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Fun Sports Quiz: 32 Sporting Trivia Questions


Quiz Questions: Sport


  1. In which sport must left-handed people play right-handed because of safety?
  2. Who held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001?
  3. What did Maurice Garin win in 1903 and again in 1904, but was disqualified for catching a train?
  4. Which English club was invited to play Italian giants Juventus in the opening ceremony of their new Juventus Stadium on 8 September, 2011?
  5. Whose real name is Eldrick?
  6. What's the national sport of Iceland?
  7. Who in 2004 accidentally locked himself in a hotel bathroom, almost failing to collect his 'BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year' award?
  8. Which athletics event has been a full medal event at the Olympic Games since 1896 for men and since 2000 for women?
  9. Who became the first female jockey to win The Grand National in 2021?
  10. In which country was John McEnroe born?
  11. The first World Championships in what activity were held at the Bath & West showground in 1977, with the first 'machine winner' coming from New Zealand?
  12. Down which Gloucestershire hill do participants race after a wheel of cheese every Spring Bank Holiday?
  13. Leicester City won the Premier League title in the 2015/16 season by how many points?
  14. Which team held the record for the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup qualifying history for 22 years after shocking England just 8.3 seconds into their 1993 game?
  15. Which country won the gold medal in Olympic rugby in 1920 and 1924?
  16. Which horse infamously fell on the final straight while leading the 1956 Grand National?
  17. Which world championships involve sawing, chopping, logrolling, and climbing?
  18. What is the fastest recorded object in sports?
  19. Eric Cantona was sent off for a kung-fu kick at which football stadium?
  20. Henry VIII's obesity and other medical problems can be traced to a leg wound accident in which sport?
  21. In what sport are ten pieces of wood separated by a chain?
  22. What term, the name of an Asian city, refers to a checkout with a single, treble, and double 20 in darts?
  23. What sport takes place on a piste 14 metres long and 1.5 metres wide?
  24. In which sport were 38 mm balls officially replaced by 40 mm balls in October 2000?
  25. "Catching a crab" is a common fear for many participating in what sport?
  26. Will Carling once described England's Rugby Football Union general committee as '57 old' what?
  27. Which ground was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1891, before they moved to Goodison Park?
  28. Which sport's first international match was played in Manhattan in 1844 between the USA and Canada?
  29. A Texas Scramble is a popular format in which sport?
  30. Part of the Olympic Games from 1900 until 1920, the TWIF is the international governing body for which sport?
  31. What did the US Open adopt in 1973 and Wimbledon in 1986 for visibility reasons?
  32. Which rugby player's nickname was Nobody?


Answers



  1. Polo
  2. Eddie the Eagle (Michael David Edwards)
  3. Tour de France
  4. Notts County
  5. Tiger Woods
  6. Handball
  7. Andy Murray
  8. Pole Vault
  9. Rachael Blackmore
  10. West Germany
  11. Sheep shearing
  12. Cooper's Hill
  13. 10 points (above second place Arsenal)
  14. San Marino
  15. USA
  16. Devon Loch
  17. Lumberjack World Championships
  18. Shuttlecock (badminton birdie)
  19. Selhurst Park
  20. Jousting
  21. Cricket (a chain is a unit of length equal to 22 yards)
  22. Shanghai
  23. Fencing
  24. Table tennis (to increase the ball's air resistance and effectively slow down the game)
  25. Rowing
  26. Farts
  27. Anfield
  28. Cricket
  29. Golf
  30. Tug of War
  31. Yellow tennis balls
  32. John Eales (Australia)