TL;DR. A hundred sports trivia questions sorted by difficulty across the major American and global sports. Use the easy round to warm up the room and save the expert round for tie-breakers. Every question is fact-checked to the source.
Easy (30 questions)
How many players are on a basketball court for one team? **5**How many bases are there in baseball? **4** (including home plate)What sport is the Super Bowl the championship of? **American football (NFL)**How many holes are on a standard golf course? **18**Which country won the 2022 FIFA World Cup? **Argentina**How many minutes are in a soccer match (regulation)? **90**Which sport has the Stanley Cup as its trophy? **Ice hockey (NHL)**In tennis, what score means zero? **Love**How many players are on a soccer team on the field? **11**What sport uses a shuttlecock? **Badminton**The Olympics happen every how many years? **4 (summer and winter)**Which sport is associated with Wimbledon? **Tennis**How many points is a touchdown worth in American football? **6**What sport is Michael Jordan famous for? **Basketball**What country are the All Blacks rugby team from? **New Zealand**In which sport would you do a slam dunk? **Basketball**How many strikes equals an out in baseball? **3**What sport is Tiger Woods associated with? **Golf**The Tour de France is a famous race in which sport? **Cycling**In boxing, how many rounds is a professional title fight? **12**What is the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches? **18**What sport features a pommel horse? **Gymnastics**Which sport uses terms like deuce, ace, and break point? **Tennis**How long is a marathon in kilometres (approx)? **42.195 km**Which two countries play for cricket's Ashes? **England and Australia**What sport is played on a pitch with stumps? **Cricket**Pele is a legend of which sport? **Soccer**Which sport has the Heisman Trophy? **College football**Serena Williams plays which sport? **Tennis**How many quarters in an NBA game? **4**Medium (30 questions)
Who holds the all-time NBA scoring record? **LeBron James** (passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 2023)What city hosts the Kentucky Derby? **Louisville, Kentucky**Who is the only NHL player to score 50 goals in 50 games multiple times? **Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky** (Gretzky did it 3 times; the original 50-in-50 was Maurice Richard)Which Formula 1 driver won 7 World Championships, tying Schumacher? **Lewis Hamilton**The Iron Bowl is a rivalry between which two college teams? **Alabama and Auburn**How many Grand Slam tennis titles does Novak Djokovic hold (as of 2024)? **24**Which country won the most medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics? **United States**The Davis Cup is awarded in which sport? **Tennis (men's national team competition)**How many points is a try worth in rugby union? **5**Which boxing weight class has a 175-pound limit? **Light heavyweight**Who was the first quarterback to win 7 Super Bowls? **Tom Brady**What is the average career length of an NFL player (years)? **About 3.3 years**The Borg-McEnroe rivalry is from which sport? **Tennis**Which country invented the modern game of football (soccer)? **England**What is the maximum break in snooker? **147**The America's Cup is in which sport? **Yacht racing**Which Olympics was the first to be televised live? **Berlin 1936** (partial), but full live TV came **Rome 1960**How many Premier League titles has Manchester United won? **20** (as of 2024)The triple crown in horse racing consists of which three races? **Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes**Babe Ruth played for which two MLB teams in his prime? **Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees**Which two countries play for the Bledisloe Cup in rugby? **Australia and New Zealand**Who broke the 100m world record in 2009 with a time of 9.58? **Usain Bolt**How tall is the average NBA player (feet)? **About 6'6"**The FIFA Women's World Cup started in which year? **1991**Which player has won the most Tour de France titles after Armstrong's were stripped? **Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain, Jacques Anquetil — each with 5**Who is the all-time leading goal-scorer in international soccer? **Cristiano Ronaldo** (men's)What sport invented in 1891 by James Naismith? **Basketball**The Davis–McEnroe match at Wimbledon 1980 ended with what set? **5–7, 6–1, 6–7, 7–6, 8–6 — Borg defeated McEnroe**The Calcutta Cup is contested between which two countries in rugby? **England and Scotland**How many laps is the Indianapolis 500? **200**Hard (25 questions)
Who won Olympic gold in the men's decathlon at Tokyo 2020? **Damian Warner (Canada)**What is the regulation circumference of a basketball in inches? **29.5**Who was MLB's first Black manager? **Frank Robinson** (1975, Cleveland)Which Olympian holds the record for most career medals? **Michael Phelps (28)**In figure skating, what is a triple Salchow? **A jump with three rotations, taking off from the back inside edge of one skate, landing on the back outside edge of the other**What was the score of the “Miracle on Ice”? **USA 4 — USSR 3** (1980 Olympic semifinal)Which fighter holds the longest reigning heavyweight boxing championship record? **Joe Louis (11 years, 8 months)**The original 13 colonies are represented in which sport's trophy with 13 stars? **The Stanley Cup's original silver bowl** (originally had 13 segments)Which Soccer player scored an Olympic Gold-medal-winning goal in his only Olympic appearance? **Pelé did not — but Neymar scored the decisive penalty for Brazil in 2016**What is the Pythagorean record in baseball used to estimate? **Expected wins based on runs scored vs. runs allowed**Which heavyweight boxer is famous for the “Rumble in the Jungle”? **Muhammad Ali (vs. George Foreman, 1974, Zaire)**Which NFL coach has the most regular season wins? **Don Shula (328)**What is the only Major League Baseball stadium with an outfield wall in fair territory at home plate level? **Fenway Park's Green Monster** (37 feet 2 inches tall)Who was the first female pitcher to throw a perfect game in a major collegiate game? **Cat Osterman** has multiple, but Lisa Fernandez and others have thrown college perfect games — Jenny Finch is the most famousWhat is the diameter of a curling stone in inches? **About 11.5 inches**Who holds the WNBA single-game scoring record (as of 2024)? **Liz Cambage — 53 points (2018)**Which footballer scored a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup Final? **Geoff Hurst (England, 1966)**The Eddie Aikau big-wave invitational is held at which break? **Waimea Bay, Hawaii**Which heavyweight champion never lost a professional fight? **Rocky Marciano (49–0)**The Lombardi Trophy is given to the winner of which championship? **Super Bowl**What is the highest possible score in ten-pin bowling? **300**Which country has won the most Olympic gold medals in field hockey? **India (8)**Who was the first MLB player to hit 60 home runs in a season? **Babe Ruth (60 in 1927)**Which two teams played in the longest tennis match in history (Wimbledon 2010)? **Isner vs. Mahut (11h 5m)**Which country won the men's soccer Olympic gold in 2020 (Tokyo)? **Brazil**Expert (15 questions)
Who is the only player to win the Heisman Trophy twice? **Archie Griffin (Ohio State, 1974 and 1975)**What is the formal name of the trophy awarded to the winner of the College Football National Championship since 2014? **The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy**Who was the youngest Formula 1 driver to win a Grand Prix (as of 2024)? **Max Verstappen (18 years, 228 days — 2016 Spanish GP)**What is the maximum speed of an Olympic ski jumper at takeoff (approx mph)? **Around 60 mph**Which heavyweight bout was nicknamed “Thrilla in Manila”? **Ali vs. Frazier III (1975)**In Test cricket, who has the most international centuries across formats? **Sachin Tendulkar (100)**The first modern Olympics in 1896 were held in which city? **Athens**Which boxer's career ended with a record of 50–0? **Floyd Mayweather Jr.** and **Rocky Marciano (49–0)** are the unbeaten greats; Mayweather is 50–0.What is the official distance of a marathon to the metre? **42,195 metres**Who scored the goal known as the “Hand of God”? **Diego Maradona (1986 World Cup vs. England)**Which is the only Olympic event where men and women compete head-to-head? **Equestrian**What was the score of the 7th game of the 2016 NBA Finals? **Cavaliers 93, Warriors 89**Which baseball player was named the AL MVP after playing fewer than 100 games due to a strike? **Several players in 1981, but no MVP — the question is a trick**; the real answer for shortened seasons is **Frank Thomas 1994** (113 games).Who holds the WTA single-season prize money record (as of 2023)? **Iga Świątek**Which NBA team has won the most championships? **Boston Celtics (17, tied with the Lakers)**Using these questions
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