50+ Sports Trivia Questions (With Answers)

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Easy Sports Questions

1.

How many players on a soccer team?

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Answer: 11

2.

How many points is a touchdown worth?

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Answer: 6

3.

How many holes on a golf course?

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Answer: 18

4.

What sport uses a shuttlecock?

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Answer: Badminton

5.

How many rings on the Olympic flag?

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Answer: 5

6.

What sport is played at Wimbledon?

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Answer: Tennis

7.

How many players on a basketball team?

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Answer: 5

8.

What color is a tennis ball?

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Answer: Yellow

9.

How many bases in baseball?

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Answer: 4

10.

What sport uses a puck?

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Answer: Hockey

11.

How many sets in a typical tennis match?

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Answer: 3 or 5

12.

What is a hole-in-one in golf?

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Answer: One stroke

13.

How many periods in ice hockey?

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Answer: 3

14.

What sport is associated with the Super Bowl?

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Answer: American football

15.

How many strikes for a strikeout in baseball?

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Answer: 3

16.

What country invented cricket?

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Answer: England

17.

How many yards is a football field?

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Answer: 100 yards

18.

What sport is the Tour de France?

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Answer: Cycling

19.

How many innings in a baseball game?

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Answer: 9

20.

What sport uses parallel bars?

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Answer: Gymnastics

Medium Sports Questions

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Who holds the record for most Olympic gold medals?

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Answer: Michael Phelps

2.

What is the maximum score in a gymnastics routine?

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Answer: 10

3.

How many minutes in a soccer half?

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Answer: 45

4.

What is par on a standard golf hole?

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Answer: 3, 4, or 5

5.

How many Grand Slam tournaments in tennis?

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Answer: 4

6.

What is a perfect score in bowling?

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Answer: 300

7.

How many points for a field goal in basketball?

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Answer: 2 or 3

8.

What country hosted the first modern Olympics?

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Answer: Greece

9.

How many laps in the Indianapolis 500?

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Answer: 200

10.

What is a birdie in golf?

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Answer: One under par

11.

How many quarters in a basketball game?

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Answer: 4

12.

What is the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?

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Answer: 18 inches

13.

How many players on a rugby team?

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Answer: 15

14.

What is the height of a regulation basketball hoop?

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Answer: 10 feet

15.

How many rounds in Olympic boxing?

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Answer: 3

16.

What is the fastest tennis serve recorded?

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Answer: 263 km/h

17.

How many pins in bowling?

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Answer: 10

18.

What is a grand slam in baseball?

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Answer: Home run, bases loaded

19.

How many events in a decathlon?

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Answer: 10

20.

What is the length of an Olympic swimming pool?

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Answer: 50 meters

Hard Sports Questions

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What year were the first modern Olympics held?

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Answer: 1896

2.

How many different disciplines in the Winter Olympics?

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Answer: 15

3.

What is the record for most goals in a single World Cup?

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Answer: 13 goals

4.

How many stitches on a baseball?

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Answer: 108

5.

What is the oldest tennis tournament?

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Answer: Wimbledon

6.

How many dimples on a standard golf ball?

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Answer: 336

7.

What is the weight of an Olympic shot put?

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Answer: 7.26 kg

8.

How many events in a heptathlon?

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Answer: 7

9.

What is the length of a marathon?

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Answer: 42.195 km

10.

How many panels on a soccer ball?

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Answer: 32

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