Sports in 2017 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Masters

Sergio Garcia beat Justin Rose in a playoff after 72 holes to win his first major title after 74 attempts. He became the third Spanish player to win the Masters, after Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabar.

Garcia (born 9 January 1980) turned professional in 1999 after shooting the lowest amateur score in the 1999 Masters. His first title came in his sixth start as a professional, in July 1999 at the Irish Open.

Answer: Tenth

This victory was Nadal's tenth French Open title(his 15th Grand Slam)after winning in 2005,2006,2007,2008, 2010,2011,2012,2013 and 2014.

Left-hander Nadal (born 3 June 1986) is possibly the greatest clay court tennis player of all time. In September, he won the US Open to clinch his 16th Grand Slam title

Answer: Chris Froome (GBR)

Chris Froome (born 20 May 1985) won his 4th title. His other three Tour de France wins were in 2013,2015 and 2017.

Froome was born in Kenya and grew up in there and in South Africa. He turned professional at the age 22 in 2007 with South African Team Konica Minolta

Answer: Third

Bolt finished third in 9.95s behind Justin Gatlin (USA),first in 9.92s and Chris Coleman (USA), second in 9.94s.

Bolt (born 21 August 1986) had won the 100m sprint World titles in 2009, 2013 and 2015. In 2011, he was disqualified in the final at Daegu, South Korea, for false start. His personal best time for 100m was 9.58s in 2009 at Berlin.

Possibly the greatest ever sprinter, he was the first man to win three successive Olympic Games gold medals in this event in 2008, 2012 and 2016.

Answer: USA

USA won its first title after defeating Puerto Rico 8-0 in the championship game. Sixteen nations qualified to play in the finals hosted by Japan, South Korea, Mexico and USA from March 6-22.

The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and by World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). The tournament was proposed to the IBAF by MLB, Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and other professional leagues and their player associations in the world.

Japan won the first and second edition in 2006 and 2009. Dominican Republic won the third edition in 2013.

Answer: Two

The two gold medals were won by Mo Farah in 10,000m and men's relay team 4x100m. USA topped the medal table with 10 gold medals, followed by Kenya with 5 gold medals and Great Britain.

London hosted this meet from 4 to 13 August.

Answer: Ma Long

Ma Long won his second world single title at Dusseldorf, Germany after defeating his compatriot, Fan Zhendong in the Final. He won his first world title in 2015 at Suzhou, China,

Ma Long(born 1988) became the fifth player to complete a career Grand Slam (winning the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup), after Jan-Ove Waldner(Swe), compatriots Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui and Zhang Jike.

Answer: South Korea

South Korea beat China in the Final to win its fourth title. This was the 15th edition (hosted by Australia from 21-28 May) biennial competition contested by mixed national teams.

As of 2017, China had won this Cup the most times with ten titles.

Answer: Australia

The 2017 Rugby League World Cup was the 15th edition which took place in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea from 27 October to 2 December. Australia beat England 6-0 in the Final to win its eleventh title.

The idea of the World Cup tournament was initiated by the French in 1951. The first tournament in 1954 was contested by four nations, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and host nation, France. The first World Cup was won by Great Britain who defeated France in Paris to claim the title.

Answer: Emirates Team (NZL)

The Cup was contested by defending champion Oracle Team(USA), who represented the Golden Gate Yacht Club against challenger Emirates Team (NZL) representing Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

The challenger Emirates Team defeated four other challengers to win Louis Vuitton America's Cup Challenger Playoffs trophy to win the right to challenge the defending champion.

In the final, challenger Emirates Team (NZL) won by 7-1 against defending champion, Oracle Team USA held at Great Sound in Bermuda from 17-26 June.