Welcome to Gaia! :: View User's Journal | Gaia Journals

 
 

View User's Journal

Report This Entry Subscribe to this Journal
berserkowner3220 Journal berserkowner3220 Personal Journal


berserkowner3220
Community Member
avatar
0 comments
Sports Trivia: Questions and Answers
Even if you have a lot of other priorities for instance, sports, extracurricular activities, etc., still you need to complete a senior project to graduate successfully

and Ken Griffey Jr.

Tennis

Who beat Ivan Lendl in a French Open final using underhand serves?

Michael Chang

Who is the only wild card entrant to have won Wimbledon?

Goran Ivanievi: 2001

In which year was the first Wimbledon tournament held?

1877

Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events at least four times?

Steffi Graf

Who is the youngest winner of a Ladies Singles title in the Open Era?

Martina Hingis: Winner in 1997 at 16 years of age

Soccer

Which is the only country to have played in each and every World Cup?

Brazil

The creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was the first keeper for which English football club?

AFC Portsmouth

Which was the first African country to qualify for a World Cup?

Egypt: 1934

Which country won the first World Cup held in 1930?

Uruguay

What is 'El Clsico'?

A game between club giants Real Madrid and Barcelona

Cricket

How many World Cups have been won by Australian?

Four: 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007

Which 2 counties did umpiring legend Dickie Bird play for?

Yorkshire and Leicestershire

Which cricketer was even offered the throne of Albania?

C.B. Fry

Who is the only player to have blasted 100 international centuries?

Sachin Tendulkar

Which sporting great was dubbed 'the boy from Bowral'?

Sir Donald Bradman

Basketball

What is an NBA player deemed to be if he has received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy?

The most valuable player (MVP)

Which team is as well-known for their comic antics as for their on-court skills?

Harlem Globetrotters

Which country dominates Olympics basketball like no one else?

USA has won the gold 14 times out of 18 editions

Which type of ball was basketball played with until 1929?

Soccer ball

What was banned from 1967 to 1976?

Slam dunk

American Football

Which NFL team is known as the 'ain'ts' when on a losing streak?

The New Orleans Saints

Who is the only coach to win both a Super Bowl and a Rose Bowl?

d**k Vermeil

Before the NFL mandated the use of helmets in 1943, who was the last player not to use one?

Chicago Bears lineman d**k Plasman

Which is the coldest game in NFL history?

1967 NFL Championship game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers: -13 degrees

Which was the first televised game of the NFL?

Oct 22, 1939: The Brooklyn Dodgers Vs. volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals?

Karch Kiraly

How many world records did swimmer Mark Spitz set when he won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics?

Sevenone in each of the races in which he competed.

What sport used the term 'home run' long before baseball?

Cricket

What was the first sport in which women were invited to compete at the Olympics?

Tennis, at the 1900 games in Paris. He has won a whopping 22 medals at the 3 Olympics he has taken part in.

Michael Phelps

Retired American swimmer Michael Fred Phelps II is easily the most successful Olympian ever. Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain was the first gold medalist.

In cross-country bike racing, what do the initials BMX represent?

Bicycle moto x (cross)

What three movements are required for an athlete to successfully complete a triple jump?

Hop, step, and jump

Which boxer was an underdog with odds of 42:1 when he stunned Mike Tyson?

Buster Douglas: 1990

Who was the first athlete to fail an Olympic drug test?

Pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall in 1968

In which sport are the terms 'stale fish' and 'mulekick' used?

Snowboarding

Which sport is played on the biggest pitch in terms of area?

Polo

What is the highest possible break in snooker?

155

Which sport did George Washington play with his troops?

Cricket

Who was the 1st non-European to win the Tour de France?

Greg Lemond from the US

In horse racing, what is a Yankee?

11 individual bets

What is the maximum time limit allowed to look for a lost ball in golf?

5 minutes

Weren't these sports trivia questions and answers really amazing? If you have other such interesting sports facts, do share them in the comments section below, for everyone to enjoy.. A sports trivia, with amazing facts and figures in just what's needed then.

Here is an easy sports trivia, which will be thoroughly enjoyed by kids too.

Baseball

Which was the only team to win two World Series in the 1980s?

The Los Angeles Dodgers

How many home runs did baseball great Ty Cobb hit in the three world series in which he played?

None

After retiring as a player, with which team did baseball great Babe Ruth spend one year as a coach?

The Brooklyn Dodgers: 1938

Why did the year 1994 see no baseball World Series?

Player's strike

In 1990, two baseball greats created history by becoming the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back homers in an MLB game.

Ken Griffey Sr. Out of those, 18 are gold, more than double the next best Olympian.Arguably, every person on this planet loves some sport or the other. Philadelphia Eagles (broadcast by NBC to 500 TV sets)

Various Sports

Who was the first U.S. As a true fan you'd always be wanting to gather more and more information about your favorite sport, and more likely the team you root for. To name a few, sports like soccer, cricket, football, tennis, basketball, and baseball, have hundreds of millions of fans all over the world

search engines

search engines

healthy sport




 
 
Manage Your Items
Other Stuff
Get GCash
Offers
Get Items
More Items
Where Everyone Hangs Out
Other Community Areas
Virtual Spaces
Fun Stuff
Gaia's Games
Mini-Games
Play with GCash
Play with Platinum