Pitch, Court, Track, or Field? Quiz

Answer: field

Australian football, or AFL, is played on a football field. Australian Rules is most popular around Australia, but is also played in countries such as New Zealand, Papa New Guinea, and South Africa. AFL has many records, such as the oldest sporting team in the world (Melbourne Demons) and the longest time wearing the same shirt (Essendon Bombers).

It was invented by Tom Wills to keep cricketers fit during winter.

Answer: pitch

Cricket is played on a cricket pitch. It is most popular in Australia, England, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Pakastan, and the West Indies. It is also played in Ireland, Scotland, Bangladesh, Zambia, and the USA. One of the worlds best cricketers was the Australian batsman Sir Donald Bradman, who had an incredable batting average of 99.94.

The most popular cricket term is "out for a duck" which means out for no runs.

Answer: track

Motorsport includes car racing, motorbiking and motorcross, and BMX. It is played on a race track. BMX was introduced into the Olympics in 2008 in Beijing and sent the BMX world on fire. The winner of the Gold Medal in that year for the men was Maris Strombergs from Latvia, and for the women it was Anne-Caroline Chausson from France.

Answer: court

You can only have 5 players on the court for each team and it has rules such as "travel", which is if you run with the ball without bouncing it, "foul" which is if you touch somebody with the ball, and "double-dribble" which is if you bounce the ball with two hands simultaneously.

Answer: court

It involves hitting a ball with a racket to your opponent, who hits it back, you hit it back to them, who hits it back to you and so on. The hardest tennis competitions are called Grand Slams. The hardest Grand Slam is Wimbledon in London. The most Wimbledon titles ever won was once held by Peter Sampras with 15 titles, but it was taken over in 2009 by Roger Federer.

Answer: field

Baseball is a popular sport, but is especially popular in America. There are 9 members on each team and the aim is to get as many runs as possible. Baseball has been in the Olympics since 1992, in which Cuba won the gold medal.

Answer: field

It has been in the Olympics since 1908 where England won the gold medal for the mens, and Zimbabwe won for the women. Hockey can also be played on ice (and sometimes outdoors on ice), which is pretty violent. There is also such thing as street hockey and roller hockey, which is were you wear rollerblades.

Answer: track

Phar Lap was an Australian horse and one of the best in racing history. The Melbourne Cup is the race to win. Bart Cummings became the winningest trainer at the Melbourne Cup in 2008, when Viewed won the Melbourne Cup (it was his 12th win).

Answer: court

Each team has six players. All you have to do is hit a ball over a net to your opponents and try to get the ball to hit the ground on their side. This will earn your team points. It has been in the Olympics since 1964, where the Soviet Union won the men's and Japan won the women's events.

Answer: field

In the UK, soccer is played on a pitch. Soccer has been around since the mid-19th century and is played on a pitch. You are allowed 11 per side and it has been in the Olympics since 1900. In the first soccer game at the Olympics for the men, Great Britain won the gold, while for the women in 1996, the USA won the gold.