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Football, cricket, the Olympics, and beyond.
Questions covering major sporting events, record holders, rules, and trivia across global and regional sports.
Sports questions sit on top of two unstable foundations — records that break and rosters that shuffle. The catalog is weighted toward what stays stable for a few years at a stretch: tournament histories (FIFA World Cup, ICC events, the Olympics, Wimbledon, Formula 1 seasons), career records (centuries, goals, grand slams, championships), rules and field dimensions, and the lineage of teams and clubs. Cricket and football carry the heaviest weight given site audience, but tennis, badminton, hockey, athletics, chess, kabaddi, and Olympic disciplines all appear. Easy rounds test the marquee names — who captained which side at a recent World Cup, which player holds an obvious record. Medium rounds expect knowledge of less famous winners, runner-ups, and venues. Hard rounds reach into the second tier: the year a club was founded, the score of a final you would only know if you watched it, the name of a coach behind a famous campaign. Useful for anyone preparing for current affairs sections of competitive exams (sports awards and tournament results show up reliably), and for fans who want to find out whether their loyalty translates into recall.
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01 Which football player has won the most Ballon d'Or awards? easy
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The correct answer is B. Lionel Messi.
Lionel Messi, with eight. Cristiano Ronaldo is next on five. The award went to European players only until 1995, which is why earlier South American greats are absent from the list entirely.
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02 How many players are on a basketball team on the court? easy
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The correct answer is B. 5.
Five per side. Squads are much larger — NBA rosters carry fifteen — but only five from each team are on court at once, and substitutions are unlimited.
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03 What sport is played at Wimbledon? easy
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The correct answer is C. Tennis.
Tennis. Wimbledon began in 1877 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, as well as the only Grand Slam still played on grass.
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04 How many rings are in the Olympic symbol? easy
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The correct answer is B. 5.
Five, interlocking, representing the inhabited continents. Their six colours — including the white background — were chosen so that every national flag of the time contained at least one.
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05 What country hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics? easy
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The correct answer is B. Brazil.
Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. It was the first Olympic Games held in South America, and the first in the Southern Hemisphere since Sydney in 2000.
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06 What is the national sport of Canada? easy
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The correct answer is C. Both ice hockey and lacrosse.
Both, officially. The National Sports of Canada Act of 1994 names lacrosse the national summer sport and ice hockey the national winter sport, settling a long argument by declaring a draw.
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07 How many points is a touchdown worth in American football? easy
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The correct answer is B. 6.
Six, plus the chance at a conversion — one point by kick, two by another play from scrimmage. The touchdown was worth five until 1912.
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08 What is the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches? easy
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The correct answer is B. 18.
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09 Who holds the record for the most home runs in MLB history? medium
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The correct answer is C. Barry Bonds.
Barry Bonds, with 762. The record remains contested by many fans because of the steroid allegations surrounding the era, and Hank Aaron's 755 is often cited alongside it.
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10 What is the maximum break in snooker? medium
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The correct answer is A. 147.
147 — fifteen reds each followed by a black, then the six colours in sequence. Higher breaks are technically possible with a free ball, but 147 is the standard maximum.
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11 Which country won the first Cricket World Cup? medium
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The correct answer is B. West Indies.
The West Indies, in 1975 at Lord's. They won again in 1979, and only lost the 1983 final to India in one of the sport's great upsets.
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12 What is the length of an Olympic swimming pool? medium
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The correct answer is B. 50 meters.
50 metres, known as long course. Many competitions use 25-metre short-course pools, where times are faster because swimmers gain from more turns and push-offs.
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13 Who is the fastest man in the world (100m record holder)? medium
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The correct answer is B. Usain Bolt.
Usain Bolt, whose 9.58 seconds in Berlin in 2009 still stands. He also holds the 200m record at 19.19, set at the same championships.
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14 How many Grand Slam tournaments are there in tennis? medium
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The correct answer is B. 4.
Four: the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. Winning all four in one calendar year is a true Grand Slam, achieved in singles by only a handful of players.
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15 What is the term for a score of zero in tennis? medium
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The correct answer is C. Love.
Love. The usual explanation is that it comes from the French l'œuf, meaning egg, for the shape of a zero — though the etymology is disputed and may simply mean playing for love rather than stakes.
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16 Which Formula 1 driver was the first to win seven World Championships? medium
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The correct answer is B. Michael Schumacher.
Michael Schumacher, reaching seven in 2004. Lewis Hamilton matched the total in 2020, so the record is now shared rather than held outright.
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17 Who was the first gymnast to score a perfect 10 in the Olympics? hard
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The correct answer is B. Nadia Comaneci.
Nadia Comăneci, at Montreal in 1976, aged fourteen. The scoreboards could not display 10.00 — they had been built assuming it would never be needed — and showed 1.00 instead.
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18 What is the Duckworth-Lewis method used for in cricket? hard
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The correct answer is B. Determining rain-affected matches.
Setting a fair revised target when rain shortens a limited-overs match. It accounts for both overs remaining and wickets in hand, since a team with all its batters left can score faster than one nearly out.
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19 Which horse won the Triple Crown in 1973? hard
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The correct answer is C. Secretariat.
Secretariat, whose Belmont Stakes win by 31 lengths remains among the most dominant performances in any sport. His track records in all three races still stand.
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20 Which sport has been played on the surface of the Moon? hard
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The correct answer is C. Golf.
Golf. Alan Shepard smuggled a club head aboard Apollo 14 in 1971, attached it to a sample-collection tool, and hit two balls one-handed in a stiff pressure suit.
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21 Who holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals? hard
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The correct answer is B. Michael Phelps.
Michael Phelps, with 23 golds and 28 medals overall across four Games — more than double the golds of anyone else in the modern era.
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22 What is the diameter of a regulation soccer ball in inches? hard
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The correct answer is C. 8.5-9.
Between 8.5 and 9 inches, a size 5 ball. Circumference is the measure actually specified in the laws of the game: 68 to 70 centimetres.
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23 Which country has won the most Rugby World Cups? hard
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The correct answer is C. South Africa.
South Africa, with four — 1995, 2007, 2019 and 2023 — becoming the first nation to reach four with that last win. New Zealand has three, Australia two and England one.
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24 What is the maximum weight of a shot put for men? hard
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The correct answer is A. 7.26 kg.
7.26 kg, which is exactly 16 pounds. Many track and field specifications are conversions of imperial measures, which is why the metric figures look so arbitrary.
The full sports pool runs to 300 questions — 100 questions per difficulty across easy, medium and hard. Each round you play is shuffled fresh, so the same ten never come up twice in a row. Pick a difficulty above to start a timed round, or scroll on for related categories.
Frequently asked questions
About the sports quiz- Which sports does the quiz cover?
- Cricket, football (soccer), tennis, athletics, hockey, basketball, badminton, chess, the Olympics broadly, and major international tournaments. Niche sports (curling, kabaddi at the international level) appear at hard difficulty.
- Is the cricket focus mainly on Indian cricket?
- International cricket gets the larger share, with India featured prominently. Test, ODI, and T20 records all appear, including the Indian Premier League at medium and hard.
- How current is the sports content?
- Refreshed annually for records and championship results. Current-tournament results (World Cup, Olympics) enter the rotation within the next refresh cycle.
- Are questions about sports rules included?
- Some — at hard difficulty. Most questions test facts (records, dates, champions) rather than rule technicalities.