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- 1 / 20
Which of these sports doesn't require equipment to handle the ball?
- Baseball
- Cricket
- Basketball
- Tennis
In basketball, the players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. It is a violation to lift or drag one's pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands and then resume dribbling.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2 / 20
Which of these is a combat sport that features sword fighting?
- Savate
- Muay Thai
- Pankration
- Fencing
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. The three disciplines of modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also saber); each discipline uses a different kind of blade, which shares the same name, and employs its own rules. Most competitive fencers specialize in one discipline. The modern sport gained prominence near the end of the 19th century and is based on the traditional skill set of swordsmanship.
Source: Wikipedia
- 3 / 20
Which of these is a cue sport played on a rectangular billiards table?
- Croquet
- Snooker
- Palle-malle
- Rummy
Snooker is a cue sport played on a rectangular billiards table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by British Army officers stationed in India in the second half of the 19th century, the game is played with twenty-two balls, comprising a white cue ball, fifteen red balls, and six other balls—a yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black—collectively called the colors.
Source: Wikipedia
- 4 / 20
Which of the following sports does not use a ball?
- Ice hockey
- Volleyball
- Baseball
- Soccer
What is Ice Hockey? Hockey is a sport played on an ice rink, with six players on each side playing during the game. The players use hockey sticks to move a puck on the ice and points are awarded for getting the puck into the opponent’s goal. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. A form of hockey was played as early as 4,000 years ago in Egypt. However, modern hockey as it is known today was not developed until the 18th century.
Source: Sports Lingo
- 5 / 20
In which of these disciplines routines are performed on apparatuses?
- Kendo
- Artistic gymnastics
- Freestyle gym
- Burpees
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the Code of Points used to score performances and regulates all aspects of elite international competition. Within individual countries, gymnastics is regulated by national federations such as British Gymnastics and USA Gymnastics. Artistic gymnastics is a popular spectator sport at many competitions, including the Summer Olympic Games.
Source: Wikipedia
- 6 / 20
In which of these sports does the champion receive a belt?
- Polo
- Boxing
- Tennis
- Football
Aside from being a fashion accessory, belts are also used in sports like boxing and wrestling. In these sports, belts are used as trophies and they are referred to as championship belts. They are usually large belts with extravagant designs and there are several companies in the business of creating championship belts.
Source: Belt Hatch
- 7 / 20
Which of these is a sport played by two teams of five skaters?
- Figure skating
- Ice hockey
- Roller derby
- Vert skating
Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States. A 60-minute roller derby game, or bout, is a series of two-minute timed jams. Each team, typically with a roster of 15, fields five skaters during each jam: one jammer, designated with a star on their helmet, and four blockers.
Source: Wikipedia
- 8 / 20
What is the name of a facility where bowling is played?
- Field
- Diamond
- Track
- Alley
A bowling alley (also known as a bowling center, bowling lounge, bowling arena, or historically bowling club) is a facility where the sport of bowling is played. It can be a dedicated facility or part of another, such as a clubhouse or dwelling house. Bowling alleys contain long and narrow synthetic or wooden lanes. The number of lanes inside a bowling alley is variable.
Source: Wikipedia
- 9 / 20
Which of these is a soccer-based game played on a hardcourt?
- Biribol
- Volleyball
- Handball
- Futsal
Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt like a basketball court, smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper. Unlimited substitutions are permitted. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, it is played on a hard court surface marked by lines; walls or boards are not used.
Source: United States Youth Futsal
- 10 / 20
Which sport do you play with a shuttlecock?
- Snooker
- Darts
- Badminton
- Lacrosse
A shuttlecock (also called a birdie or shuttle) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. It has an open conical shape formed by feathers or plastic (or a synthetic alternative) embedded into a rounded cork (or rubber) base. The shuttlecock's shape makes it extremely aerodynamically stable. Regardless of initial orientation, it will turn to fly cork first and remain in the cork-first orientation. The object resembles a hawk's lure, used in ancient times in the training of hunting birds. It is frequently shortened to shuttle. The "shuttle" part of the name is derived from its back-and-forth motion during the game, resembling the shuttle of a 14th-century loom, while the "cock" part of the name is derived from the resemblance of the feathers to those on a rooster.
Source: Wikipedia
- 11 / 20
Which of these sports is represented in the Winter Olympics?
- Archery
- Tennis
- Basketball
- Curling
The Winter Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The original five Winter Olympic Sports were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing, and skating. The Winter Olympic Games have evolved since their inception. Sports and disciplines have been added and some of them, such as alpine skiing, luge, short track speed skating, freestyle skiing, skeleton, and snowboarding.
Source: Wikipedia
- 12 / 20
Which sport is considered the oldest competitive sport in human history?
- Wrestling
- Archery
- Bowling
- Fencing
The history of sports extends back to the Ancient world in 70000 BCE. The physical activity that developed into sports had early links with warfare and entertainment. Cave paintings in the Bayankhongor Province of Mongolia dating back to the Neolithic age (c. 7000 BCE) show a wrestling match surrounded by crowds.
Source: Wikipedia
- 13 / 20
Which of these is a ball sport that is played on a curved table?
- Volleyball
- Teqball
- Fussball
- Handball
Teqball is a ball sport that is played on a curved table, combining elements of sepak takraw and table tennis. Back and forth, the players hit a football with any part of the body except the arms and hands. Teqball can be played between two players as a singles game or between four players as a doubles game. The game is represented at an international level by the International Teqball Federation (FITEQ).
Source: Wikipedia
- 14 / 20
Which sport did Tonya Harding, the protagonist of "I, Tonya", practice?
- Basketball
- Figure-skating
- Hockey
- Gymnastics
I, Tonya is a 2017 American biographical figure-skating mockumentary black comedy film directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Steven Rogers. It follows the life and career of American figure skater Tonya Harding and her connection to the 1994 assault on her rival Nancy Kerrigan. The film states it is based on "contradictory" and "totally true" interviews with Harding and her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly, suggesting they are unreliable narrators. This means the viewer must decide for themselves whether to see the film as the truth or as a version concocted by Harding herself.
Source: Wikipedia
- 15 / 20
What is the biggest amateur recreational sport in China?
- Table Tennis
- Swimming
- Golf
- Cricket
Today, with about an estimated 300 million players, table tennis (also known as ping pong) is the most popular recreational sport in China. China Table Tennis Super League is the top competition in the country. In the 1950s, the Chinese leader Mao Zedong, who was a table tennis player, declared the game the country’s national sport. The discipline had played its part in the political life of China through what was known as ping-pong diplomacy.
Source: Statscore
- 16 / 20
Which of these is a sport invented to play soccer in winter conditions?
- Broomball
- Takraw
- Rugby
- Cageball
Cageball is a sport invented by football coach Jörg Berger in October 2002, seeking a way to play association football (U.S. English: soccer) despite bad winter conditions. It is similar to traditional indoor football, although with some changes: as the name implies, one plays in a cage. Due to the enclosed environment, the game is faster and more dynamic, and putting greater emphasis on football technique.
Source: Wikipedia
- 17 / 20
What word is both a vegetable and a sport?
- Radish
- Polo
- Squash
- Cricket
As a noun, squash is of course the instance and act of squashing, but it is also a sport for two or four people played with rackets. Unrelatedly, a squash is a type of vegetable, actually the fruit of a plant of the gourd family, eaten as a vegetable. In UK English, squash is also a type of cordial (a sweet, concentrated, fruit-based drink) that is diluted with water and drunk.
Source: Word Reference
- 18 / 20
What combat sport is the most prominent form of jacket wrestling?
- Judo
- Zambo
- Karate
- Aikido
Judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally. Judo was created in 1882 as an eclectic martial art, distinguishing itself from its predecessors (primarily Tenjin Shinyo-ryu jujutsu and Kitō-ryū jujutsu) due to an emphasis on "randori" instead of "kata" (pre-arranged forms) alongside its removal of striking and weapon training elements.
Source: Wikipedia
- 19 / 20
What fast-paced sport is known in some places as rebound volleyball?
- Wallyball
- Jai Alai
- Paddle
- Squash
Wallyball (known in some places as rebound volleyball) is a fast-paced sport that is similar to volleyball played on a racquetball court, where it is legal to hit the ball off of the walls. The word "wallyball" is a portmanteau of the words "wall" and "volleyball". The number of players on a side can vary from two to six. The American Wallyball Association allows two, three, or four-player teams, while the Wallyball Information Network also allows five and six-player teams.
Source: Wikipedia
- 20 / 20
What type of sport is Qianball?
- Motor sport
- Racket sport
- Combat sport
- Water sport
Qianball is a racket sport similar to tennis or squash. The sport originated from Chinese Qianlongball, and was popularized in Denmark with their own organization, the KFUM. The game can be described as a mixture between tennis and squash or as squash without walls. The game can be played by two or four players, or by a single person practicing. Qianball can be played on any flat hard surface, indoors or outdoors, no matter the weather.
Source: Wikipedia
