Quiz on Sports - Round 6 to 10 with Answers
SPORTS
Quiz
Quiz
on Sports 6
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu
Central School, Bhutan
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1. When was swimming as a sport introduced?
2. Who introduced swimming as a sport?
3. Name the first person in the world who swam the English Channel
underworld?
4. When was the World Badminton Championship started?
5. Name the first Asian athlete to win on Olympic gold?
6. Name the first Olympic gold medallist in swimming?
7. Name the last player to captain England before David Beckham?
8. What are the height and width of a football goal?
9. What does BCCI stand for?
10. Who was the
1st president of BCCI?
11. Who has scored the most runs in a single
First-class innings?
12. When
was the first international cricket match held?
13. Name the first Pakistani batsman to score a
century?
14. Who bowled the first world cup first ball in
cricket?
15. Name the only
three European countries to have won soccer's World Cup.
16. Which two countries played in the world's
first international football match (a challenge match) in Glasgow in 1872?
18. What Cup is a tournament held one year before
the World Cup at the World Cup host nation(s) as a dress-rehearsal for the
upcoming World Cup?
19. When was the World Cup first telecast in television?
20. When was the first Golden Ball awarded?
Answer
to Quiz on Sports 6
1. 36 B.C.
2. Emperor Surgin, Japan.
3. Fred Baldasare, USA, 1962.
4. 1977.
5. Fred Baldasare, 1962.
6. Alfred Hajos, Hungary, 1876.
7. Martin Keown.
8. Height- 2.4 M and wide- 7.3 m.
9. Board of Control for Cricket in India.
10. R.E. Grant Govan.
11. Brian Lara.
12. 1844.
13. Saheed Anwar.
14. Madan Lal, India.
15. England, Italy, and West Germany.
16. Scotland and England.
17. Sir Thomas Lipton.
18. The FIFA Confederations Cup.
19. 1954.
20. 1982.
Quiz on Sports 7
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu
Central School, Bhutan
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1. What is awarded to the top goal scorer?
2. When was the first Golden Shoe awarded?
3. Name the award given for the best goalkeeper.
4. When was the first Yashin Award awarded?
5. When was the first Best Young Player Award awarded?
6. When was the first FIFA Fair Play Trophy awarded?
7. When was the first Most Entertaining Team Award awarded?
8. Which country won 2010 World Cup?
9. Which country won the ICC World Cup in 2011?
10. Where has the 1st ODI match played in India?
11. When was the first cricket Test match played?
12. Name the Cricket player who has scored the most runs in a single Test
innings.
13. Which country won the Cricket World Cup in 1999?
14. Which country won the Cricket World Cup in 2011?
15. 'Dizzy' is the nickname of what Australian Cricket player?
16. By what name was Mark Waugh is commonly called as?
17. Which two counties did Kapil Dev play?
18. How may squares are there on a Chess Board?
19. Which three countries are going to co-host the 2022 Cricket World Cup?
20. Who broke Pete Sempra’s record of maximum Grand Slams in tennis?
Answer
to Quiz on Sports 7
1. The Golden Shoe.
2. 1982.
3. The Yashin Award
4. 1994.
5. 2006.
6. 1978.
7. 1994.
8. Spain.
9. India.
10. Ahmadabad
11. 1877.
12. Brian Lara.
13. Australia
14. India.
15. Jason Gillespie.
16. Junior.
17. Northamptonshire & Worcestershire.
18. 64
19. India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
20. Roger Federer.
Quiz on Sports 8
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu
Central School, Bhutan
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1. Name the first India to take a hat trick in an international test
2. Who was the first Test centurion in Indian Cricket?
3. The term 16 yards hit is associated with what game?
4. What is the length of the pitch between the two wickets in Cricket?
5. Who became the first Indian to score a triple century in Tests?
6. Which city hosted the First Afro-Asian games?
7. Where was the first one-day Cricket World Cup tournament held?
8. Which Trophy is associated with the game of Golf?
9. Name the first wicket-keeper in cricket to make two centuries in One-Day
International Cricket in India?
10. Who is Tiger Woods?
11. To which game does Merdeka Cup is associated with?
12. How many goals did Rolando of Brazil score in the FIFA World Cup
Football event in the year 2002?
13. With which game is the Double Fault associated?
14. Name a swimmer who set a new world record in the women's 100m
backstroke in the 2008
Beijing Olympics?
15. Which country won the final of the triangular cricket series held in
Durban on February 1997?
16. Name the 1st non Test playing country to beat India in an international
match?
17. Who is the leading wicket taker in the history of Test cricket?
18. When was the first international cricket match held?
19. Which two countries played the first international cricket match?
20. Which county signed Yuvraj Singh to play for them in 2003?
Answer to Quiz on Sports 8
1. Harbhajan Singh.
2. Lala Amarnath
3. Hockey.
4. 22 yards
5. Virender Sehwag.
6. Hyderabad.
7. England.
8. Topolino Trophy.
9. M. S. Dhoni.
10. Golfer
11. Football.
12. 8
13. Football
14. Kristy Coventry, Zimbabwe
15. South Africa.
16. Sri Lanka.
17. Shane Warne.
18. 1844.
19. Canada and USA.
20. Yorkshire.
Quiz on Sports 9
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu
Central School, Bhutan
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1. Where was chess invented?
2. Who created the game of snakes and ladders?
3. What was the game of snakes and ladders
originally called?
4. What do the snakes and ladders represent in
the game of snakes & ladders?
5. Clean, Jerk, and Snatch are terms used in which activity?
6. What is the national game of Finland?
7. What are the different coloured-balls used in Snooker?
8. Which tennis players recently announced her retirement from professional
tennis?
9. Name the only Indian tennis player to reach the semi finals of Wimbledon
Tennis Singles?
10. In which country was the game of Golf invented?
11. Who won the WTA Tour Player of the Year 2007 award?
12. On a par-4 hole, which score is an eagle?
13. In which country did Snooker originate?
14. Who won the Women’s Singles title at the US Open 2008?
15. Name the person who won the Monaco F1 Grand Prix in 2008?
16. How many stitches do regulation baseballs exactly have?
17. Who defended the World heavyweight title twice on the same night in 1906?
18. Who was the first black head coach of a major league pro sports team?
19. Name the person who won the WTA Tour Player of the Year 2007 award.
20. Which football team does Brian Hamilton manage?
Answer to Quiz on Sports 9
1. India
2. By the 13th century poet saint Gyandev
3. Mokshapat
4. The ladders in the game represented virtues
and the snakes indicated vices
5. Weight lifting
6. Motor Rallying
7. Black, blue, brown, green, pink, red, white and yellow
8. Justin Henin
9. Ramanathan Krishnan
10. Scotland
11. Justin Henin
12. Two
13. India (by British soldiers)
14. Serena Williams
15. Lewis Hamilton
16. 108 stitches
17. Tommy Burns
18. Bill Russell
19. Justin Henin
20. Northern Ireland
Quiz
on Sports 10
by Santosh Kumar Biswa, Damphu
Central School, Bhutan
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1. How many 56 NBA records does the basketball superstar Wilt Chamberlain
hold?
2. In what sport do players take long and short corners?
3. In which country Golf was first played?
4. In which field does the organization FIFA work?
5. Which country won the first ever Rugby Union World Cup?
6. What is the perfect score in 10 pin bowling?
7. What is the oldest swimming stroke of the 16th
century?
8. Who is the first ever individual to win an Olympic Gold for India?
9. Who was the winner of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix, 2008?
10. For how long is the longest game of Monopoly played underwater?
11. What is 'Tiger' Woods's first name?
12. How many players will be there in a hockey team?
13. Name the youngest man to win the world heavyweight crown.
14. With which computer made did the World-champion chess-player Gary
Kasparov lost a match?
15. Which American swimmer has so far 14 Olympic gold medals?
16. Name the first Indian bowler to reach the 600 Test wickets mark
17. Which famous golf player’s mother comes from Thailand?
18. Name Indian cricketer who recently became the third cricketer in history
to score two triple Test centuries.
19. Name the cricketer who scored the highest number of runs as Captain in
test cricket
20. Who was famously called as The Black Pearl?
Answer to Quiz on Sports 10
1. 56 NBA records
2. Hockey
3. Scotland
4. Sports
5. New Zealand
6. 300
7. Breaststroke
8. Abhinav Bindra
9. Lewis Hamilton
10. 45 days
11. Eldrick
12. Six
13. Mike Tyson
14. IBM
15. Michael Phelps
16. Anil Kumble
17. Tiger Woods
18. Virender Sehwag
19. Graeme Smith (S/Africa)
20. Pele
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