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10 Questions, 10 Sports (3) Trivia Quiz


Another mix of ten sports questions from around the world

A multiple-choice quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
EnglishJedi
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
390,127
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
218
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Question 1 of 10
1. WHICH SPORT: Pakistan's Jahangir Khan is widely considered the greatest player in the history of which sport? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. CRICKET: Who is the first cricketer in test match history to have made more than 3,000 runs without scoring a century? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. WHICH SPORT: Taiwan's Yani Tseng was ranked world number one for 109 consecutive weeks from 2011 to 2013 in which sport? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. ATHLETICS: Depicted in the 1981 movie "Chariots of Fire", at which Olympics did Britain's Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell win gold medals? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. AMERICAN FOOTBALL: The Fearsome Foursome of Notre Dame made the Fighting Irish of the early 1920s one of the greatest collegiate sports teams of all time. Who was their coach? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. OLYMPICS: The host country has failed to win a single gold medal at a number of Winter Olympics, but at which Summer Games did this happen for the first time? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. WHERE IN THE WORLD: Green Point Stadium, Ellis Park, Free State Stadium and Moses Mabhida Stadium are all located in which country? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. AUSSIE RULES: What is the maximum number of players from each team that are permitted on the field at any time in an Australian Rules Football match? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. SOCCER: Which African nation's football team is known by the nickname "The Super Eagles"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. FORMULA ONE: Which motor-racing Grand Prix has been staged at the most different venues? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. WHICH SPORT: Pakistan's Jahangir Khan is widely considered the greatest player in the history of which sport?

Answer: Squash

Khan won the Men's division of the World Squash Championships 14 times between 1981 and 1996, and on the two occasions when he did not win he lost in the final.
2. CRICKET: Who is the first cricketer in test match history to have made more than 3,000 runs without scoring a century?

Answer: Shane Warne

One of the greatest bowlers of all time, "Warnie" could also bat a bit: he scored 3,154 runs in his 145 test matches (average 17.32). His top score of 99 was against New Zealand in 2002.

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori scored 4,531 test match runs including six centuries with a top score of 140. The great West Indian bowler Michael Holding scored just 910 runs in his 60 tests with a top score of 73. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan scored 1,256 runs in 133 tests and made it past 50 just once, top-scoring with 67.
3. WHICH SPORT: Taiwan's Yani Tseng was ranked world number one for 109 consecutive weeks from 2011 to 2013 in which sport?

Answer: Women's Golf

Born in 1989, she won the PGA in 2008, the ANA Inspiration and the Open in 2010, and the PGA and the Open in 2011. She thus became the youngest player (male or female) in golfing history to win five majors.
4. ATHLETICS: Depicted in the 1981 movie "Chariots of Fire", at which Olympics did Britain's Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell win gold medals?

Answer: 1924 Paris

Abrahams won the 100m and Liddell the 400m in Paris at the eighth modern Summer Olympiad. In the 1981 film Ben Cross played Abrahams, a Jewish Cambridge University student, and Ian Charleson played Liddell, the son of Scottish missionaries to China. The cast also included Nigel Havers, Ian Holm, Sir John Gielgud, Nigel Davenport and Patrick Magee.
5. AMERICAN FOOTBALL: The Fearsome Foursome of Notre Dame made the Fighting Irish of the early 1920s one of the greatest collegiate sports teams of all time. Who was their coach?

Answer: Knute Rockne

Born in Norway in 1888, he coached Notre Dame from 1918 until 1930 and led them to five championships, posting an incredible record of 105-12-5. Rockne was one of the coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame when it first opened in 1951.
6. OLYMPICS: The host country has failed to win a single gold medal at a number of Winter Olympics, but at which Summer Games did this happen for the first time?

Answer: 1976 Montreal

Canada won five silver medals and six bronze, but no gold. In the Winter Olympics, the host failed to collect a gold medal in 1924 (Chamonix, France), 1928 (St. Moritz, Switzerland), 1984 (Sarajevo, Yugoslavia) and 1988 (Calgary, Canada).
7. WHERE IN THE WORLD: Green Point Stadium, Ellis Park, Free State Stadium and Moses Mabhida Stadium are all located in which country?

Answer: South Africa

They stadia were all built or upgraded for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Ellis Park in Johannesburg was also the venue for the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.
8. AUSSIE RULES: What is the maximum number of players from each team that are permitted on the field at any time in an Australian Rules Football match?

Answer: 18

Australian Rules football's laws were first laid down by the Melbourne Football Club in 1859. They allow 18 players (per team) to take the field, with four more on an interchange bench.
9. SOCCER: Which African nation's football team is known by the nickname "The Super Eagles"?

Answer: Nigeria

Ranked fifth in the FIFA World Rankings in 1994 (the highest any African nation has ever achieved), they have reached the quarter-final of the World Cup three times. The Super Eagles have also won the African Cup of Nations three times, in 1980, 1994 and 2013. The Nigerian women's national team is nicknamed the "Super Falcons".

Of the alternatives, the Ghana national team are nicknamed the "Black Stars", the Ivory Coast team "Les Éléphants" and the Cameroon team the "The Indomitable Lions" (or "Untameable Lions").
10. FORMULA ONE: Which motor-racing Grand Prix has been staged at the most different venues?

Answer: Australian

Held at Albert Park since 1996, it has been staged at 24 different courses since first run in 1928. The French Grand Prix is second on the list, having been hosted at 16 different venues.
Source: Author EnglishJedi

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