What is the maximum number of players allowed on a basketball court at the same time?
Answer: 5
Which country has won the most Olympic gold medals?
Answer: United States
Who is the all-time leading goal scorer in the history of men’s international soccer?
Answer: Ali Daei (Iran)
What is the maximum weight limit for a boxing heavyweight fighter?
Answer: There is no weight limit for heavyweight fighters
In which city did the first modern Olympic Games take place in 1896?
Answer: Athens, Greece
Who is the only athlete to win gold medals in both the 100 meters and 400 meters at the same Olympic Games?
Answer: Michael Johnson (USA)
What is the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?
Answer: 18 inches
Which country won the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: France
How many grand slam tennis tournaments are there in a calendar year?
Answer: 4 (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open)
In which sport can a player score a “hat trick”?
Answer: Soccer (football) or ice hockey is the most common sport where a hat-trick is used.
Who has won the most men’s tennis Grand Slam singles titles?
Answer: Roger Federer (20 titles)
In what year were the first modern Winter Olympic Games held?
Answer: 1924
Who is the only boxer to win the world heavyweight championship three times?
Answer: Muhammad Ali
What is the name of the horse racing event that is also known as “The Run for the Roses”?
Answer: Kentucky Derby
Which country has won the most medals in the history of the Summer Olympics?
Answer: United States
What is the minimum number of players required to form a team in association football (soccer)?
Answer: 11
Which athlete won the most gold medals at a single Olympic Games?
Answer: Michael Phelps (8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics)
What is the name of the famous basketball player known as “Air Jordan”?
Answer: Michael Jordan
Which sport uses a shuttlecock?
Answer: Badminton
Who holds the record for the most career points in the National Basketball Association (NBA)?
Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points)
Which country has won the most FIFA World Cups?
Answer: Brazil (5 titles)
In what year did the first Tour de France cycling race take place?
Answer: 1903
Who is the all-time leading scorer in the National Hockey League (NHL)?
Answer: Wayne Gretzky (2,857 points)
What is the distance of a marathon race in kilometers?
Answer: 42.195 kilometers
Which tennis player has won the most women’s Grand Slam singles titles?
Answer: Margaret Court (24 titles)
Which sport uses a round ball and a net that is suspended high above the ground?
Answer: Volleyball
Who holds the record for the most home runs in a single Major League Baseball (MLB) season?
Answer: Barry Bonds (73 home runs in 2001)
What is the name of the famous horse race that takes place in England every year and is sometimes referred to as “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports”?
Answer: The Epsom Derby (or simply “The Derby”)
Who won the men’s 100 meters gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro?
Answer: Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
What is the name of the American football championship game that is played annually in February and is one of the most-watched television events in the world?
Answer: The Super Bowl
Which country has won the most Rugby World Cups?
Answer: New Zealand (3 titles)
What is the name of the famous tennis tournament that takes place in England every year and is considered one of the four Grand Slam tournaments?
Answer: Wimbledon
Which country has won the most gold medals in men’s Olympic basketball?
Answer: United States
Who is the all-time leading wicket-taker in Test cricket?
Answer: Muttiah Muralitharan (800 wickets)
What is the name of the professional basketball league in the United States?
Answer: National Basketball Association (NBA)
Who won the 2018 Masters golf tournament?
Answer: Patrick Reed (USA)
What is the name of the famous horse race that takes place in Australia every year and is sometimes referred to as “The Race That Stops a Nation”?
Answer: Melbourne Cup
Which sport uses a small rubber ball and a long-handled racket?
Answer: Racquetball
What is the name of the famous track and field event that involves running, jumping, and throwing and is sometimes referred to as the “decathlon” for women?
Answer: Heptathlon
Who is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the NBA?
Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points)
What is the name of the famous horse race that takes place in Dubai every year and is the world’s richest horse race?
Answer: Dubai World Cup
Which country has won the most medals in men’s Olympic ice hockey?
Answer: Canada
Who won the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: France
What is the name of the professional baseball league in Japan?
Answer: Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB)
Which athlete won the most Olympic gold medals at a single Olympic Games?
Answer: Michael Phelps (8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics)
What is the name of the famous cricket ground in London that is often referred to as the “home of cricket”?
Answer: Lord’s Cricket Ground
Which sport is also known as “table tennis”?
Answer: Ping pong
Who won the 2019 Women’s World Cup of soccer (football)?
Answer: United States
What is the name of the famous horse race that takes place in Ireland every year and is sometimes referred to as the “Irish Derby”?
Answer: The Curragh Derby (or simply “The Derby”)
Who won the 2018/19 season of the English Premier League?
Answer: Manchester City