Free Quiz Questions on sports rules, terminology, equipment. Topics include team-size, playing area dimensions, etc.

1. In Olympic athletics, what is the shortest race in which runners can move out of the lanes they start in?

   800 metres

2. What Olympic sport uses a surface 9 foot long by 5 foot wide?

   Table Tennis

3. Which Olympic sport needs a 'planting box'?

   The pole vault

4. In the 110 metre hurdles race at the Olympics, how high are the hurdles – in centimetres?

   107 cm

5. Which Olympic event is sometimes known as the 'metric mile'?

   1500 metres

6. What’s the highest possible score in a game of 10 pin bowling?

   300 points

7. Within 5 feet – how many feet long is a squash court (from front to back)

   32 feet (accept answer in range 27-37 feet)

8. In the Olympic boxing weight classifications – what comes between flyweight and featherweight?

   Bantamweight

9. When you’re potting the colours in snooker, what comes after green?

   Brown

10. Which winter sport features, hacks, hammers, and the hog line?

    Curling

11. Name the Olympic event where the competitors are obliged to wear a top hat?

    Dressage

12. Which of these is the heaviest boxing division: flyweight, featherweight or bantamweight?

    Featherweight

13. In which 11-a-side Olympic sport do players take long corners and short corners?

    Field Hockey

14. What colour is the bullseye section of an archery target?

    Gold/ yellow.

15. What colour is the zero on a roulette wheel?

    Green

16. In which sport does the runner in lane five always wear orange?

    Greyhound racing

17. What weighs more: a tennis ball, a squash ball or an ice hockey puck?

    Ice hockey puck

18. In sport, which nation won the first world karate and kendo team world championships in 1970?

    Japan

19. What colour jacket does the number five dog wear at a greyhound race: black, white or orange?

    Orange

20. What colour and design is the shirt you wear if you are King of The Mountains in the Tour de France?

    Red/white polka dots.

21. Are there more people in a netball team or a rounders team?

    Rounders

22. What weighs the most: a tennis ball, a golf ball or a squash ball?

    Tennis

23. If your lungs were laid out flat: would they cover a snooker table, a tennis court or a football pitch?

    Tennis court

24. Ostrich racing is popular sport in Brazil but do the birds race on their own or do they carry jockeys?

    There are jockeys

25. In cricket, which type of spin causes the ball to gain pace after bouncing: top, back or side?

    Top spin

26. Which sport uses a net whose top reaches 2.43 metres above the ground?

    Volleyball

27. How many shots would a Golfer have to take to make a Double-Bogie on a Par Four Hole?

    6

28. In darts, what are the two numbers either side of the 20 bed?

    1 & 5

29. What is the official weight for haggis in haggis throwing events?

    1 and a half pounds.

30. How many gears are speedway riders allowed on their bikes

    1 gear only

31. In pounds, what is the maximum weight for a competition ten-pin bowling ball?

    16lbs

32. Within two inches, what is the diameter of a basketball hoop?

    18 inches, (accept answers in range 16-20 inches

33. How many standard vinyl record 12" album covers does it take to completely cover a standard football goal?

    192 record covers

34. How many yards long is a cricket pitch (the distance between the two sets of stumps)?

    22 yards

35. Ostrich racing is a popular sport in Brazil. But, within 5 miles per hour, what is the top speed of an ostrich with a nine-stone jockey on its back?

    25 mph (accept answers in range 20-30 mph)

36. How much does a tennis ball weigh in ounces?

    2oz

37. Excluding the home plate, how many bases are there on a baseball field?

    3 bases

38. How long is the athletics track race which features a water jump?

    3000 metres

39. What is the top speed of a greyhound: 21 mph, 31 mph or 41 mph?

    41 mph

40. How many full kilometres in a marathon?

    42 km

41. How many folk do you need for a basketball team? (on court at any one time)

    5 players

42. How many people are required to make up an ice hockey team (not including substitutes)?

    6 players

43. Within 5 feet – what is the distance from the pitcher’s plate to home plate (where the batter stands) in a game of baseball

    60 ½ feet

44. In darts: how far is the oche from the board: 7 foot 9 or 9 foot 7?

    7 foot 9 (and 3 quarters of an inch)

45. In professional darts tournaments– how far do you stand from the board. Answer in feet and inches.

    7 foot 9¼ inch

46. How many people are required to make up a netball team (not including substitutes)?

    7 players

47. How many players in an Olympic water polo team (not including substitutes)?

    7 players

48. How many feet long is a tennis court, from baseline to baseline?

    78 feet

49. What is the final event of a women’s Olympic heptathlon?

    800m run

50. How many different scoring segments are there on a dart board

    82 (double, outer single, treble, inner single, all x 20, plus 25 and bull)

51. What round object is the outdoor team sport “Ultimate” played with?

    A frisbee (or aerobie, or other flying-disc)

52. In motor racing, what does a flag with yellow and red stripes signify?

    A slippery track

53. In golf, a hole completed in one shot under par is called a birdie, and two under par is called an eagle: what is 3 under par known as?

    An albatross

54. Which piece of sporting equipment consists of a handle, a collar, a sleeve, a loom and a spoon?

    an oar

55. In sport, where would you find a tic-tac man?

    at a racecourse

56. What colour of jacket does the dog wear in trap 4 of a BAGS greyhound race?

    Black

57. What colour of jacket does the dog wear in trap 6 of a BAGS greyhound race?

    black and white stripes

58. What colour of jacket does the dog in trap 2 of a dog race always wear? Red, white or blue?

    Blue

59. Which colour of snooker ball is worth 5 points?

    Blue

60. Which ball is worth more in snooker: green or brown?

    Brown

61. What name is given to a golf club with a convex face?

    Bulger

62. In which sport did the term “hat-trick” originate?

    Cricket

63. In which sport played on grass are the primary colours blue, red, black and yellow?

    Croquet

64. What two sports make up the "Biathlon" which you can see in the winter olympics?

    Cross-country ski-ing, shooting

65. Which boxing weight is the heaviest: Bantamweight, cruiserweight or welterweight?

    Cruiserweight

66. What do the letters d.p.s.mean to a competitive swimmer?

    Distance Per Stroke

67. In which sport do players take long corners and short corners?

    Field Hockey

68. In which sport do can you find a flying camels, layback spins and mohawk turns?

    Figure Skating (they are all types of ice-skating manouvres)

69. In UK horseracing, is a 4 year-old female horse classified as a filly or a mare?

    Filly

70. What kind of sportsman would use a mashie niblick?

    Golfer

71. which animals can run at a greater maximum speed: horses or greyhounds?

    Horses

72. What measure do they use in Olympic sprints to divide the runners: tenths of a second. hundredths of a second, or thousandths of a second?

    hundredths

73. In which team sport is “icing” a foul?

    Ice Hockey

74. In which sport do the skaters use longer blades on their boots: ice hockey or figure skating?

    Ice Hockey (Figure skating blades are shortened at the heel to allow intricate moves with partners)

75. In which sport is the playing surface frequently cleaned and smoothed by a machine called a Zamboni?

    Ice Hockey (or figure skating – etc.)

76. What piece of sporting equipment is one inch thick, three inches in diameter and made from vulcanised rubber

    Ice Hockey Puck

77. Which team has the most players(in action at any one time)? An ice-hockey team, basketball team or a netball team?

    Netball (7 players at any one time)

78. Which number is positioned opposite 20 on a standard dartboard?

    number 3

79. What covers the largest area: a basketball Court, a doubles badminton court or a football penalty area?

    Penalty area

80. Which of these covers the largest area: a basketball Court, a doubles badminton court or a football penalty area?

    Penalty area

81. In the Tour de France – the leader wears a yellow jersey but what colour is the leader’s jersey in the Italian equivalent, the Giro D’Italia: white, black or pink?

    Pink

82. Which 4-a-side outdoor sport is played on a ground 300 yards long and 160 yards wide?

    Polo

83. Which outdoor team sport is played on the largest pitch to have a goal at either end?

    Polo

84. What colour of jacket does the dog in trap 1 of a dog race always wear?

    Red

85. In Polo – do players have to hold the mallet with their right hand, do they have to hold it in their left hand or is the choice left up to them?

    Right hand only

86. Running outfits made from what material have been banned from competitions because they give runners a 4% increase in speed? Rubber, Sharkskin or Aluminium?

    Sharkskin

87. What word is a type of material and is the name is given to the coloured uniform of a jockey?

    silks

88. How many players are there in an ice hockey team at any one time?

    six

89. What are the two different disciplines of Olympic weightlifting?

    Snatch / Clean & Jerk

90. What sport uses equipment called the spider, the swan and the triangle?

    Snooker

91. Which is the largest ball: a baseball, a softball or a polo ball?

    Softball

92. In which sport would you go to a basho?

    Sumo Wrestling

93. In boxing: which is heavier: flyweight or super flyweight?

    Super Flyweight

94. Which indoor sport is played on a surface 42 inches wide and 62 feet long?

    Tenpin Bowling

95. In the sport of worm-charming: which of these is a banned substance? Washing liquid, salt or orange peel?

    washing up liquid

96. What Olympic sport features two different disciplines called The Clean & Jerk, and The Snatch?

    Weightlifting

97. In British greyhound racing, what colour of jacket does the dog in trap 3 always wear?

    white

98. What colour of jacket does the dog wear in trap 3 of a BAGS greyhound race?

    white

99. From what wood are cricket bats usually made?

    Willow

100. In motor racing what colour flag is used to denote 'danger, no overtaking'?

     Yellow

101. What colour is the race leader’s jersey in the Tour de France?

     Yellow

102. In which sport would you find a Bomb, a Blitz and a Shotgun?

     American Football