Sport Quiz – Printable Version
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- What is the most popular sport in Indonesia?
- A. Cricket
- B. Polo
- C. Boxing
- D. Badminton
- What distance does a marathon represent?
- A. 40 km
- B. 21 km
- C. 42.195 km
- D. 45 km
- Which sport is played with clubs called 'irons'?
- A. Golf
- B. Polo
- C. Badminton
- D. Cricket
- In cycling, which race is nicknamed 'The Hell of the North'?
- A. Milan-Sanremo
- B. Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- C. Tour of Flanders
- D. Paris-Roubaix
- In ice hockey, where does a penalised player go?
- A. The dressing room
- B. The sin bin (prison)
- C. The stands
- D. The bench
- How many players per team on a basketball court?
- A. 6
- B. 7
- C. 11
- D. 5
- Which martial art means 'the way of flexibility'?
- A. Judo
- B. Kendo
- C. Karate
- D. Aikido
- In fencing, what is a point scored called?
- A. Touch
- B. Hit
- C. Goal
- D. Point
- Which sport is practised on a 'dohyo'?
- A. Karate
- B. Judo
- C. Kendo
- D. Sumo
- Host of the first modern Olympics (1896)?
- A. France
- B. England
- C. USA
- D. Greece
- Number of balls for a walk in baseball?
- A. 6
- B. 5
- C. 4
- D. 3
- Points for a touchdown in American football?
- A. 5
- B. 6
- C. 3
- D. 7
- Which swimmer is nicknamed 'The Baltimore Bullet'?
- A. Caeleb Dressel
- B. Ian Thorpe
- C. Michael Phelps
- D. Florent Manaudou
- What is the karate mat called?
- A. Mat
- B. Tatami
- C. Dohyo
- D. Ring
- Which sport uses a net set at 2.43m (men)?
- A. Badminton
- B. Volleyball
- C. Beach volleyball
- D. Tennis
- What is Japan's national sport?
- A. Sumo
- B. Baseball
- C. Karate
- D. Judo
- Which athlete is nicknamed 'The King of Clay'?
- A. Federer
- B. Murray
- C. Djokovic
- D. Nadal
- In which sport is a 'crosse' (net stick) used?
- A. Hockey
- B. Lacrosse
- C. Tennis
- D. Rugby
- In which sport is a 'tee' used?
- A. Golf
- B. Football
- C. Cricket
- D. Tennis
- Which sport is played on grass with mallets?
- A. Tennis
- B. Croquet
- C. Golf
- D. Football
Answer key — Sport Quiz
- D. BadmintonBadminton is Indonesia's most popular sport and has brought the country many of its Olympic medals.
- C. 42.195 kmThe distance was set at the 1908 London Olympics.
- A. GolfIrons are numbered 3 to 9: the higher the number, the more the face is angled, so the ball flies higher and shorter.
- D. Paris-RoubaixCreated in 1896, Paris–Roubaix crosses some thirty cobbled sectors where crashes and punctures are common.
- B. The sin bin (prison)The penalty box, nicknamed the ‘sin bin’, holds the penalised player, usually for 2 minutes.
- D. 5Five players per team on court, plus up to 7 substitutes who can come on and off without limit.
- A. JudoIn Japanese, ‘jū’ means gentleness or flexibility and ‘dō’ means the way.
- A. TouchA ‘touch’ is scored when the weapon reaches the opponent's valid target area.
- D. SumoThe dohyo is a clay ring 4.55 m across, purified with salt thrown by the wrestlers before each bout, following a Shinto rite.
- D. GreeceThe first modern Games took place in Athens in April 1896, driven by Pierre de Coubertin, who had founded the IOC two years earlier.
- C. 4When the pitcher throws 4 balls outside the strike zone (between the batter's knees and mid-chest) without the batter swinging, the batter walks to first base.
- B. 6A touchdown is worth 6 points: the ball must be carried into, or caught in, the opponent's end zone.
- C. Michael PhelpsNickname due to his record and ease in the water.
- B. TatamiOriginally, tatami are the rice-straw mats covering the floors of Japanese homes; they are even used as a unit to measure room size.
- B. VolleyballThe net is 2.43 m high for men and 2.24 m for women.
- A. SumoPractised for more than 1,500 years, sumo is steeped in Shinto ritual: purifying salt, topknot hairstyles, a referee in court costume.
- D. NadalRafael Nadal won Roland-Garros 14 times between 2005 and 2022, an unmatched record at a single Grand Slam.
- B. LacrosseLacrosse originated among Native American peoples, who sometimes played it with hundreds of players over miles of ground, as a ritual or as training for war.
- A. GolfThe tee is a small wooden or plastic peg pushed into the ground to raise the ball.
- B. CroquetIn croquet, players hit balls with a mallet to send them through a series of hoops in a set order.