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What are some golf courses in Liverpool?

Royal Birkdale and Royal Lytham & St. Annes are the only British courses to host golf's three major events: The Open Championship, the Ryder Cup and the Walker Cup. Royal Liverpool has hosted The Open 12 times.\nRoyal Birkdale is considered the best of the Golf Coast courses, according to Golf magazine in November 2014. Royal Birkdale ranks fifth in Golf's rankings of its top 100 British and Irish courses; Royal Lytham & St. Annes is ninth and Royal Liverpool is 12th.\nWithin the Wirral peninsula, Wallasey Golf Club is the course closest to Liverpool. Caldy Golf Club, along the River..

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What is the national sport of India?

Even though India has won eight Olympic gold medals in field hockey, of which six were consecutive, it is still not considered to be the national sport of India.

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What is the state record for the largest whitetail buck?

Jordan shot the typical buck in early November 1914 and gave it to his taxidermist to mount. The taxidermist moved to Minnesota and then Florida, and Jordan did not get his record-setting rack back until 44 years later when a distant cousin found it at a garage sale in Sandstone, Minnesota.\nThe non-typical buck had an 11-pound rack and was 5 1/2 years old at the time of its death in northern St. Louis County, Missouri. The deer remains the property of the State of Missouri and is on display for the public to view as of 2015.

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When have the Miami Dolphins gone undefeated?

The Miami Dolphins defeated the Washington Redskins in the Super Bowl with a score of 14-7 to secure their perfect championship season. Since then, no other team has managed to replicate their success, though the New England Patriots came close in 2007. That team went 18-1, losing only the Super Bowl to the New York Giants led by quarterback Eli Manning.

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How fast will a Polaris RZR 170 run?

Many of Polaris? ATVs have larger engine cylinders, allowing them to reach higher speeds. These more powerful vehicles are fun for adults to drive but dangerous in the hands of inexperienced ATV drivers. The RZR 170 is designed as a first vehicle for young riders. Therefore, it comes with a number of safety features, including a roll cage to protect riders if the vehicle flips and a throttle limiter to keep the maximum speed as low as 5 mph.

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How long does a NASCAR race last?

Normal track conditions at the 2014 Daytona 500 resulted in a total race time of three hours, 26 minutes and 29 seconds for the 500-mile race. The number listed after the official race name designates either the number of track laps or the mile distance to complete the event. As of 2014, official NASCAR tracks range from 0.53 mile (Martinsville Speedway) to 2.66 miles (Talladega Speedway).

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How tall was Shaq in sixth grade?

While tall in sixth grade, O'Neal is far from the record-holder for teenage height. In 2009, O'Neal hung out with 7-foot 4-inch 12-year-old Brenden Adams who is the tallest teenager alive. As of 2014, Adams measured 7 feet 7 inches tall at age 19. Adams is as tall as two of O'Neal's fellow NBA alumni, Manute Bol and Gheorghe Mureșan, the tallest men to have ever played in the league.

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When will the Gonzaga University basketball schedule be out?

Gonzaga's men's schedule includes a three-game tournament in The Bahamas and a game in Okinawa, Japan, against Pittsburgh. The Bulldogs host national powers UCLA and Arizona and play Tennessee in Seattle. A game in Connecticut against North Carolina highlights Gonzaga's women's schedule. The Bulldogs are scheduled to host 18 women's games and 16 men's games at their home arena, McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane.

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What are some common televised Nascar races?

In 2013, NBC signed a deal with NASCAR to televise the final 20 races of the 2015 through 2024 NASCAR seasons. FOX shows the first 16 races of each season. This arrangement gives FOX two of the biggest races, the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600. NBC televises all ten races of the Chase for the Sprint Cup that determines the season champion. The networks also split coverage of the Xfinity Series, which is NASCAR's second-biggest series.

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When did the Olympics start?

The original Olympic Games were a religious and athletic festival that took place every four years at the shrine to Zeus in Olympia, Greece. After Theodosius I put a stop to the "pagan" Olympics, the competitions lay dormant for many years, though educated people still knew of them. The Renaissance brought an upsurge of interest in the activities of the ancient Greeks. This interest culminated in Pierre de Coubertin's successful efforts to restart a consistent Olympic Games in the late 19th century.

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