Article: 50 for fun; Phil Brown's trivia quiz.(Features)

Byline: Phil Brown

1 Cyclist Ivan Basso underlined his huge winning margin in this year's Giro d'Italia by winning the last mountain stage - but of what was he holding up a picture at the finish?

2 Which legendary musician had the nickname Tuff Gong?

3 Which recently-retired Olympic champion at much shorter distances hopes to run the very respectable time of two hours 25 minutes "for fun" in this year's New York Marathon?

4 "If any African were carried away without his consent, it would call down the vengeance of Heaven" - which English monarch on the slave trade?

5 In English rugby union, which team have Sale just beaten in ...

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