Easy Sports for Kids II Trivia Quiz

Answer: Wimbledon

Wimbledon is a very major tournament in tennis but not a world championship. The Cricket World Cup is considered to be the world championship of limited overs cricket (one-day cricket). The world championship of Formula One (F1) car racing is determined by a 17-race point system. The FIFA World Cup represents the world championship of soccer.

Answer: Basketball

In basketball, it is illegal to knock the ball away from the goal once the ball is on the way down towards the basket. Otherwise, all the teams would have very tall players to just stand near the goal and knock all the balls away. The penalty is a scored basket for the shooting team.
Protecting the goal is of course critical in the other sports listed. These sports have a goaltender/keeper and his/her job is to knock the ball away from the goal.

Answer: Ice Hockey

Ice hockey sticks have a straight shaft of no more than 1.63 meters in length according to International Ice Hockey Federation rules. The blade extends out from the bottom of the stick and may not exceed 32 cm in length nor 7.6 cm in height. The blade may be curved. Goalie sticks have different dimensions but the same basic shape.

Answer: Baseball

Dimensions of balls may vary slightly, but a standard baseball is 9 to 9.25 inches in circumference or 2.9 inches (7.5 cm) in diameter. A tennis ball is 2.5 to 2.6 inches in diameter (6.35 - 6.67 cm). A golf ball is at least 1.63 inches (4.1 cm) in diameter. A ping pong ball is 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) in diameter.

Answer: Pele

Pele (born Edson Arantes Do Nascimento) was born in Brazil in 1940. He led Brazil to several World Cup championships and scored an amazing 6 goals in the 1958 World Cup at the age of 17. He came out of retirement in 1974 to play soccer in New York to help make soccer popular in America.

Answer: Baseball

Baseball is one of the most popular sports in the world, especially in America. The bat is used to hit the ball and the glove to catch the ball. Lacrosse also uses balls and gloves, but sticks instead of bats. Croquet uses mallets and balls. Billiards has cue sticks and balls.

Answer: 25

An American football team has 11 players on the field at one time, there are 9 players on a baseball team and 5 basketball players. 11+9+5 = 25

Answer: Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds hit an amazing 73 home runs for the San Francisco Giants in 2001. The previous record was 70 by Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1998. He broke the record of 61 homers by Roger Maris of the New York Yankees in 1961. Maris broke the record of 60 homers in 1927 by the immortal Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees.

Answer: A famous American football coach with a trophy named in his honor.

John Heisman was a great American football coach. He coached seven different colleges with his greatest sucess at Georgia Tech from 1904-1919. In 1935, the Downtown Athletic Club in New York decided to give an award each year to the best college football player. They named the award The Heisman Trophy in honor of John Heisman.

Answer: Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Little League baseball was started in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1938 for a group of local boys ages 9-12. The World Series started in 1947 as the League expanded to other cities. Over 3 million kids in over 100 countries play Little League baseball with 16 teams advancing to the Little League World Series.