Unusual Sports Terms Trivia Quiz

Answer: Nutmeg

Australians call it a "nuttie." Scissors refers to a move in soccer when the attacking player continually crosses his legs over the ball while advancing it in an attempt to fake out his opponent.

Answer: 5 hole

A shooter is said to have "gone 5 hole" when he scores in this manner. In shooting drills, the top left of the net is 1, the top right is 2, the bottom left is 3, the bottom right is 4, and between the goalie's legs is 5 - hence the term 5-hole. Sometimes this is also called "going tweeners," as in between the legs.

Answer: Dial 8

Dial 8 was an old term for a home run, because on many hotel phones before the 1970s, a guest needed to dial 9 before making a local call, and dial 8 before making a long distance call.

Answer: Basketball

It is used in basketball to describe a modified zone defense in which 4 players play in a square or boxed shaped zone and one player plays man to man on the opponent's best player.

Answer: Eggbeater

It is against water polo rules for a player to go completely under water, so players often quickly kick their feet back and forth while handling the ball or defending an opponent.

Answer: Crack back

A crack back is an illegal block where one blocker goes low while another blocker hits the defender high. A bull rush is when the defender goes straight forward in an attempt to simply overpower his opponent, a speed rush is when the defensive player uses his speed to go around a blocker, and a swim (or swim move) is when the defensive player brings his arm up high over the shoulder of the blocker (like a free style swimming motion) and uses leverage to get past him.

Answer: Brassie

A modern 2-wood closely resembles a club used commonly before 1900 called a brassie. A driver is the 1-wood, flat blade is a putter, and a hybrid combines characteristics of a wood and an iron.

Answer: Track & Field

In tennis and volleyball, an ace is a serve that cannot or is not returned by the opponent, and in golf it refers to a hole in one. Ace is also used in baseball to describe the best starting pitcher on a team, the ace of the staff.

Answer: Pitch

Pitch is the ball thrown to the batter in baseball, and the playing field in soccer. The other terms are only used in soccer; an inswinger is a corner kick that curves towards the goal, and outswinger is a corner kick that curves away from the goal, and booked refers to a player receiving a yellow or red card from the referee.

Answer: Rear judge

There is a back judge but not a rear judge. Some of the other football officials include the side judge, head linesman, and replay official.