Quiz on Sports - Round 11 to 14 with Answers

SPORTS Quiz

Quiz on Sports 11

by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central School, Bhutan

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1.      Name the first player to win $1 million on the PGA Tour.

2.      What is the official distance of a marathon running race?

3.      Which country invented wheelbarrow?

4.      Name the athletic event that is a heavy metal ball thrown.

5.      How many men does a player start with, in draughts?

6.      In golf what name is given to the No 3 wood?

7.      After what gap is the Olympic Games are organized?

8.      In which sports MC Marycom is the world champion?

9.      At which golf course would you find The Coffin, The Grave, The Valley of Sin, Hell Bunker and the Road Hole?

10.  What is the nickname of the Australian rugby union team?

11.  In 1967, who was the first Grand Prix driver to use a safety belt?

12.  Who became the first man to hit 12 sixes in a One Day International match in history?

13.  What sport is organized by the ITTF?

14.  By what nickname is Bradford Football Club called?

15.  What do the Americans call an albatross in golf?

16.  Who won the Women’s singles title at French Open 2008?

17.  Name the Indian cricketer who recently became the 3^rd cricketer in history to score two triple Tests.

18.  How many rings are there in the Olympic flag?

19.  What are the small indentations on a golf ball called?

20.  Name longest running race in the Olympic Games.

Answer to Quiz on Sports 11

1.      Arnold Palmer

2.      26 miles 385 yards

3.      China

4.      Shot put

5.      Twelve

6.      Spoon

7.      Four years

8.      Boxing

9.      St. Andrews

10.  The Wallabies

11.  Jackie Stuart

12.  Xavier Marshall

13.  Table Tennis

14.  The Bantams

15.  Double Eagle

16.  Ana Ivanovic

17.  Virender Sehwag

18.  Five

19.  Dimples

20.  The marathon Race

Quiz on Sports 12

by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central School, Bhutan

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1.      What is the real name of the football player ‘Pele’?

2.      Which sport uses bow and arrow?

3.      Name the sport in which the players take long and short corners.

4.      To which sport is Azlan Shah Cup" associated?

5.      Name the person who won the most Wimbledon men’s singles titles during the 20th century.

6.      What is the length required for The University Boat Race?

7.      What was the original name of Table Tennis?

8.      How many balls will be there on the pool table during the start of a game?

9.      Which sport uses a term called ‘Headlock’?

10.  When did V Anand win the Linares-Morelia Chess tournament?

11.  When was the game Rugby originated?

12.  Where was the game Rugby originated?

13.  Which sportsman is called as The Ebony Express?

14.  What does a first-place getter at the Olympic Games win?

15.  What does a second-place getter at the Olympic Games win?

16.  What does a third-place getter at the Olympic Games win?

17.  What is the name of the World famous tennis star from Spain?

18.  Which boxing weight is equal to 8 stones?

19.  Which American swimmer has so far fourteen Olympic gold medals?

20.  What is the ‘perfect score’ in a game of Ten Pin Bowling?

Answer to Quiz on Sports 12

1.      Edson Arantes do Nascimento

2.      Archery

3.      Hockey

4.      Hockey

5.      Pete Sampras

6.      4 miles and 374 yards long

7.      Gossima

8.      Fifteen

9.      Wrestling

10.  2008

11.  1823

12.  At Rugby school located in England

13.  Jesse Owens

14.  A Gold Medal

15.  A Silver Medal

16.  A Bronze Medal

17.  Rafael Nadal

18.  Flyweight

19.  Michael Phelps

20.   300

Quiz on Sports 13

by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central School, Bhutan

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1.      What are two types of tournaments?

2.      What is another term used for league?

3.      What are four combination tournaments?

4.      Name the French scholar/educationist who is called as the Father of Modern Olympics?

5.      What Dominican monk’s words were adopted by the International Olympic Committee in 1897?

6.      What do you mean by ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’?

7.      When was Olympic held in Melbourne?

8.      Where in India the first rules for badminton printed in 1877?

9.      When was the Badminton Association of England formed?

10.  When was the International Badminton Federation formed?

11.  What should be the width of badminton lines?

12.  What should be the height of a court for international competitive play from the floor?

13.  The origin of basketball dates back to which year?

14.  Which Canadian takes the credit for starting basketball and forming the rules?

15.  By what name was the International Association of Basketball formed in 1932?

16.  Who published the first basketball rule book in 1895?

17.  When was basketball first included in the Olympic?

18.  What should be the length and width of the basketball court from the inside edge?

19.  What should be the height of the ring from the court?

20.  What should be the radius of centre circle?

Answer to Quiz on Sports 13

1.      Two types of tournaments are:

·         Knock-out tournament and

·         League tournament

2.       Round robin

3.       Four combination tournaments are:

·         Knock-out cum knock-out

·         League cum league

·         Knock-out cum league

·         League cum knock-out

4.       Baron Pierre de Coubertin

5.       Citius, Altius, Fortius

6.       Fastest, Highest, Strongest

7.       1956

8.       Karachi

9.      1893

10.  1934

11.  3.8 cm

12.   8 meters 

13.   1891

14.   James Naismith

15.   Federation International de Basketball Association (FIBA)

16.   James Naismith

17.   1936 in Berlin

18.   Length: 28 m, Width: 15 m

19.   2.90 m

20.   1.80 m

Quiz on Sports 14

by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu Central School, Bhutan

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1.      In which country was cricket originated?

2.      When was Hambeldon club founded?

3.      When did the official county championship begin in England?

4.      When was I.C.C. (Imperial Cricket Conference) formed?

5.      When was the first official cricket test match between England and Australia played?

6.      When was the name of the Imperial Cricket Conference changed to the International Cricket Conference?

7.      Why was the name of the Imperial Cricket Conference changed to the International Cricket Conference?

8.      What do you mean by Hat-trick in cricket?

9.      What is the full form of L.B.W in cricket?

10.  When was the first football rules framed?

11.  When was the Football Association of England formed?

12.  When was the new rule of football formed?

13.  When did FIFA organize the first World Football Championship?

14.  Who invented volleyball?

15.  When was volleyball invented?

16.  When was volleyball included in the World Olympic Games?

17.  What should be the size of the volleyball court?

18.  What should be the height of the net for men in volleyball?

19.  What should be the height of the net for women in volleyball?

20.  What should be the weight of the volleyball ball?

Answer to Quiz on Sports 14

1.      South eastern part of England

2.      1750

3.      1873

4.      1909

5.      1877

6.      1956

7.      To enable countries outside the commonwealth to become its member

8.      Three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game

9.      Leg before wicket

10.  1862

11.  1863

12.  1864

13.  1930, Montevideo

14.  William G. Morgan

15.  1895

16.  1960

17.  Length: 18 m, width: 9 m

18.  2.43 m

19.  2.24 m

20.  260 – 280 grams.