SPORTY QUIZ

1. What’s the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?

2. How big is an Olympic sized swimming pool in meters?

3. In professional basketball, how high is the basketball hoop from the ground?

4. How big is a baseball?

5. The Olympics are held every how many years?

6. What sport is dubbed the ‘king of sports’?

7. What do you call it when a player makes three back to back strikes in bowling?

8. In American Football, a touchdown is worth how many points?

9. A sporting event is held every year on Memorial Day. What is it?

10. What is Canada’s national sport?

11. How many players are on a baseball team?

12. Before 1894, basketball games were played with what sort of ball?

13. What number is next (right) to the number ‘20’ on a standard British dart board?

14. What African country was the first ever to qualify for a World Cup?

15. What team gets the advantage of first bat in baseball?

16. The dimples on a golf ball give in traction on the terrain. How many dimples does an average golf ball have

17. How many total minutes of action are there in an average baseball game?

18. What country has competed the most times in the summer Olympics without winning a gold medal?

19. How many minutes was the longest recorded point in the history of tennis?

20. During the first ever modern Olympics, what were the first placers awarded with?

21. There are only two states in the United States that have yet to send a team to the NCAA. What are they

22. Which basketball player was Michael Jordan nicknamed after as a young high school basketball enthusiast?

1. 18 inches

2. 50 meters long and 25 meters wide

3. 10 feet

4. 9 to 9 1/4 inches in circumference

5. 4 years

6. Soccer

7. Turkey

8. 6 points

9. Indianapolis 500

10. Lacrosse

11. 9 players

12. Soccer ball

13. 1

14. Egypt

15. The visiting team

16. 336

17. 18 minutes

18. Liechtenstein

19. 29 minutes

20. Silver medals

21. Alaska and Maine

22. Magic after Magic Johnson