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Set 1 · Sport
Easy
How many players are there in an association football/soccer team?
Answer: 11
Easy
Which English football club has the nickname 'The Foxes'?
Answer: Leicester City
Easy
Who is often called "the Maestro" in the men's tennis circuit?
Answer: Roger Federer
Easy
When was the FC Schalke 04 founded?
Answer: 1904
Easy
In what sport is a "shuttlecock" used?
Answer: Badminton
Medium
When was the Missouri Tigers first conference championship?
Answer: 1917-18
Medium
In what sport does Fanny Chmelar compete for Germany?
Answer: Skiing
Medium
What was Sir Donald Bradman's batting average in test matches?
Answer: 99.94
Medium
Which portuguese island is soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo from?
Answer: Madeira
Medium
What is the nickname of Northampton town's rugby union club?
Answer: Saints
Hard
Which professional wrestler fell from the rafters to his death during a live Pay-Per-View event in 1999?
Answer: Owen Hart
Hard
What are the official colors of the Wimbledon tournament?
Answer: purple and green
Hard
Who is considered the first modern heavyweight boxing champion?
Answer: John L. Sullivan
Hard
In Formula 1, the Virtual Safety Car was introduced following the fatal crash of which driver?
Answer: Jules Bianchi
Hard
With which team did Michael Schumacher make his Formula One debut at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix?
Answer: Jordan
Very hard
What is the full name of the footballer "Cristiano Ronaldo"?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Very hard
Which of the following pitchers was named National League Rookie of the Year for the 2013 season?
Answer: Jose Fernandez
Very hard
Floorball, a type of team sport popular in Sweden, Finland and Switzerland, is similar to which of these popular sports?
Answer: Ice hockey
Very hard
At which race was the 2018 F1 Drivers Championship won?
Answer: Mexico
Very hard
What pitcher, who last played with the St. Louis Cardinals, died suddenly in his hotel room in Chicago in 2002?
Answer: Darryl Kile
Set 2 · Sport
Easy
Who did Steven Gerrard win the Champions League with?
Answer: Liverpool
Easy
Who won the 2016 Formula 1 World Driver's Championship?
Answer: Nico Rosberg
Easy
What team won the 2016 MLS Cup?
Answer: Seattle Sounders
Easy
Who won the 2017 Formula One World Drivers' Championship?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton
Easy
Which of the following sports is not part of the triathlon?
Answer: Horse-Riding
Medium
Which of these countries' national teams qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia?
Answer: Tunisia
Medium
At which bridge does the annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race start?
Answer: Putney
Medium
Which team was the 2014-2015 NBA Champions?
Answer: Golden State Warriors
Medium
What city did the Lakers represent before relocating to Los Angeles?
Answer: Minneapolis
Medium
From 1983-1998 John Elway was the starting quarterback for which team?
Answer: Broncos
Hard
What is the exact length of one non-curved part in Lane 1 of an Olympic Track?
Answer: 84.39m
Hard
Which nation didnt concede a goal in the entire 2006 FIFA World tournament?
Answer: Switzerland
Hard
Who was the first NBA player to win the Finals MVP award in 1969?
Answer: Jerry West
Hard
Which of these countries was never represented in the UEFA Champions League from 1991 to 2007?
Answer: Ireland
Hard
Who was the first footballer to score 200 goals in the English Premier League?
Answer: Alan Shearer
Very hard
Which previous Olympic city hosted the equestrian events of 1956, five months before the rest of the games took place in Melbourne?
Answer: Stockholm
Very hard
Professional wrestler Cheif Jay Strongbow had a partner whose neck was broken by Ken Patera. What was his name?
Answer: Billy White Wolf
Very hard
LaDainian Tomlinson finished first on the 2006 Chargers team in rushing yards. What running back finished second that year behind Tomlinson?
Answer: Michael Turner
Very hard
Which male player won the gold medal of table tennis singles in 2016 Olympics Games?
Answer: Ma Long (China)
Very hard
In 1987, North Carolina State University defeated what team in the longest basketball game of the year, played in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament?
Answer: Wake Forest
Set 3 · Sport
Easy
What team did England beat to win in the 1966 World Cup final?
Answer: West Germany
Easy
In Baseball, how many times does the ball have to be pitched outside of the strike zone before the batter is walked?
Answer: 4
Easy
What year did the New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl?
Answer: 2010
Easy
Which of these English football clubs is based in Liverpool?
Answer: Everton
Easy
Which of the following Grand Slam tennis tournaments occurs LAST?
Answer: US Open
Medium
Which car manufacturer won the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans?
Answer: Porsche
Medium
Terry Bradshaw was a quarterback for which of the following teams?
Answer: Steelers
Medium
What national team won the 2016 edition of UEFA European Championship?
Answer: Portugal
Medium
Who is Manchester United's top premier league goal scorer?
Answer: Wayne Rooney
Medium
Who was the British professional wrestler Shirley Crabtree better known as?
Answer: Big Daddy
Hard
Which NBA player won Most Valuable Player for the 1999-2000 season?
Answer: Shaquille O'Neal
Hard
Six brothers from one family played during the NHL 1982-1983 season. What was the familys last name?
Answer: Sutter
Hard
What is the real name of the professional wrestler known as the Boogeyman?
Answer: Martin Wright
Hard
What World Champion bull rider had his face crushed by a bull named Bodacious?
Answer: Tuff Hedeman
Hard
What name was given to the tactic that Muhammad Ali used to defeat George Foreman?
Answer: Rope a Dope
Very hard
In 1961Ludwig von Bersuda was looking for a game that would also be a good conditioning sport. What sport did he invent?
Answer: Underwater rugby
Very hard
The International Olympic Committee, created in June of 1894 to revive the Olympic Games, is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement. It is based in which city?
Answer: Lausanne
Very hard
Ayrton Senna died on May 1st, 1994 while racing in the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola for Williams. What team did Ayrton Senna start his Formula One career with?
Answer: Toleman
Very hard
Nap Lajoie was the first American League hitter to win the Triple Crown. For which team did he win it?
Answer: The Philadelphia Athletics
Very hard
What team did England beat in the semi-final stage to win in the 1966 World Cup final?
Answer: Portugal
Set 4 · Sport
Easy
Which is the oldest and most prestigious event in the sport of tennis?
Answer: Wimbledon
Easy
What NFL football team had the second to worst record in 2007?
Answer: St. Louis Rams
Easy
At University High School in Waco, Texas, during his first game, football player LaDanian Tomlinson, nicknamed LT, scored how many touchdowns?
Answer: 5
Easy
Which was the first football team to win back to back Super Bowls with different coaches?
Answer: San Francisco
Easy
How many scoring zones are there on a conventional dart board?
Answer: 82
Medium
Where was the first NASCAR-sanctioned race held?
Answer: Daytona, Florida
Medium
What team did Tony Dorsett play for after he left the Cowboys?
Answer: Broncons
Medium
What is the oldest team in the NFL?
Answer: Arizona Cardinals
Medium
Which auto racing driver became the 2005 Nextel Cup Champion?
Answer: Tony Stewart
Medium
How many premier league trophies did Sir Alex Ferguson win during his time at Manchester United?
Answer: 13
Hard
A stimpmeter measures the speed of a ball over what surface?
Answer: Golf Putting Green
Hard
Who said Driving a race car is like dancing with a chain saw.?
Answer: Cale Yarborough
Hard
What team was Shane Battier selected by in the 2001 NBA draft?
Answer: Memphis Grizzlies
Hard
Which Formula 1 driver switched teams in the middle of the 2017 season?
Answer: Carlos Sainz Jr.
Hard
Which of these sluggers never hit for at least 40 home runs in a single MLB season?
Answer: Joe Carter
Very hard
Which of these European cities was the first to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times?
Answer: London
Very hard
Which of these teams won the most titles in mens volleyvball in the beginning of the 21st century?
Answer: Brazil
Very hard
Who is Manchester United's leading appearance maker?
Answer: Ryan Giggs
Very hard
Which English football team is nicknamed 'The Tigers'?
Answer: Hull City
Very hard
In Canadian football, scoring a rouge is worth how many points?
Answer: 1
Set 5 · Sport
Easy
How many French Open's did Björn Borg win?
Answer: 6
Easy
When did Miami Heat enter the NBA?
Answer: 1988
Easy
The song "Three Lions" by the Lightning Seeds was made for which major football event in 1996?
Answer: European Championships
Easy
Which soccer team won the Copa América Centenario 2016?
Answer: Chile
Easy
How many teams participated in the first ICC World Cup tournament?
Answer: 8
Medium
Who won the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix?
Answer: Daniel Ricciardo
Medium
What cricketing term denotes a batsman being dismissed with a score of zero?
Answer: Duck
Medium
Which team is known as All Blacks?
Answer: New Zealand, rugby
Medium
Who was the manager of the 1981 World Series-winning team?
Answer: Tommy Lasorda
Medium
How many games did Arsenal FC go unbeaten during the 2003-2004 season of the English Premier League
Answer: 38
Hard
Only one of the combinations (player - his 2003/2004 squad number) is correct, which one?
Answer: Solskjaer - 20
Hard
Which of these teams isn't a member of the NHL's "Original Six" era?
Answer: Philadelphia Flyers
Hard
What year was hockey legend Wayne Gretzky born?
Answer: 1961
Hard
What year did England host and win the World Cup?
Answer: 1966
Hard
Which of the following player scored a hat-trick during their Manchester United debut?
Answer: Wayne Rooney
Very hard
Which female player won the gold medal of table tennis singles in 2016 Olympics Games?
Answer: DING Ning (China)
Very hard
How many times did Martina Navratilova win the Wimbledon Singles Championship?
Answer: Nine
Very hard
With which doubles partner did John McEnroe have most success?
Answer: Peter Fleming
Very hard
What is "The Sport of Kings"?
Answer: Horse Racing
Very hard
Which Italian footballer told Neuer where he's putting his shot and dragging it wide, during the match Italy-Germany, UEFA EURO 2016?