Sports is one of the most popular events around the world. We not only watch sports for the excitement alone but also for the drama and as a true sports fan, being able to answer some sports trivia questions proves our common knowledge about sports. Our sports trivia questions in this article will include a selection of questions related to absolutely every sports activity you can think of: baseball, hockey, basketball, football, table tennis, and what have you.
120 Sports Trivia Questions and Answers
Basketball Trivia Questions and Answers
1. How high is a basketball hoop from the ground?
Ans: 10 feet (305 cm)
2. What is the name of the governing body in the world’s top basketball League?
Ans: FIBA – The International Basketball Federation
3. Who was the first-ever All-Star game MVP?
Ans: Ed Macauley (1951)
4. Every basketball game begins with what?
Ans: Jump ball or Tip-off
5. What year was the first time an NBA final went to 7 games?
Ans: 1950-51
6. Who was the first NBA MVP?
Ans: Bob Pettit (1955-56)
7. Which City Do The Warriors Play In?
Ans: San Francisco
8. What is it called when a player scores a point?
Ans: Goal
9. Who is the tallest everyday point guard of all time?
Ans: Magic Johnson (6′ 9′)
10. Who was the tallest player of all-time?
Ans: Gheorghe Muresan (7′ 7′-5/8)
11. Did The 76ers Win The NBA Title In 2017?
Ans: Yes
12. What NBA team plays home games at a facility nicknamed “The O-Rena”?
Ans: Amway Arena (Orlando Arena)
13. What player scored the most points in one game?
Ans: Wilt Chamberlain (100)
14. What team won the first NBA championship?
Ans: Philadelphia Warriors (1946-47)
15. Who was the first team to sweep an NBA finals series?
Ans: Boston Celtics (1958-59)
16. Who invented basketball?
Ans: James Naismith
17. How many players are allowed on the court for each team?
Ans: 5 players
18. What is the largest basketball arena in the world?
Ans: The Philippine Arena, in Bulacan, Philippines
19. What is the birthplace of LeBron James?
Ans: Akron, Ohio, USA
20. Who is the first player to be drafted #1 without playing college or high school basketball in the U.S.?
Ans: Yao Ming
Sports Trivia Questions and Answers – Golf
21. What is golf’s championship trophy?
Ans: Claret Jug
22. What golfer, who won the 1995 US Open, has the nickname “Bulldog?”
Ans: Corey Pavin
23. What is the maximum number of clubs you are allowed to carry in your golf bag?
Ans: 14
24. Who was the “Jackie Robinson of golf,” becoming the first African-American on the PGA Tour?
Ans: Charlie Sifford in 1960
25. What famous Canadian golfer is also known by the nickname “Disco Dick”?
Ans: Richard Zokol
26: In international golf games, what are the total number of holes?
Ans: 18
27: What golfer bid a tearful farewell to fans after playing his last U.S. Open, in 1994?
Ans: Arnold Palmer
28. Who was the first Swedish golfer to win the U.S. Women’s Open two straight times?
Ans: Annika Sörenstam
29. What is Mulligan in term of golf?
Ans: Second chance to play the same short again
30. How old was Tiger Woods when he got his first hole in one?
Ans: 8 years old
31. How many rounds must a golfer have played to be eligible for a handicap?
Ans: 10
32. What’s a scratch golfer’s handicap?
Ans: Zero
33. The first official golf course was established where?
Ans: Byron Nelson
34. Which player won master tournament 2016?
Ans: Danny Willet
35. Who was nicknamed Fuzzy?
Ans: Frank Zoeller
Baseball Trivia Questions and Answers
36. MLB (Major league baseball) founded on which year?
Ans: 1903
37. Baseball is very much similar to which game?
Ans: Cricket
38. In baseball what is number 1 position called?
Ans: Catcher
39. What team got its name because of a second baseman named Louis Bierhaurer?
Ans: The Pittsburgh Pirates
40. A baseball field is also known as what?
Ans: Baseball Diamond/ Sandlot
41. Which two cities have the oldest stadiums in major league baseball?
Ans: Boston and Detroit
42. Which of these father/son combinations played in Major League Baseball?
Ans: Pete and Pete Rose, Jr.
43. Who was the first player to win the Triple Crown in major league baseball?
Ans: Tommy Bond
44. Baseball hall of fame located where?
Ans: Cooperstown New York
45. Which U.S. President was the first to throw out a ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day?
Ans: William Howard Taft
46. Who was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award with 30+ wins in the season?
Ans: Denny McLain
47. Who was the first player to hit 50 home runs and 50 doubles in a season?
Ans: Albert Belle
Sports Trivia Questions and Answers – Tennis
48. Which tennis players won two men’s singles Grand Slam titles in 2008?
Ans: Rafael Nadal
49. Who was the first black tennis player to win the US Open?
Ans: Arthur Ash
50. At what Hills was US Open tennis played before it moved to Flushing Meadow?
Ans: Forest Hills
51. Who was the first American male to win three straight Wimbledon titles?
Ans: Pete Sampras
52. What’s the common term for the tennis ailment “lateral humeral epicondylitis”?
Ans: Tennis elbow
53. Which type of game is Tennis?
Ans: racket sport
54. What is the full meaning ITF?
Ans: The International Tennis Federation
55. Which player was known as “Boom Boom” when he first entered professional tennis?
Ans: Boris Franz Becker
56. How high is a tennis court net in the centre?
Ans: 3 feet (36 inches) – 90 cm
57. At the end of the 2008 US Open, who was the officially ranked number one female singles tennis player?
Ans: Serena Williams
58. What American sister and brother won the mixed double championship at Wimbledon in 1980?
Ans: Tracy and John Austin
59. Which tennis player famously yelled “You cannot be serious!” at an umpire?
Ans: John McEnroe
60. What coloured badge is mandatory if an umpire wished to officiate in the final of a grand slam tournament such as the ‘Australian Open?
Ans: Gold
Sports Trivia Questions and Answers – Soccer
61. What team is the first in history to win a trio of consecutive global and continental trophies
Ans: Spain
62. Who scored the first-ever live, televised Premiership goal?
Ans: Teddy Sheringham
63. Who was the first goalkeeper to score a Premiership goal?
Ans: Peter Schmeichel
64. Which country has won the second most number of World Cups?
Ans: Italy
65. Who won the 1994 FIFA World Cup?
Ans: Brazil
66. Why did the Indian national team withdraw from the FIFA World Cup competition in 1950?
Ans: Because they could not play barefoot
67. Who was the first player to reach 100 Premiership goals?
Ans: Alan Shearer
68. Who is known as the “King of Soccer”?
Ans: Pele
69. What is the highest number of goals scored in a soccer game?
Ans: 13
70. What are the home colours of the FC Barcelona soccer uniform?
Ans: Blue and Red
71. According to the official FIFA rulebook, how long can a goalkeeper hold onto the ball for?
Ans: 5 seconds
72: Who was the first African to play in the Premiership?
Ans: Peter Ndlovu from Zimbabwe
73. Including penalty shootouts, which goalkeeper holds the record for the most penalty saves in a single tournament?
Ans: Manuel Almunia (Faced: 14 Saved: 6)
74: Which player has scored the most total goals at the World Cup?
Ans: Miroslav Klose – 16 goals for Germany between 2002-14
75: Which country will host the 2022 World Cup?
Ans: Qatar
76: Who has scored the most goals in a Premiership debut season?
Ans: Fernando Tores
77. Who has the most career league appearances in the British Leagues?
Ans: Peter Shilton
78. What does FIFA stand for?
Ans: Fédération Internationale de Football Association (In English: The International Federation of Football Association.)
79. Who was the first player to miss a penalty kick at the world cup?
Ans: Valdemar de Brito (Brazil, 1934 in Italy)
80. How many teams competed in the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
Ans: 32 Teams
Field Hockey and Cricket Trivia Questions and Answers
81. How long is a field hockey match?
Ans: 2X35 min
82. A Field Hockey game begins with what?
Ans: Passback
83. Who is Australia’s most capped player?
Ans: Rechelle Hawkes
84. Field hockey sticks are always right-handed
Ans: True
85. What are the referees called?
Ans: Umpires
86: What kind of surface is field hockey played on?
Ans: Grass or Turf
89. You can touch the ball with …….. side of the stick?
Ans: Left-hand side
90. How many times can a team sub-out players?
Ans: Unlimited times
91. Which Australian opening batsman, considered one of the greatest openers of all time?
Ans; Matthew Hayden (achieved the 5,000 runs milestone in 95 innings?)
92. How many players are on a team for a game of cricket?
Ans: 11
93. Who holds the best test batting average
Ans: Donald Bradman
94: The highest individual scores in both Tests were by Australians. Who were they?
Ans: Norman O’Neill and Dean Jones
95. Who was the 1st president of BCCI ( Board of Control for Cricket in
India
Ans: R E Grant Govan
96: What does the cricket term “LBW” stand for?
Ans: Leg Before Wicket
97: When was the first cricket Test match played?
Ans: 19 March 1877
98. The first official international match of cricket was held in….?
Ana: 1844
99. In cricket, the Duckworth-Lewis method is?
Ans: The awarding system for victory in matches interrupted by the weather
100: What are the three wooden posts that make up a cricket wicket called?
Ans: Bails
Sports Trivia Questions and Answers for Volleyball and HandBall
101. When two opposing players simultaneously attempt to play a ball above the net is called what?
Ans: Joust
102. What is a Fish or Tuna at volleyball games?
Ans: Player who is entangled in the volleyball net.
103. In what country was volleyball invented?
Ans: The Unites States of America USA
104. Who invented the game of Volleyball?
Ans: William Morgan
105. How many players are on a court at a time in a regular volleyball game?
Ans: 6 (Six)
1006. In volleyball, how many positions are there on a court in a 6-2 rotation?
Ans: 6
107. How many total players are all on the court at a time?
Ans: 12
108. The captain or coach is required for substitutions when
Ans: he or she is no longer needed
109. When do you rotate as a team?
Ans: When you win a hit
110: What is a Wipe during volleyball games?
Ans: When a hitter moves the ball from the opponent’s block in order to be out of bounds.
111. How many players from each team are allowed to be on the field?
Ans: 7 (Seven)
112. Penalties are thrown from what distance?
Ans: 7 meter
113. What team won the Champion’s League in the 1999-2000 season?
Ans: Hypo Niederosterreich
114. Where are free throws taken?
Ans: From the point where the violation occurred
115. What size is Handball court?
Ans: 20×40 m
116. Which Swedish handball player almost died when he bumped into the goalkeeper during a game in 2002?
Ans: Johan Pettersson
117. Who scored the most points for Norway in the 2007 World Championship?
Ans: Gro Hammerseng
118. When was the Standard Size of Team fixed as seven-A-Sides?
Ans: 1952
119. Which country hosted the 2001 Men’s Handball Championship?
Ans: France
120. Which country won the 2003 Handball World Cup?
Answer: Croatia
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