World of Sports in 2018 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Norway

Norway and Germany finished on 14 gold medals, but Norway just managed to pip Germany to top place by winning 14 silver medals against Germany's 10. Canada was third on 11, with USA fourth winning 9 gold medals. Russia was banned from the Games due to doping.

Winter Olympic Games XXIII was hosted by South Korea at Pyeongchang from 9th to 25th February, attended by 92 nations.

Answer: 1930

France won their second title, after winning the title at 1998 when they were the hosts. The 4-2 score line was the largest number of goals scored in the final match since the first World Cup in 1930. In 1930, Uruguay beat Argentina by the same score to win the inaugural title.

The 21st FIFA World Cup was hosted by Russia from 14 June to 15 July. The host nation did well to progress to the quarter-final stage losing to eventual finalist Croatia on penalties (3-4) after the score was tied at 2-2 after extra time.

Answer: Indonesia

XVIII Asian Games was hosted by Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September. China finished top of the medal standing with 132 gold medals, followed by Japan with 75, South Korea with 49 and the host nation with 31.

Answer: 100

Manchester City became the first team to win the FA Premier League with 100 points. They were 19 points ahead of runners-up Manchester United. They also broke numerous other records: most wins with 32, most away wins with 16, most goals scored with 106, most consecutive wins with 18 and the highest goal difference at 79.

Answer: 21st

The event was hosted in Halmstad, Sweden from 29 April to 6 May. China won the men's event beating Germany and the women team defeated Japan in the final. Since the men's event started in 1926, China won 21 titles out of 54 editions. Their women team won 21 out of 47 editions since 1934.

Answer: Japan

Naomi Osaka (born 16 October 1997) from Japan seeded 20 in the tournament, won the first ever Grand Slam tennis title for her country. She upset hot favourite Serena Williams in the final match.

Answer: Gold Coast

71 Commonwealth nations took part in this multi-sport event from 4 to 15 April at Gold Coast, Queensland. The event was officially opened by Prince Charles. Host Australia topped the medal standing with 80 gold medals, followed by England with 45 and India with 26. About 4400 athletes took part in 275 events in 19 sports.

Answer: Belgium

Belgium won its first title in the 59th edition of the World Cup, held in South Oakleigh, Australia from 22 to 25 November. Belgium team of Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry finished ahead of joint second place Australia and Mexico.

Answer: 5th

Lewis Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) driving for the Mercedes Team won his 5th Formula 1 Championship title with 408 points ahead of the Ferrari's team of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. Hamilton's first race was in 2007 Australian Grand Prix. Since then, he had accumulated 73 wins.

Answer: Spain

Spanish Carolina Martin (born 15 June 1993) won the title defeating Indian player P.V. Sindhu in the final match. She beat the same player to win the gold medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics. This was her third world title, after winning it in 2014 and 2015. The BWF World Championships was hosted at Nanjing, China, from 30 July to 5 August, 2018.