dennis Kimetto in 2014 – by more than a minute., 10:C - Twelve years exactly. To put that in some context, Muhammad Ali’s three reigns as a heavyweight champion add up to 3,443 days (just over nine years)., 11:C - It was the shortest fight in UFC history at the time.
Scores
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1 and above.
It's time you had an early bath
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2 and above.
It's time you had an early bath
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3 and above.
It's time you had an early bath
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4 and above.
It's time you had an early bath
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5 and above.
It's time you had an early bath
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6 and above.
Well played
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7 and above.
You timed that to perfection – nearly
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8 and above.
You timed that to perfection – nearly
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9 and above.
You timed that to perfection – nearly
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10 and above.
You timed that to perfection – nearly
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0 and above.
It's time you had an early bath
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11 and above.
You timed that to perfection
