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Get your game face on with our Sports & Leisure quiz collection. Covering football, tennis, cricket, athletics, the Olympics, and a wide range of leisure pursuits, these quizzes are built for sports fans, armchair athletes, and anyone who loves the thrill of competition — on the field or at the trivia table.
Questions span sporting records, famous athletes, iconic moments, club histories, and the rules of the game across dozens of sports. From World Cup winners and Tour de France champions to Olympic records and Wimbledon titles, these fast-paced quizzes are the perfect test for any sports fan.
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Name the sport known for this cliche, "Par for the course".
Answer: Golf
In 1845, new baseball rules said you put a runner out this way instead of plugging him with the ball--sounds less fun
Answer: Tagging Him Out
In which of these sports do players cover their heads with numbered caps with padded ear covers?
Answer: Water Polo
It uses a table 5 feet wide, 9 feet long & 30 inches high that's stained a dark, non-reflective green
Answer: Billiards
What race's runners refer to the noisy section along Wellesley College as the "screech tunnel"?
Answer: The Boston Marathon
On October 30, 1954 this sport introduced the use of the 24-second clock
Answer: Basketball
How many players are on each side of the net in beach volleyball?
Answer: Two
In 1995, who became the first Asian player to be named Rookie of the Year in Major League Baseball?
Answer: Hideo Nomo
While the winner of the Kentucky Derby is draped in red roses, the Belmont Stakes winner receives a garland of what?
Answer: White Carnations
Fans were thrilled when he won his first major at the 2004 Masters.
Answer: Phil Mickelson
In what sport are bacon, hamburgers, chips, prunes, spuds terms?
Answer: Bowling
Even though his team won the BCS Championship in 2009, this QB didn't win back-to-back Heismans.
Answer: Tim Tebow
Before the invention of plastic this racket game used a cork stuck with feathers
Answer: Badminton
Jose Canesco’s book "Juiced" primarily addresses what controversial sports topic?
Answer: Steroid Use
Once ranked #1 for a record 237 weeks, tennis great Roger Federer hails from what country?
Answer: Switzerland
A Eurasian counterpart to the NHL, the KHL is a professional league in what sport?
Answer: Hockey
In which gymnastics discipline would a man do the scissors?
Answer: Pommel Horse
In 2003 Michael Phelps became the first man in this sport's history to break 2 individual world records in 1 day.
Answer: Swimming
Babe Ruth's father once operated a saloon on what is now center field in this Baltimore ballpark.
Answer: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
A starting lineup in hockey consists of 2 defensemen, 3 forwards & this player, the only one allowed to hold the puck.
Answer: A goalie
From 1937 to 1949, he successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title a record 25 times
Answer: Joe Louis
Name the sport associated with this phrase: "March Madness"
Answer: College basketball
How long is a marathon?
Answer: 26.2 miles
The Harlem Globetrotters were founded in this city famous for its blues & its fire.
Answer: Chicago
In the ’70s, what sport transitioned from traditional white balls to "optic yellow," which were more visible to TV viewers?
Answer: Tennis
Which U.S. boxer was known as 'The Manassa Mauler'?
Answer: Jack Dempsey
A largemouth angler specializes in catching a variety of what fish?
Answer: Bass
Which team won the first Super Bowl?
Answer: Green Bay Packers
To play this you stand behind the 10 Off area & shoot your disk down the court into the scoring area
Answer: Shuffleboard
7-time NASCAR national champion... died in last lap crash at the 2001 Daytona 500.
Answer: Dale Earnhardt
In February 1900, Dwight F. Davis donated a silver cup to this sport
Answer: Tennis
What NFL team's logo includes 3 different-colored "diamonds" called hypocycloids?
Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers
On which racecourse is the Kentucky Derby run?
Answer: Churchill Downs
Name the sport associated with these terms: Rubber, rundown, slider
Answer: Baseball
Which two sports comprise a Biathlon?
Answer: Cross Country Skiing & Rifle Shooting
The first play of a soccer or football game.
Answer: A kickoff
What's traditionally the first event in a rodeo?
Answer: Bareback riding
Sarah Palin’s husband Todd is a four-time winner of the Iron Dog, the world’s longest what?
Answer: Snowmobile Race
These places most associated with darts include the Huntsman, where 13-time world champ Phil Taylor played in his 20s
Answer: A pub
Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Answer: Uruguay
A move called a "jackknife" is commonly performed in what sport?
Answer: Diving
Carson Palmer, Reggie Bush & Matt Leinart are a few of this school's Heisman winners.
Answer: The University of Southern California
An Aficionado originally followed what sport?
Answer: Bullfighting
In a record 9.84 seconds, Donovan Bailey won the Olympic gold in this in 1996.
Answer: 100-meter dash
On June 7, 1941, Whirlaway became only the fifth horse to win this coveted trifecta.
Answer: Triple Crown
In the comedy film “Fever Pitch,” Jimmy Fallon plays a crazed fan of what sports team?
Answer: Boston Red Sox
Which NFL player spent two years in prison for being one of the chief operators of Bad News Kennels?
Answer: Michael Vick
Since he pitched 749 games in his 22-year career (including a perfect game in 1904), which MLB player has an award for great pitchers named after him?
Answer: Cy Young
Increasingly popular in the U.S., the Southeast Asian sport “Muay Thai” is a form of what?
Answer: Kickboxing
On January 13, 1999 this Chicago Bulls player retired after 13 seasons in which he averaged 31.5 points a game.
Answer: Michael Jordan