A Question of World Sport

Question 1

Between 2010 and 2019, which sport had the highest paid athlete with a reported $915 million?

Accepted Answer

Boxing

Question 2

Which country holds the record for most consecutive wins in men’s world Rugby, with 24 wins in a row?

Accepted Answer

Cryprus

Question 3

Who won the Men’s Singles Championship at Wimbledon in 2019?

Accepted Answer

Novak Djokovic

Question 4

GB Paralympic David Weir won the wheelchair race at the Great North Run in 2019. How many times has he won it?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 5

Kabbadi is a popular Indian sport. How many players are on a team?

Accepted Answer

12

Question 6

Which fighting style has produced the most Champions in UFC?

Accepted Answer

Wrestling

Question 7

Sergei Bubka (Ukraine) set the most world records in the pole vault between 1984-1994. How many records did he set?

Accepted Answer

35

Question 8

Which players has the highest total points in the history of the NBA?

Accepted Answer

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Question 9

Where was the Paralympic Games (1960) first held?

Accepted Answer

Rome

Question 10

How many innings are there in a baseball game?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 11

Which women’s national Rugby team also achieved an amazing 24 game winning streak?

Accepted Answer

New Zealand

Question 12

Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds broke the world record in the 200m but in what time did she do it?

Accepted Answer

2 minutes 59 seconds

Question 13

What is the world record for the most amount of runs scored in one over in cricket?

Accepted Answer

43

Question 14

Which sporting event broke the record for the highest viewing figures on TV with over a billion people tuning in?

Accepted Answer

Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony

Question 15

Who is the all time Premier League top scorer with their WEAKER foot?

Accepted Answer

Van Persie

Question 16

Upon retiring from professional Basketball, which other sport did Michael Jordan go on to play professionally?

Accepted Answer

Baseball

Question 17

Fast and Furious actor Jason Statham competed at the Commonwealth Games for GB, but in which event?

Accepted Answer

Diving

Question 18

The Rolland-Garros tennis tournament is also know as...

Accepted Answer

The French Open

Question 19

Who has the most victories in F1 history with 91 race wins?

Accepted Answer

Michael Schumacher

Question 20

Actor Terry Crews (Brooklyn 99) was a professional athlete in which sport before a serious injury forced him to retire?

Accepted Answer

American Football

Question 21

GB’s Amy Williams won Winter Olympic Gold in 2010, but in what sport?

Accepted Answer

Skeleton Bob

Question 22

Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours, but caused controversy for the use of...

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 23

Which male golfer holds the record for most Major wins?

Accepted Answer

Jack Nicklaus

Question 24

In 2019, the England Netball team beat Australia to win gold, but in which competition?

Accepted Answer

The Commonwealth Games

Question 25

FINAL QUESTION: if you threw a ‘Backdoor Slider’ what sport would you be playing?

Accepted Answer

Baseball

Question 26

The Women’s GB hockey team won Gold in Rio in 2016, but which team did they beat?

Accepted Answer

Netherlands

Question 27

If you added up all the points won in the history of top flight Men’s football (130 years), which team has the most?

Accepted Answer

Liverpool

Question 28

Which football team plays their home games at the New York stadium?

Accepted Answer

Rotherham United

Question 29

In Table Tennis, the official rules state that the ball must weight...

Accepted Answer

2.7g

Question 30

How many teams are there in the NFL?

Accepted Answer

32

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A Question of World Sport

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