Sports Trivia 2017

Question 1

According to the official FIFA rulebook, how long can a goalkeeper hold onto the ball for?

Accepted Answer

5 seconds

Question 2

Which UGA running back has NOT accumulated over 3,000 rushing yards over their career at UGA?

Accepted Answer

Knowshon Moreno

Question 3

The Olympic Games were not held during what year?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Question 4

The game of basketball was created in 1891 by whom?

Accepted Answer

Dr. James Naismith

Question 5

What type of ball was basketball played with until 1929?

Accepted Answer

Soccer ball

Question 6

In hockey, what is known as a hat trick?

Accepted Answer

When a player scores 3 goals in a single game

Question 7

What was the first sport in which women were invited to compete at the Olympics?

Accepted Answer

Tennis

Question 8

Which team won ten out of twelve NCAA Basketball titles from 1964 to 1975?

Accepted Answer

UCLA

Question 9

How many NBA Championships did Michael Jordan win with the Chicago Bulls?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 10

Practice: What is the mascot of the University of Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Bulldawgs, Dawgs

Question 11

El Clasico is the name given to football (soccer) matches between which two teams?

Accepted Answer

Real Madrid & FC Barcelona

Question 12

How much money is a U.S. Olympic gold medalist awarded?

Accepted Answer

$25,000

Question 13

When was the last game played where the goalie didn’t wear a mask?

Accepted Answer

1974

Question 14

A snickometer is utilised in which sport?

Accepted Answer

Cricket

Question 15

The unusual piece of equipment known as a snoopy loop is used in which claustrophobic sport?

Accepted Answer

caving

Question 16

In which sport does the bowler deliver the ball to the batsman?

Accepted Answer

Cricket

Question 17

A stimpmeter is used in which slow moving sport?

Accepted Answer

Golf

Question 18

What year did the first woman play in the NHL?

Accepted Answer

1992

Question 19

What two schools have won the most Heisman Trophies?

Accepted Answer

Ohio State & Notre Dame

Question 20

Barry Bonds currently holds the Major League Baseball home run record with how many home runs?

Accepted Answer

762

Question 21

What year was the first World Series played?

Accepted Answer

1903

Question 22

Held in Bermuda, the 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup was awarded to Team New Zealand in which sport?

Accepted Answer

Sailing

Question 23

In which year was the first Wimbledon Tennis Championships held in England?

Accepted Answer

1877

Question 24

Which country's entire team was barred from competing at the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 25

Practice: How many periods are there in an ice hockey game?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 26

Practice: In what level and sport is the Heisman trophy awarded?

Accepted Answer

College football

Question 27

Practice: In soccer, which player is allowed to use their hands in the field of play?

Accepted Answer

Goalkeeper

Question 28

In which sport are the terms ‘stale fish’ and ‘mulekick’ used?

Accepted Answer

Snowboarding

Question 29

In golf, the number 10 iron is usually called what?

Accepted Answer

wedge

Question 30

Which NFL team has the most Super Bowl losses?

Accepted Answer

Denver Broncos

Question 31

The Walker Law passed in 1920 in New York was a law regulating which sport?

Accepted Answer

Boxing

Question 32

Babe Ruth began his baseball career for the Boston Red Sox in what year & played which position

Accepted Answer

1914, pitcher

Question 33

Whose ear did Mike Tyson bite off in 1997?

Accepted Answer

Evander Holyfields

Question 34

What do you call three consecutive strikes in bowling?

Accepted Answer

Turkey

Question 35

The Grand Slam tournaments are the four most import annual events in what two sports?

Accepted Answer

Tennis & Golf

Question 36

Where was the first indoor hockey rink made?

Accepted Answer

Toronto, Canada

Question 37

What country was host to the 1930 inaugural FIFA Football World Cup?

Accepted Answer

Uruguay

Question 38

Which is the only country to have played in each and every World Cup?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 39

What U.S. state are the MLB Diamondbacks located in?

Accepted Answer

Arizona

Question 40

In golf, what is the penalty for playing with your opponents ball?

Accepted Answer

two stroke added on

Question 41

A shock stop is used in which sport?

Accepted Answer

Tennis

Question 42

what is the maximum weight for a golf ball?

Accepted Answer

1.6 oz

Question 43

A scrum machine is used in which football category?

Accepted Answer

Rugby

Question 44

Practice: What sport do the Denver Nuggets play?

Accepted Answer

Basketball

Question 45

All cars are weighed by NASCAR prior to racing. How many pounds must all cars weigh less than?

Accepted Answer

3,400 pounds

Question 46

What school did NBA great, Larry Bird, play for in the NCAA?

Accepted Answer

Indiana State

Question 47

What two teams were in the Superbowl XLVII in 2014?

Accepted Answer

Seattle Seahawks v. Denver Broncos

Question 48

Which of the following tracks has only one NASCAR Sprint race a year?

Accepted Answer

Indianapolis

Question 49

Which WNBA team won four championships in a row from 1997-2000?

Accepted Answer

Houston Comets

Question 50

In what year was the first 4 minute mile achieved?

Accepted Answer

1954 by Roger Bannister

Question 51

What popular basketball move was banned from college basketball in 1967 & reinstated in 1976?

Accepted Answer

The slam dunk

Question 52

In what year was the Rugby Football Union formed in London?

Accepted Answer

1871

Question 53

The shuttlecock, used in the sport of badminton, is also referred to as the shuttle or the...

Accepted Answer

Birdie

Question 54

Muhammad Ali retired from boxing in 1981. What was his career record?

Accepted Answer

55 win, 5 defeats

Question 55

Who is the only athlete ever to play in a Super Bowl and a World Series?

Accepted Answer

Deion Sanders

Question 56

In which game do they use a sliotar?

Accepted Answer

Irish games of hurling or camogie

Question 57

Mark Richt told his team to get an excessive celebration penalty against Florida in what season

Accepted Answer

2007

Question 58

Which tennis player has won the most men’s Grand Slam titles?

Accepted Answer

Roger Federer

Question 59

In what year did the Houston Texans join the NFL?

Accepted Answer

2002

Question 60

What sport is known as "The Sport of Kings"?

Accepted Answer

Horse Racing

Question 61

Where was handball born?

Accepted Answer

in medieval France

Question 62

Joe Malone holds the record for most goals scored in 1 NHL game. How many goals did he score?

Accepted Answer

7

Question 63

What sport are the following people involved with: Jonathan Horton, Aly Raisman, Nastia Liukin

Accepted Answer

Gymnastics

Question 64

Bobby Fisher is considered by many to be the greatest player of all time in which game?

Accepted Answer

Chess

Sports Trivia 2017

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Sports Trivia 2017

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