Sports Trivia
Rules, records, legends and championship moments across the major sports and plenty of the minor ones — from the World Cup and the Olympics to cricket, golf and tennis.
Type the athlete, team or term yourself. Every question ends with a short fact, so you'll pick up some history even on the ones you miss.
- 265questions
- 55easy
- 111medium
- 99hard
What's covered
- Soccer
- American football
- Basketball
- Olympics
- Tennis & golf
- Records
Sports Trivia: sample questions
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- easy
In soccer, what colour is the card a referee shows a player to send them off the pitch?
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Red
Red and yellow cards were introduced at the 1970 World Cup after language barriers caused confusion during an earlier sending-off.
- easy
In soccer, what free kick from the penalty spot is awarded when the defending team commits a foul inside their own box?
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Penalty kick
Under the Laws of the Game, a penalty is placed on the spot 12 yards (11m) from goal regardless of exactly where inside the box the foul occurred.
- medium
What is the name of the men's Olympic athletics event made up of ten track and field disciplines contested over two days?
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Decathlon
The decathlon's winner is traditionally hailed as the 'World's Greatest Athlete,' a title first given to Jim Thorpe after his dominant 1912 Olympic victory.
- medium
What is the name of the quadrennial multi-sport event contested by athletes from nations of the former British Empire?
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Commonwealth Games
The event began in 1930 as the British Empire Games and has been rebranded several times, adopting its current name in 1978.
- hard
Which tennis player was the last man to win all four major singles titles in the same calendar year, achieving it in 1969 during the Open Era?
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Rod Laver
Laver is the only man to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam twice, first as an amateur in 1962 and again as a professional in 1969.
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