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Introduction to Sports Quiz Questions and Trivia
This book has been produced for the entertainment of all sport's enthusiasts out there! Anybody that has a passion for sport will simply love the challenge of this quiz.
The quiz questions have been compiled with the readers at home in mind. Not only have the sports being catorgorised, there are also 10 rounds of general knowledge sports questions.
A whole host of sports categories have been covered; ranging in difficulty levels from easy, to intermediate and advanced.
A great deal of time and effort has been dedicated to this book in order to make it the ultimate sports Quiz. It is particularly easy to navigate around. Their are links to the questions, links to the answers and links after every round to take you back to the main index.
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1. Who was the first athlete to exceed a distance of 8 metres in the long jump?
2. What is the distance of the men’s outdoor sprint hurdles?
3. What is the weight of the women's javelin?
4. How often does the modern day Summer Olympics take place?
5. How many batten changes will there be in the women’s 4 x 400 meters relay?
6. What is the final event in the men’s decathlon?
7. How many members joined the original International Amateur Athletic Federation?
8. What is Denise Lewis's main athletic event?
9. Who was the only Chinese track and field athlete to win gold in Atlanta in 1996?
10. Who was the first athlete to set six track and filed world records on the same day?
11. In which decade was Daley Thompson born?
12. Athlete Zola Budd was born in which country?
13. At which distance did Sally Gunnell win her gold medal for hurdling at the 1992 Olympics?
14. In what athletics event do you have to go backwards to win?
15. What was sprinter Usain Bolt's world record 100m time, set in 2009?
16. Daley Thompson is an Olympic gold medallist in what sport?
17. Through how many of the 5 boroughs of New York City does the New York marathon run?
18. In athletics, what is the maximum permissible wind speed for a result to be registered as a record?
19. What is the only country to have won at least one gold at every Summer Olympics?
20. Which great American sprinter was nicknamed 'Duck' for his unique running style, characterized by his head bobbing backwards and forward, straightness of his back and not much arm drive?
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1. Which baseball legend was nicknamed The Georgia Peach?
2. Which team won the 2009 World Series?
3. Where is Wrigley Field located?
4. In the World Series, how many games must a team win to clinch the championship?
5. Which two teams moved from New York to California in 1958?
6. Where is the Baseball Hall of Fame located?
7. What was the only team to win two World Series in the 1980's?
8. What 1995 World Series teams were both picketed by the American Indian Movement?
9. How many times did the New York Yankees win the World Series in the 1970s?
10. Which Major League baseball team signed Jackie Robinson in 1946?
11. What's the most common nickname for a major league baseball pitcher?
12. who won MLB championships in 2004?
13. Where does the umpire-in-chief stand in baseball?
14. How many innings for each side will there be in a game of baseball?
15. Which great baseball star set 76 batting and pitching records in his 22-year career?
16. The first baseman has violated a rule. What is the violation called?
17. Baseball is thought to be a descendant of what English game?
18. Who developed the Knickerbocker Rules -- the first published rules of modern baseball -- in 1845?
19. Who said, 'Keep your eye on the ball and hit 'em where they ain't'?
20. Who wrote 'Casey at the Bat'?
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1. Who created Basketball?
2. How many players was the first basketball game played with?
3. When the first game of basketball was played, what did they use for the basketball hoops?
4. How tall is the Basketball Hoop?
5. Who is the only person in history of the NBA to average a triple double for an entire season?
6. What team did Quentin Richardson play on when he first came to the NBA ?
7. Did the Pistons win the championship in 2005 ?
8. When did basketball became an official Olympic event?
9. How many teams play in the NBA?
10. What team did Wilt Chamberlain finish his NBA career with?
11. What NBA player scored 100 points on March 2, 1962?
12. Who was the first Chinese player to play in an NBA game?
13. What NBA player retired unexpectedly on November 7, 1991?
14. Who won the Nestle Crunch Slam Dunk Contest on February 6, 1988?
15. What team won the very first NBA game?
16. What number was Michael Jordan?
17. How many fouls must a player commit in the NBA before fouling out of the game?
18. What is the name of the NBA team which plays in Boston?
19. True or False: In the NBA you can be drafted straight out of high school.
20. How long is the NBA shot clock?
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1. Who was the only heavyweight champion to finish his boxing career with a perfect record?
2. In the boxing film 'Rocky', what was Rocky's surname?
3. How many rounds are there in an amateur boxing match?
4. In a majority decision, how many judges must decide on the winner?
5. What disorder did Muhammad Ali develop after years of catching blows?
6. The Ali v Foreman fight of 1974 was outside which city?
7. Who was Mike Tyson's manager in the late 1980s?
8. Who fought the first world title fight between two undefeated world heavyweight champions?
9. Which boxer appeared in the film Spirit of Youth?
10. In 1998 which British boxer took on Shannon Briggs and Zeljko Mavrovic?
11. What boxing class is heaviest - flyweight, bantam weight or feather weight?
12. What boxing promoter's favorite expression is "Only in America"?
13. What boxing weight class is limited to 190 pounds?
14. What heavyweight champion was nicknamed "Real Deal"?
15. Who received a reported $25 million for a 1995 boxing match that lasted 89 seconds?
16. The first set of rules for the sport of Boxing, the London Prize Ring rules, were introduced in which year?
17. Who in 2005 became the first British boxer to be named Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year for more than 75 years?
18. Which fighter ended Prince Naseem Hamed's 35-bout unbeaten run in Los Angeles in 2001?
19. In which round did Lennox Lewis knock out Mike Tyson in 2002?
20. Who holds the record for being the world heavyweight boxing champion at 11 years 8 months and 9 days?
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1. What was the result of the 1995-96 Test series between South Africa and England?
2. Who was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket?
3. How many stumps are there on a set of wickets?
4. Which English county has Brian Lara played for?
5. Can a Test Match end in a tie?
6. Which international teams contest The Ashes?
7. In LBW what does the B stand for?
8. Whose home runs record did Mark McGwire beak in the 1998 season?
9. Which cricketer captained England's Ashes winning team of 2005?
10. In which county is Lord's cricket ground?
11. In cricket, how many runs is a double nelson?
12. Which cricketer scored the first ever Test Match hundred for India ?
13. Which batsman hit a world record 400 not out against England in 2004?
14. The Twenty20 cricketing format began life in which year?
15. When did the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) first lay down the laws of cricket?
16. Where is the Hedingley Cricket Ground?
17. At which cricket ground, in 1953, did England win the Ashes for the first time since 1933?
18. How many ways can a batsman be dismissed in cricket?
19. Who was named cricketer of the year by the International Cricket Council in 2009?
20. What is English cricketer Ian Botham's nickname?
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1. Who was the first person to win the Tour de France in five consecutive years?
2. What is an indoor cycling track called?
3. What is the green jersey awarded for in the Tour de France?
4. What percentage of energy will a rider save when riding in a slip stream of other riders?
5. What is the color of the stage leader's jersey in the Tour de France?
6. What is the nickname of cycling's Marco Pantani?
7. What essential do track racing bicycles lack that a recreational rider wouldn't be caught dead without?
8. Which racer won the 2010 Tour de France?
9. The Bicycle manufacturers Trek, Giant and Specialized come from which country ?
10. How many stages of the Tour De France did Mark Cavendish win in 2009?
11. In which year was the longest Tour de France held?
12. At the Tour de France which cyclist got his maiden victory on 18 July 2010?
13. How many weeks, on average, does the Tour de France last?
14. What is the British equivalent of the Tour de France?
15. Who won the 2008 Tour de France?
16. Where did the first Tour start?
17. Where were the 2000 World Championships held?
18. Where did Lance Armstrong win his first TdF stage?
19. Where does the 'Race to the Sun' finish?
20. Where was the fastest prologue by Chris Boardman in 1994?
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1. On a darts board, what number is diagonally opposite 19?
2. What is the minimum number of darts a person needs to throw to complete a leg from 501?
3. In which year did Phil "The Power" Taylor beat Kevin Painter 7-6 to win the PDC World Final?
4. Who won the World Darts Championship 13 times between 1995 and 2010 inclusive?
5. On a dartboard what two numbers are beside twenty?
6. Which darts player has the nickname the bull. Is it Jenkins or Taylor?
7. What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard?
8. In darts, what is the lowest number that cannot be scored with one dart?
9. Who or what became known as The Crafty Cockney?
10. Who is nicknamed Hawaii 5-0-1?
11. What does the dart players' term Flat Tire mean?
12. You throw treble 20, treble 19 and treble 18, what's your total score?
13. What was the nationality of the first ever Darts World Champion?
14. In darts, what is the lowest score NOT possible with one dart?
15. How many scoring zones are there on a dartboard?
16. Which darts players nickname is “The Viking”?
17. True or False - Darts was banned in Glasgow in 1939 for being too dangerous?
18. Who was world darts champion five times throughout the 1980s?
19. Which wood are championship darts boards made from?
20. Which darts double is known as the basement?
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1. What was the first Asian country to hold a Formula 1 Grand Prix?
2. Which four grands prix did Mark Webber win in 2010?
3. What nationality was Ayrton Senna?
4. After which sporting hero was Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton named?
5. Which retired BBC and ITV Formula One commentator returned to work in June 2008 on Radio Five Live?
6. Which Scottish racing driver made his formula 1 debut for Toyota at the Australian Grand Prix in 2002?
7. At which circuit does the San Marino Grand Prix take place?
8. How many of his 99 Grands Prix did Jackie Stewart win?
9. What was unique about the Tyrrell P34 that raced in 1976?
10. For which team did Ayrton Senna make his debut?
11. What nationality was Bruce McLaren, founder of the McLaren team?
12. How many F1 races have been won by Japanese drivers?
13. At which circuit would you find the 'Club' and 'Luffield' corners?
14. What should a driver do when a blue flag is waved at him?
15. How many times did Stirling Moss win the drivers championship?
16. Where is the Italian grand prix held?
17. In which year did Michael Schumacher first race in Formula One?
18. Where is the German grand prix held?
19. How many points does the third placed driver receive?
20. What nationality was Gilles Villeneuve?
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1. Who is the only player to play in three World Cup winning sides?
2. Which country hosted the World Cup in 1982?
3. Who was the first footballer to score 100 goals in England’s Premiership?
4. From which club did Newcastle United sign David Ginola?
5. Which player scored in consecutive FA Cup finals in 2001 and 2002?
6. Who did Zinedine Zidane replace as the world’s most expensive footballer?
7. Who was the first British footballer to be transferred for £2 million?
8. Which national team introduced 'Total Football' at the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany?
9. Which Cameroonian footballer is the only African to have played in four FIFA World Cups?
10. Which London side did Ruud Gullit join in 1995?
11. Who did Alex Ferguson succeed as manager of Manchester united?
12. What number did David Beckham wear for Real Madrid?
13. In which year was the penalty kick first introduced into the game of football?
14. Which team won the first English Premiership in 1992/93?
15. Who were the first team to field an all foreign starting line up in the English Premiership?
16. What was the first British football team to win the European Cup?