Sport Terms

Quiz - match the sporting term to the sport

1. What well known term is given to a kick, throw, or push of the ball between an opponent's legs?
2. 'Catch a crab' is a sporting term in which sport?
3. Slam dunk?
4. Egg position, and schussing?
5. Niblick, and nobble?
6. Bonspiel, biter and kiggle kaggle?
7. Which rugby term was also a term sometimes used in Victorian England to describe people who scavenged in drains for a living?





8. Googly?
9. What term is used for a period of play in polo, which is 7 minutes long?
10. Riposte, and plastron?
11. Penhold grip?
12. Rudolph, fluffus and randolph?
13. Scrimmage?
14. Eskimo roll?
15. Pepper is a term used for a very popular warm-up drill, generally involving two players, in which sport?
16. Hand-in, hand-out, and interference?
17. In which American sport would you see a "curveball"?
18. Fosbury flop?
19. Mulligan?
20. The bullpen is a warm-up area in which sport?
21. Peloton?
22. Wing attack, under-arm pass, and transverse lines?
23. Orthodox, and southpaw?
24. Chagi, and chigi?

Answers:

1. A nutmeg
2. Rowing
3. Basketball
4. Skiing
5. Golf (Note: A niblick is an old-fashioned Scottish term for nine iron)
6. Curling
7. Grubber (as in grubber kick)
8. Cricket
9. Chukka
10. Fencing
11. Table tennis
12. Trampolining
13. American football
14. Canoeing





15. Volleyball
16. Squash
17. Baseball
18. High jump
19. Golf (in informal golf term for an extra stroke allowed after a poor shot)
20. Baseball
21. Cycling
22. Netball
23. Boxing
24. Taekwondo