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Medium Sports Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our sports set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The medium round asks for a bit of history and cross-sport knowledge — the first World Cup winner, the surface at Roland Garros, the length of an NBA game, the points value of a try. This is where a genuine sports fan starts pulling ahead.
14 medium sports trivia questions with answers
Which country won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930?
Answer: Uruguay Uruguay hosted the tournament and beat Argentina 4-2 in the final.
How many tournaments make up the tennis Grand Slam?
Answer: Four The Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.
Which Grand Slam tennis tournament is played on clay?
Answer: The French Open The crushed-brick courts at Roland Garros slow the ball and favour long rallies.
Jesse Owens won four gold medals at which Olympic Games?
Answer: Berlin 1936 He took the 100m, 200m, long jump and 4x100m relay in Nazi Germany.
How long is a marathon?
Answer: 42.195 km That is 26 miles 385 yards, a distance fixed at the 1908 London Games.
How many players are on a cricket team?
Answer: Eleven The twelfth man is a substitute who can field but not bat or bowl.
Which sport is played with a shuttlecock?
Answer: Badminton A struck shuttlecock decelerates faster than any other racket-sport projectile.
How many minutes long is a standard NBA game?
Answer: 48 Four quarters of twelve minutes, longer than the forty-minute international game.
Which boxer called himself "The Greatest"?
Answer: Muhammad Ali He won the world heavyweight title three separate times.
The 1980 Summer Olympics, boycotted by the United States, were held in which city?
Answer: Moscow The Soviet Union led a counter-boycott of Los Angeles four years later.
In rugby union, how many points is a try worth?
Answer: Five It rose from four to five points in 1992 to encourage attacking play.
Judo was developed in which country?
Answer: Japan Jigoro Kano founded it in 1882 from older jujutsu schools.
In tennis, a score of 40-40 is called what?
Answer: Deuce A player must then win two points in a row to take the game.
The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of which league?
Answer: The NHL Every winning player's name is engraved on the cup itself.
Answer key
- Uruguay
- Four
- The French Open
- Berlin 1936
- 42.195 km
- Eleven
- Badminton
- 48
- Muhammad Ali
- Moscow
- Five
- Japan
- Deuce
- The NHL
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- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
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