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      Quiz 72 -  
      Sporting Films              
                                                         
      Two of the main national pastimes are  
      watching sport and watching films so watching sporting films is something  
      I guess we all do.                              
      So this quiz should be easy!  
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      some tough questions so the pass mark is the 
      traditional 5 out of 10.                              
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      Runnings is the story of a bobsleigh team that represented which   
      country?    
                  
                  
                                   
                                    
                          
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                 Which   
      actor played England manager Mike Bassett?   
             
                                   
                                    
                          
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 The   
      picture alongside is part of a poster publicising which film?    
        
                
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                Name  
      the film that was based on a Nick Hornby book of the same name about an  
      Arsenal supporter.  
                       
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                Which   
      sporting film won Vangelis an Oscar in 1982 for the best original music   
      score?   
        
                   
                  
                  
                                   
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                Which       
      actor played Ray Kinsella in the 1989 film about baseball,  Field       
      of Dreams?     
        
                   
                 
                  
                                 
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                The frame printed alongside is from a 2005 film which saw a footballer  
                playing for which English club side.       
         
         
                  
                
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       Frank   
      Machin, the character played by Richard Harris in the 1963 film This   
      Sporting Life, played which sport in the film?   
         
         
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        Which    
      sport was 'Fast Eddie' Felson best known for playing?    
         
           
           
                
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 The       
      2001 film Lagaan is based on which sport?        
                          
                
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