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International Sports Trivia Quiz

As the number of sports that are internationally practised is too wide in range for one culture to survey them all, it may be helpful to pick up some knowledge about what the 'neighbours' like to call sports. So there is a bit of everything in this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
37,431

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1077

Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (5/10), Guest 152 (2/10), Guest 147 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these games is traditionally considered as the most traditional of all 'Irish sports'? Hint

polo

hurling

Gaelic football

lacrosse

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the following 4 nations was NOT a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1910? Hint

Canada

Great Britain

France

Belgium

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Question 3 of 10

3. In which of these sports do you use a 24ft x 8ft (7.5m x 2.4m) goal with back supports and crossbar? Hint

midget soccer

hockey

ice hockey

soccer

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these sports leagues does not concern a ballgame? Hint

NFL

WBA

MLB

NBA

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Question 5 of 10

5. What does the acronym WTA stand for in the world of tennis? Hint

World Tennis Association

Women Tennis Amateurs

World Tennis Amateurs

Women's Tennis Association

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these 4 riders was the first to win the Tour de France five SUCCESSIVE times? Hint

Eddy Merckx

Jacques Anquetil

Bernard Hinault

Miguel Indurain

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many times did American rider Greg Lemond win the Tour de France? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. How come we use the term love for zero in tennis? Hint

it meant l'oeuf for the egg-shaped O

it meant the score is still embryonic, in the egg

it meant: this is a laugh!

it meant you haven't scored yet but we still love you

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which British soccer team is traditionally associated with either 1-0 or 0-1 victories? Hint

Arsenal

Liverpool

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester United

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which is the outsider among these four acronyms used in some sport or game? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these games is traditionally considered as the most traditional of all 'Irish sports'?

Answer: hurling

In Gaelic Football the ball is smaller than in {soccer;} the crossbar is higher than in soccer but lower than in rugby. n Lacrosse, a long-handled, racketlike implement (the crosse) is used to catch, carry or throw a ball. It developed from the North American Indian game of baggatawny. Polo: for this game players sit on horseback and use mallets with long flexible handles.Oldest of equestrian sports.- Hurling is a stick and ball game that originally was played between neighbouring clans, villages.

In Gaelic the stick is called 'carnan'. The English call it the hurley. The game is mentioned in the ancient legendary stories about Irish giants and heroes.

2. Which of the following 4 nations was NOT a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1910?

Answer: Canada

The five countries that established the first Hockey Federation were all were European nations. Apart from France, Great Britain and Belgium, the other co-founders were Bohemia and Switzerland.

3. In which of these sports do you use a 24ft x 8ft (7.5m x 2.4m) goal with back supports and crossbar?

Answer: soccer

Midget soccer of course has a midget goal: 4ft 6in in height and 9ft wide. Any soccer goalie will know only too well that soccer goals are larger than (ice) hockey goals.

4. Which of these sports leagues does not concern a ballgame?

Answer: WBA

The World Boxing Association does not have any playing balls. The National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, and the National Football League are the ones involved in ballgames.

5. What does the acronym WTA stand for in the world of tennis?

Answer: Women's Tennis Association

Martina Hingis and the Williams Sisters would not have hesitated for a second.

6. Which of these 4 riders was the first to win the Tour de France five SUCCESSIVE times?

Answer: Miguel Indurain

Lance Armstrong, to date has won the Tour de France five times in succession: 1999-2000-01-02-03. The three other riders have won that race 5 times too : Merckx 1969-70-71-72 and 1974; Hinault 1978-79, 1981-82 and 1985. Anquetil: 1957 and 1961-1962-63-64. Miguel Indurain 1991-92-93-94-95.

7. How many times did American rider Greg Lemond win the Tour de France?

Answer: 3

First time in 1986. He defeated his teammate Hinault.

8. How come we use the term love for zero in tennis?

Answer: it meant l'oeuf for the egg-shaped O

An oval shaped zero may indeed be read as an egg ...

9. Which British soccer team is traditionally associated with either 1-0 or 0-1 victories?

Answer: Arsenal

The Reds of Liverpool go marching in at the Anfield Road stadium, Liverpool. Manchester United plays at Old Trafford Stadium. Tottenham Hotspur used to play at White Hart Lane in London. Arsenal used to play at Highbury in London. In the 1930s Arsenal won a succession of matches by that score by playing tight defensive football. The term Arsenal score became 'journalese' for a 1-0 win.

10. Which is the outsider among these four acronyms used in some sport or game?

Answer: KO

Three of them are from chess: KB = King's Bishop, or Bishop to the King's side. KN = King's (K)Night. KR = King's Rook. KO = when you have been checkmated in boxing.

Source: Author flem-ish

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