Sports for Non-Sports People Trivia Quiz

Answer: Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth played from 1914 to 1935 as a pitcher and an outfielder. Yankee Stadium is referred to as "The House that Ruth Built" because of the years Ruth spent with that team. Babe Ruth has been called the best player in the history of the game.

Answer: The Yankees and the Mets

The Yankees have been in New York since 1903 and have a long and storied history of being the game's biggest players. After the Brooklyn Dodgers left New York for Los Angeles in 1957, the New York Mets were born. New York residents tend to favor one or the other.

Answer: Soccer and football

What Americans call soccer is called football by just about everywhere else on the planet. The reasons aren't entirely clear, but some sports historians assert that the game started was originally called "association football." Britain and the rest of Europe took "football" from that, whereas Americans took the "soc" from "association" and coined "soccer."

Answer: Holyfield's ear

When Tyson bit Holyfield's ear, he actually bit some of it off and spit it out into the ring. It was a very weird and shocking turn of events. Tyson was disqualified and his boxing license revoked for a time. Later, the two became close friends.

Answer: Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods grew up in Orange County, California, where his father served as his first coach and was a big influence on his son. Despite the scandal, Tiger returned to form as the number one professional golfer and was the first to earn a billion dollars at the sport.

Answer: Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League or NFL. It's played by the top teams at the end of the season, usually in January or February. The first Superbowl was held in 1967, and over the years it's been played in Miami, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Tampa Bay, San Diego, and other major metropolitan areas.

Answer: Mikhail Baryshnikov

Bobby Fischer was an American child prodigy whom many consider the best player of all time, though he was best described as "eccentric" as he grew older. Gary Kasparov is a Russian player who in recent years has become heavily involved in politics in his home country. Magnus Carlsen was born in Norway in 1990 and in 2010, at the age of 19, he became the youngest chess player in history to be ranked world number one player.
Mikhail Baryshnikov is a Russian dancer.

Answer: Summer and Winter

The Modern Olympics are held in the Winter and the Summer. Winter Games include competitions of skiing, ice skating, bobsleigh, ice hockey, and other winter-themed sports. The Summer Games include warm-weather sports such as canoeing and kayaking, cycling, swimming, diving, and beach volleyball.

Answer: Basketball: grand slam

In basketball, players are trying to earn points by making baskets. A "grand slam" is a baseball term for getting a home run with the bases are loaded, thus driving in a total of four runs with one big hit.

Answer: The Stanley Cup

Every year the Stanley Cup is hoisted by the championship team of the National Hockey League. What's unusual about the Stanley Cup is that there is just one cup that gets passed from one year's winner to the next.